Sour Souls The Morningstar Series Book 6
Sour Souls Chapter 47

"And what do you think you're going to do about it?" Darian asked with a laugh. "They won't chose you over me."

I looked at the other's faces. Anna avoided my eyes, but I see the doubt in them still. Uma is silently crying, but looking at me with a fierceness in her eyes. Mei is looking between her mate, and I. And Jack.. Jack looks like the pieces are finally falling into place. I assume that nearly killing one of his closest friends has had an affect on him. Then Jack's eyes snapped up to Darian. Updated by Narugi.com

"You suggested that I do something about Luca.." He said softly.

I turned to Darian.

"You knew that he knew didn't you?" I asked him.

Darian said nothing, just glared at me.

"We never planned to kill Jace, although I knew it would happen-"

"Because of your stupid Morningstar!" Darian interrupted me to shout.

I shook my head.

"Becasue he is my mate. Jace not only has disrespected my mate bond over and over, but he tried to force himself on me. My mate walked in on that. I think any mate would have killed Jace had they been in Ares position." I said. No one said a thing.

"Jace dug his own grave when he agreed to your plan." I said. "How did you know that Luca was coming to help me though? Did you know that I knew this whole time?" I asked.

Darian didn't answer, only glared at me.

"You really were going to have Jace r**e her?" Anna asked horrified.

Darian didn't answer.

"That's why he was so pushy.." Anna concluded on her own.

"But.. why?" Jack asked. "Why all of this? Why force this on Emi? Why lie, and pull her away from her mate? Why have us hurt each other?" He asked. "Especially when she could be the key to us coming out of hiding." Mei added.

They're all starting to doubt him more. Honi said.

They're branching off from him. I replied.

"He's been using all of us." Uma added. "Luca and I chose to follow Emi. She said that her mate is different, that he could help us. Emi promised-"

"Oh she promised did she?" Darian interrupted her. "So cute that all she had to do was promise to get you to switch sides! Have you forgotten who it was that rescued all of you? Who pulled you off of the streets, and gave you a home?" He asked absolutely fuming. "All you did was manipluate them." Came a voice from behind me.

I turned around to replace a man that I have never seen before. He looks exactly like my mate though, only slight differences. The man is a bit older looking than Ares. He has the same raven black hair, and deep blue eyes though. What a hottie. Honi said.

Now is not the time, and he isn't even our mate. I scolded her.

Can't help it, he looks like mate. She grumbled.

I ignored her.

Darian chuckled.

"Well, if it isn't Soren Morningstar. The very man who ordered the extinction of my people." He said.

All eyes went wide. I turned my head to look back at the man. This is Ares uncle?

"You and I both know that there is more to the story than that Darian. If you weren't out killing off any creature you could for power, then your people wouldn't have been slaughtered." Soren said with slight amusement. I frowned at him.

"You think genocide is funny?" I growled out.

Soren's deep blue eyes fell to me.

"Hmm, I heard that you were a mouthy one." He commented. "You have many people who were willing to fight for you girl. I wanted to kill you along with the rest of your race. Even if you are my nephews mate." He said. "See! They are all-" Darian started, but he was interrupted by Soren.

"It seems that times have changed for the both of us Darian. We have a millennia long fued between the two of us. It should have died with you a long time ago. Now, things are different." Soren said. "Different?" I asked.

Soren nodded. "Even if I still wanted to kill all of you, I have not only been out voted, but threatened. By my brother, my nephews and neices, and many others at the Anderson school." He told us. I turned back to Darian to smirk.

"I told you that my mate was different. Your views are outdated. All you are doing, is using the last of us for your own revenge." I stated.

All eyes turned to Darian.

"You told us they were still hunting us." Anna said.

"You never told us about your gathering of power." Mei said.

"It seems that you lied about a lot." Jack said as he got to his feet.

"I stand with our true queen." Uma said.

All eyes snapped to her.

"Darian tried to hide it, but Emi found out the truth. She is our queen. The blood of the very first Banchee runs through her veins." Uma told them all.

Darian chuckled lowly.

"I should have gotten Jace to r**e you the moment we had you. You would be nothing but a puppet right now." He said.

I shrugged. "Sorry to disappoint."

"This fight is between you and I now Darian." Soren said as he stepped forward.

I put my arm out to stop Soren.

"No." I said as I looked around.

All of them are glaring daggers at Darian. The air is growing thick. We can all feel Jace's death growing near, but there is more. Another death is hovering in the air. "Let them." I whispered to Soren.

Soren looked over to the others as well. Mei and Jack stepped off of the porch to get closer to Darian. Uma rested Luca on the ground gently, and then stood up. All of them circled Darian. "You were the reason why that stupid war broke out to begin with, aren't you?" Anna asked.

"A war that has nothing to do with us!" Jack shouted.

"You have been keeping us hidden from the world this whole time." Mei said.

"Now you will pay." Uma added.

"We should help them." Soren whispered to me.

I turned my head to look at the man who resembles my mate.

"Can you not feel it?" I asked him.

Soren gave me a confused look.

"The death in the air. You don't feel it at all?" I asked.

I know that Ares couldn't feel it before either, but I thought maybe Soren would. I don't know much about what he does, but I do know that he is king of the Reapers. I thought that would mean he could feel it. "I feel nothing." Soren said.

"Guess you aren't as powerful as you think you are then." I stated.

Soren whipped his head to me, but I kept my eyes forward. The pressure in the air is nearly unbearable for me. I can't believe that Soren doesn't feel any of this.

The wind started to swirl around us at impossible speeds. The other Banchee's are closing in on Darian. His death is growing closer, and Jace's is nearly here. Ares must be playing with him for it to drag out this long.

"You all have no idea what you are doing! I was the one to save you! I-" Darian started shouting, but he was interrupted.

"All you did was pull us from one awful place to another!" Anna shouted back.

"You used us! Took our lives away!" Jack shouted.

"You pretended to care for all of us!" Uma added in her own shout.

"And for that, you will pay with your life." Mei stated.

Then it happened. Jace's death. The power he left behind rushed through me. I fell to my knees, but Soren was quick to wrap an arm around me. I shook my head, and pushed on his chest.

"Cover your ears." I warned.

"What?" Soren shouted over the swirling air.

"Cover your ears!" I repeated.

Hopefully he heard me that time, because I can't hold it in anymore. Jace's death was the most powerful I have ever felt, and I assume that Darian's will be the same. Tears filled my eyes as I looked up at the rest of them. Power pushed through my body. Then I screamed.

The scream I let out was more than any other scream I've made. I can feel Jace's power with it, Honi's too, and even my mates own power. All of it mixed with my own.

The wind blew around us even stronger as the other's joined in on my scream. My vision blurred, but I can't stop. The power is too much. All of us are mixing together. I can feel all of their power too.

Darian was lifted into the air. All of screams continued. I don't think it's ever lasted this long before. Darian tried to scream himself, but he can't. I can see the veins bulge out of his head, neck, and arms. He isn't powerful enough to take us all on.

I blinked away some tears, just in time to see Darian's eyes go completely white. He grunted, and gritted out in pain. Then blood started to ooze out of his nose, his eyes, his ears, and his mouth. A second later his entire body went limp. Darian's head lolled to the side. His eyes are back to normal, but lifeless. He fell to the ground in a heep. The other Banchee's all fell to their knees.

I looked at the others. They seem to be doing okay. They look a bit drained, but they are all breathing.

I turned my head to Soren.

"Please tell Ares to help Luca." I said.

Then everything went black.