CHAPTER SIX.

ATHAN’s POV

After I tell her to leave, I can see the pain and sadness in her eyes but it didn't mean anything to me. Imogen has never meant anything to me rather than one of my most trusted people and weapons. Rejecting her is something I will do over and over again, I am not one she can call a mate. I already have it at the back of my mind and the moment she fails to do what I have told her, I will end her life even before she can beg for it again.

As I pass through the courtyard, my lips curl into a smile when I see a dozen new recruits training. Creating another Imogen is not a hard task for me to accomplish, I can make as many as I want because the one I just left is already on a death roll.

“Master” I hear someone call behind me and I turn to see silver running towards me, he has a different look on his face and I can already imagine what he is thinking.

“Master” he calls again as he gets to me, “i have been looking for you”

“Tell me” I order while lowering myself on one of the cane chairs, “if you were really looking for me, you know where to find me, silver” i tell him and I see him shift uneasily on his chair,

“What exactly is going on in your mind?”

“Can I go with Imogen?” He asks me and the look on my face changes for the worse. Silver is one of my best men and he wants to go with her? Only the main thought of it annoys me.

“You want to go with her?” I ask him again, I want to be sure he understands what he is saying.

“Yes master,” Silver replies again, “I know it is her punishment and I can not do anything to change your mind, master but task S is very difficult and I don’t think Imogen will be able to execute it alone. I will like to go with her and help he if it is okay by you”

I am silent for a while, I have the inkling to slap him hard across the face but I keep myself in check. He is perhaps ignorant of what he is saying.

“Silver” I call after a while and he bows to me, “you realise the punishment of what you just asked me?”

“Master” he tries to talk but I halt him with my hand.

“I will forgive you this last time and I hope you don’t bring this up again. Imogen will do her task alone and if she fails, I have already injected her with vampire poison. She will die”

I see his eyes open wide for a moment and he immediately went back to his usual self which makes my lips curve into a smile.

“Good”

Not bothering to wait for his response, I stand up and make my way towards my chambers again. I am certain by now Imogen is no longer in my room but when I get to the door, I see her kneeling in front of it with her sword lying a few inches away from her.

“I asked you to go,” I tell her.

“Not until you bless me master” she answers, i can feel the pain and the heartbreak from her voice and how her body continues to quiver in fear.

Before she even woke up, I was quite aware that she was going to be so excited about the night before but that was not a memory I want to keep and I didn’t hesitate to make her feel how cheap she is.

“Bless me master” she says again, “my life is yours now, it will only lead on the path you have chosen”

I smirk a little before lowering myself on the bed, she looks so timid and helpless kneeling on the ground like that. This is how she is supposed to be, scared of the fact that I will kill her”

“I have injected you with vampire poison, do you know that?” I ask her and she nods.

“I will be dead in three months if I don’t finish my task” she said, “i am quite aware of it”

“Very well then, you have my blessings”

But even at that she didn’t leave, she didn’t make a move to stand up which was getting annoying.

“Why are you still here, you want something else?”

“About yesterday ... .about yesterday night, master” Imogen replies and I see her gulp.

I know exactly what she is about to ask, I know exactly what is running through her mind and I know exactly what

She wants to know.

“Yesterday night, huh?” I drag my body out of bed and walk over to her, I can see how intimidated she looks. Everything about me intimidated her and I love it.

“Was yesterday night only to prepare me for my task or…” her voice trails off as I bend over to her and grab a handful of her hair before brushing my other hand through them.

“You are not trying to pin importance to what happened last night, are you?”

A look of confusion flashes across her face and I can see her chest rise and fall in anticipation.

“Tasking with either alphas is going to be more than what happened yesterday night Imogen” I immediately stand up and a frustrating sigh escapes her lips, “what happened yesterday night is just the simplest, worst will be done to you and you should be prepared. I am only trying to make you get more acquainted with the role you are supposed to be playing”

“So it means nothing to you, master” she asks me again as her eyes become filled with pain and tears, “the way you touch and hold me, it means nothing to you?”

“Imogen!!” I bellow losing my cool, “I have warned you several times not to bring this up in front of me ever again. You are nothing but my weapon and you should act as such”

“Of course master” she bows and stands up, “I will set out of Aqua Blade first thing in the morning” and with that she briskly walks out of the room while I lower myself back on the bed as the thought of a certain someone fill my heart. Imogen reminds me so much of her and I hate to be reminded that she is no longer alive, the only lady that rules my heart.

My door pushes open after a while and Brown enters with a tray of food but I have no appetite, not when Imogen has successfully angered me again.

“Master” he calls out, “i have brought your breakfast”

“I am not hungry, Brown ” I tell him, “you can take the food away”

But the old man never listens and he sets the tray on my vanity table before stretching a cup of tea towards me.

“This will help you relax, master,” he advises.

“Do you ever listen?” I inquire before collecting it, “maybe I should throw you in my dungeon for a few days, you may actually come to your senses”

“Today is the anniversary of her passing” he announced after a while and I immediately shot out of bed while the cup of tea fell out of my hand. How did I forget such an important thing in my life, how did I even manage to forget it?

“Imogen” I grit my teeth, she is the cause of all this.

“I have prepared a pile for her like you always do master, you can go there and lit it”

“Thank you so much brown” I tell him, “I will reward you immensely, you can ask for anything and I will readily give you”

His lips curl into a little smile, “I will hold on to this golden opportunity then, master” he bows to me and I flash him a fake smile before turning away from him.

Walking briskly towards my closet, I grab a shirt and stumble out of the room. I will deal with Imogen later but for now? I need to be with her.