Chapter 256: Time Was Up
"Let me go," snarled Désiré, his voice low and harsh, like a beast that had spotted his prey. "Now."
Salvatore paused for a second, but with encouragement from Envy, he eventually let go of his friend and brother. He never had hard feelings when it came to Max leaving them. He was always the softest of the seven of them, and it made sense that he couldn’t handle everything.
Hell, Max probably would have had a meltdown over anything when the world ended. He wasn’t good with changes in his life, and the whole apocalypse thing was a big one.
But saying that he couldn’t wait for their girl to die? Yeah, Envy was right. Max had made his bed, and now it was time to die.
"Réne made the voice go away?" purred Désiré, his eyes glowing gold as he stalked toward Max. "You sure about that?"
"That is what he said," sputtered Max, a look of betrayal on his face as he saw the anger on Désiré’s. "And it’s true. The moment I left your camp, the voice disappeared."
"Probably because the voice found someone more worthy," chuckled Beau, looking at his nails. "And I definitely ain’t complainin’."
Max looked around at the others, his eyes frantically searching for an ally amongst the Sins. "We had talked all our lives about hating the voices and wanting them gone. Why have you all of a sudden changed your mind?"
His eyes continued to scan everyone until they landed on Hattie. Luca stiffened as he saw the rage on Max’s face as he stepped toward his woman. "It’s all your fault," hissed Max as he pointed a finger at Hattie. "You have to be a demon or something to be able to enchant the guys as much as you have."