Dagon waved her hand. "Yes, fine. But stay behind. I would like to talk to the human." She said whilst pulling me along further. After a minute of silence where we walked around the castle and my nerves rising, she looked at me with a scanning face. "You know, I never understood why Adrian had partners. I mean, he is literally the king of sleeping around. We always reserved some girls for him alone every time he came over." My hands balled into fists. Was she serious right now? "You're very pretty though. I can see why he is taken with you." Her statement made me turn to her, but she pushed my shoulder and forced me to walk. "What do you mean?" I asked, thoughts racing through my head. Did she know? "Oh, innocent thing." Dagon's fingers slid over my wrist where my mark was. She kept looking forward. "That is no ordinary mark, Gabrielle. I bet no one has actually taken the care to look at it properly. But do you see the marks above the lightning strike?" Her fingers released me a
"Yes, Adrian. Like that." I turned around to the voice. Was Adrian here? I looked around me and found myself inside the castle. There were no servants or other people around and the voice that talked to Adrian echoed off the walls. "Yeah, baby, you like that?" Adrian's voice made its way to my ears. His voice sounded... Rough and seductive. My feet carried me closer to the sound. I looked around the castle and found it distorting. Like I was in the clouds. I heard moaning as I walked closer to the door that was slightly ajar. It became louder and with a frown, I opened the door hesitantly. And immediately realised what was going on. Adrian sat on a chair, completely naked. With a naked Niran on his lap, who he was fucking. Niran was loud and her moaning was sloppy and awful. Her naked back was to me as she humped up and down. "It's my turn, Adrian." Shea suddenly showed up from behind the chair and put her hands on Adrian's chest from behind. Her hands slid down his body and she
The sounds of birds woke me up. Slowly, my eyes peeled open and I stared at the curtains for 10 seconds before looking behind me to see an empty bed. Micah was gone. He left with the calmness he gifted me last night. A sort of loneliness filled me again. A knock sounded on the door and with a heavy sigh, I got out of bed and opened the door. "It's time!" Guela happily announced. She was standing in-between Luzo and Willa with multiple dresses in their hands. "Time for what?" I asked, my mood grumpy and my eyes heavy. "Time to get ready, silly. We only have 10 hours before the gala starts." Guela tutted, pushing me into the room. I froze upon seeing about 20 guards in the hallway instead of just Aemun. "What is going on?" I asked Aemun, who looked at me apologetically. "King's orders." He stated with a firm voice, but his eyes were soft. I eyed the guards, who looked straight forward like the wall was super interesting and walked back into my room where Guela, Luzo and Willa were pu
I clung to Aemun for dear life when we entered. I was blasted with sounds and vision. My love by Route 94 and Jess Glyne was loudly playing by the DJ, the golden cages hung from the ceiling with the girls dancing in them like professionals, food was being brought around by waiters, the bar was filled with people waiting for drinks and multiple photographers walked around, making pictures of everybody. Everybody walked around dressed to perfection. They all wore fantastic dresses, neat suits and extravagant masks. The vibe promised wild things for the night and the anonymity by the masks made the promise feel much more... dangerous. I looked around for any familiar faces but couldn't see any and the change was high that a lot didn't recognize me either. "Let's get you a drink." Aemun whispered in my ear, making me nod. We walked over to the bar and I was still looking around in amazement. This party truly looked epic. My eyes went to the podium, where the six kings sat in their throne
"Contenders, it's your chance to go down and mingle with the people. Show them why you should be chosen as next king!" Yroul announced. Dagon tilted her head at the presenter, who quickly brought the microphone to her mouth again. "Or queen, of course." Yroul spoke with a bored tone. She really thought Dagon couldn't do this. I was suddenly rooting for Dagon a lot more. Everybody seemed to doubt her like they doubted me. The contenders for Envy walked down the stage and the Kings behind them also stood up and walked down. They took their crowns off and left them on top of their thrones, leaving them in the sight of everybody. I wonder what one of those crowns was worth. Maybe I could sell one off, build my own castle and start a new realm. The realm of peace or something like that. No fighting allowed. "Come dance, Elle." Xael said, waking me up from my thoughts. He grabbed my hand and shook me off Aemun with a giddy look on his face. I looked back at Aemun with panic in my eyes. Ae
A chest hit my back. "Are you implying something, sister?" Adrian's words sounded like a warning and Dagon's lips curved up in a dangerous smile. "Oh, Adrian. You have always been the funniest of us. I wouldn't hurt the human. I'd do the opposite to her." Dagon replied to the right of me. Micah grinned and pulled me to him further. A hand slid around my shoulder and the touch of Adrian made its way into the deep depths of my nerves. His hand was warm, electric and firm. His body lined up with mine and I almost melted into his touch. Lust trickled into my body from his hand. It made goosebumps line my arm, where they went down my whole body. My cheeks immediately flamed with heat. I saw Adrian's hand on Micah's arm tighten and his hand on my shoulder gripped me tight. "Adrian. Are you not busy with your other women? How was Niran last night? She's walking around with a smile on her face, and that's rare." Micah loudly asked Adrian and my mood went the other way to wanting to sink int
Right when I was about to ask what sickness she might possibly have, Micah pulled me to him again. I heard Lucifer laugh close to us and even Micah laughed. They all laughed. Demons that were laughing. And no ordinary demons either. These were demon kings. Micah pulled me back and walked right into Adrian, who was behind me again. Definitely on purpose. I felt his energy behind me like a beacon. "Oh, brother, didn't see you there." Micah said, making even Samael grin. I pulled Micah with me, to the opposite end of the makeshift circle. "Did he have sex with them?" I made sure to put a warning tone in my question. This past entire week, I was left in the dark. I had not seen Adrian or any of the other brothers and the news that Adrian had slept with Rana and Niran was painful. The fact that I had to walk in here and see Briva on his lap was a slap in the face. A slap with a concrete brick. Micah pulled me flush against his body. "Oh little queen. Do you even know Adrian? Do you thi
And so I did. In one movement, I turned around and faced Adrian. My eyes caught his and it felt like years since I had been this close to him. To look into his brown eyes and time seemed to slow down. We stared at each other for several moments and I felt the layers around myself unravelling. "Where is your ring?" He eyed my hand, which was missing the ring with the blue diamond. "My dresser." I answered, my voice smaller than I had intended. A frustrated sigh left him. "You don't like it?" He asked, stepping closer to me, like a predator. I thought about the ring, the ring that looked so much like a wedding ring. A wedding ring that might not be on my hand at the end of this competition, but on someone else's hand. "No." I lied, my voice a bit harder. Adrian eyed me, his eyes serious and open and his mouth a hard line. His body was tense and he stepped even closer to me, making my breasts touch his chest lightly. I looked up at him without looking away. "Luckily, I have many more.