JADE

ONE-MONTH INTERVAL.

JADE POV.

I was the ruler of the empire I had always wanted. The world was at the tip of my fingers so why did I feel miserable all the time? Miserable and angry. It was an everyday battle not to bite the head off of everyone I came in contact with. But I was careful, they couldn't know that I was not as stable as I presented myself to be.

Cleaning up Ryland's mess had not been easy, but after all the years that I had used to build up their trust In me, I had won them back in no time, of course, I also used some of my new strength and the power of persuasion I found out I possessed. It came in very handy on some occasions and others, I just used force.

It still made me see red that Ryland had gotten away, that too using dark magic. I did not believe in anything supernatural before, but I wasn't even human anymore, so I was more open to the option, and his conniving with a witch did not seat well with me.

I had watched the videotape of their encounter over and o