Devotion

Chapter 20

Azra

I looked at my sister in disbelief. The person she's choosing is Erix, but why? She hasn't even been around him that long; he isn't great.

"I marked her because if I was going to bring her back to Kauta, I had to make sure that she isn't found," he said as he sat down on a nearby chair. I completely forgot that Sylas marked my sister, but one bite mark from Erix on the exact location would've done the trick, not multiple.

"Why multiple?" I asked, trying not to sound furious that this Mafia lord had just claimed my sister. Unfortunately for me, when it came to either Sylas or Erix, I'd choose Erix.

He smirked at me while he looked at my sister. His eyes gazed from her face to her foot, covered in bandages.

"You healed yourself without realizing, Princess," he kept saying. She looked down, and her face was shocked as she lifted her leg to examine her foot. I wasn't sure why her foot was covered in bandages, but I can discuss it later with her. We need to figure out how to keep my sister hidden.

"It still doesn't explain the multiple bites she had," I said annoyingly, glaring at him. No amount of fury could explain what I was feeling. It surpassed rage. Erix walked towards my sister and forcefully grabbed her by the waist, placing his hand on her chin.

"Well, Your Highness, the princess is staying with me. I claimed what's mine," smirking while my sister gave him a small smile. My mind couldn't grasp how my sister fell for him, someone so evil. She couldn't have fallen for him over the past two months, right? Erix proceeds to kiss my sister and then looks back at me.

"Don't forget about our deal, Your Highness, or she will become the crown Princess."

Aurora immediately smacked him. He just gave her a small smile. I wasn't sure how much of his statement was true, but I'm no coward. I will always keep my promises, especially for my allies. Percy rolled his eyes at him while staring intently at Aurora. I guess we both had the same thought as if she was forced or she actually wants him.

"Can we focus on the situation? We need to keep the Princess safe, but how do we that?" Caz asks while picking up an apple to munch on. We can't do much unless we go to war, and it would leave me with no choice but the kill the King and Queen.

"We can't really do anything without risking war" Percy said rubbing his temple. We weren't sure how to approach a situation in where we don't need to cause a war. Erix whose hand were still around my sister's waist looked at us and smiled eerily.

"I could marry her" he said while playing with my sister's hair.

"Fuck no" Percy snarled as he stormed and grabbed Aurora from his grasp. Aurora glared at him, sighing on how overprotective we were being. With her powers now awaken, she doesn't really need any protection from us.

"I mean, the King and Queen won't step into Mafia Territory" I smiled while taking a step forward towards my sister, but her face darkened while she looked at Erix.

"The King and Queen will step foot into my territory... after all, they killed my parents"

My blood went cold at his statement. What does he mean that my "parents" killed his? How old was he when he became the mafia lord? He slowly begins to take out a picture from his drawer as I saw a family. When I was a kid, I heard that the Mafia Lord Ali Wixx and his family were murdered on the night of the winter solstice. It was presumed that everyone in the Wixx family had died, meaning that there were no longer a mafia group. That is until Erix Winxx appeared and the group continued.

He hands me the picture of his family as he looked away. The pain he must've felt not having his family with him. His mother with red eyes and brown hair smiling while his father golden eyes with golden hair holding a small Erix and a baby girl.

"Who is..."

"My younger sister"

My eyes drifted towards the window looking at the city within the underworld. Was his sister also killed? Where is she? Why haven't I seen her yet?

"My sister is safe. She's back at home" he said while grabbing Aurora from Percy. They both glare at each other while my sister was trying to escape from both of them. Caz was just standing there observing both of them as we made eye contact. He gives me a sheepishly smile and winked at me while returning back to Erix, Percy, and Aurora.

My priority was making sure that Aurora stayed safe and that the King, Queen, and Sylas never get near my sister. A map caught my eye as I walked towards Caz's desk. It was a map of the underworld and hideouts that they had, along with other cities, and torture rooms.

Torture rooms..

I slowly turned towards Caz as he just nod his head and points at three still arguing. It was obvious that he wanted me to stop them, but I stuck my tongue out while pointing at the map that was now in my hands. He rolled his eyes while walking towards me. He peers at the map and smiled as points at one of the torture rooms.

"If they ever try to hurt Aurora, we can torture them here. This one has all the good items" he whispered as I looked at him horrified, but at least it would protect her.

"Hey, can you two stop fucking flirting with each other and tell us what the hell you're talking about?" Percy scowled as we both looked at him with disgust.

"Flirting? We're discussing how to protect our dear sister" he said. Percy was about to argue until the door slammed open and a young woman entered extremely pissed.