Part 29 (2/2)

'How about you, Gina. Can I offer you something?'

'Our freedom,' she shot back.

He laughed. 'I'm afraid I can't do that.'

'Then you can go straight to h.e.l.l.'

Ben laughed. 'Interesting choice of words, my dear.'

'What are you doing down here?' Derek asked again.

Turning his attention back to Derek, Ben said, 'It's my home. At least for now. And soon it'll be yours.'

'I'm not going to become a demon.'

'We'll see. It's not as bad as you think.'

'Tell me how it happened, Da!Ben.' He couldn't bring himself to call him Dad. It just wasn't right. He didn't know exactly what his father was, but he didn't have that kind of familial feeling for this man. Ben was nothing more than a stranger now.

Ben quirked a brow. 'How what happened?'

'How the demons got you. Was it before they took Nic?'

His smile grew wider. 'You don't understand yet, do you?'

'I guess I don't. Why don't you explain it to me?' He hated playing games.

'I'm enjoying letting you figure it all out yourself.'

Derek scanned the room, conscious of demons lurking in the dark recesses surrounding them. He counted four so far. 'Well, while we're playing twenty questions, why don't you get rid of the Frankensteins. They give me the creeps.'

With one quick nod of his head, the demons vanished into the darkness. Ben leaned forward and clasped his hands together, staring at his fingers for a second before looking up at Derek. 'Ask and I'll tell you.'

'I want to know everything. And I want the truth.'

'The truth is, no demons captured me. Ever.'

Derek frowned and shook his head. 'I don't under stand.'

'Of course you don't, because you were too young to notice and I didn't want you to know until I was ready to fully a.s.similate you. I took your brother first, but your mother got smart and spirited you away before I could get to you. I should have taken you both at the same time, but I couldn't.'

'So I was right.' Ben had been turned before Nic. He had taken his own son.

But wait. The thing that took his brother had looked a lot like one of the hybrids. Huge, imposing, with red glowing eyes and scary as h.e.l.l. His father didn't look any thing like one of those.

s.h.i.+t. Now he was more confused than ever. Blood pounded in his temples. Derek scrubbed a hand over his face, trying to make sense of everything. Gina scooted closer and wrapped her arm around his shoulders.

'Just spill it, Ben,' Gina interjected. 'Tell Derek the d.a.m.n truth.'

'Because I wasn't turned turned into a demon, Derek. I was born one. And when I took Dominic, I came to claim what was rightfully mine. You and Dominic are as much mine as you were your mother's. Half of my blood runs in both of you.' into a demon, Derek. I was born one. And when I took Dominic, I came to claim what was rightfully mine. You and Dominic are as much mine as you were your mother's. Half of my blood runs in both of you.'

Derek stared at Ben, not wanting to make that connection. 'That's not true.'

Ben smiled, looking so human Derek couldn't believe the words that spilled from his mouth. 'Yes, it is, son. I'm a demon. Not just a demon, but a demon Lord. Your friend Louis has told you all about the Sons of Darkness.'

A black haze filled his mind, every word Lou had told him about the Sons of Darkness slamming into his consciousness.

'I am am the Sons of Darkness, Derek. One of the twelve leaders. My blood is your blood. It's time for you to face what you are.' the Sons of Darkness, Derek. One of the twelve leaders. My blood is your blood. It's time for you to face what you are.'

Chapter Twenty-One.

G ina's heart stuttered, and if she could have taken Derek anywhere but here right now, she would have. ina's heart stuttered, and if she could have taken Derek anywhere but here right now, she would have.

She couldn't believe what Ben said, and yet she knew it was true. Her heart ached for Derek, yet she could do nothing to help him, just listen in horror and shock to Ben's words.

Derek's father was a demon Lord, one of the twelve leaders of the Sons of Darkness.

A descendant of the great evil.

What did that make Derek?

She didn't want to wrap her mind around it right now, couldn't fathom what Derek was thinking.

'You're lying,' Derek said, his voice laced with hatred. His entire body vibrated with violence.

'Why would I? Consider where you are, Derek. What I have shown you so far. I have no reason to lie, and in your soul you know it to be true.'

'I don't believe it.' Derek stood, his weapon falling to the floor, forgotten. He jammed his fingers through his hair and paced.

Gina picked up the discarded laser and trained it on Ben. Ben smirked as if he saw her as little threat.

Big mistake, a.s.shole.

'Derek,' Ben continued. 'Search yourself, the changes you have experienced within your body the past few months. Your strength, speed, your own psychic visions. You have abilities a normal human doesn't possess. Though you've fought against them, they have been over powering you.'

'Bulls.h.i.+t,' he said, his voice an accusation.

'What about control when you f.u.c.k this woman?' he asked, his glance flitting to Gina.

Gina's eyes widened at Ben's callous mention of what she and Derek shared. Derek looked to her, then back at Ben.

'Leave her out of this.'

Ben smirked. 'You know what I'm talking about. She's your chosen mate. That's why s.e.x with her is so powerful, why it's so hard to control. You have yet to unleash your full l.u.s.t on her. It will truly be something to behold when you do. You will tear each other apart like beasts when you fully realize what you are and make her one of us.'

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