The princess woke slowly, sighing softly as she curled into a tighter ball on her side, willing the folds of sleep to take her once more. Only it was no use, her mind already alert as she blinked rapidly, her vision slightly blurred. Taking a deep breath, Elika moved into a seated position on the couch, her eyes scanning the room for any signs of the dark lord. She relaxed instantly when she realised that he was nowhere to be found, leaning back slightly as she lazily scanned the living room once more, noticing that Robert was sat by the fire, watching her every move in suspicious curiosity.
“Good morning Robert.” She smiled, carefully shuffling forward on the couch; surprised that her pain had faded.
“Hello little one. He replied, bobbing his head as he snarled lightly; baring his teeth.
The princess smile grew as she heard his pet name for her, tilting her head to the side as she mimicked his animalistic movements. She spoke hes
The blood began to corrupt the lion-like beast as he snarled, tearing into the second mans chest and ripping out his still-beating heart; killing him almost instantly. She watched as the intruders eyes dulled, all life draining from his large form as the last moments before his horrific death played across his features; filling her with nothing but fear. Dragging her gaze away from the corpse, Elika watched her one friend in hell turn his demonic red eyes pleased when she saw nothing but caring and love towards her.“Run now little one, the blood calls me and I may not be able to stop. If I lose myself I will not remember who you are. I need you to leave now.” He growled heinously, turning towards the third intruder as he drew his weapon, pointing it towards the beast.Adrenalin pumped through Elika’s veins as she leapt around the men, recklessly stumbling towards the door. Breathing heavily, the princess turned to look back as shouts erupted in the l
Elika did as he ordered, already wishing the day was over as she stepped towards him; his mechanical white eyes lifeless. He tugged her closer when she stopped, examining her wounded back; his hands shaking as his fury only increased. Closing her eyes, the princess waited for her punishment to come, only it never did.The dark lord stepped around her and knelt before the man, his tone littered with a new hate. “You will not die today good sir. But you will die. And when you do, you would have begged for it.”“Fuck you.” The man gasped, causing the princess to smile as she opened her eyes; knowing that he would regret those words in the days to come.She turned to watch as Darkous raised his fists, knocking the man out in one blow before rising back to his feet, his eyes now locked solely on the princess. She shivered suddenly, knowing that she must have done something wrong, something to anger her uncle.“How long after death
“You are a murderer.” Michael snapped suddenly, “You should have fought sooner.”The Princess gasped, a murderer? Is that because she had ran? Robert had told her to! He had insisted that she leave, sprint to safety. It wasn’t her fault. She was not to blame.“You should have stopped them, we all know you have to power to.” He added, shaking his head as he rose back to his feet.Tears formed in her eyes. “I only did as Robert commanded.”“You should have saved him!” Michael screamed at her, quickly slapping her across the face.Elika gasped again, clutching her cheek. “I couldn’t!” she cried.Her uncles comrade struck her again, knocking her to the ground as she whimpered. She didn’t even know how to use her abilities, let alone anything about close combat, she had simply 'winged it’ her abilities had nothing to do with it. But what had he wanted
The demon within Darkous’ mind howled with laughter, “You apologized to Her?! Why in the fuck would you do that?”“silence.” He growled in response to the demon. “I have my reasons.”Rashly turning his attention away from the creature within him, he noticed that the girls jaw had dropped, her expression littered with confusion at his sudden kindness; and to be honest, the immortal Lord was also bewildered by his own actions. No longer knowing what to say to her, kindness wasn’t his strong suit, nor was apologising. But strangely he had meant it, he felt outraged that Michael would lay a hand on her for no reason, disgusted even that he wasn’t their to prevent it.“lift your jaw before I rip it off.” He growled once the silence began to bug him, his temper once again bettering him.“I’m sorry sir.” The girl whispered, recoiling at his tone.“Yes. I apologized f
The walk through the darkened halls was silent, neither of them had a word to say to each other; the echoing of servants voices the only sound in the entire mansion. But none dare to come up close to the Lord of hell, nor inform them of where Hades was. They reached the large door that lead to where the laboratory was within ten minutes, but that was not soon enough for Darkous, he hated when time was wasted waiting for the girl to keep up with his steps. She was useless, unable to hold up her own weight for long before her legs trembled.“Enter.” Was all they heard when Darkous knocked, neither one of them knowing what to expect when the door opened.The girl kept her eyes lowered, her frame perfectly still as the Lord of hell searched the room for his brother, noticing him hunched over a computer typing away. He smiled once more, his brother knew how to work humans technology better than anyone else that Darkous knew, but sometimes he feared his bro
Three of the men shifted their eyes toward her, clearly furious that she would be invading their battle training. The first one was the first to find his voice, his yellow-brown eyes alive with hatred and vengeance. “Why must we train with the enemies daughter? This does not make sense sir.”Michael smiled vilely, his eyes remaining on the young immortal princess as he spoke; his tone lightening in the promise of what was to come. “Because soldier, this will be your chance to take her down, to break her as often and as brutally as you wish. Does that not make sense to you?”“In that case sir, we are pleased that you brought her to us.” Another soldier uttered, laughing deeply as he turned to glance at her; overjoyed that he would get an ounce of revenge for the friends he had lost at the hands of her father.The princess took a step back, sheer terror coursing through her as all eyes landed on her slightly shaking form; her mi
“There, feeling better?” He questioned, a small smirk appearing at the corners of his mouth as he rose back to his feet; placing the small cloth back into his pocket.The young immortal princess nodded once, lightly cracking her aching bones as she closed her eyes, allowing the adrenalin to take effect. “Yes sir.”“Good. Now get out there and show us that you aren’t just a pretty face.” He commanded, carelessly dragging the girl back to her feet.Elika looked over at the mat, her shoulders deflating as she watched three more soldiers approach it, each one more than ready to cause her pain. She looked back up at Michael before slowly stumbling forward, barely having the strength to fight back, to stop the men from injuring her. Perhaps she should just let them get the anger and hate for her father off their chest, after all; this was not the first time that she had been brutally beaten and she was more than sure that it w
The young immortal princess winced slightly as Darren poured more of the burning liquid onto the deep wounds across her back, her fingers digging into the hard wood flooring as she stifled a cry; the large training room now empty of all soldiers. Michael stood to the side, watching as his comrade worked to stop the wounds on the girls back from continuing to bleed; his misty black eyes locked onto her features as they twisted in agony. He had cut their conversation short when she became increasingly dizzy; almost forgetting that the soldiers had tore open the back of her dress. She clenched her jaw shut when her uncles comrade applied a burning cream to the already delicate skin across her back, unable to prevent the small cry that burst through her lips. Taking a long breath, she squeezed her eyes shut, praying that it would not take much longer for Darren to finish, unsure if she could take any more of the agony.“Don’t worry pup, not long until I have finished.