Chapter 154 - New Plans

I keep my head on Bai Lei's chest and say "I have a way to kill the men from the Under Realm." I feel him tense as he leans back to look at me while asking "What have you discovered?" I give him a sheepish look as I lift my finger and point at myself.  

He frowns at me and starts shaking his head no but I quickly cut him off and call for my dark power. His eyes shoot to the black energy around my hand and looks back to me with worry. I give him a knowing smile as I say "It has a lot of perks, trust me." 

I crawl out of his lap and lift my hand between us as I say "With this, I can kill them. I killed the three that hurt Ren." His head snaps to me with shock before asking "You killed them? I thought Ren..." He reaches out and grabs my arms, completely ignoring the black energy as he says "What happened?"

I blink a few times before releasing the black energy and saying "They wanted to take me but Ren quickly jumped over to fight them. He was no match for the three of them though so I stepped in. Then something strange happened..." I frown as I look off to the side.

Bai Lei's long fingers gently grab my chin and slowly turns me back to him as he says "Tell me everything that happened." I nod my head and say "Something smelt good... yummy or... I don't know how to explain it. I was just extremely attracted to it and the dark energy came to life. Like it was calling out to it."  

"I wanted it... so I took it. It was like my instincts kicked in and all I had to do was sit back and enjoy the ride." I say recalling the feeling of sucking them dry. Bai Lei's face is frozen like ice as he says "What did you take?" 

I look to him and say "Their life essence. Just like they did to all those women... I sucked them dry and enjoyed every minute of it." He watches my face closely as he asks "Did you feel in control or did you feel... strange after?" 

I frown at his question and shake my head no as I say "I was fully aware of what I was doing and I only felt stronger after." His face slowly relaxes as his eyes dart to my right arm. I smile knowing what he's curious about so I reach down and pull my sleeve back, showing him the markings. 

"The woman in my dreams said 'You have to stop him... you must.'. I don't know who the woman was but I feel like she was asking for help. She gave these markings to me and I think it's the only way we can stop them." I say running my fingers over the markings.

He frowns and places his hand over it while saying "I've never heard of a female absorbing someone like that but if any man does that, they lose their souls and turn into the monsters we've all seen. I don't know if this is a good thing... I don't want to see you turn into one of them."

I think about his words and shake my head as I say "There are a few differences already. First, I'm female. Second, I'm not devouring females, but males. Third, those males are evil. So I'm not taking innocent lives. I have no desire to hurt others... just those monsters." 

Bai Lei looks conflicted as he watches me but he slowly nods his head and says "You have a point but I'm still worried. We don't know what this will do to you. I don't want to lose you..." I give him a soft smile as I say "If I don't do this, you may lose more than just me. You and everyone else will lose their lives and this world if they're left to their own devices." 

"This is a gift, so let's do the right thing and stop them," I say looking into his dark eyes. His dark eyes search my green eyes as he slowly nods his head saying "Fine but I will be with you whenever you go out to face them and if you start to show signs of losing your soul or something we stop immediately."   

I give him a huge smile and quickly lean over, wrapping my arms around his neck in a large hug. Bai Lei's eyes grow large before a large smile spreads across his face. He missed seeing that smile, the one that chased all his worries away and warmed his cold soul.

He wraps his arms around Nova's small, soft waist and pulls her close. He tucks his head into the crook of her neck and takes a deep breath. He loved the way she smelt... it was calming and it stirred something deep within his heart.  

He doesn't know if letting her do this was a wise decision but he was willing to let her try as long as he's there. If she shows any signs of losing herself, he'll stop her. Plus, he'll be there to keep those men off her if something were to happen. Just thinking about her going up against those men has his heart clenching in fear but he knows her and knows she'll find a way to do it, with or without his help. 

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I lean back and smile at him and ask "When should we tell the other leaders?" Bai Lei's face darkens as he says "We won't tell them anything right now. We don't even know if this will really work and I don't know how they'll react to knowing that you can... kill them." 

I blink at him before slowly smirking and saying "You can say it. I eat them." Bai Lei's face crumbles as he shakes his head and says "No, you kill them so that's what we'll call it." I giggle at him and slowly stand up before brushing my dress off. 

I turn to him and put my hand out to help him up as I say "Let's work together and kill them all." Bai Lei watches me with a look of defeat as a small smile plays on his handsome face. His large warm hand swallows mine as he says "Mmm, let's do that." Before pulling me down and into a kiss.