Authors: Charisma Knight

Helena's Demon (8 page)

“
It wouldn’t have changed
anything,” Mimi muttered.

“
We’ll be taking our leave now,”
Sorscha
said as she placed a hand on Silas’s
shoulder.

“
Wait!” Helena demanded. “What
did you do?”

“
I’ve simply given you a gift,”
Sorscha
stated.
“Traded for Silas’s
freedom.”

Mimi shook her head. “Surely no
good can come of this so-called gift of yours.” She looked at Silas. “And you!
You ought to be ashamed of yourself!”

“
Don’t you dare chastise me,
woman!” Silas snapped. “You never told the child what she truly was! Don’t
point the blame at me! I know where I went wrong.”

“
You knew and never spoke up.”
Helena’s gaze snapped back to Mimi. “Why?”

“
Although you are half demon, I
never stopped loving you. You have a kind heart. But you were forged to bring
about great evil. Breaking the curse…wasn’t a good thing, because it means
destruction to life as we know it.”

“
What?”
Cyn
and Helena said simultaneously. “What the hell. Aunt Mimi!”

“
You should have warned me!”
Cyn
snarled. “You never told me this. How…?”

“
It shouldn’t matter to you,
Cyn
. You’ve got a wife out of the bargain. This plan was
set into motion long ago, when you were off sowing your wild oats with any and
every demoness who would give you the time of day,”
Sorscha
reminded him.

“
Mother!
Tell me you…”

“
I had to point you in the right
direction,
Cyn
. She’s a powerful witch, especially
now since the family curse has been lifted. One day, we’ll need to tap into that
magic.”
Sorscha
laughed and glanced at Helena. “I had
to pair you up with my son! He has power like you wouldn’t believe. Oh, and
combined with the Pearsall powers now that the curse has been lifted, you have
given me a grandchild that will break down the fabric of time and space! Demons
shall walk the earth as they please, thanks to this unholy union. I’m pleased.”

“
Silas!”
Mimi sneered. “You just keep
digging your grave deeper and deeper. You screwed up, cursed your own family,
and now you’ve managed to threaten the entire world with this demonic
alliance.” She shook her head and frowned.

“
Don’t
fret, Mimi. I’ve freed your line.
We will be around, but first we need to do a little
preparation for
my
reign.”
Sorscha
turned back
to Helena. “As we speak, the child grows in your womb,” she said with a smirk
before she and Silas disappeared.

Helena placed a hand on her
stomach and gasped. “That’s why we were paired?” Bile formed in her throat, and
she feared she’d puke. “
Cyn
, you had to have known
what your mother was up to.”

“
Even if she had revealed her
plan to me, I wouldn’t have
went
along with it. You
must believe me,”
Cyn
snapped, then bared his teeth.
“Apparently, that’s how Silas got past my barriers. Mother’s magic!”

“
Oh, this isn’t good!” Mimi
fretted. “
Cyn
, what are we going to do?”

“
Sorscha
is more powerful than I. She
has left me no other choice,”
Cyn
stated calmly as he
looked at his new bride-to-be.

“
How are we going to fight dark
magic with
our
magic?” Helena asked sharply.

“
We’ll fight with even darker
magic,”
Cyn
assured her. His eyes danced a brilliant
gold before turning to flames.

“
I don’t think that’s wise,”
Mimi chirped.

“
What other choice were we
given?”
Cyn
growled. “This is not my fault. I’ll find
a way to protect us and our child.” He placed a hand on Helena’s stomach and
looked her in the eye. “This is not what I had intended for us. This calls for
me completely embracing my demon magic and calling upon forces I’ve never
utilized. Are you with me?” He reached out his hand for hers.

Helena swallowed hard and
nodded.
Cyn
had never been a threat to her in the
past. Not even when she first summoned him. As she peered into his fiery gaze,
something told her they’d be in for one hell of a fight. She placed her hand
within his, and the heat from his body emanated against hers.

“Yes,
Cyn
.
I’m with you.”

The
End

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