The Sun

A little bit of truth

I get up and glare at Dax, trying to make it seem like I’m unaffected by him, but the truth is that he scares me and always has.

“What do you want Dax?” I question, Mace looks at me as I acknowledge Dax, I can see the question in his eyes, how do I know him is what he wants to ask me. Instead of questioning me, he keeps quiet.

“Little mouse, you know what I want” he smirks at me, waiting for a reaction that I’m never going to give him.

“You’re not getting anything from me Dax” I growl. Moving into a more battle-ready stance. He sees my move and starts laughing.

“You see little mouse; you’ve already given me what I want” he continues laughing. I click and realise what he wants is Luca. “

“Hurt him Dax and I’ll gut you” I snarl at him which only makes him laugh more.

Ï wouldn’t dream of hurting him, I have great plans for him” he explains. It clicks when he says he has plans for him, he thinks Luca is his. I start laughing, almost doubling over in hysterics.

“What’s so funny!” he growls at me, grabbing my arm and pulling me to him. Our noses are touching at this point and in my peripherals, I can see Mace gearing up for a fight.

“The fact you think he’s yours” I laugh again.

“What are you saying” he snarls, gripping my arm tighter, so tight I know it will be bruised once he lets go.

“He’s not your son Dax” I state, smirking at him. I know Mace must be so confused right now, hell it’s a confusing mess.

“He has to be mine; I was the last person you slept with” he looks furious, and it makes a small part of me shiver with fear.

“That’s where you’re wrong, I never slept with you” I state.

“We definitely slept together” he storms. 

“Yeah, we didn’t though” I smirk.

“Explain!” he screams and yanks me forward until our noses are touching.

“Devil’s lure” I laugh out, seeing the spark of recognition in his eyes when the words leave my lips. He throws me to the floor.

“You wouldn’t” he stutters.

“Oh, but I would, and I did. When you let me cook that meal for you on my last night, I slipped it into your glass of red. A few kisses and some light touching at dinner, it wasn’t hard to conjure up a s*x dream for you while you were out, especially with you being under the affects of the drug.” I explain, gulping in air, it seems to be getting thicker the more Dax thinks about my betrayal.

“What’s Devil’s lure?” Mace questions. I glance at Mace briefly before turning back to Dax and explaining.

“It’s a drug, it puts the victim to sleep and allows the user control over their mind and their dreams. It’s so effective that all dreams feel like reality. There is no way for the victim to distinguish between a truth and a lie.” I reveal.

“Why would you do that to me?” he asks, sounding betrayed.

“Are you f*****g serious?” I ask dumbfounded. He picks me back up off the floor and screams in my face.

“WHY?!” he screams.

“You used it on me first!” I yell back. He looks taken a back at my confession.

“Who told you?” he questions, the air thick with tension.

“Gray is my soul mate; did you really think a silly little drug could convince me otherwise? You used it on me, you’re the reason she’s dead and the reason I ran. You ruined my life, all because you wanted what you couldn’t have” I cry, tears rolling down my face. I don’t dare look to Mace, knowing he will have realised my darkest secret.

“You killed her yourself little mouse” he huffs.

“No Dax, I might have staked her, but you convinced me she was the enemy, by drugging me. For months, you drugged me and played with my mind, taking advantage of me, and using it to your benefit. My own family, my sister-in-law is dead because of you; I betrayed my family because of you!” I don’t filter myself, releasing all of my pent-up frustrations.

“I should have killed you” he seethes.

“What you did to me was worse Daxam. So much worse.” I breath out, he hurt me more than I thought anyone ever could. I see a glimpse of pain and regret in his eyes before it’s replaced by hate and anger once again. I stand up and brush myself off, facing him and his men.

“Now give me my son back.” I request. He glares at me before nodding his head at one of his men. The man walks away and before long returns with Luca in his arms. As soon as he sees me, he wriggles free from the man holding him and runs to me as quick as he can, I grab him and haul him up into my arms, kissing his head and breathing in his scent.

“Mumma!” he crys.

“I’m here baby, it’s ok” I soothe him, shaking with relief to have him in my arms again, safe and unharmed.

Dax makes a tsk noise, seemingly recovered from the truth bomb I dropped on him.

“This isn’t over Emery, you owe me” he states.

“I don’t owe you a goddamn thing Daxam” I growl.

“Oh but you do, remember that little blood fealty?” he laughs, seeing the horror displayed on my face.

“But don’t worry little mouse, I won’t collect today” and with that parting statement, he signals his goons, and they leave the platform.

I’m squeezing Luca and shaking, not realising Mace has come up behind me, startling me when he touches my back.

“Let’s get out of here regină” he quietly says, trying to pull me to the exit. I shrug him off before replying, ”don’t call me that”. I walk to the exit with Mace hot on my heels and Luca playing happily with my necklace. An awkward silence befalls us as we hop into the car, something that has never happened with Mace and I before. I can tell he’s trying to process what he learned and can see the questions in his eyes when he turns to me and afyer I finish putting Luca in his car seat and hopping in the passenger seat.

”Is what he said true Em?” I whispers, gripping the steering wheel hard.

I look at him, not kowing what I should share, knowing whatever I tell him will hurt like hell. ”About Ember?” I ask, alreading knowing the answer. He looks at me and nods.

”Yes. Everything he said and I said was true. I’m sorry Mace.” I feel shame and a tremendous amount of guilt.

”Why Em? I know you weren’t close at the start but I thought you were friends?” he asks me softly, no anger showing on his face.

”She was my sister Mace, what Dax did to me, is the only reason I hurt her. I had no control over my mind or my body, it was like the years after I met Grey never even happened.” I tried to explain. Dax’s control over me made me do horrible things, betraying my family and more, one of the main reasons I left when I did.

”You’re the strongest vânător I know Emery, I don’t believe that’s true.” He states, putting the car in drive and peeling out of the parking spot.

Knowing he doesn’t believe me was worse than death, I love Mace like a brother and him thinking I had a choice in Ember’s death was painful. The rest of the journey was quiet, neither of us speaking and Luca peacefully sleeping in the back. I had a bad feeling about what would happen when we arrived back home.