Tree Of Souls (Transfusion Saga #6) - Stephanie Hudson Page 0,39

were white and I added something else to that list of things that ached, the main one being that of my fucking heart!

But Lucius wasn’t done…not by a long shot.

“Now you listen to me, my girl and you listen well, you and I will never be done, we will never be over, which means I will NEVER stop looking for you. I will fucking hunt you down to the ends of the Earth and beyond…so unless you want a hard time running, then I suggest you keep your ass there and be ready for me because… I. Am. Coming. For. You!” he snarled dangerously, emphasizing each word and I swallowed hard after first closing my eyes against the sound of his threatening promise.

Then I placed a fist to the chasm sized hole in my chest and took a deep breath. One I needed if I was ever to say my Goodbye.

“Then to the ends of the Earth is where it will be…”

“Amelia…”

“Goodbye Luc. Have a nice eternity with…with someone else’s Chosen One,” I said interrupting the threatening way he snarled my name, before I dropped the phone on the counter, along with my keycard and walked out the door to the sound of him calling my name before he then cursed it to the Gods.

Cursed it to the Gods that had long ago cursed me with broken fate.

Then I left this…

Heartbreak Hotel.

Lucius

Chapter 9

Oblivion

The very moment she fought my control over her Void and realised what it was I was doing, was the same moment when I finally discovered the limits to my power. It was as if the cord had been severed completely and I woke up with a roar of rage unlike any other!

It was like waking up in some kind of Hellish oblivion that was trying to drown me in pain and blind me with the darkness of her Void. Getting inside her mind had been a battle in itself. But staying there as long as I had was the reason I actually took one step and found myself falling to my knees. My strength was trying to fail me as I had never once felt so drained of power before in my eternal life. It was when I realised two things, both of which sent me hurtling into panic and rage. One was how strong Amelia was against me and secondly, in reference to the first, it just proved how strong this fucking witch was!

And now Amelia, my Chosen One, was out there and vulnerable in the world, stupidly leaving herself wide open! Gods, I was fucking furious with her, even more so than I was with myself for letting this happen! Gods, but she should fucking know better!

A thought that forced me to find my footing so I could stagger to where my phone lay on the table next to the bed I had slept in. Doing so with rest as the very last thing on my mind. No, I had only needed to do so in order to slip into her Void and take control. Usually, with most beings, I could do this whilst still awake but with Amelia this was not the case. I had needed to focus my mind solely on getting into hers, casting everything else out and doing so in the hope that all it would need was a quick view of her surroundings.

But the pain she had showed me she was in, was like being accused all over again. For if she believed herself to be the only one in pain, then she was utterly and foolishly mistaken.

Gods, but I could barely think and actually found myself holding my phone for a full thirty seconds before I knew what to do with it!

“Fuck!” I snarled before getting my ass into action, starting with barking orders at those I knew would get shit done!

“What do you need?” The gruff, deep voice asked at the other end.

“I need to know where in the US Kingston Plaza is and what hotel faces a sign for it, and I need this two minutes ago!” I snapped quickly.

“Gotcha,” Dante said before cutting the call and at the same time I was out of the door and heading to Dom’s office. This was where I knew he would be, seeing as he had his own people to organise and had many looking into the leads he thought he had…leads which I knew he hadn’t. Because no one knew Amelia like me, not even her parents, but