Chapter 20

Samael Wülf

I clenched my jaw when the words escaped her venomous lips. It took everything I had inside me, not to take her head into my hands and rip it clean off of her shoulders.

Why did I come home that night? I should have let Balan go and check in on things. If he had met Kali that night, instead of me, then things would be so different right now. Kali would be happy with a cruel and sadistic husband. My father would still be alive and I would be free to love Freya.

“I know Kali, it's okay. Not much longer now. When the council make Freya start turning hunters into hybrids, we will be free to leave and she will be the one trapped here, instead of you,” I said softly as I rested my cheek on top of her head.

“I know. And I know that you only slept with her because we still need Selene on your side. She would be able to tell instantly that you were lying, if you'd said you loved Freya and had been with her, when you hadn't,” she replied, as