Sour Souls The Morningstar Series Book 6
Sour Souls Chapter 48

I stalked towards Jace as he scrambled to get off my mate. I know that I probably look like a monster right now. My full power is at the surface, and it wants blood.

I can tell by the fear in Jace's face that my eyes are glowing a firey orange. I'm sure the black veins are crawling up my cheeks, just like they are up my arms. I know that my fangs are out as well. The air around me is thick with malice. I want blood. My power is feeding off of that. Rex is close to the surface just as pissed off as I am.

"Ares."

I heard my mate call to me. I hesitated on turning my head to face her. I don't want her to be scared of me. This is who I am though, and Emi knows that. So, I turned my head to look at her beautiful face.

"He tried to make me chose him over you. He wanted me to be his chosen mate. To turn me into a puppet, and force me to have his kids." Emi told me.

Every word she spoke only fueled my anger. My entire body is tense, and shaking. I can't hold out for much longer. I'm losing it.

"Kill him." Emi stated darkly.

A wide sinister smile crept across my face at my mates words. Emi isn't intimidated by me in the slightest. Because she knows that she is mine, and I am hers. That I would never hurt her, only hurt for her.

I turned my head back to the man in front of me. Jace is still trying to scramble away, but he backed himself up into a tree. I reached down to grab his shirt.

Jace laughed like a lunatic.

"You think killing me will save her?" He scoffed. "Darian will have her. He's going to take her now, while you're busy with me." He said.

I slammed Jace against the tree behind him, making him groan out in pain.

"Emi is going to save the others that you and Darian have been keeping hidden away. I trust my mate to do the right thing. She would never part from me again. The only way Darian is going to take Emi from me again, is if he kills her." I stated. Jace only chuckled in return.

"Killing me won't change Darian's plans." He seethed.

I brought my face closer to his, and gave him a smile.

"Maybe not, but it'll make me feel better. Killing you will feed my blood l**t. And I'm going to take my time with you. You touched my mate. For that, I will end your life." I said darkly.

Jace scoffed. "I spent most of her nights here with her ya know. I almost had her all to myself while you were-"

I let go of Jace's shirt to punch him in the face. He groaned out as he doubled over. I landed another blow to his stomach. Then an uppercut to his jaw.

Jace slumped down the tree to his a*s.

"I could scream, and kill you easily." He seethed at me.

It's my turn to chuckle darkly.

"Not even you can kill me Banchee. I would just come back. Over and over. And there is no where that you can ever go, where I can't find you." I stated.

I walked up to Jace, and grabbed his hair at the top of his head. I pulled his head back to look at his bloody face. Jace spit at me, but it didn't reach my face.

I smirked at him.

"I thought you were going to drag my death out. Bored already Morningstar." Jace said amused.

My smirk only grew.

"Oh, don't think that just because your life ends here that your torture does as well. I'm going to rip your head from your body slowly. Then I'm going to drag your soul to the Underworld myself. Where I will chain you down. Then I'm going to come back to my mate. I'm going to erase every unwanted touch you made on her. Then..."

I bent down to get in his face.

"Then I will come back for you. You will know exactly what it is like to piss of a Morningstar." I stated cruely.

Jace opened his mouth to say something, and I took the oppportunity to shove both of my hands in his mouth. I pulled one hand up, and the other down. Moving as slowly as possible. Jace scratched, bucked, squirmed, and everything else he could to stop me. I'm too strong for him though.

I slowly pulled until I saw Jace's eyes go wide. We heard a sickening pop, and then I ripped his jaw from his body completely. I watched the life leave Jace's eyes. Then I tossed his jaw aside.

A moment later, one of my uncles Reapers showed up. A male that I don't know. He looked from me, to Jace's soul now standing next to his dead body.

"I have orders." The Reaper told me.

"I will be taking this soul myself. If anyone has a problem with that, then they can talk to me directly." I stated.

The Reaper nodded to me.

I used my demonic magic to wrap a chain around Jace's souls neck. Then I teleported us to the worst place in the Underworld that you can go. The place where all the worst souls get taken to. Asphodel.

This area of the Underworld looks just like everyone's worst fears. Terrifying looking Demons are all around torturing damned souls. You can hear screams all around. The types of screams that would haunt anyone's dreams. Anyone who is not a Morningstar.

Jace fell to his knees as he took in his surroundings. I wrapped the chain around my hand, and pulled. Jace faught against me the whole time, but it was of no use. Even if he was in his body still, I am stronger.

"Please! No! Don't do this please!" Jace begged over and over again.

All of the Demons stopped their torturing as I passed. They would pause, bow, and return to their jobs. I know that they are curious as to why one of their prince's is here, dragging a soul through this part of the Underworld. Grandpa doesn't even come to Asphodel unless he has to.

"I'm sorry! I'm so sorry! Please! Have mercy!" Jace begged.

I stopped in the middle of the area. I dropped the chain that connects to Jace. It sunk into the ground, pulling Jace in place. He won't be able to move more than two feet now.

Jace is still pulling on the chain around his neck when I turned around.

"Have mercy?" I asked with a scoff. "You want me to have mercy for the man who touched my mate?" I laughed evily. "This is the consequence of the choices you made. You think you're scared now? Just wait until I come back." I stated.

I walked back the way Jace and I came. I stopped in front of the Demon's. They all turned, and gave me a slight bow.

"I want this one tortured endlessly. I don't care who does it, or how it's done. I will be back soon to continue myself." I stated.

All of the Demon's gave me a single nod. Then I teleported out of there. Right back to where I just was with Jace's dead body.

Time to go get mate. Rex urged.

Yes it is. I replied.

I ran around the side of the house to find Emi. I wasn't prepared to see my uncle though. Or Emi passed out in his arms. Or Darian dead on the ground.

The other Banchee's all stood around Emi and Uncle Soren. When they noticed me I can see the fear in their eyes. I ignored them all as I marched up to my uncle.

"She is fine. Too much power. She only passed out." Uncle Soren told me.

I narrowed my eyes at him.

"How did you get here?" I asked.

"The barrier went down. While you were all searching for Emi's power, I was searching for Darian. The moment the barrier came down, I found this place. Although, your mate, and the rest of the Banchee's took care of everything for me." He said proudly. I growled at him.

"You are not going to hurt the rest of them." I stated.

"Relax nephew. I wasn't going to hurt any of them." Uncle Soren replied.

I scowled at my uncle.

"They are coming with us. We are going home." I stated.

"Wait."

I turned around to see an Indian women standing there.

"Please, Emi said you would heal him with your blood." She said pointing to a body laying on the ground behind her.

I looked at my mate in my uncles arms, and back to the man laying on the ground.

"Come, I will heal him. Then we are all leaving." I stated.

"Where are we going?" A blonde woman asked.

"Somewhere where you will all be safe."