They say before you start a war
You better know what you're fighting for
Well baby, you are all that I adore
If love is what you need, a soldier I will be
The day came sooner than she had thought, his arrival was not exactly the most graceful but his presence had been felt all throughout Edom. She emerged once more in her human form, however because this was her domain she did not feel the exhaustion otherwise normally felt. He stood there bloody and bruised. Cuts littered his skin, whip marks. His eyes were welled up, tearing up he was crying as much as he was trying to keep his tears in. The demon within must have mocked his weakness, and this saddened her. Whilst she knew that he was her son, he could see that he was still much too human with a beating heart and emotions she'd never understand.
"My boy, my sweet, sweet boy."
She wrapped her arms around him, not minding that his blood would ruin her dress. There were much more pressing matters to attend to, she watched as the portal that brought him to her home collapsed. Valentine abandoning his son and locking him within the realm of Edom. Lilith then stepped back and took his hand. He had yet to address her, she led him with much patience to her den. There she had underlings run a bath, and to prepare a meal. She herself, tended to his wounds. She examined his torn skin, his scars and hissed at the angelic runes that marred his skin, there were demonic runes, she would teach them those, those runes must have felt like torture on his skin. He stripped in front of her, there was no shame in nudity, not amongst demons. He lowered himself into the hot water and moaned, he began to scrub away the mud, blood and dirt, no longer affected by the wounds he has been inflicted. He was twelve now.
"He's turned on me, he's obsessed with my sister. Finding her, making her his tool. Called me an abomination, said Jocelyn was right. That he wished he had never asked for your help in my creation."
She felt her fingers clench into a fist. She took a deep breath.
"I disagree with Valentine. You are my son and you are the only one to exist, you are special and you will never be any of the names he might have called you."
"You only say that because you are my mother"
She rose and took his chin, pressing her nails into his skin, she looked him right in the eye. Her voice was low, unlike her normal soft, caring tone.
"You will not think such things. I am your mother and I say what I say because I know it to be true. You are my son and there is nothing wrong with you. I will keep you safe, and I will make sure those who have wronged you will pay. Your father is merely a fool who does not care for the gift that I have given him, I gave him my blood the blood running through your veins to make you strong."
He shook his head. This was when she noticed why he was so cold towards her.
"He told you lies about me. About our kind." She swallowed "He has made you hate me."
She backed away, her hands rose to her face as she sat down, this was rare a sign of vulnerability and many of her siblings would laugh at her reaction, but she let this new knowledge sink into her very soul. Valentine had turned her only true offspring against her. She felt a crack in her heart form. She hadn't noticed Jonathan's movements, she hadn't noticed that he had dressed and dried his hair, she hadn't noticed when he placed the sword… the wooden replica with her hair tied to it on her lap. Lilith lifted her head up and looked at him before looking down at the wooden replica, she took it in her hands and rubbed her fingers against it, it smelt of infant tears. He then lowered himself in front of her.
"Then tell me the truth Mother. Tell me the truth. Tell me what I must do. Tell me how. How can I return to being your son and not his child please help me mama!"
At first, she was sad, but then she was angry. Well and truly angry. She moved away from him, she approached the window. Jonathan was not at fault here, but he had made her angry. Lilith knew now that she had to strip Jonathan of this meek human form. He had to be destroyed in order to be rebuilt. She led him to the dining room, this would hurt, the burning of his skin and it would hurt her more to do this to him. He was astonished at the spread laid out before him, his stomach growling, Lilith watched as he ate, her finger touching the edge of the goblet, she took a sip occasionally. It would hurt her to do this, to have to burn him till he became but a charred monster. She then summoned an orb to her hand. He had noticed this too.
"What's that?"
"It's a seeing orb, allows me to track and to watch those who interest me through the eyes of my followers. You have a sister, a sister your father is currently trying to find correct?"
"Yes, but what does it matter?"
"It matters because you are to be reborn and we need her."
She let her words sink in. he stood up angrily, and turned to run away but found himself surrounded by her guards, to whom she waved away she didn't need them around, she could contain the anger within her son regardless of how angry he may have been. The dining table had now disappeared as had all the furniture in the room, he moved towards the wall, finding himself with nowhere to run as thunder and lightning crackled and boomed outside. Lilith placed her arms around her son, who was taken a back, she looked into the dark orbs that were his eyes, they reflected her own. She placed a hand to his cheek.
"Forgive me, for the pain you are about to feel. But once the pain is gone you will be reborn."
Placing a chaste kiss to his forehead, he had no time to respond with anything before a scream erupted from his lips as the flames consumed him, she continued to hold him as the agony burnt every single part of him, she kept her eyes trained on his own. Once she was satisfied that he had been burned pure of all the angelic rune nonsense she stood back and proceeded to heal him, his charred burnt skin became white almost alabaster, his hair become a soft platinum blonde and finally eyes that resembled hers. She had gotten rid of any trace of Morgenstern blood from his veins. There was also something else that she had done without his consent, changing his memories, altering them more so. She placed her lips to his forehead and shut her eyes.
"Welcome home, my love."
Longer chapter coming soon, sorry this is so short kinda have no idea where this is going XD