"Execute everybody in the dungeons. Leave the two dark ones in the corner alive." Samael ordered the guards as we exited the dungeons.My own two guards immediately jumped to attention and followed us swiftly."Why? Why are you butchering everybody?" I asked when I thought about the dozens of demons, dark ones and humans in their cells. Some of them might be innocent."They know too much." Sammi replied as he walked through his castle at an inhuman speed. "I'm not taking any risks. Plus, some saw me kiss- interacting with my Fay."He quickly swallowed the forbidden word and continued walking as if he hadn't said anything. Demons around us were drunk and dancing, and I couldn't help but envy them a little. I missed having a glass of wine. 'You get so much in return,' everyone always said to me. Sure, but that didn't make me want a glass of wine any less."The queen." Whispered some around me.I felt anything but a queen.I felt chunky, and couldn't even walk normally. I couldn't eat an
"It's almost full moon." Guirita announced in an almost dream-like state. Sammi and I exchanged glances. I was taken aback by the concern on his face, and I realised Satan did truly have different sides to him. He almost seemed... Soft. He quickly concealed it when he noticed my scrutinising look and turned to Guirita with an icy expression. Before taking a knife from his waistband, he approached her with a contemplative frown. "My wife... As leaders of our realm, we sometimes have to make sacrifices." Samael said as he skilfully twirled the knife around in his hand. Guirita turned around, her eyes filled with suspicion. "Like Queen Gabrielle here, who left her own home behind, her family, her friends." Ignoring his comment, I continued to watch Guirita, who raised an unimpressed eyebrow at me. "I need you to do something for our kingdom." Samael declared with a more ominous tone. "Anything, my King. Anything that you'll ask of me, I will do, without question." Guirita immediate
Guirita?!Guirita was going to take my place? Willingly?!"It's almost full moon. We have to hurry." Adrian announced loudly.I stared at the woman plastered to Sam's side with wide eyes. What was happening?"My King. My Queen." Shea loudly said as she fell to her knees. The two in question both looked at Shea, and I saw Guirita's eyes widen in surprise. "You? You are going to do it?" She asked with a frown. "Yes, my Queen." Shea solemnly said with her head still down.Sam walked forward and signalled to Shea to get up and walk over to him. "You better do the best fucking job you've ever done, Shea." Sam snapped at her in a warning tone.Shea rose to her feet in an instant. "Yes, my King."Elle eyed her with hatred. She slowly walked over with her head held high, and kept her eyes on the woman who once stole her body for our ex-friend to take place in.God, what a crazy life I had now. I used to worry about grades and missing a good party. Now... Now, my life was slightly different."
An hour went by. An entire hour passed. I could hardly contain myself. My nerves were all over the place, and all I wanted to see was my King here. I wouldn't be able to handle another hour. Sam stood next to me in complete silence. He almost looked like a statue, that's how still he stood. He hadn't touched me, and hadn't spoken a word to any of us. Elle and Adrian stood several metres behind us, their conversation hushed whispers. Shea had gone. Sam had sent her away with one stern look. Guirita lingered by the water, mere inches away. Envy tugged at me, at the fact she was so close to heaven, but I knew that the jealousy wasn't mine. Something was manipulating my emotions. Something very, very powerful. "He should have arrived by now." Adrian said with a doubtful voice. "He'll come." Sam retorted briskly, his gaze fixed ahead, seemingly ignoring me while his eyes subtly wandered over Guirita's figure. My figure. Bastard. I can't believe he was checking her out. Well, actually.
My body jumped up at the sound of my name from his mouth. I almost stepped forward, but Sam clasped my wrist and pulled me next to him. Adrian respectfully retreated, and flung an arm around Elle to drag her back behind him. The way he looked at Guirita with his hand extended, his dark eyes full of promises, was almost enough for me to reveal what was going on here. But instead, I grabbed Sam's arm and looked away from the King of the Sea towards my own King. Sam kept his furious glare aimed at the demon in front of us, but I melted at the sight of it. Furious Sam was incredibly sexy. I had a feeling that from now on, furious Sam would always be a turn-on for me. Sam noticed my stare, and squeezed my wrist once, but maintained his steely stare ahead. "Fay." The King again called, "We have made a deal. It's time for you to fulfil your part." Guirita hesitantly stepped forward. She finally let go of my arm, and I glanced at the woman wearing my face. I looked nervous and angry, lik
"It is me..." I whispered as I stepped closer, "Close your eyes." Sam complied reluctantly, and I gently cupped his cheek. "I'm right here with you." I whispered gently as I trailed my other hand along his arm. Sam swallowed, but remained tense. I looked at my hand, and the long black nails that weren't my own. "Sam." I gently said with some doubt. "Stop. You need to stop." Sam responded, opening his eyes again. Pain crossed them. "I... It's not even your voice, not your touch, nothing that you are. Your temperature is numbed, and you feel almost as cold as a demon, and your innocence is subdued. My heart knows it's you... But my head, my head is having trouble accepting this." His words didn't prevent Sam from tenderly cupping my cheek, gazing deeply into my eyes with an inscrutable expression. "I need you. As yourself. I need to claim you, to seal my bond with you. Then, we need to steal the staff of the fish, and drown you. And then, finally... Finally you'll be mine. Forever
"Good luck with that." I snapped back, my arousal flushed down the drain. "Don't touch yourself thinking about me. I'll know when you do." Sam warned before I could turn around. "If you touch yourself, I'll take that as a yes." I stormed away with steam coming from my ears before I did something really stupid. Like hit him. Or kiss him. I forced my body to fight off the wave of confusing, extreme emotions and breathed in deep. Arousal, anger, desire, shock, lust, disbelief, and fury all raced through me simultaneously, turning me into a bundle of volatile emotions. Maybe yoga would help calm me down. Maybe driving my knife through someone, like the demon still lingering by the water, was a better idea. I almost turned around to do just that. But then I realised he would just be turned on by that, and continued walking. And then I really turned around because that was my mission. To turn him on and get him to stop being ridiculous. A knife would be the perfect thing. I turned a
Shea stood at the side, observing the entire scene in front of her with wide eyes, her eyebrows raised. "Mind your own business, brother." Sam snapped at Adrian, who attempted to pull Elle towards him, who had stepped away from her husband towards me. I also stepped away from my man, and softly bumped into Elle. "What? She deserves to know. It's better to inform your partner straight away about these things. It's quite important." Adrian retorted, mimicking his brother. "We need to go." Elle interrupted the two demons. We both turned to Shea, Elle with a tense body, and Shea actually stepped back with an uncertain look on her face. Yet, behind her innocent façade, I could detect a smirk, and I clenched my jaw hard. "You're not coming." Adrian suddenly declared from behind us. Elle wasn't one to get angry often—that was more my forte—but I could sense she was on the verge of exploding right then. "Why?" Elle asked dangerously, turning around. "So you can go alone with your ex?"