Be Careful What You Wish For: A Zombie Apocalypse-Chapter 437: No Longer Brothers

This time, when Dimitri slammed his fist into Luca’s face, he didn’t hold back. Luca’s nose shattered as blood sprayed in an arch over the couch and coffee table, soaking into the already bloodstained carpet under his feet.

"What the fuck was that for?" demanded Luca, his eyes flashing bright green as Greed tossed Luca into the back of his mind and took the reins.

As one of the Seven Sins, Greed knew the dynamics of their relationship better than anyone, and at the base of everything was the belief that only the seven of them mattered. So why the hell was Wrath punching him in the face for that comment?

Wrath straightened his back as he looked down at the other sin. His face twisting in a sneer, it took him longer than it should have to calm down enough to address Greed. "There are so many things wrong with you and your statement that I don’t even know where to start," he seethed, his eyes narrowing on Greed’s chest.

"But maybe I should start with this. If you have truly forgotten the last four years, then listen to my words and take them as being written in stone. I am not your brother. I don’t give a fuck what you think, what you remember, or what you do."

"Since when were we not brothers?" demanded Greed, even as his nose healed itself. "It was always us against the world. When did that change?"

"Four years ago," replied Wrath as if the answer was obvious. "The moment we met Hattie, we stopped being brothers. I put up with you because you are one of her men, but make no mistake, if you step out of line, then I will either put you back in it or kill you."

"I don’t believe you," shrugged Greed. "You talk a big game, but at the end of the day, we were created together, we have done everything together. You can no more walk away from me than I can and will walk away from you."

Wrath opened his mouth to say something, but Greed simply held up his hand. "And if you are still focused on following that child, then I will find Pride and the two of us will beat some sense into you."

"You stupid, ignorant demon," growled Wrath, his entire body going still as he stared down at his prey. "We were created for her, by her. I am not your brother. I am the third Deadly Sin of Wrath. I am hers, I belong to her, body, mind, and soul. My hands will destroy her enemies, no matter who they are, and my body will shield her from any harm."

"Does that include your brothers?" snarled Greed, feeling betrayed even as a faint glow appeared on Wrath’s chest.

"Weren’t you listening?" purred Wrath as he watched the part of his soul that belonged to Hattie disappear into the air. "Right now, you aren’t my brother. You are simply another demon that is hurting the most important being in the world to me."

"You are really drawing that line in the sand, huh?" grunted Greed, his body vibrating with rage. "Then where do we go from here?"

"I don’t know what you are doing, but I am going to talk to Eric, like I was told to do. You can do whatever the fuck you want. However, if you ever call the Devil a kid with a God complex, I won’t be the only one wanting to rip your head off. Think carefully before you open your mouth and say something you can’t take back."

Turning away from Greed, Wrath stalked out of Greed’s apartment. The faster he got his mission completed, the faster he could get back to Hattie, and the only person who grounded him.

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"Pride!" called out Greed, tilting his head back as he summoned the leader of the Seven Deadly Sins. If he was on Earth, and Wrath was on Earth, then it only stood to reason that the others were here, too.

"Fuck it!" he snarled, pacing back and forth. "Whoever can hear me, get your asses here!"

Every step he took, Greed’s feet crunched down on the broken glass, embedding it even more into the soles of his shoes and the floor.

"What the fuck?" demanded Ronan as he suddenly appeared in the middle of the room. He was followed just as quickly by the other Sins as well as Chang Xuefeng. "How did we get here?"

"He was screaming for you," shrugged Chang Xuefeng as he looked around the room. Taking in a deep breath, he could practically taste the blood, the majority of which was Luca’s. "I assumed that you wanted to come as fast as possible."

"Warning," grunted Salvatore as he pulled on his t-shirt and buttoned up his pants.

"Who the fuck are you and why are you with my brothers?" growled Greed, his eyes going wide as he watched the easy camaraderie between the stranger and his brothers. Where the hell had this one come from? Was he like the one who had come with Wrath?

Since when did they let strangers in their midst?

Chang Xuefeng’s eyes went wide as he stared at Luca. "Want to try that again?" he asked softly, his head cocked to the side. "You don’t know who I am?"

"Should I?" sneered Greed. "Do you know who I am?"

"A dead man," replied Chang Xuefeng. "Why are you calling us here?"

"I didn’t call you," reminded Greed. Turning to the human form of Pride, Greed continued. "Wrath has lost his fucking mind. He is now saying that we aren’t brothers? What’s going on?"

"I think I should ask you that," replied Pride, his eyes flashing black as he studied Greed. "Wrath wouldn’t have gone off on you like that for no reason. What did you say?"

"I simply asked him why he was letting some kid with a God complex dictate what was going on," shrugged Greed, turning away from everyone else and going over to the windows. Avoiding the one that was broken and covered in blood, he leaned against one of the floor to ceiling ones as he looked outside.