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“What my brother said,” I snapped.

“I second that,” Marcus said, making her shake her head in exasperation. Before turning to Koro and accusing,

“You didn’t tell him?”

“The HellBeast wishes to rip my head off and doesn’t trust a word I say, so what do you think, heart of mine?”

I rolled my eyes and completely ignored her.

“Good point.”

“Someone get fucking talking, and now!” I yelled, making her expel a held breath before telling me the fucking unbelievable.

“Ella is my sister, the reincarnated soul ofAnástasi.”

That name…The second she said that name, my demon reacted, suddenly howling enough that it had me doubling over, gripping my head in pain. It roared, bellowing its agony in my mind!

“J!” Orth shouted, making me shake a hand at him to tell him I was alright. Fuck me, but why had that name caused my HellBeast so much fucking pain? I shook it off before standing, my head still ringing like I had just had ten shits kicked out of me by a Berserker.

“That name…”I whispered with distrust.

“Aná…”

“Don’t! Don’t say it again,” I quickly warned, snapping the first word before forcing myself to calm enough not yell at her. Because I didn’t know how my HellBeast would react again.

“She is my sister, that is who she is to me, before she became your Ella.”

“How… how is this fucking possible?” my brother asked, beating me to it.

“This isn’t a conversation I wanted to have with an audience,” she said, looking to my brother and Marcus.

“Tough shit, you’re having it… now answer him, how is this possible?” I replied sternly, making her sigh before her shoulders slumped.

“Very well, we are the daughters of Hades.”

Marcus whistled, chuckling disbelievingly. “Now that’s a doozy.”

“Yeah, right, pull the other tail, love,” Orth said, whilst I just stared at her like she had two heads, not one.

“She speaks the truth, HellBeast,” Koro stated, folding his arms across his chest.

“Oh yeah, ‘cause I’m gonna believe the bastard in league with my fake wife,” I stated, making him look down to Lerna as if to say, ‘I told you so’.

“Alright, ask yourself, why would I even be telling you this now? What would I have to gain?”

Well, she had a pretty good point there.

“I came to you because I knew my sister was your fated,” she added, making me shake my head at that.

“And how did you know who I was? Your sister and I had never even met each other,” I pointed out, because I knew there was no chance I would have ever forgotten Ella.

“Not you… your, HellBeast,” she stated, making me fist a hand to my chest as the beast in me whined again.

“So, you really expect me to believe that you’re the daughters of Hades, the God my HellBeast was born to serve, and I would have no knowledge of this?” I asked incredulously.

“And why would you? Barely anyone even knows of our existence, and are you really going to stand there and try to tell me that your HellBeast didn’t feel something for Ella the very first second you saw her?” Lerna exclaimed, as clearly, she wasn’t stupid like I thought. Because my HellBeast had wanted me to claim her from the start. Hence why my brother punched me on the arm and gave me an annoying as fuck, ‘see I told you so’ look.

“But why? Why would no one know of you both?” I asked, making her sigh in exasperation before telling me,