Chapter 207 – True Luna Book Free: The Darkness Within

There she was! My Angel!

I whined loudly and I wanted to run to her, but something stopped me. An invisible wall was in front of me, preventing me from running toward my mate.

I hadn’t seen her in two f**king weeks! I hadn’t touched her or breathed in her scent! I had to go to her!

“That is pathetic, Mother,” she spoke, making me freeze.

Goddess, I missed her voice.

But why was it so cold? Why did she speak to her mom like that?

Everything around me suddenly stilled. I didn’t even realize it, but all of us tried to break through that f**king invisible wall and to go her. Axel was whining and growling loudly. I could see how desperate he was to go to her.

She took a step closer to us and I got a better look at her beaten and bruised body.

I saw f**king red!

I was going to kill Richard! I was going to rip him to f**king pieces!

She was completely covered in bruises. I could see the imprints of chains on her small body and it made my whole body burn with rage. Other than the bruises, I could see cuts and dried blood on her soft skin. It only added to my rage.

Alex shifted and screamed, banging against the invisible wall.

“Fia!” he shouted, making her look at him.

She tilted her head and smirked.

“Hello, Alexander,” she said, making him freeze. “Did you miss me?”

She never called him Alexander. He was Lex to her and she was Fia to him.

She smirked again and looked at Luna Emma.

“This is really sad, Mother,” Sophia sighed as she took another step closer to us. “If those chains didn’t stop me, why do you think this pathetic little magic wall will?”

I could feel my heartbeat in my throat. This girl in front of me looked like my Angel, but she wasn’t my Angel.

Was Anna right?

I didn’t want to believe that my Angel was completely gone, but looking into her eyes and seeing only darkness made me terrified. That beautiful color of her eyes was gone. They were black now.

Was Anna f**king right?!

“Those chains didn’t have your counterpart magic as I do,” Luna Emma said. “I am not letting you hurt your family and your mate. My Sophia is still somewhere in you and I am protecting her.”

Sophia laughed, throwing her head back. She looked at all of us and shook her head.

“Your Sophia is dead,” she said, making my blood freeze. “I am here instead.”

She looked back at Luna Emma and magic exploded out of her ch*st.

My Angel really wasn’t there anymore.

Alexander’s POV

This wasn’t my Fia.

This was someone else. This was something else.

It wasn’t my sister. It wasn’t my twin. It wasn’t my best friend and the person I grew up with.

This thing in front of me was darkness itself. It was ugly and it possessed the body of my sister, trying to convince us that my Fia was gone.

She wasn’t gone. She wasn’t f**king gone!

I would get her back. We would get her back.

Her magic hit the magic wall that surrounded us and all of us jumped back. The wall was strong enough to protect us, but I could feel it was weakened by the impact.

Sophia furrowed her eyebrows in confusion. An angry look appeared on her face. She tried again, but her magic didn’t break through the wall.

“Stop it, Sophia,” my mom said. “You won’t break through it. My magic is as strong as yours.”

Sophia clenched her fists. The ground bet**en us cracked open and hot lava came pouring out, making us all gasp loudly.

“What makes you think that you are as strong as I am?” Sophia mocked my mother.

I screamed when I saw her step into a pool of lava. She looked at me and laughed.

“Don’t worry, Alexander,” she said. “Nothing can hurt me.”

Hearing her call me Alexander was like being punched in my ch*st. It took my breath away and it was painful. She never called me Alexander, not even when she was angry at me. I was Lex. I was always Lex.

Use the stone, Mom. I mind-linked my mom.

I can’t. She said. I need to hit her with my magic. She needs to be weak and distracted.

f**k. I had to do something to distract her. I needed to keep her busy so my mom could do what she needed to do to take away Sophia’s magic.

“You aren’t stronger than all of us together, Sophia,” I shouted, making her laugh at me.

She tilted her head and kept her eyes on mine. The blackness in her eyes made my stomach turn.

“We need to distract her,” I whispered to Hunter. “Shift.”

He listened to me and shifted, making Sophia look at him.

“Hi, my Angel,” Hunter said, his voice breaking. “I missed you.”

The trees around us burst into flames. I glanced around and saw our warriors running toward us in panic. The rogues were gone. It was just us and our warriors trapped in the fire ring she created.

She was trying to burn us alive.

“It is ridiculous to call me an Angel while you are standing in the middle of the fire I created,” Sophia snickered, making Hunter whine quietly. “I was never your Angel, and I am certainly not your Angel now.”

The fire around us intensified, proving Sophia’s point.

I glanced at my mom. She pulled the stone out and she was mumbling something. My dad, uncle, and Mason were standing around her, trying to shield her from Sophia’s gaze. We couldn’t let her see what our mom was doing.

“You were always my Angel,” Hunter shouted, clenching his fists. “You will always be my Angel. I will find a way to free you from the darkness, Sophia. I promise, my love.”

She laughed and the darkness came pouring out of her eyes. Fear washed over me and I had to hold back a scream.

No!

Not her! Not my Fia!

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