Bound by thunder

Esteria's eyes gently fluttered open. Her body was still weak and a little numb. Her gaze danced around the room. It was the same room the Demon God had brought her to. She immediately felt an aura in the room. She turned her head to meet him. His electrifying blue eyes looked at her sharply. His long white hair fell on his shoulder, making him look irresistible.

He then placed his hands on her gently. She instantly shivered as his cold, large hands touched her. She immediately withdrew her hands from his, making his gaze harden a little.

"Are you aware you are now stuck with me?" His voice was cold and alluring at the same time.

She could only stare at him and swallow.

"So, you better get used to me," he added.

"But... you are a demon," Esteria managed to say.

The two were on the large bed with a little distance between them.

"I am El-Kharis and also not an ordinary demon. I am a Demon God of Thunder, Esteria," he said, dragging out the last word.

"But demons are dead," she said again after courage won the battle of emotions going through her.

A smirk appeared on his face, followed by a hurt look. He immediately grabbed her off the bed, and they flew to the rooftop.

The rooftop was more intimidating than the ones back home for her. The clouds seemed nearer, as some were literally below her.

"Look, Esteria," he said, grabbing her face and turning it to him. "Your enemies are stronger than you think." He refused to answer the question or react to her last statement in the room.

"What do you mean?" Esteria felt that creepy feeling wash over her again. Just the mention was able to break her down once again. The bloody scene on her wedding day, which was supposed to be the best day of her life.

He reached for her shoulders and pulled her slightly closer to him. "Don't worry, we are going to handle them, but first, I think you should know about where and who you are dealing with," he said, a smirk appearing on his lips. "Yes, demons were exterminated. Humans killed the demons, even though they are weak and have no powers. They won just because of their heavy population and skillful weapons. We demons can't stand a chance against humans because our whole population is just a quarter of yours. That was simply why you guys won that war." As he said that, his voice broke as his eyes seemed to be lost in a memory.

After a little while of silence, his gaze returned to her. "What caused the war?" Esteria asked.

"Humans and demons have always been enemies. Demons are created by the devil himself and ordered to destroy human lives by making deals with them, which means they will sell their soul in exchange for what they want the most... just like how yours is revenge." He stopped to look at her puzzled reaction. "After years of demons taunting humans, a council grew which consisted of demons and humans who wanted to bring an end to all the suffering, and they succeeded. Peace reigned between the two factions until..." He stopped again. His voice cracked a little. "Humans broke the Veil."

"Veil?" Esteria asked out of curiosity.

"The Veil was what the council created to separate the two races' lands and stop them from barging into each other's lands. The demons obeyed, even though they were going against the will of their creator, Lucifer. They still abided, but those bloody humans... they broke the Veil and attacked. Killing almost all the demons, capturing some, turning them into sex slaves and so many horrible things. That is where vampires came in." He stopped again to look at her since he had mentioned vampires.

Esteria immediately tightened her fists until they turned white with the mention of vampires. He gently took her hand and nodded, looking at her with a warming gaze, weirdly calming her down.

"After the attack on the demon land back in Dysheria, a powerful witch who had the power to control the power of the Black Book and also interpret it used a powerful spell to keep the remaining demons alive. I lost my people." His voice cracked. "The demon population reduced drastically. Knowing if any more creatures knew we were still alive and so few, they would all come and kill us," he added.

Esteria just stood there, sinking in everything he just said.

"Then how are you now a god?" she asked.

"Good question." He smiled. "Every demon has a particular element to control with their energy. And every element has its god, the one who has the highest power to wield the element most. Although two gods were lost after the war, only three remain now, and I am one of them."

"How many creatures are there?" She couldn't help but ask more questions regarding this whole creatures issue.

"I honestly don't know how many there are. There are a lot. Some are hiding, some are out of existence. The only two creatures standing with their full might are vampires and humans."

"How did vampires come to exist?" she asked again.

He breathed a little before sighing out loud. "Like I said earlier, after humans took the demons into captivity, they turned all of them into sex slaves. Due to humans' high birth rate and demons' strong genetic traits, vampires were created. Soon, there were thousands of half-human and demon hybrids, which were now called vampires. Knowing what they did to us, the demons part of their lineage, some of them vowed to avenge while some stayed with the humans. Of course, this is after the babies have grown and now have the power to break away from the human hold on them. They left to create their own land and wage war with the humans. Since they were a little more populated than the demons, they troubled the humans a lot. Soon, the vampires who vowed to stay with the humans left them and joined the rest, which soon turned into an empire. They empowered the humans, and that was where you, the Orb of Humans, came in. They tried to use you for a treaty, but the vampire guy followed his boss's order and stabbed you." He stopped again to look at her since he had just said too much.

"Boss?" Had Vincent been working for someone who ordered her death? she asked herself in extreme pain.

"We believe the elite that Lucifer created before he was sealed off were the ones in charge of the sudden vampire rise and all."

"But..." she wanted to talk, but he cut her off.

"Enough questions, keep them for later," he said, but she still had a lot of questions in her mind.

"Who was the witch that saved them?" "The Black Book?" "How did the humans break the Veil without having any powers?" She still had more in her.

"Esteria, you are still human. Whatever happens to you now doesn't matter; you still have human blood in you, and everyone here hates humans after everything they did to us," he said.

"Why did you make a deal with me, and what will happen to me now?" she asked hurriedly before she could be cut off again.

"Oh dear, I don't think you can handle the truth of my real intention in making a deal with you," he said. "And I brought you here so I can mate with you," he added.

"What?" she burst out. "Mate? Me?" Her mind went into a rage.

"Do you think I will help you kill your enemies, Esteria? Instead, I will train you to kill them yourself," he said simply, as if he didn't just say she should mate with him and give him all her life in a bite.

"Why can't you help me kill them?" Her mind went into a rage. No, she can't be a demon god's mate. She cannot give someone her life suddenly just like that.

"No, I can't. Instead, I will train you myself. If I mate with you through that bite, I will transfer my blood to yours, and you, having demon blood in you with proper training and guidance, can become a Demoness and take your revenge yourself, Esteria," he said so calmly, as if all this did not mean a thing.

"Can't you transfer the blood another way?" Esteria asked. She promised to serve him with her body and life, not become his mate. Mating was not involved in the deal they signed.

"No, remember you said you would serve me with your body," he said. "Now I want to bite that neck of yours," he added.

"No, I don't want to." She walked a few steps away from him quickly, not knowing what would happen if she stood there one more second.

"Oh, so you don't want revenge? You don't want your enemies to burn? You don't want them to beg for mercy? You don't want them to fall to their knees right in front of you, and you will do the same thing they did to you to them back?" he said, each word making her blood boil, increasing her fuel for revenge. She closed her eyes, ready for whatever he would do to her in that moment.

She felt him walking a few steps closer to her and then removing some strands of hair from her neck. Then she felt his hot breath on her neck, followed by a sharp pain.