Elle POV.
I fell asleep after a while the hug did help, and you’d think my nightmares would be afraid of Devil, that they’d go away for the night, instead, they were there, as bad as ever. I saw him, hurting me and laughing, the laugh, the cold laugh, the one that he’s extremely happy at what he just did, hurt me. The dream kept going, but it didn’t end there, I saw myself running away from him, I made it to the door, I left the house, but it wasn’t our usual home, there was an elevator waiting there. I clicked and waited for it to come, while he followed me, I made it inside the elevator, I clicked on the ground floor, but then the elevator went quickly, it went down, but then up again, I almost fell a few times, but then it stopped. I wasn’t in the base level like I expected, I was somewhere in the upper floors, I walked out of the elevator, but the thing was all mixed up, I saw hand prints, bloody hand prints. Too afraid of that I ran back to the elevator but it wouldn’t come, I knew someone was following me, touching me, I screamed, I screamed again and again hoping this creature would leave me. That’s when the sense of falling hit me, I felt like I’ve just fell from up in the skies, it felt like I was pushed off a plane. I opened my eyes slowly, disoriented, there was someone next to me, there was never anyone next to me. “Elle, baby” I heard a voice say but it scared me even more, who is it and how does it know my name? “No, get away from me,” I say trying to push whoever is next to me away, but the person next to me didn’t they kept their hands on me, I started to calm down finally. Realised this was just a dream that I woke up from, it was nothing but a dream, a bad one, and the person next to me was Devil, she slept over, I knew that, maybe but in my sleep, I was too disoriented to understand that she’s here with me, and I’m not alone for once. “Elle, it was just a dream I’m here,” she says her voice was filled with sleep I had woken her up, but her voice also had some concern in it, she held me closer to her, and I went willingly toward her chest, closing my eyes, it was just a dream, but my heart was beating like crazy still. “I hate nightmares,” I whisper, she just nods, her hand going toward my hair messing with my messy locks, I was sweaty with all my fear. “I know sweetheart, I’m here now. No need to be scared, I’m here,” she says again, I just nod, she’s here, I’m not alone, I could let out a breath of relief. I went back to sleep, I already cried enough for the night, and I didn’t have any more tears to cry, I was exhausted, and I just fell back asleep finally having some rest. I stayed asleep until the morning came, I didn’t want to wake up, I was too tired to wake up, but then a hand was shaking me, and a voice was calling my name telling me to wake up. I tried to push the hand away whining, I didn’t want to wake up yet, but the person kept waking me up, Devil tried to keep waking me up. “Don’t you have someone to torture?” I ask her grumpily wanting to sleep some more. “No princess, I’m all yours this morning,” she says with a smile, she knows what she doing while I just to sleep. “Go away,” I say bluntly this time. “No, wakey wakey princess,” she says ruining my sleep, after a few more groans, and whimpers I finally opened my eyes, sitting up in the bed, looking at Devil, her hair was messy, her face bare, a smile on her face. “Ughhh” I groan again instead of saying good morning, I’m not a morning person, the ones who love the morning are simply Satan followers and not my kind of Devil. “Good morning to you too, coffee?” she asks, I love coffee, it’s the only reason I wake up in the morning, to have my mug of life, I nod my head yes quickly. She gets out of the bed and moves toward the kitchenette it’s only a small portion of the whole space, I didn’t have a fancy coffee machine, I wish I could, I love all kinds of coffee, sometimes I’ll save up for a special fancy coffee but most times, I’ll just drink it at home, this is the only blend I like, I don’t mind buying my coffee from the supermarket, it’s affordable and drinkable. “How much sugar Love?” Devil calls from the kitchen. “A small spoon, and a dash of creamer” I call back, for coffee, I could answer. “Which mug you want princess?” I have a collection of mugs, I own twelve mugs, I do splurge on my mugs they are an investment to my happiness, it’s only me at the house, and only me who drinks coffee. “I’m a fucking Author one,” I tell her, it’s one of my costume-made mugs, the best ten dollars I ever spent, they are from my writing work money, so the mugs are an investment in my work. “Elle!” she scolds this time. “Whutttt,” I reply with a shrug, it’s one of my best mugs, and I love it, I am an author, a self-claimed one. I left my bed and went toward the bathroom, I’m awake now, like it or not, it’s time for coffee, I can taste the bitter drink in my mouth right now, I did my business, and brushed my teeth with my blue toothbrush. I skipped washing my face, the water was freezing cold this early in the morning, I don’t need to wash my face, it’s clean. I left the room and moved back to the open space, it’s my living room, kitchen, desk, and work area, well it only has a one-second use sofa, two boxes that are my makeshift table, and my laptop, it’s my most precious property, it doesn’t work unless it’s plugged into the electricity, it has a broken cover screen, the letter “J” gets stuck sometimes, good thing I don’t use that letter much. It’s my workstation, all I need is my laptop, coffee and some alone time, I usually get a lot of that. “Thank you,” I say taking my hot mug from her hand, she’s drinking in my Queen of the World mug, another good one of mine. I took the mug and went to sit on the sofa, she took a seat next to me, and the cushion went limp under her, the sofa was cheap for a reason. “Elle,” she says shaking her head, what did she expect from me, I shrug again enjoying my coffee for now. “Do you have those nightmares often?” she asked, there was no reason to hide that, I just nodded my head, yes, I do have those often. “When would you do it?” I ask, if the abuser is dead, the fear would be gone, and there would be nothing left to scare me anymore, I need that to happen, I need the safety. “Elle…” she starts. “I’m going to pay you, Devil,” I say frustrated with her, why is she refusing to do this for me. “Elle listen…” she says again but I don’t want to hear her anymore. “You said you’ll do it!!” I say frustrated, even my coffee couldn’t help me anymore. “Fine Elle! Fine!” she says, she drinks the rest of her coffee quickly, just gulping it quickly she doesn’t care how hot it is. She then moved back to my bedroom, getting her shoes back on, she said a quick goodbye, kissed my cheek, and left the place, leaving me stunned. Finally, she’s going to do it, she’s going to kill him! No more fear, no more nightmares, I’ll have to pay her still, I’m just a few thousand short, authors don’t make millions, we hardly make anything but it’s enough to get Devil to work with me.Elle POV. After she left, I went back to my coffee it was not that hot anymore but warm enough to be very enjoyable, and you can’t waste a good cup of life, I drank it, I had work, and I had to go to the diner, but not until later. I should do some work at home, even if I’m poor I can’t be dirty, my sheets need to be cleaned, I sweat too much last night, I hate nightmares, they ruin my night, day, and the next morning I’m always feeling all weird and off. I went first to my bedroom and stripped the bed, I didn’t own a washing machine, but the building offers a shared laundry facility one of the good parts of this building, I also got my clothes, I don’t mind mixing everything, it’s much cheaper than doing multiple washes, although not preferable. I took everything down, placed them all together and started washing, I only do washing once every week, I don’t have enough clothes to go for more than one week, so I always have to wash them up to have enough clean clothes to get me going
Elle POV. I cried myself to sleep, and I woke up starving, as I always do after a good cry, I could kiss the boots and jacket goodbye, I’ll freeze for another year, and after I pay Devil up, the money I’d save up would go to me. For now, I woke up groggy, I skipped brushing my face or tear from how mad I am, but after second thought, I did need the bathroom, I ran inside needing to pee, I always forget to pee until the last second, I talked myself into brushing my teeth, and even washing my face. My eyes were filled with icky things from crying during the night, I washed my face and moved back to the kitchen, I made myself a giant cup of coffee to help with my headache. I moved back to the living room, took a seat on the sofa and got my laptop, I always take my anger out in my stories, I check my notifications, and read the messages from the readers, those are the best parts of my day. I opened a new document and started typing my newest story is all about how mad I am at being robb
Elle POV. Get my things ready, okay, what do I own really, just my clothes, laptop, and phone, that’s all I got under my name. For my clothes they all fit into one bag, and my laptop and phone fit in the laptop bag, I finished packing all of those and went back outside, what now, I still have to pay rent, and I want to have a place to be able to come back to in case everything goes not the right way. I know I live in my own dream world, but even I know that this isn’t one of my stories, Devil won’t take me away with her, Devil won’t be my mommy, Devil would lose interest in the end. “I’m ready,” I tell her with both my bags in hand, she smiles and leads me outside toward her car, the red Camaro, the car stood out in my neighbour it didn’t belong there none of the cars were fancy enough to be even compared to hers, and even the flashy ones aren’t that flashy, but still there stood the red sports car. Devil opened the trunk for my things, I could see other bags there, some plastic, so
Elle POV. I need to work, although I’d love to stay in the house, in my PJ, drinking coffee, messy hair and typing (Side note, that’s how I always work). Instead, I had to beg Devil to let me go to my work, my other work, the diner, where I meet bad-smelling people, that work, but I had no idea how to get there really, we were on a side of the town that I didn’t know. “Devil, I need to get to work” I beg with her to no use, she’s not listening, I guess she’s ignoring me on purpose, I’ve already told her twice I need to get going. “Forget about it” was her only reply, forget about what! I just look at her all confused, she needs to do better than this, I’m not getting her. “You’re not going back to that work Elle, forget that” she says, wait! I haven’t been here a full day and she’s already forbidding me of going to my own job, I made a mistake. “I can’t do that Devil, I need to work,” I say back to her, first I won’t be able to work, then I’ll become completely dependent on her.
Elle POV. “Devil, let me go please” I whisper to her, who’d think a hitman was this cuddly, she had me in her arms, hugging the breath out of me, she wasn’t letting me go no matter how hard I tried to get out of her arms. She just grumbled and hugged me even closer to her, I sighed and wait for her to let me go, but she didn’t let me go, she kept her hold on me until she finally was ready to let go. “Morning princess,” she says her hand going toward my hair and messing with it, it helped calm me down except for one thing, I needed to pee! I need her to let me go, like right now. “Devil…” I mumble trying to get out of her arms but she didn’t let me go. « Yes princess? » she answered still holding me tight, I tried to wiggle my way out but she’s one strong woman.“I need to pee,” I say finally, I couldn’t wait anymore, I really need to pee. “Go pee” she says with a laugh giving me a push out of the bed, I was about to go back to my room and use the bathroom there when she called ou
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Devil POV. “Devil…Satan…King of hell…” I heard a voice calling me with a giggle, I love her, I love the way she wakes me up, I had a late night last night. My last assignment isn’t an easy one, it takes most of the day and night, I’m keeping an eye on my target, but it’s not easy, my target loves late night, and loves staying up. I didn’t have any real goal, not to get dirty or to find something, just watch, I lost interest in that job fairly quickly. But now I had Elle who was awake early, and ready to get up, she acted like a lost puppy sometimes refusing to get out of the bed without me, waiting for me to wake up, waiting for me to take care of her, I loved taking care of her. My pain made me into who I am, a psycho, but her pain, it made her even more innocent than she ever was, she transferred her pain into art, she made it into stories, and she lived through her characters until she became one with them. She’s into something called age regression, my therapist tried to talk m