/Lukas POV/
The red room was almost blinding as I stepped in. My eyes narrowed when I noticed my friend, Leo sitting on the couch. What was he doing here? Not that I did not appreciate the company in the castle but most of them wear assigned a certain task. It pisses me off if they are not completed on time.
"Leo? Fancy seeing you here" I hummed, walking towards the huge chair. Sometimes the entire house felt like over the top but it was something I had to do for establishing my rule over the castle. To let the servants and other demons know that I was the real King of Hell.
Leo let out a breath, "What did you do?"
I frowned at his question. It was so vague! Pulling the chair closer I stared at him hoping to read something off his face. Years of practice made it easy for me to guess what others were thinking. Maybe that's why I had an upper hand on most of the battles and emerged victoriously.
The demons had no real age more like there was nothing which would define their age. I met Leo when I was doing my measly duties. Usually, the low ranking demons had to prove their worth by training themselves to be strong enough to control human minds.
At first, it was Lucifer, our original master of Hell's simple rule because he wanted to rile up his father. The easiest thing would be to control the toys he made, the humans of course. Even after he was caged the tradition sort of continued.
All the demons had to go through basic training to have a place up in hell. The ones who failed thrown away in the Purgatory to guard the place. That's one of the harshest punishment anyone could receive.
Leo was almost failing in his low levels, too scared and fragile for someone who was supposed to be a demon. Naturally, no one had encouraged him to do better because that would mean they would lose their spot. So I forwarded my hand towards him and together we raised our levels. The rest was history.
Leo moved back, an annoyed look crossing his face, "Are you doing your face reading thing again?"
For most upper-level demons, it is important to have a special power, something that made him or her different from the helpless, weak human beings. Leo was a skilled runner. He could make grown demons hide away in shame.
Leaning back I sighed, "I was trying before you rudely interrupted"
"Be serious Lukas it's not funny"
"Fine!" I exclaimed, "What got your knickers in a twist?"
"Those ridiculous fairies summoned you"
At that, my face changed. They were really pushing their luck. The three fairies- Gia, Sia, Mia were the guardians of Fate. It was in their hands to look upon the fates of others, humans mostly. As a tradition, I had to pay my visit to him on my coronation. Ever since that day they were annoying about everything.
"Do they not know that I'm the King of Hell, bloody hell!" I gritted my teeth together looking around the room.
Red fascinated me. There was just something about the colour. Blood, fire and everything lethal was red so I summoned the demons to take over the bodies of dead artists from the past and help me rebuild the place. It was against the law but it was my place.
Every wall in the room was painted red and even the light in the rooms where bright red bulbs. Most of my faithful friends, I can count them on my hand gathers in the very red room for our meetings.
Leo sighed, "You know them! They do not care about others status."
Everything about that was true. It was ridiculous how they had everyone in the palm of their hands. Even death was a slave to their whimsical demands. As they were in control of everyone's fate they informed death about the decisions which would cause an ultimate end to humans life. In the beginning, I used to think that they would just sit around and discuss it like some game. It was different than I had imagined though.
"What do they want with me?"
"You fucked up Lukas" Leo whispered, his voice so low and quiet that I had to strain my ears to catch it. What was he talking about?
The last time I went on a killing spree was because those losers had it coming. They were about to plant bombs in the entire city and as always The almighty does nothing but sit on his throne and whine about humans being wise. It was months ago and I had to endure a long lecture because of that which almost made me rethink my decision of ending them.
"Fucked up? What did I do now?"
He folded his arms together and raised his eyebrows at me, "Did you go on earth recently?"
I avoided his eyes. Most of the time visiting the earth was one of the pleasures I enjoyed. There were so many things to do and I could forget about all the duties for once. My ears would be free of those cries begging for mercy. The air I breathe would feel fresh and not something made of ash and blood. Years of torturing people should have made me habitual by now but it didn't.
"Yes for a drink" I lied
Leo snorted, "Seriously? For a drink? You have an entire bar downstairs."
"I wanted to feel alive for once. Fuck you're making it sound like I did something wrong"
"You know it's wrong. The celestial creatures are not allowed to contaminate the earth." Leo sighed.
I stood up, angrily stalking towards the mini bar, "We are neither of those Leo! Can't you see that? Besides what's the problem if I go up there for one night? Everything was taken care of"
"Then why did the fairies tell me it's important? It must be something you are forgetting"
With my breathing hitched in my throat, my hands stilled on the bottle. My eyes clenched tight as I thought about the previous night. How stupid I could be to let someone lure me like that? Something took over me the moment I stepped into that club because there was no way that I felt something for a human.
Talia. That name. Her eyes. It was so familiar yet I couldn't place it somehow. When she asked me to come back to a place I should have said no but my mouth was not functioning. Like an idiot, I followed back home and promised to stay. She was doing something to me. That was the only explanation I could come up with. Maybe she was a witch of some kind because I could not read her thoughts.
Whenever I tried to stare at her for too long my head was clouded with different thoughts. All of them leading back to her. As her warm body laid next to mine I felt alive. Like it was a memory. How could that be possible if I was meeting her for the first time?
"Lukas" Leo cleared his throat and I blinked back.
"I don't know what you want to know" I shrugged, focused on opening the new bottle of the whiskey.
Demons had no real stomach for hunger. It did not matter if they eat or not. The drinks and food were sort of an accessory, something to make ourselves feel like a privilege. Most of them use the very reason to throw parties.
"I just want to know if there's something you are not telling me."
I could feel Leo's stare digging into me. That's the other thing I could never get rid of. He was very perspective for his own good. In the hundreds of years of friendship we had, he is sure that he knows everything about me.
"Here" I handed him a glass of whiskey to which he made a face. He was not particularly fond of whiskey. His drinks always were fruity and colourful. Sometimes fooled you into thinking he has a sense of taste and was a human.
"Thanks" He cringed, placing the glass on the table beside him. As I sat down facing him he made a face.
"Are you going to tell me?"
Taking a sip, I swirled the glass around, "Fine. I may have slept with a girl"
"Lukas"
"What? Don't act like you don't do that. I know all about your love for Anna" I huffed.
He got flustered, his cheeks tinting but shook his head, "It's different"
"How so?"
"It is. We are not talking about that"
I rolled my eyes at his defensive stance. Anna was someone he was seeing and she's a human on earth. As he's an upper-level demon he enters into Anna's husband's body and plays house with her. It's been going on for a few years.
"Fine"
"You know that you need to see them, right?" Leo questioned. He was referring to the fairies.
"Yeah"
***
It had been two days since I was trying to forget about Lukas. So far it wasn't working and all I could think was what went wrong. There were still fragments of that night I can recall but not the entire night. It was like a blurred memory.
/Lukas POV/Fates lived in a faraway land which was neither on heaven or hell. A made-up land just for the three of them. Most of them feared to go there because of those notorious fairies. As the three of them lived together in the entire land they always have something mischievous planned upon their sleeves.
The room felt like it was spinning the moment I sat down. Trying to blink my eyes I looked around and everything was still blurry. What was happening to me? My head felt heavy as I try to open my mouth. The beads of sweat rolled down my forehead. As I tried to bring my hands to my face I noticed they were clammy and cold.With my head tilted up, I tried not to stay at anything in particular. Clutching the bedpost I tried to slowly stand on
I was proper freaked out over that text. Just when I thought that I could put that night behind and start new it happened. How was I going to forget Lukas if I carried his baby in my stomach? Everything happening to me felt like a weird nightmare. Something I wish never happened.After my mother passed away the only priority I had in my mind was to complete my education. Thinking about a child of my own was the last thing on my mind. But now that I was pregnant I had no option but to think about the consequences. How was I going to contact Lukas?With my two struggling jobs I could hardly get the luxuries for myself how will I afford it for one more? The extra one being a newborn baby. I had no experience with kids maybe a little since I used to visit my neighbour kids but that's the extent of it. As I did not have any younger brother or sister th
/Lukas POV/I couldn't think straight. Atleast not till I was fully convinced that Talia was safe. There were unknown dangers lurking in the shadows on the earth. She was innocent and probably had no idea of what's going to come or what was happening to her. Before anything happens I should do something about it.The three fairies looked elated as I tried to think about something. Why were they so happy about it? I thought while staring at them."Why are you so happy about it?"They shared a look. Were they talking among themselves again? I held my breath until one of them turned towards me."Do you not realise King that you are going to create history?" Mia giggled, her arms stretched
I blinked my eyes, squinting them instantly at the harsh lighting on my face. When I looked around the room my eyes wide under the unfamiliar walls. It took me a few seconds to get the sleep out of my eyes. I winced as I tried to sit up, my head throbbing."Where am I?" I mumbled to myself, my eyes focused on my hands. They were slightly trembling. What was happening to me?I glanced around the room, trying to figure out where I was. The last thing I remember I was waiting on my couch and grumbling about Mira being late. How did I walk out of my apartment without my knowledge?As I squinted my eyes at the window a low gasp slipped my lips. There was a huge water body beyond the window, surrounded by trees everywhere. I pushed the covers off my body and trudged towards the gallery
It was not possible. I thought to myself while staring at Lukas. Why would he abduct me after leaving the very next day? My hands were shaking as I lost my footing, trying to hold steady on my feet. The need to get out of there was intensifying.Seeing his face after trying to forget it was difficult. No wonder that he send someone to abduct me in that way. He knew my address. I should have connected the dots earlier it would have saved me a lot of shocks.Taking a deep breath I looked around, "Why am I here?"His face tightened as he sat on the couch opposite me. The silence in the room was deafening and made me hear every little sound, like the clock ticking, the wind blowing past us and creaking of the door."Because there is something important you need to know"&
/Lukas POV/"Thanks again Lukas" She smiled, her eyes twinkling. For a flash second, they seemed familiar. Too familiar but I shook my head. I must be imagining things again. She seemed out of place and I had never seen her in the club before so there is no way for us to have met."It is alright" I grind my teeth together, my eyes into slits as I tried to find that creep. How dare he try to do something like that? Humans are not aware that the actions like these are the reason they wind up in hell. And then they cry and regret while being tortured. Silly creatures really. They commit sin and expect not to be punished for that."I am so sorry for the boyfriend thing. I just thought that he would back off after hearing that"There we