Page 71 of The Nocturne Abyss
“If I knew this was what it took to have you on your knees for me, I would have brought you here much sooner.” The voice was nearly the same too, but deeper and more commanding.
This was the voice of a god.
My breath stilled in my chest.A god.
“Don’t you recognize me, Odessa?”
I took in his tailored form. His shined boots and black pleated pants. He had a silver chain draping from his pocket to his buttons, and his black coat draped effortlessly across his broad shoulders and cascaded to his knees. He was painfully beautiful to look at, but there was no denying that I knew who he was intimately as soon as I looked into those icy blue eyes.
I told you not to trust him…Kage said inside my head.
“How is this possible?” I breathed out feeling my heart twist in confusion and anger. “I saw you die!” I yelled out, but Dex didn’t even flinch at my ire. “I fucking mourned you!”
But he wasn’t Dex, not really. In this moment of winning the games of Nocturne, I was now staring at The God of Death, creator of these wretched games. And my world turned on its head.
… To be continued.
