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Darkness Chapter 98: Brother
A knock at my door roused me from my sleep. "Come in," I said in a deep groggy voice.Cherry's bouncy curls popped through the door. "Are you decent?"I looked down at my T-shirt that read "Cutie Pie" on it. "Yes?"She pushed the door open. She carried a dozen bags on each arm. Two brothers followed her through carrying more.I rubbed the sleep from my eyes. "What's going on?"Cherry gave me a cheery smile as she set the bags down on my bed. She turned to the men behind her. "Just set them on the floor, boys. Thanks."They obeyed and she shooed them out with a hand. "Girl time now, off you go.""Girl time?" I asked.She nodded solemnly. "You are in desperate need of it. Here." She chucked a phone at me. It was a fancy smartphone with a touch screen and everything. "It's got a new number, so creepo can't call you anymore.""Umm... thanks, but this is too much. There is no way I can afford this." I held up the phone and then waved around me. "Let alone any of this."She rolled
Darkness Chapter 99: Work
I clicked down the steps of the stairs past the garage all the way to the hall behind the bar. I could hear the music thrumming through the walls. Tonight it was more like rave music. I guess bars had to change it up to draw different clientele every night.I slipped past the bathroom to the other end. The hall opened up next to the bar counter. Cherry turned and gave me a nod when she saw me. I smiled and waved. Everything inside of me wanted to duck my head and hide in a booth, but I couldn't do that. I had to be the face of the faction. I had to be the new face of the Ardor Brothers. I had to fight a grimace. This was a lot of responsibility.It was only eight, but the bar already had an excellent turnout. Not too many of them were brothers or at least not many of them were wearing their jackets. It was going to take me forever to learn all of their names and faces.The bodies jumped up and down on the dancefloor to the electronic rave-like music. I didn't recognize anyone just y
Darkness Chapter 100: Chaise
I had seen way more bits and bobs of people's body parts than was necessary. After the first three, I grew kind of numb to it. At first, I was just embarrassed to be sitting there watching them. Then, I was kind of horny. But even that wore off after a while. Now it was similar to Kira's memories of watching the cows out in the pasture. It was just sort of nature, and you just let it be. The crystals made a huge difference. I didn't feel like I was buzzing with energy and exhausted. Instead, I was just exhausted.I fell back in the chaise. Liam gave me a sideways glance, crossed his arms, and leaned back against the backboard on booth part of the weirdly shaped chaise. He hadn't said a word to me all night. I still couldn't figure out if he was pissed or not talking to me because the music was too loud.It was getting near closing time, and the music's volume was slowly going down every few minutes to match the mood in the bar. The ravers looked tired out. Only five of them still bou
Darkness Chapter 101: Archer
Liam's eyes lifted to the curtain. He stood abruptly. I straightened, following his gaze. A man in a black suit and a fedora walked in. Two tall men followed him. They all had slightly pointed ears.Liam stepped forward and shook his hand. "Don Archer," Liam said with a respectful nod."Brother Baxter. I have urgent business with you. Do you mind clearing the room?"Archer looked down at me briefly and back to Liam."This is Brother Popov's daughter. She will be taking over the Ardor Brothers."Archer frowned. "It is unfortunate to hear you will be stepping down. I feel we have created a strong relationship between our two factions.""She will fully support our agreement. If you choose to speak with me on the matter, I will act as her liaison."I blinked. I was surprised at how diplomatic Liam sounded. He never talked like that in front of the brothers or sisters. He kept his words short and grumbly. But here, he sounded like a true leader. I sat up on the chaise with my back st
Darkness Chapter 102: Leader
I plopped down on the chaise and threw a few pieces of candy in my mouth. "What's his faction's name?"Liam pushed the table aside and dropped to one knee in front of me, his head bowed. "Liam?" I asked."Beloved. I'm sorry. I didn't realize. I'm so sorry. Please, forgive me.""For what?""The way I treated you. I'm so sorry. Beloved, I'm sorry I called you Kira. I'm sorry."I bit my lip. I realized he was afraid of me. He'd seen my power, and that had changed how he saw me. I reached out and set my hand on his jaw. His skin was cold to the touch again. "Liam, I am the same person I was ten minutes ago. If you're mad at me for something I did, tell me, call me Kira. I don't care. But what I did just now was to protect us and the brotherhood. Please don't let that change how you see me."He kept his head bowed. The sight was starting to sicken me. I shouldn't have shown my power. I didn't even know I could control that god power. I'd been having so much trouble with it. Why now?
Darkness Chapter 103: The Greys
I woke up in my big bed alone. Liam was asleep in the reclining chair at the corner of the room. I shuffled out of bed. The clock read 12:03. A part of me felt bad for sleeping in like I'd wasted the day, but I had only slept six hours. It was the curse of having a night job.I showered. When I came back into the room, Liam was gone. I looked through the dresser drawers of new clothes. I struggled with just choosing jeans and a t-shirt, but I needed to dress like a professional. Was the leader of a faction considered a professional? What would that kind of person wear to impress? Probably lots of leather, it was a biker gang after all.I could feel the Lanie side of me all excited to dress from head to toe in leather and jump on one of the bikes and drive around being a badass, but the Kira side of me was freaking out. She'd never worn a strip of leather in her life other than cowboy boots.I breathed. Okay. I was one person. Just one. I was me. I was... still nameless. I sighed. I
Darkness Chapter 104: Witch Blood
I stepped into the hallway of the bar, then entered the office room. I had just sat in the chair when Cherry popped her head in."Hey, boss," she said."Hey.""Why does Liam looked so pissed?"I shrugged."Well, he's pacing outside your door looking like he's going to rip someone's head off."I sighed. "I think it has something to do about witch blood."She sat in the leather armchair across the desk and set her chin in her hands. "Ooh, who has witch blood? The new girl? Is she awesome?"I grimaced."No, wait. You have witch blood? What?! So cool!""Shh... not so loud.""I know, but it super rare. Like, most witches die as children because they are so sot after. How'd you live this long? Is it the twin thing?"I rubbed my face with my hands. "I really don't like it when you read my mind.""What? I don't read minds." Her eyes flickered to the ceiling. She totally read minds or something of the sort."Well, then I don't have witch blood."She eyed me skeptically. "What can
Darkness Chapter 105: Visit
I spent the whole afternoon in the study. The books I came across were fascinating, but they were all spells. Nothing that had history or could shed any light on why they wanted Kezia or me. Cherry knocked on my door around six with a tray of food."Eat quick. They need you upstairs to do your thing soon.""Are Sundays any calmer?"She gave me a glance over her shoulder with her eyebrow raised. "Don't get your hopes up."I sighed and shoved a chicken wing in my mouth. Before long, Liam followed me up to the second level of the bar into the lair. I sat in a tall armchair with Liam standing tall and ominous behind me. The first of the clients came in. Halfway through the night, I was buzzing with energy and bored out of my mind. Liam had taken a seat in a chair next to me. The most current clients were having a threesome on the couch right in front of me. My hands were laced in theirs, so I was stuck leaning forward and far too close than I wanted to be. I shot a helpless look over
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