Ria
At some point during the night I fell asleep clutching something warm by my side. Whatever was by my side making me feel good didn't let go of me either as I felt something warm slithering to my waist and chest.
Deep down in my sleepy mind I could tell this wasn't right. I knew I hadn't gone to sleep with something warm by my side, but I was too comfortable to be made to think anymore.
The warm thing by my side thrashed and held onto me tighter. It felt as if it was trying to keep me by it's side forever. I didn't complain since I was comfortable. I just held onto it harder and drifted off to sleep again.
When I woke up the thing by my side was gone, the bed no longer warm. It was so strange that for a moment I wondered if I was going crazy.
I stared at the cold bed and decided it didn't matter. I had more pressing matters to attend to, like getting Arsheus to do what I wanted and bring Lilu back.
I got up from the bed and went down the dark passages, following the soft murmurs of conversation I could hear coming from afar.
It didn't take me long to reach the room where the three demons were staying.
Arsheus was sitting on a couch, his expression serious as he looked at Rin, who although he didn't seem to be on his prime was happily smiling at the woman in between his arms.
From my position outside the room I couldn't quite hear what they were saying, and my curiosity was burning me alive.
Knowing full well I'd regret it later on I walked to the door and entered.
As soon as I was inside everyone turned to look at me. Both Arsheus and Rin looked at me as if I was scum. The only one who didn't pierce me with her gaze was the woman, who looked at me as if I was an old friend.
She was definitely a whore, she had been with Arsheus and now she was with Rin, but she seemed friendlier than the rest.
" What were you talking about?"
I didn't expect an answer, but the woman, Allea if I remembered correctly, got up and grabbed my hand, leading me to the empty couch near Arsheus, where she plopped down by my side.
" Nothing, just about how we'd enter the castle again"
I stared at her and then at Arsheus.
" Are we really doing that again? Didn't you get what you wanted?"
I could see Arsheus clenching his teeth and looking away.
" No, we didn't, so we'll have to go again"
Allea was smiling as she spoke, as if going inside again was nothing.
I stared at her, dumbfounded. She was certainly special.
" That's enough" I flinched when I heard Rin's angry voice coming from my side.
When I raised my head I saw he was by our side, looking down at the woman with so much love in his eyes that it made me wonder how I didn't see it in the first place.
He looked at Allea how I would like Arsheus to look at me. He looked at her as if she was the center of his universe, as if her existence was the only thing keeping it all together.
It was lovely, but I couldn't help the pull in my heart that told me even Rin didn't deserve to be treated like this.
No one deserved to be played behind his back with the woman he loved and his best friend.
I looked at Arsheus and at the hickey still visible in his neck and then at Rin.
Fuck it all. I wasn't that heartless. Besides, it was a very good opportunity to fuck with Arsheus a little bit.
I couldn't help it but smile as I looked at his neck and pointed at it.
Arsheus's face paled looking at the direction of my finger and so did Allea, looking at Rin with fear all over her face, but I was far too gone to stop now.
" Hasn't the hickey healed yet?"
Arsheus glared at me as Rin looked at me with disgust.
I ignored them and turned to look at Allea with my most innocent expression.
" You really bit him hard, didn't you?"
Rin looked between Allea and Arsheus and frowned, apparently adding one plus one.
I couldn't help the smug smile on my face as I looked at a panicking Arsheus. He deserved that.
Arsheus's eyes had a maniac gleam to them as he smiled slightly and looked at me.
I felt the pull in my heart to obey him as he spoke.
" What are you talking about? You gave it to me"
I couldn't stop my mouth from saying the words as I lied against my will.
" I'm sorry"
Allea looked between Arsheus and me as I tried to frown and scream with everything I had in me. It didn't work.
Rin too looked between us before letting go of his frown and picking Allea up and in between his arms in a protective manner.
We stayed in silence there, Rin looking between Allea and Arsheus suspiciously while the two of them glared at me.
I couldn't even move as the command told me to stay still.
Allea was the one who eventually broke the silence and spoke up.
" So, how did you meet them?"
She looked at me as she asked. I felt the pull vanishing and immediately tried to tell the truth, but the pull came back, shutting my mouth, so I couldn't do that. Okay.
I looked at Allea and answered. I had nothing better going on.
" I accidentally revived this one"
I pointed at Arsheus with a scowl in my lips. I regretted that decision more than anything else in my entire life.
" You did what?" Allea sounded surprised as she let go of Rin's arms and run up to me, crouching down to look me in the eyes. " How?"
I stared at her and stammered. How had I done it? Not even I knew the answer to that question. All I knew was that it was somehow related to my ability to see spirits.
" She's the daughter of one of the elders"
Arsheus's words hit me hard. What the fuck as he saying?
It was true that I didn't know who my parents were, but I was sure they weren't the elders.
Allea's eyes filled with fear and disgust as she backed away.
I turned to glare at Arsheus and screamed.
" You aren't right! They aren't my parents"
Arsheus looked down at me and snorted.
" Sure"
I wanted to scream and shout. He was wrong. He couldn't be more wrong.
" I may not even know who my parents are, but I do know they're not the elders"
" Didn't you say your parents were guards?" Rin's awfully sensitive question sent me on edge.
Fuck. I had forgotten about that lie.
" I... I" Fuck it all. To hell with the lies. " It's a lie. You didn't want to believe me and I made it up. I'm an orphan"
Arsheus's expression changed looking at me.
" Then why did you betray us?"
I stared at him.
" I didn't betray you. You betrayed me"
I felt hurt. They were the ones that had tried to kill me when I hadn't done anything wrong at all. They were the ones that had gone against me when I thought we were friends. They didn't have the right to say I had betrayed them.
I couldn't stop the tears flowing out of my eyes as I looked at them. I had trusted them. I shouldn't have. I was a fool.
" But you can see spirits"
I stared at their blurry figures.
Was that really all their reasons? Was that why they had attacked me? Had they betrayed me only because of an ability I wished I didn't have?
" I wished I didn't have it"
I got up from the couch and tried to run away. I was tired. I wanted to run to my room and cry in peace for a little while.
Before I could escape through the door Arsheus grabbed my arm and pulled me into his arms.
I felt his warmth near me, but I didn't want him near me right now. I thrashed and pulled him away. I didn't like him. I hated him.
" Let me go!!"
I pulled and pulled, but he was too strong. I couldn't escape from his arms and at some point I stopped trying.
" So you never betrayed us, did you?" I felt the pull in my chest that forced my to tell the truth, but for once it wasn't a problem. I had never lied when I had said I hadn't.
" I never did nor did I plan to. You betrayed me first"
Rin's face changed as he looked at me. It went from hatred to guilt.
I watched as he fiddled with his fingers, his eyes on me.
" I'm sorry" His voice was soft for the first time in a long while as he looked down at me. He seemed really guilty, but I didn't care. I wasn't about to accept their apology.
" I'm sorry. I thought you were going to betray us just because you're an angel spawn. I'm sorry" Arsheus's voice was soft against my ear. I could feel the vibrations as he laid his head against my own.
I wanted to tell him I didn't accept their apologies and that I hated them. I really did, but the part inside my heart that had been bleeding and wondering what I did that was so wrong to get everyone to hate me such was crying happy tears. I wasn't the problem. I never was.
I held onto him and cried and cried.
When my tears dried up I was feeling way better. I no longer felt the need to hit them or kill them.
Arsheus held me in his arms until my tears were gone and I stopped hiperventilating, my body fine for once.
" I'm sorry "
Looking at Arsheus's eyes I could see he was telling the truth. Tears were streaming down those beautiful red eyes of his.
It was preposterous. The fact that a man as handsome as him could even be more so when crying, but still, I didn't like his tears. I liked his smug smiles and smirks the best and even more when he was being genuine.
" It's fine"
That came out of the depths of my heart. No one forced me to forgive him and no one forced me to lean in and hug him, but I felt like it.
He might have been a killer demon, but he was surprisingly good.
" Now you'll be my slave"
Arsheus looked me in the eyes with all the hatred and disgust gone, only pure admiration remaining and he laughed.
A genuine laugh.
Rin smiled from where he was, Allea in between his arms.
" Fine"
Rin smiled and gave me his hand to shake. Despite how much of a dick he had been there had been a time when we had been friends and I could understand what they had done if they had thought I was going to betray them first. It still hurt, but I understood.
I took his hand and shook it.
Rin smiled, a real one like those he used to tease me with and that I hadn't realised how much I'd missed when he hadn't been speaking to me, and turned to smile at Allea.
" Now I have two masters"
Allea smiled back and smacked him in the back of the head.
" No, you don't. I'm still your wife"
I stared at them.
She was his what?
My eyes darted between Arsheus's face and Allea's.
If they were married that meant Allea had cheated on Rin.
I wanted to speak up, but something stopped me.
So we were still doing that.
I glared at Arsheus.
I thought we had left it all behind.
With a simple glare from Arsheus Rin smirked and took Allea between his arms before disappearing and leaving me alone with the bastard.
I no longer felt like giving him any chances.
I got up and away from him, using those few seconds to fix myself. When I looked back at him I was perfectly steady, as if I had never broken down crying in front of him.
" What was that about?"
Arsheus clenched his fists as he looked at the door.
" I don't want to ruin their marriage"
" Then you shouldn't have fucked his wife!"
Arsheus's eyes got big as a smirk spread across his face.
" Is that what you think I did?"
I stammered and backed away, my eyes on his hickey.
" Are you jealous?"
No, I wasn't.
" No"
" Are you sure?"
From this distance I could smell Arsheus's breath. It smelled of blood.
What was that about?
" Why do you smell like blood?"
" I told you, little girl" Arsheus leaned in and whispered right into my ear. " Demons don't need food"
Did he meant he drank blood?
I looked at him, horrified.
Arsheus just laughed as he grabbed my chin.
" It was fake. I never did anything with her." My body lit up as his eyes filled with lust wondering all over the place" I was too busy looking at you and only you"
What?
My heart skipped a beat looking at those red eyes of his.
Fuck.
I was done for.