Forty seven

RYLAND POV

"I got Lexis to agree to our plan and now everything is set in motion".

"Good" Skye replied from where she stood, her gaze fixed on the beautiful patterns forming in the sky as the sunset. "I met your stepsister today at the casino" Skye informed, her gaze still fixed on the same spot. "Imagine my surprise to see Dearil there too".

My eyes widened. "They are together already".

Skye turned to face me, a haunting look on her face. "I am not quite sure what their relationship status is, especially since your step-sister..."

"Jade," I said, hating to be reminded in every sentence about my relationship with my number one enemy.

"Jade doesn't seem to be so enthralled by him as he is by her".

I scoffed, not surprised at all. The only thing that Jade truly cared about was to acquire power, and be feared, just like we had been thought to do from a young age, and Jade had had it worse since our father let the psychopathic ones train her. There was never room for the sentiment called love in her life.

Jade was such a dominatrix that it was hard for her to give up the reins of control to someone else. This Dearil guy was probably already having a fucking tough time. I smirked.

Skye stared at me. "What's funny?"

"Nothing, just that I think Dearil is already having his karma. Jade is not the loving or easy type. I bet she is already putting him through a lot of heartaches already".

"If he is in pain, so is Jade, that is how the mate bound works".

"I'm sorry but I just can't see that. Jade has been doing wonderful so far, judging by all she'd done in such a short period".

"That's because she is not a full-fledged wolf. She's an anomaly, a freak of nature..."

Just as I was. "I and her have a lot in common then. We both are emotionless freaks of nature, and all we do is wreak havoc. We are both dead Inside, just like you said".

"You are not like her. You are with me" Skye said, taking my hand all of a sudden.

I looked down at where she held my hand, and despite the sparks that ignited under her touch, all I felt was anger, because she had used the same hands to cause me harm before. I deserved it, there was no doubt about it, but it made me wary of her. I just wanted to be done with everything and then part ways forever.

I pulled my hand away from hers and watched as her face fell before she shrugged off whatever it was she had been feeling.

"We need them to strengthen their bond. If we don't do that, Dearil will not suffer as much when I rip them apart. The moon will be full soon, and then Jade will experience her first heat. They have to spend it together".

"And if they don't, does that affect our plans. Why don't we just kill both of them off".

"Death is too easy a penalty for Dearil's crime. I want to watch him suffer. I will not be changing my plans for any reason whatsoever".

"And if my life was on the line, and you had to choose between me and your plans..."

"Do not be ridiculous. You mean nothing to me" Skye said automatically, her gaze fixed on mine.

I wasn't supposed to feel as if she ripped out my heart. Her words shouldn't have hurt as they did and yet, they did and I felt the pain intensely. "Good. I would have said the same thing too" I replied instead and gave a nonchalant shrug. "Jade is my target and I'm only interested in taking her out of the picture so I can gain back my position once more, and with that being said, since you already got my blood, I don't see why we should keep staying together".

"Jade still wants you dead Ryland and has her men on the lookout for you. If you leave this fortress, you are going to meet your death".

"And what's it to you" I snapped, my fist clenching by my side. "I do not mean anything to you, do I? You do not have to worry about me or whatever it is I do. And if you want my honest opinion, I think your plan is pathetic. At least, once I am done Killing Jade, I get to have the syndicate back, but you, even if you kill Dearil, it will never bring your sister or her daughter back" I yelled and her hands crashed against my cheek. The sting of her palm striking against my flesh made my face go numb.

Skye's chest heaved as she breathed harshly. "I fucking know that!" She got out her mouth opening and closing with no words coming out.

I stepped closer to her until we were nose to nose. "Well, if you fucking know that, then you shouldn't be thinking of only hurting Dearil. You should be thinking of wiping off his entire family, every goddamn wolf that had a hand in their death. I'm sure Dearil wasn't working alone that night, was he... Wasn't he working under the command of the head of their pack, why should the others go free while only Dearil bears the burnt of your wrath"

Skye shook her head. "Because there is no way I could kill them all. Dearil was the one who led them, he was the one who killed my sister and her child"

"There is a way to kill them all. You are a powerful witch, and I am sure you will figure it out, so as we are making our plan to destroy Dearil, then we should also work on how to wipe all the members of his clan off the face of the earth, so, once we are done with Dearil, we can go after them next. We are going to wipe them all out, and I will give you my men to do with them as you please" I said and Skye nodded, a drop of a tear rolling down her cheek. I hated to see her cry and if she knew that all the suggestion I was making was for my benefit, I was sure she would shed more tears.

Once Jade was dead, I didn't want several human wolf hunting down my territory and trying to take revenge. I wanted to rule unrivaled, and I did not need all those fucking supernatural hassles.

"I still want to see Dearil suffer tho," Skye said, as she wiped away the tears from her cheeks.

"And he will, once he sees the death of his beloved Mate. I am going to kill Jade myself, I'll do anything for you to get the justice you deserve."

"Are you sure Lexis will not backstab us?" She asked, unconsciously swaying closer to me.

"Lexis hates her at the moment so I am sure she will find a way to poison her drink without her finding out. The only thing I am worried about is that Jade is super sensitive, and now that she is not quite human, what if she smells the poison... "

"She won't, that is why I used your blood in making it. Once she consumes it, she will be easier to kill, and the poison will also cause her traumatic pain, and Dearil would feel every bit of it, and if their bond is strong enough and it gets broken at her death, Dearil would literally go mad with despair and pain that he might actually die."

"Then that is exactly what we will do," I said, my thumbs reaching up to graze her cheeks. Skye stared at me, her lips parting with an audible sigh of relief.

She wanted my touch. I wanted her too, but I knew it wasn't going to change anything. Our lives were totally different. She was consumed with her revenge, and I was consumed with killing Jade and taking back what was mine.

There was no love. Only sexual attraction and that was enough for me. I didn't do relationships anyway.

I leaned towards her, giving her enough time to pull away if she didn't want anything to do with me.

Her breath got shallower as she waited and I closed the space between our lips. Kissing her felt as if I was breathing for the first time and as she grabbed onto my shirt, pulling me closer as she returned my kisses, I felt sparks zap through my spine and all over my body until I was riding waves of tingling sensation.

Our breath mingled as I kissed her harder, unable to get enough, my hand pulled at the rope that held her flowing blue gown, and before I could get it off, her hand gripped hold of mine and she shoved me hard. I stumbled back in surprise, my eyes widening when I saw the look of pure disgust on her face. My heart burned in my chest.

"Enough!" She yelled. "I am not one of those girls you can just take advantage of."

"You fucking kissed me back" I choked out, her rejection hurting more than all the shit I had ever been through had.

"Yes I did and that was not an indication for you to take it further. Let's just stick to the plans ok. I've had enough of this" she said, then walked out of the room.

I stared at her, my heart burning in my chest. I hated her. I fucking hated her for playing with my heart.

Fine. I would stick to the fucking plan because there was no way in hell I was going to wear my heart on my sleeve ever again. It was better just to stick to killing and dominating as I'd always done. Fuck, love.