Luca's POV
TW: Disturbing thought patterns, mentions of dark elements
"LUCA!!" Sheri's voice was like nails on a f*****g chalkboard.

"There is no need to scream like that, Sheri. I can hear you just fine!" My head was pounding, and I was in no mood for this woman's s**t.
"I can't live like this! I am used to a certain standard of living, you hear me!! I get a manicure every two weeks! My nails have jagged edges! My hair color is fading and my roots are showing, AND I AM IN DESPERATE NEED OF SCAPING!!" Sheri whined like a child. I stared at her, wondering how in the f**k could Ezra Hunter have been married to this thing for over forty years.
"And why, pray tell, do you undergo such a beauty routine? I'm sure Ezra's old a** can't get it up anymore!" I laughed right in her face.
"Not for that old fool! I have other men, you know!!" I cringed internally.
"I don't give two s***s about who you f**k right now. Do you not realize we are wanted fugitives?! Not just from King Arlen, but werewolves and the wizards want my head too!!"
"Always about you, Luca! I'm tired of living like this! I'm going to the f*****g spa!!" I used my magic and pinned Sheri against the wall.

"Got to the bathroom and get a f****g nail clipper and trim your nails. Then go outside to calm you a** down before I make you disappear!!" I threw her to the ground like a sack of potatoes. Sheri got up and stomped off outside with such force that she shook the trailer we have been hiding out in.
Sheri isn't the only one who hates this place. But I have no other choice. There is no telling who Arlen has on my tail. I've underestimated him too many times. And once the Gypsy world learns of Ezra's death, they will be on my a** too.
"Luca, I'm getting very tired of those two broads." My mother came in from being outside.
"Right now we need them. Sheri can see things before they happen and Stefanie's powers..." Sophia raised her hand up.

"Are of no use! And Sheri's gift isn't really needed either! You are an intelligent man, son. You do not need these two women! They are dragging us down, and you are letting it happen, Luca!"
My mother was right, but I haven't told her that the more I engage carnally with Stefanie, the more powers I get from her. Even if she doesn't have use for Stefanie's powers, I do. The fire element from Stefanie's powers will be one more weapon in my arsenal against the Fairy King.
A couple of more rounds of s*x should do the trick. And if Stefanie dies, she dies.
"Mother, trust me on this please. We need to keep them around a little while longer. Sheri can see if we have enemies coming, especially the ones we can't always see coming." I assured Sophia. She left me in the kitchen to go do some walking in the forest behind the trailer. I went back to mine and Stefanie's bedroom.
In another life, I might have been able to have a relationship with Stefanie. She is attractive enough and one of the best f**ks I've had in years. But she's bat s**t crazy! Her instability ramps up our s*x life and makes it very interesting, but dealing with her outside the bedroom is mentally draining. The woman has the mentality of a teenager and is over forty. She takes the most minor inconveniences and turns them into a melodrama. She has to be the center of attention at all times, something Sheri and her vie for. Those two feed off each other. I've never seen such a dysfunctional relationship and the more time I spend with those two, the more I understand why Jordan Hunter cut ties with all of them!
But her family drama is the least of my concerns right now. I just want my little kitten's smoking hot body. I walked into the bedroom where Stefanie was sound asleep from the previous round I'd given her. I laid down on the bed beside her, taking my already firm c**k and rubbed it against her bare a**.
"No more Luca." Liar! I smelled her essence the moment she stirred and felt me on her.
"Turn over." She complied like the good little s**t she is, and opened her legs wide for me. I gave her no foreplay and rammed right into her, making Stefanie squeal in delight and some pain. She met me thrust for thrust with moves that envied many a gymnast. I was going to miss all this fun once I drained her magic.
But Stefanie only has one purpose for me. I kept that in mind as I thrust inside of her over and over again until I almost put her head through the wall.
"S**T!" I roared my release, emptying my c*m into her. I usually don't finish inside her. I f****d up there, but no matter. She won't live long anyway. After I finished, Stefanie jumped up and slapped me across the face.
"What the f**k!" I was too shocked to kill her.
"I didn't even get off, a**hole!" She huffed at me.
"Not my problem. You know what to do, do it yourself! Little sk**s like you always do!" I snarled at her and sat back, waiting to see what she would do.
Stefanie rolled her eyes and jumped off the bed, denying me the delight of her touching herself. "Always about you, isn't it!" Stefanie threw a pillow at me and I instantly saw red. I jumped off the bed and slammed her right into the wall, and emitted black smoke from my fingertips.
"This isn't going to fly with me, b***h! You will show me the respect I deserve, or I will turn you into dust! GOT IT!" Stefanie nodded, the fight finally leaving her. I threw her on the bed.
Stefanie raised her hands at me and emitted some red smoke out of them. "What the F**K! WHAT IS HAPPENING TO MY POWERS!?!"
I raised my eyebrows at her and played dumb. "I have no idea, Stefanie. Maybe you are tired??"
"NO! They were strong just a couple of weeks ago, I set a house on fire in my neighborhood in seconds?" I couldn't believe what I was hearing.
"And why the hell did you do that!?"
"BECAUSE THE B***H AND HER HUSBAND INSIDE IT P****D ME OFF!!!" I had really underestimated Stefanie's level of crazy.
"They were inside it, weren't they?"
"They sure were, and they ran screaming out of that house like the pitiful f*****g rats they are! Next time they tell me or anyone else not to blare my music, maybe they'll think twice!!" Stefanie grinned at me.
"How old are you again?"
"I'm 43."
"Aren't you a little old for arson?"
"F**K YOU!" Stephanie tried to blast me with her smoke again, but she couldn't produce any at all.
"WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME!!" Stefanie wailed, waving her hands frantically at objects in the bedroom. Nothing was coming out of her hands at all.
This wasn't making any sense! I slammed the door to the bedroom and went outside to use my powers, and noticed they aren't as strong as they've been the last couple of weeks! In fact, I'm right back to where I was before I met Sheri and Stefanie!! I went outside to find my mother. Thankfully, she was just coming back from her walk.
"We need to talk!" I grabbed Sophia and pulled her back into the forest, using my invisibility cloak to hide us.
"Mother, we need to be quiet. There is something I need to tell you. I've been trying to kill Stefanie slowly by draining her power. I noticed a week ago that when we had s*x, I was getting stronger but now, I feel the same as I was before we met them! And Stefanie's powers are completely gone!!"
My mother's energy whisked past me towards the trailer. She came back about a minute later. "Luca, she's human again!! I don't sense her witch powers any longer!"
"So she's useless, then?"
"As a skunk!"
"Good! I can finally kill her!" I remanifested to go and finish the b***h off once and for all, but my mother pulled me back.
"Luca, we must play this carefully. We need to keep Sheri on our side. To do that, we have to turn those two against each other."
My mother had a point. "What do you think we should do?"
"We can accuse Stefanie of lying to us about the extent of her powers?"
"Wait a minute. Mother, do you have any valuables in the trailer?"
"Absolutely nothing."
"Good. Say goodbye to it!" I used my own powers to draw a line of fire and hit the trailer with it. Sophia conjured up a spell to speedily burn the trailer to the ground.
My mother and I were so enthralled by the flames that we did not hear Sheri come up behind us. "OH GOD! I told her not to do that!! STEFANIE!!" Sheri ran around the front of the trailer trying to find her daughter. Secretly, I hoped that Stefanie was still in the room, and we could dismiss her demise as an accidental death. But no such luck.
"WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO YOU STUPID LITTLE FOOL!" Sheri screamed at Stefanie, who was crouching in the bushes.
"I didn't do this, Mom! Luca, tell her!! My powers are gone!"
"What do you mean your powers are gone! Powers don't just disappear!!" Sheri snarled at her.
"You were still making some red smoke just a bit ago!! I'd say your powers are working just fine!" I laughed and Stefanie threw her hands at me. But there was nothing at all.
Sheri stared hard at all of us. "My daughter's right. Her powers are no more, and it wasn't her doing. What the hell is going on here!!!"
Suddenly, my mother ran over to Stefanie, staring her deep into the eyes. Sophia lifted Stefanie up in the air using her powers.
"Who have you been talking to, b***h! Who took your powers!!"
"NO ONE! I HAVEN'T LEFT HERE, YOU KNOW THAT!!" Stefanie cried.
"Luca, look at her eyes! She's bewitched!!"
I ran over to my mother and stared at Stefanie. Sure enough, she had some glimmer there that hadn't been there before. But it wasn't the glimmer from a witch spell. And the only other beings capable of casting spells are....
"F****G ARLEN! HE GOT THE WIZARDS TO TAKE STEFANIE'S POWERS AWAY!!!!" I unleashed my fire powers and burned some trees behind the trailer.
"The only way he could've done that was to find the witch who made Stefanie one! How could he have known that!" My mother countered.
"He's a resourceful f**k, that's why!" Since Stefanie was now powerless, it was time for her to die. She tried to take off, but I used my ring of fire to keep her contained. My mother used her own powers to keep Sheri back.
"Sorry it came to this, kitten. Thanks for the best f*****g I've had in many years!" I emitted my smoke to finish Stefanie and then she....
"She's gone!" Sophia stormed over to me, and we both frantically sniffed the air.
"Whoever took her is a Fae! Probably Emmett, one of the Quads!!" I roared. It's long been time the Fairy King met his end!!! I'll kill him if it's the last thing I do!!"
"So what do we do about her?" Sophia motioned over to a terrified Sheri.
"Why should I keep you alive!" I snarled at her.
"Because I know something about Brynn's other grandfather! He can help us get her and you can get Arlen! But I want something in return!!"