The Rise Of The Ugly Luna novel Chapter 149

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JARIS

For a full minute, no words were shared between us, our eyes doing the talking.

Finally, he gave in to the loss and leaned back in his seat.

“I guess we should start talking, then.” He locked his fingers behind his head. “Before we proceed, however, I’d love to know how the kids are.”

Something shifted in my chest, but I forced my expression to remain blank, my eyes not leaving his face even as he gave a stupid smile.

“You know, my little niece and nephew. Never met them. But I’d sure like to. Would you permit that, Jaris?”

I cocked my head to the side. “Mention my kids one more time and this conversation is over.”

He chuckled. “Fine. I want my position back.” His tone got serious, but he sounded stupid all the same.

“You should know you’re in my place, Jaris. If you didn’t betray me and had me locked up, I’d have been Alpha, and definitely the one competing for the grand throne.”

He leaned forward again. “You sent me away to be imprisoned forever while you get the things I’ve always wanted. In what world is that fair?”

I scoffed as I leaned back in my seat, letting my eyes take him from up to down.

“Tell me, Caden, do you really think you’re fit to be King?” I let a moment pass for the question to sink in. “Because of you, Darkspire almost became isolated. Because you couldn’t control your stupid urges and kept getting us into trouble. Our own people were already becoming scared of us. Do you honestly think they’d have accepted someone like you to be their Alpha?”

His face scrunched in irritation. “You’re judging me now? You’re judging me when-”

“I know we’re the same,” I cut him off. “But that’s the point. You didn’t see me going on a killing spree, did you? You were feeding on even our own people! And you dare think I betrayed you? If I wanted to betray you, I’d have killed you. But I had you locked up instead, keeping everyone safe. And if I have to, I’d do it again, Caden. So don’t expect an apology from me.

His eyes stayed on mine for a while, making me see the brewing rage in them.

“Well, I’m back. I want my position back. You need to step down, Jaris.”

This time, I couldn’t hold back the laugh.

“You didn’t leave any position behind. It was shattered when you became a threat to the people.”

He shook his head. “I am telling you, Jaris. I’ve spent the last year working on myself. I can control my urges now. I have been preparing for this! I’m sure you must’ve known by now that I was behind the King’s death. I was clearing the path, and it definitely wasn’t for you to take it.”

I glared harder at him when he mentioned King Thaddeus‘ death. The asshole.

“Listen, Jaris; I have control of the Feeders, and they’re willing to correlate with the wolves, but that can only happen if I’m King. If I get what I want, tns Feeders will no longer be a threat. We’ll all be one happy family.”

It was extreme sport holding back the laugh that wanted to burst through my throat. The asshole had so much delusions up his head.

“You need help. You’re clearly sick,” I told him honestly.

His eyes grew darker. “You wouldn’t want to know what I’d do if my demands aren’t met, Jaris. I’ll get Lyric again, and this time, yesterday would feel like a massage to her.”

My jaw tightened, but I didn’t give him the asshole the satisfaction of knowing he was riling me up.

I stood up instead, but he wasn’t done talking.

“You know, you should be grateful I didn’t kill her. I mean, considering the fact that you killed Etta.”

My heart froze in place. It was impossible to hide my unsettling reaction this time, and Caden smiled, knowing he’d gotten me right where he wanted.

*She was mine, yet you took her away from me. Not just her body, but her life.”

“Etta was mine, not yours,” I gritted, feeling the need to defend myself.

“Was she? Or you just snatched her from me?”

I closed my eyes as I pinched between my brows. “I’m not having this conversation with you.”

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