Lucifer stood up as well, just like Micah. "They're in your realm. Ten of them! Let's get them now!" Samael shouted as he also jumped up. The crowd behind me let out panicked sounds. "We have to go. Now." Micah exclaimed, already looking around for something. What, I don't know. "You've put my woman in danger." Adrian snapped at Lucifer, who looked genuinely shocked. "It's not over." Ren calmly stated. They all whirled their heads to Ren with wide eyes. "It's over. We should probably go and look for them." Mnia snapped at Ren. I tilted my head. "Why, Mnia? You want to share something?" I said back with a sweet tone. Mnia looked at me murderously. "Those are ten dark ones! Right here, in the forest!" Benjamin shouted, grabbing our attention again. "My King. It's not over." Ren said again. I made eye contact with Micah and he looked upset and shocked. "Elle. I didn't know.." Lucifer started but he was interrupted by Ren's hand which had shot up. He signalled for Yroul to continue
"Come." Adrian whispered in my ear as he pulled me back. He sat on the throne and pulled me right onto his lap. He turned me sideways and grabbed my legs with his other hand and pulled me close, right against his chest. Ren stood on the stage a little bit lost, but walked over when I signalled him. Adrian's hands on me stiffened when Ren walked closer but I nudged him with my shoulder and grasped Ren's hand for a second, which made me a lot calmer. Everybody still seemed in shock. None of the other women wanted to come up on stage. Eyes were on me. Ren stood behind us, by Rana and Niran, and cleared his throat to distract the attention from me. Yroul looked at him. "Yes... Next up is Dira." I saw a woman whose face fell before slowly walking up on stage. "Look at me." Adrian whispered in my ear. I slowly turned my face to him. His hand tightened on my leg when our eyes met. He scanned my face and the cut on my cheek. "I'm sorry." He whispered, almost too soft for me to hear. I fro
Alone once again, I ran around the castle. The fact that I was wearing a long skirt didn't help with that, but my legs shot through the splits as fast as they could. In my hand, I had a knife. There was nobody around here. Not even guards. It was dead, and my army boots crushed the gravel under me with a lot of noise. When I reached the end of the castle, I halted before running around the corner. Slowly, I peeked around the building and scanned the demons watching the stage on the other side. I was all the way in the back. This was the very end of the crowd. "Welcome back, ladies! We begin!" Yroul loudly announced. I looked over at the stage, to where the women were lining up. The Kings sat in their thrones. I was too far away to see what expression Adrian had on his face. I could guess. Not happy. There were a few buildings here. Multiple stables, sheds, storage buildings, a few houses for the staff who preferred their own space over the castle and more empty, unused buildings.
She threw a knife out of me out of nowhere. I ducked down before it could cut me. "And for Pride! The lucky winner..." Yroul's voice was drowned out when Anna threw another knife at me. It flew past me, nearly cutting my ear. "You don't belong here, Elle. Go back to the human realm, back to your school and friends." Anna snapped, before taking a step in my direction. "I do belong here." I said back, jutting out my own knife. Some demons at the back of the crowd turned around to us. I took one step towards Anna over the slanted roof. She looked behind her, towards the drop to the ground and let out an ugly snarl. She jumped forward with another knife and tried to grab my ponytail with her other hand. Where did she hide all those knives? Before she could grab my hair, I grabbed her wrist and held it in an iron grip. Something cut me. I looked to my other wrist to see Anna had cut open the skin. Hardly feeling it, I looked at myself with calmness and anger. "Drop it, Anna." I orde
Multiple demons fell to their knees with that word alone, unable to fight the order. The word rang through my bones. Anna still stood, but I saw Yroul fighting it. She bit her lip and fisted her hands as if it was an effort to keep standing. "I said... BOW." Adrian's loud voice vibrated around me. I held in a groan. My body wanted to go down. I wanted my knees to hit the ground and my forehead to touch the ground. He was my King, and I had to obey his order. I wanted to obey his order, wanted to please him. The entire crowd fell to their knees. Servants, civilians and visitors all went down. Yroul also went down, her head bared to the side for her king. I still stood, together with Anna and Adrian's brothers. Anna had bitten her lip so hard, blood dripped down from her lip to her chin, where it dripped to the ground. I held my head up high. "Anna." Adrian spoke, instantly getting Anna's attention. He took two steps in her direction. "Bow." He simply said. She fell down, her knees
I really had no idea what the fuck happened in the last hour. The plan was that I confronted Anna, would somehow get her down to the dungeons with Ren, and would then go back to the podium to join the rest of the ceremony. Ren was there to help me if I needed it, and to alert Adrian if I was in any danger. I had to convince Adrian for this because he didn't want to leave my side. I had almost fought with him over it but I didn't want to risk Anna running away again. Nothing went according to plan. I had another shower in Adrian's room, with Adrian and Ren right outside the door waiting for me. I begged Ren to stay. His touch was one I needed right now. "Tell me." Adrian pleaded once he sat me down with a plate of food in front of me. "Tell me about the mental test." I looked down at the food with my stomach turning over. Ren sat opposite of me and Adrian paced through the room nervously. "I don't think you want to hear, Adrian." I replied. My tiredness was becoming a real problem
I woke up with a throbbing need between my legs. Almost moaning, I put my hand on Adrian's chest and kissed his neck slowly. Adrian groaned, still sleeping, and put his arm around me, pulling me closer. I snuggled in but was stopped when I felt my other hand on someone else. It was still night and I looked behind me in the dark bedroom. Ren's head was close to mine. His eyes were shut and his arm was half around me. He snored softly and moved slightly when I removed my hand from his. I looked at Adrian again, feeling horny. I bit my lip in an effort to stop moaning when I saw his peaceful face facing me. He really was a freaking God. How could someone be this attractive? His face was so relaxed, so different than when his King mask was on. Ignoring my carnal need to sit on top of Adrian and have my way, I silently left the bed and walked into the bathroom. My peaceful dreams made me more relaxed. It made all the horrors of yesterday seem small, far away. Jeez. I looked like I ha
Ren grabbed my right hand and I felt nothing.. Until Adrian's hand landed on my shoulder and I almost jumped up. Ren didn't hold back on his essence of relaxation and I immediately felt super, super relaxed. Adrian's hand stayed on my skin. I exhaled a shaky breath when Adrian's hand moved down from my shoulder to my wrist. My entire body and mind felt so relaxed that his touch just added to the sensation. "This okay?" I heard Adrian whisper to me. I nodded and smiled softly, my eyes still shut. I felt Adrian stepping closer to me. His hand enclosed my wrist and his other hand went to my cheek. His fingers slowly travelled down to the front of my neck, where they halted. Ren's hand tightened around mine. More calmness flooded into me but I also felt a trickle of excitement. That excitement was like a kiss along the back of my neck. "Say stop if you want me to stop, okay Dove?" Adrian asked me. My breathing deepened. "Okay." I replied in a whisper. "Good girl." Adrian whispered i