Their Secret Obsession (A Reverse Harem) by Pippa Moon novel Chapter 176

Knox POV

"That's enough from you!" Astaroth grunted, flicking his wrist in my direction, my body slamming into the wall with such force I felt a trickle of blood seep from my nose.

Maybe I wasn't invisible after all, he was just censoring my actions from them. Crafty, but smart!

"Knox!" Lottie screamed as she rose to her feet, but Astaroth was quicker stepping in front of her to block her path.

"No! He is fine, but we need to have this conversation because time is running out! And I will be damned if I don't get what is owed to me." Astaroth bellowed around the walls of the cathedral, rubble crumbled from the ceiling from the force of his anger.

Sucking down my defeat, I watched through pained eyes as he continued his speech, he was definitely comfortable being the centre of attention and enjoyed having all eyes on him.

"Now.. back to the question. Ask yourself why would I be interested in Havoc's offspring? A wolf that has been hidden? That is as chaotic and ravenous as..."

"SHUT UP!" I bellowed through my own raging mind as my outrage simmered beneath the surface, not wanting him to finish his sentence. His lips split into a smile as he turned to look at me. I could feel Havoc's anxiety seeping through our bond like poison, twisting and gnawing at my insides. It made no sense, yesterday he had been ready to rip everyone apart, this demon included. Even earlier, he was willing to fight him to get to Lottie.

"Or was he?" Asataroth teased my mind before he looked back at Lottie, while he played images into my mind of the harrowing vision of my girl stepping through the portal, while Kane tumbled to the ground from Astaroth's attack. I knew at that moment that there was no choice. Kane had people to help him!

Lottie didn't!

She was alone with the filth that had screwed with MY mind! What could he do to her? To our pups?

"We should have saved her," I whispered to Havoc.

"It's ok!" Lottie whispered, her eyes lifted to meet my gaze, sympathy filling those sapphire hues I adored. I knew without asking that Astaroth was showing her the same images he was showing me.

"It's not! It was something Havoc could have done. Easily!" Astaroth grinned slyly. "However he didn't, he chose to help Kane. Choices... more choices." Astaroth shared.

Sucking down my reply, I sighed because at the time I thought it was the brotherly bond with my twin that Havoc was feeding off. But now, when I recall the split seconds before: Havoc was scared! Not of the demon, but of something else.

"The truth!" Astaroth chuckled with malice.

"Come on, buddy," I murmured, into my mind as he remained hidden, refusing to surface even at my desperate inner plea, a silent testament to the fear that Astaroth had him gripped in. Which only aggravated me further.

"Fine." He laughed, flicking his wrist and releasing Kane from his invisible restraints. "You can have all the facts, but I am not going to be the one to tell you. Kane here can. He has already worked it out. Haven't you, Kane?" A smart move and a ploy by Astaroth, no doubt, to tear us apart.

"I don't think Knox was born with a wolf!" Kane gasped, his hand clawing at his throat as his eyes met mine filled with regret.

"DING DING DING! We have a winner!"

"And the almighty Alpha Leigh, couldn't have a wolfless son! That would be humiliating, you see! So, again, your father made a decision, one that has led us here.. To this moment!" Astaroth announced with excitement that made me want to hurl.

"Liar!" I choked out the single word like it was acid in my throat, but deep down I knew he spoke the truth, I had always known. OR at least suspected.

"I am no liar boy! Why do you think you were never allowed to train with others? Why do you think you were never allowed to shift or to run or enjoy all the things your brother did? Because your wolf is not your destined wolf!"

"Then what is he?" Lottie asked, her lips pursed as she instantly regretted her question.

"A creature from this realm, from my home.. A monster of sorts."