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Demon Paradise: A Birthday Surprise is a novel that I recently published. I am borrowing "Kaoru"'s name only for this fanfiction. In the novel her name is Amaya, I am hoping you enjoy the Prologue and first chapter of her story.
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN KAORU, SHE IS NOT MINE, I AM ONLY BORROWING HER FOR THIS FANFICTION!
Prologue
As darkness descended the humans stratagem of power began. The leader grabbed his bag of devices and stalked through the haunted house chosen for their mutiny. Demons may be all powerful but with what he had just concocted the humans would soon use them for slaves and every last one would be under his mercy. His fingertips slid down the walls as he made his way deeper underneath the rickety old mansion. It had been abandoned years ago and the locals called it a ghost house and it had only proved more so with the victim that he had trapped down in the wine cellar.
The previous owner had apparently been a wine fanatic. The entire basement was filled with shelves of wine and various other alcohols and liquor. He had cleared the stuffy room of its beverages and created a kind of dungeon, where the tortured screams of the woman he held hostage only fueled the scenario about the house being haunted. The plan to destroy the kingdom of demon paradise that currently resided in the human world was pulled into action the moment he kidnapped the queen. Dana had arrived a couple days ago and he rarely left her alone other than to eat and sleep, which he didn't require too much of either.
He arrived in the cellar and smiled at the frightened eyes of the once beautiful demon queen. Yes, he would enjoy tonight more immensely than anything he had already achieved. The woman pulled away from him, her dull brown eyes wide with terror. The dress she adorned when she had arrived was battered and in rags. He bared shiny human teeth to her and laughed as she spit at him. It had taken him an entire night to break the feisty queen but he had succeeded and it appeared some of her spunk had returned. Too bad it wouldn't last when she had to face her newly acquired mate in the hands and mercy of a human.
Lifting the once beautiful woman he grasped hold of her hands and forced her out in front of him. He would take no chances even though he knew she was powerless. Holding her with one hand he let his fingers run along the fine black leather that encircled tightly around her neck but not enough to incapacitate. She had proven a deadly adversary when she was able to use her powers and shift into a fantastic beast that had nearly destroyed all his men. Now she was a docile little creature that could not harm anyone let alone a trained mercenary.
He had created a collar for the demons. It eliminated every possible threat making a demon, human and vulnerable. She wasn't his first test run, there had been others but she had been the most fun to play with. Everything he had done was for the greater good of the world, to extract the demons that lived their lives in another world and use them for slaves. They may thrive in another world but they had invaded and began to prosper in the humans' world and that was unforgivable. Demons should be in hell, not mating humans and creating hybrid offspring. It disgusted him to the point that he would destroy the powers they had been given and collect them for his own.
Shoving Dana forward he reached the foyer where all his men waited to continue their plans of annihilation. He watched the sparkle in their eyes as they took in the sight of the damned queen. This would be a new era for the humans' one of power and total control. He took in the sight of his men as he threw Dana to the floor her arms instinctively reaching out to catch her decent. He turned his back on her, apparently a mistake. The woman was quick as lightening even in her apparent defenseless state. She wrapped her arms around his neck before a word had even left his lips and tightened to the point of breaking his windpipes but the others had her off in seconds and he gasped for air as he fell to the floor clutching his burning and oxygen deprived throat.
His men held the woman as she screeched and kicked, screaming bloody murder. He turned furious hazel eyes to her and slapped her full across the face. Her head snapped to the side as he grabbed her from his men and pulled her face a bare breath away from hers.
"Don't you ever attack your master!" he seethed and he realized then that if he were a demon his eyes would be bleeding red and she would understand the ferocity that raged in his veins. "You are nothing now but a vile slave to do my bidding. You will not live till morning so take your last breaths as you are allowed to see your mate a final time." He took a long cloth and wrapped it around her mouth gagging her from speaking.
The woman glared never giving away the fear that surged through her but he saw her eyes darken and smiled more evilly than ever before. This would be fun. She would pay and so would her mate, he would soon understand the power that humans could control or create even without being able to summon elements and special abilities.
He listened as his men finished their conniving conversations and finally with the moon high and bright in the night sky they headed out. He dragged Dana behind him her feisty attitude thriving as she growled and tried to force herself away from him. He only tugged her closer to unnerve her even more. He could not believe she that had not started crying yet, even demons cried. Shrugging as he infiltrated the king's castle here on earth pulling her yet closer he forced a knife under the young demons throat just inside the grounds
"You are nothing now but a vile slave to do my bidding. You will not live till morning so take your last breaths as you are allowed to see your mate a final time." his voice carried in the air and within a second he was faced by a worthy challenge. Too bad the woman was only bait and would die the moment a collar was fastened to her husband or rather mate. The man stood frozen in place as he watched him handle his woman, yes this would be fun.
Slowly others gathered round as his voice had apparently brought forth others that were within the grounds. His men spread out keeping the demons at bay as he continued to provoke the demon that stood before him. His face was contorted into anger and pain his ocean blue eyes looked like a storm was brewing within them. His short brown hair a massive mess, he had never seen the king look so disheveled and unkempt but that was exactly what he resembled.
"Give her to me." his voice hoarse and dry as he watched the man stand before his mate a blade against her delicate neck.
"Then let me put this on you." the man smiled as he tossed a collar to a subordinate and watched as the queen shook her head furiously and the kings eyes turned to slits. He had no idea what it was but he knew it wasn't good. The collars had not been advertised as of yet for this purpose of getting the king in this predicament. His head lowered but and the queen screeched beneath her gag, her words inaudible.
The man who had slithered over to the demon king waited for his answer and within a second he had the collar clasped around his throat as the man laughed and pulled the knife hard against the woman. Gin watched her eyes widen in pain and suddenly she fell as a scream of rage tore through him and he snapped.
Soaked in sweat and confusion Gin launched out of bed at the figure that stood over him and slammed said figure hard into the opposite wall. His thoughts on the death of his first queen and the murderer who was now staring at him through a woman's fearful pale green eyes. A woman? Shit! He released the female and let her slid down the wall, her body frozen and limp with fear. He looked down at her and with a grimace pulled her deep into his arms. His wife, his mate of forty years stared back at him solemnly.
He murmured apologizes as he caressed her and he heard her sigh as she pushed away from him. The dream had plagued him for the second time this week and it also happened to be his youngest son's birthday tomorrow, the tyke was turning seven and he had promised a big bash. His oldest two were in charge but it would probably be his daughter that took care of the celebration decorations and theme. The past couple weeks his eldest son had done nothing but train to harness his element, the boy would be taking over the throne in three years' time at the age of nineteen and his sixteen year old son acquired nothing but battle training lately.
The dream of Dana's memories had plagued him for years after the battle. After he killed the men and let their leader suffer through a slow torturous death he had gone into the man's mind just before the life left him and extracted the memories of what the bastard had done to his mate. Yes, apparently he was a masochist but he had to see through the fiends plans and find out how many more damned collars existed. He had destroyed the collar with a single electric wave when the man had snapped it around his neck rendering it nothing but a Gothic accessory. His only problem had been that the man had given one of his dead subjects the collars for safekeeping and they were long lost and hopefully destroyed after so many years.
The fury that had seared through him was enough to destroy all living humans on earth but he held back his deadly emotions and instead had decided not to harm the innocents that lived there as well. Without harming any except the trespassers, Gin had sucked all magic from the earth and giving a lifelong ban he forced every magical being into Demon Paradise and all were forbidden to go to the humans, forever isolating them from magic. That was two hundred years ago. Now all demons lived quietly and peacefully and without having to endure the pollution of the humans' earth, they thrived in a world where anything was possible.
A bright red flare of light had him rushing to the window and what he saw killed him inside. Looking to his wife with regretful eyes he hissed for her to take the children and get as far away as possible. She hesitated but when he growled out a warning she quickly fled. They were under attack and he had a feeling his reign had come to an early end. He had managed easily with the humans but this new foe, Jared, was more powerful than any had seen in hundreds of years. Even with all his power Jared was a coward and never fought a fair fight so therefore Gin was forced to discover what the jaguars mission was and he knew what tonight's plan was. Eradicate the king and take the children hostage, because if they all fell then the world that had been created eons ago would turn into a black hole and suck them in for eternity killing anything and everyone who was within.
The magic was in the kings crown, originally there had been four but with the downfall of the other three kingdoms thousands of years ago only one remained. If his children were slaughtered, demons would cease to exist. Their only hope in surviving this never ending nightmare of Jared's control was a single girl whose powers had yet to manifest. His wife had done the unthinkable and distanced her in fear but he knew better, she would be their only hope.
When a scent of jaguar flooded his senses he turned from the window and out of his memories to face the demon once and for all. He did not know if he could defeat the man but he would gain enough time for his wife and children to make a getaway and find asylum. Something sizzled up his back as he combined all of the magic within his body hoping it to be a force to be reckoned with. As he sent out a wave of electricity towards the man standing with a look of immense pleasure as sharp talons forced its way through his back slicing into his chest. He blinked his element disappearing as he staggered and looking behind him as much as possible, noticed a man with dragon scales running along his arm, leading straight through his chest. He blinked when the dragon pulled his sharp clawed hand from his destroyed chest.
He coughed and felt the liquid warmth of fresh blood crawl down his jaw and onto his neck. His surprise turned to fear, they had managed to conquer him in only a few minutes and he knew there was no hope for his life when he could not feel the tug of teleportation from the hospital. His last thoughts before the red sparkles engulfed him taking him towards peace, was that he hoped he had bought enough time for his family to escape, and that the man did not know about the girl.
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