UNTAMED: THE ALPHA

"What is the deal?" Zuri fixed her eyes on Chaos when she said this. She really didn't want to look at the devil right now, because her irritation toward Hades would only make things difficult for her, if she really saw through the deal.

"Are you sure you will go through this?" Hades raised his brows, his golden eyes shone brightly, knowing that this girl didn't have any other choice. She came to the conclusion that she needed help from a devil like him. "You will do anything for your dying man?"

This was how the devil worked, right? He would give you hope when you were at your lowest, but without you knowing it, you would fall even deeper. It would only look nice in the beginning, but once you were tied to him, there was no way for you to escape.

"WHAT DO YOU WANT?!" Zuri roared. She had heard enough of Hades' taunting and mocking tone. Her throat was tightened, she felt anger welling up within her, but at the same time, she felt very helpless. She was extremely tired, emotionally. "TALK NOW! WHAT DO YOU WANT?!"

On the other hand, Hades didn't even flinch when Zuri snapped at him like that. He knew that at one point, this girl would break, since he had pushed her past her limit, thus he rather enjoyed the sight of her seething in frustration.

"I want you to be my bride." Hades stood up. He had his arms crossed in front of his chest when he said this. "I want you to be the devil's bride." He smirked when the realization dawned on Zuri, as she lost her voice to respond to that. "Be my bride and I will save him, a great deal, right?"

To be the devil's bride, meant you would have extraordinary abilities, immense power and immortality, something that one could only dream of, but of course, behind all of that glory, there would be great consequences…

Just like Aaron, Hades needed to take a bride as well.

"Your bride?" Zuri scoffed, she was in disbelief, as if she had just heard the dragon would grow another head. "Don't joke with me."

Hades shrugged his shoulders. "That's the deal, moreover, becoming my bride is not that bad, you know. They exaggerated the word 'devil'. Just like you, they call people like you 'shifters', 'supernatural creatures', 'non-human beings', 'dragons'." Hades nodded at the writhing dragon behind him. "I am not that bad…"

Zuri sneered. "You really don't know when to stop joking around."

Hades sighed deeply. He waved his hand so the fire wouldn't touch them in order to keep Zuri alive, since he was sure that her healing ability couldn't do much if she were to be burned alive.

"Give me your hand and we will seal the deal." Hades extended his hand, waiting for Zuri to give him hers. "Let's seal the deal and we will save him." Once again, he reminded the girl about the person that she cared about the most. "Do you want him to die? Knowing you are the cause?"

Zuri narrowed her eyes, she spoke scornfully. "You really know how to twist your words."

"I do." Hades answered that rightfully, without any hesitation. "But, I also know that if you don't decide this quickly, there is nothing that I can do even if you agreed when it was too late."

Earlier, in the heat of the moment, he forced her to kill Chaos, but now he wanted to take all the benefits that he could get from it when she finally stabbed him? What a funny joke that this devil played.

Zuri stared at Hades' hand that was extended toward her. The only thing that she needed to do now was to take his hand and Chaos would be fine, as easy and simply as that, right?

She bit her lips and gritted her teeth when she raised her chin and looked the devil right in the eyes. She was furious, livid even, yet her choices were limited.

"What will happen if I agree?"

"You will be mine, for eternity." Hades snapped his fingers. "Oh, and I don't want you meeting him again, and also…"

Yet, before Hades could finish his words, he had lost his hand, the one that he extended for Zuri to take. His hand flew in the air before it burned in fire.

"Fuck off."

Chaos glared at Hades, if looks could kill and this devil could die, he would have gone through countless deaths by now.

Chaos pulled Zuri away from him, he stood right in front of her, shielding her from the devil that wanted to take her away.

Meanwhile, Zuri was stunned. Chaos was standing right in front of her, he seemed fine, but she needed to look at him closely, yet he pushed her back when she tried to step forward from his back.

"Look at you, Chaos…" Hades sneered, he then looked at his hand that was cut off by Chaos. "This is how you want to spend your eternity? To be shackled in your own body?" He scoffed disdainfully. "What a joke. A great creature like you has to waste your time like this and suffer mortal pain? For what? For her?"

Hades tilted his head, but he still couldn't see Zuri, since he shielded her protectively. "Just because she is a gift from Selene, you can do whatever you deemed fit to keep her by your side?" Hades then shook his hand, as it grew back slowly. "I forgot to tell you that the three immortals will be here if you don't stop this mess. You know what that means, right?"

In spite of what Hades said, Chaos was not in the mood to hear his gibberish, as he waved his hand and Hades was burned in fire.

It wouldn't kill him, but surely, it would make him stop talking nonsense for a moment.

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