Taming Her Beastly Mate
Chapter 79

Meryl watched as the three men vanished from her crystal’s sight. She snorted angrily and paced through the room. How? How was that even possible? The room was protected by a sealing stone?! It didn’t make sense. What was it about fairy magic? How could it bypass the magic of the gods?

Fairy magic was different than the magic witches used. It was difficult to control as it had a life of its own. It had no rules, no restrictions, no laws. It was wild, untamed and free. It was a force of nature, just like the wind or the raging sea. Fairy magic was chaotic and unpredictable. It was like a hurricane; it blew so loud and powerful. It did whatever it wanted and even the gods couldn’t stop it.

Meryl scowled as she furrowed her brows, looking at herself in the mirror. She never understood fairy magic. You can never predict what it could do. And its origin was also a mystery. Fairies were said to come from Endymion. But she was suspicious that wasn’t where the fairy magic came from. It was more like they were the chosen ones that could use fairy magic.

Even the idea of the guardians was unnerving. A fearsome, powerful creature that was able to tap into an unnaturally strong energy. It was a magic that intrigued her. If she only had a way to tap into fairy magic herself. Her white eyes flashed, and a sinister smile spread over her mouth. She walked over and grabbed a special little violet bottle. Time to visit Erebus.

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Rhea sat up on the bed and Cody growled while putting his hands on her shoulder. He gently applied pressure and she instantly swatted him away.

“Cody is right, lie down.” Titus commanded.

“I’m fine. I already told you I am fine. I was only weak because my energy left me to help Lee.” Rhea looked up at her mother with determined eyes. “I’m getting my daughter back.”

Lilly smiled. “Rhea, you’ve used a lot of energy. You need to stay here and relax. We will­—” Lilly stopped talking as three bodies manifested in the room.

“Lee!” Rhea called out as his arms engulfed her.

“Micah… thank goodness.” Lilly breathed out a sigh of relief as she turned her head to look at Tyler. He squeezed her shoulder gently with a small smile. No one knew of her internal worry but him.

“What… happened?” Aken said in a voice that was barely managing to stay in control. He didn’t know what happened exactly. He only heard Levi say Alexis went to meet Erebus and he grabbed onto Micah to teleport. He was worried. He had never felt so afraid before. And his anger was radiating throughout his body. He was like a volcano ready to erupt.

“It’s all my fault!” Raine sobbed as she stepped into the room. “Alexis came to save me. She agreed to go with Erebus willingly and stay with him for a month for my release.” She felt the room shake as Aken balled his hand into a fist. His face was rigid, and his jaw clenched. His lips were formed in a thin line and there was a menacing glow in his eyes.

Levi watched as Aken turned around, taking a step away. “What are you doing?”

“I’m going to kill a god.” Aken turned and glared at Levi with an icy stare.

“Can you replace her?” Levi asked as he squeezed Rhea’s body tight against him.

“I—I can’t sense her. She is being hidden. If she is wearing the necklace I got her… all she has to do is smash it and I can come to her. It will pull me to her. But that doesn’t mean I am not going to go looking for her…” Aken turned his head and look over at Micah, who had a dark stormy aura. “I’m taking Micah with me. He might be able to sense her if we are close.”

“That’s right!” Levi looked over at Micah and sighed. “There is a lot we need to tell you.” They needed to explain to Micah exactly what he was. And about his connection with Alexis. The reason Aken was able to replace Micah was because she was his master.

“I’ll tell him. We are going to be searching together. And I don’t want to waste time chit-chatting over tea.” Aken growled as Levi straightened up to face him.

“I’m coming too,” Levi said and Aken shook his head no. “Yes, I am. That’s my daughter!”

“Right and you are her father, whose life is connected to her mother’s. If she loses you, she loses both of you. It’s better you replace Gaia. We need to know more about this relationship we discovered…” Aken eyed Levi, who reluctantly nodded. Aken felt the reality of what would happen if Levi died. Alexis would lose both of her parents in an instant. He never wanted her to experience such pain. The thing was the information Gaia had was crucial information. Aken and Levi didn’t know much about a primordial connection to its master. What exactly did this mean?

Lee’s face broke into a soft smile as he looked at Micah. “It’s really good to have you back, Micah. I feel like we just saved you to have you go risk your life again…”

“This time things will be different,” Micah said firmly as Aken placed his hand on his shoulder.

“Of course it will… for more reasons than one. And we will talk about that as we travel.” Aken looked up at Levi. “We will bring her back.” And with that he teleported him and Micah out of the room. They were going on a dangerous hunt. And this time… Erebus was going to die.

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Alexis looked up at Erebus as he sat down across from her at the small table. He hummed casually to himself as he slowly cut up his steak and prepared his plate. He looked up at her and frowned.

“What is with that scowl princess?”

“I agreed to stay willingly. Is this necessary?!” Alexis moved her hands and feet making the chains jingle loudly.

Erebus chuckled. “More than necessary. I don’t exactly want an ice shard in my back. You agreed to stay not that you wouldn’t try to kill me.” His smile spread as he looked at her. “You didn’t think I was clever enough to know what you were thinking, did you?”

“Well, thinking hasn’t been your strong suit.” Alexis sighed and listened as he chuckled.

“That will just make sure you behave yourself. Those anti-magic cuffs will keep that icy bite of yours at bay.” Erebus could see the scowl on her face. “Come now. You are going to be with me for a while. You might as well eat. Don’t worry. I didn’t lace your food like I did with your cousin.”

“How sweet.” Alexis clicked her tongue as she stared down at her plate. She needed to replace out his whole plan. She wondered if she behaved if he would freely talk about it. She needed more information. She wasn’t expecting the anti-magic and anti-shifting cuffs… though she should have. Her only chance now would be to summon Aken. But she wanted to try to see if she could get more information out of him first. Then she would break her necklace and summon Aken. Just thinking of Aken made her heart hurt. How was he? How was her father? And what about Micah? She knew Micah was alive. She could feel him as her guardian again.

“So why don’t you tell me what all of this is about? What is the plan? You want to keep me here and put the glass back in my eye?” Alexis quirked her brow as she looked at Erebus. She watched as he brought the fork to his mouth and took a big bite chewing slowly as he looked at her. “All of this just to hurt Aken because he dyed your hair white?”

Erebus slammed his fork down on the table. His eyes fixated on her in a lethal glare as his lips curled upwards in a snarl. “Is that what that bastard thinks?!” He chuckled dangerously and shook his head. “Of course…” He let out a loud airy laugh. “Of course! That is all it is. I was just a bad sport who couldn’t take his prank.” His face suddenly became solemn, and he looked up at Alexis. “Do you think it is all about my hair?”

Alexis watched as his eyes bore into her. The man with usually dark crazy eyes had a deep pain hidden behind them. She couldn’t see his deep grudge only being about his hair color. It must have been because of the dryad woman, Ivory. Maybe he did really love her, and her betrayal destroyed him.

“I can’t imagine it is only about your hair. It seems like you have suffered a deep emotional wound.” Alexis saw how there was almost relief shown in his eyes. He opened his mouth to say something, but then black smoke formed in the room. And Meryl appeared on the other side of the table.

“Hello sugar, did you miss me?” Meryl cackled as Erebus growled at her lowly. “I’m here to collect. I’ve held up my end. Now…” She held out the purple vial.

“Disgusting creature. How dare you just come into my place as you please! Don’t you dare disrespect me!” Erebus watched as Meryl’s lips spread over her face.

“Now now now… I just want what I’ve come here for. And then I’ll leave.” Meryl could see his eye twitching as he glared at her.

Erebus held up his hand. “Give me the container.”

Meryl held it out and he snatched it out of her hands. He held it out and concentrated on the violet jar. It began to glow as a dark substance leaked inside of it. As it came out of Erebus a shrill scream of agony was heard.

Alexis watched as Meryl’s face twisted in pain and for once she saw emotions on her face. Her white eyes watered, and her bottom l*p trembled slightly. She reached out and grabbed the bottle, putting a little purple cork on the top.

“Don’t worry. Everything is alright now.” Meryl pulled the jar up against her chest and let out a quiet sigh of relief. She looked over at Alexis and a wicked smile spread over her lips. “I’ll be seeing you soon.”

Alexis watched as Meryl disappeared in a puff of black smoke. She looked over at Erebus, who shrugged slightly and began eating again.

“I need to tighten things up here. I don’t need disgusting corpses dropping pieces of themselves in my home.” Erebus took another bite of food while he concentrated on his plate.

“What did you put in the bottle?” Alexis asked as she poked at her food, trying to be casual.

“It is her granddaughter’s soul. It was useless to me anyways.” Erebus continued to bring the fork to his mouth not bothering to look over at her.

Alexis winced at how casually he spoke about using and discarding someone’s soul. But she stayed quiet and slowly poked at her food. The rest of the dinner was in silence. Only the sound of metal forks against glass plates echoed off the walls. She wondered if she was playing with fire. If she should just quickly summon Aken. But Erebus knew what was going on with the demons. He knew about the pool of power. Alexis wanted to know how much time they had. If it was already too late or if there was a chance to stop it.

This was their one chance to get answers. She had to seize it. She looked down at her cuffs. They prevented her from shifting and using her ice magic. But she wondered… would they prevent her fairy magic?

Erebus stood up from the table and walked over to her. “It is time for you to rest. I have a guest coming to talk to me.” He looked at her as one eyebrow lifted in question. “It isn’t a request, and I don’t owe you an explanation.”

Alexis smiled up at him innocently as she stood up. “Is it a lady friend?”

Erebus grabbed onto her shoulder as her roughly escorted her down the hall. “Don’t be jealous. You are the only lady friend I will accept for eternity.” He squeezed her shoulder as he smiled down at her. Then, with gentle pressure, he pushed her into the room and shut the door. She heard a strange popping noise and the door glowed red. Whoever he was meeting, he really didn’t want her to know about it.

Erebus walked down the hall and entered another room. A shadow moved across the floor and Erebus bowed his head slightly. “My lord. I was surprised that you came here and so suddenly.”

“Have you finished the preparations on your end?” The eerie voice whispered out.

“Yes.” Erebus answered with a slight nod as his eyes followed the shadow on the ground.

“What about the woman?” The voice hissed out.

Erebus’ lips pursed tightly together as his tone turned a bit harsh. “That is my personal business.”

The shadow laughed and weaved over the floor. “Just don’t get distracted. You know what I need you to do?”

“Yes, of course I know. As soon as I get those shards from Meryl, I will make sure to shove one in the nycrops’ eye. Then she will be under your control. Well… technically my control.” Erebus chuckled while the shadows remained quiet. He then cleared his throat uncomfortably as the darkness swirled.

“Don’t mess this up.”

Erebus sighed as the shadow vanished from the room. The heavy aura dissipated with it. He turned and left the room with a small smirk resting on his face. The demon king was getting more and more pushy. Acting like he was his boss. But soon… soon he planned to take his crown for himself. He was just waiting for the right moment when he would be able to devour the demon king’s soul.