Page 114 of Hell Fae King

CAMI

Several Days Later

If Typhos hits me with one more blast of power, I’m?—

A scream ripped from my throat, one born of fury and pain as fiery energy overwhelmed my being.

“Ty—”

“Stay out of it, little prince,” Typhos said, his voice radiating a coldness that contradicted the heat flourishing through my veins.

“Typhos is right,” Az added. “This is between them.”

Traitor, I thought with an internal growl. But another wave of furious energy wiped out my ability to think. All I could do wasabsorband fight like hell not toexpel.

That was the point of this—to siphon Typhos’s power without giving it back.

And without giving it to Vivaxia.

“The key is to isolate the source of her connection,” Typhos had said the other morning when this hell all began. “To do that, you need to figure out where that link exists inside you.”

“Okay,” I’d replied slowly. “So how do you want me to go about finding this link?”

He’d merely smiled. Then uttered two words that had been repeating in my mind for the better part of a week. “By surviving.”

All the tenderness I’d witnessed in that shower the other day had vanished behind the Hell Fae King’s mask and had quickly reminded me why I’d once mistaken my lust for hatred.

At least untilafterhis torture exercises ended. Then he let me witness that male again—the one who had shown me care and compassion—thus conflicting me all over again.

But right now? Yeah, right now, Ihatedhim. And he knew it, too. Because I kept saying it.

Unfortunately, he didn’t care.

As evidenced by the inferno growing around me.

I could feel Melek’s growing unease. This was unlike the previous days, Typhos having decided to escalate our training session to a catastrophic level.

All in his Hell Fae Palace Courtyard.

Where everyone could see me being annihilated by his power.

Where everyone sees you becoming the Hell Fae Queen, Ajax corrected in my mind, his mental voice flat.They’re all gaping at you in awe, Cami. Now show them what you can do by swallowing the power down.

As if it’s that easy,I thought back at him with a snarl.

You swallowed Az just fine this morning,he returned.And we both know how big his explosions are.His amusement would have made me smile any other day.

But not today.Glad you’re finding some humor in this.

It’s the only way to accept this, little rebel. Otherwise, I’ll be tempted to punch Lucifer in the face.

Nowthatis a plan I can support, I thought as I wove invisible bands of power around my arms and legs in an effort to ground myself.

Typhos said something in response, words that sounded mysteriously likepraise. But I wasn’t interested in that from him right now. I just wanted to show him I could do this.

Then drown him in a wave of heat afterward, I decided.

Only, I suspected that would defeat the purpose of our training. He’d accuse me of releasing all the power back into his Source.