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Chapter 3: A familiar face
Sebastian was contently lay next to Mark after their bit of fun his arm thrown across Marks chest sighing happily. Mark smiled at Sebastian playing with the demons hair as they lay there in the aftermath of their ecstasy. The beads of sweat still lingered on their bodies as they soaked up each other's presence. Both of them were as happy as can be.
Suddenly Sebastian sensed another demon nearby, bolting up in alarm, hissing as the cold wind bit into his bare skin, naturally the heat from what they had done had lingered around them so this was a rapid change in temperature. Mark sat up leaning on his elbows, he looked at Sebastian wondering what was going on, after all, being human all he could hear was a young girl singing as she walked by, surely that wasn't what got Sebastian worked up was it… surely not… but then Sebastian was a demon so he could tell if something was amiss, he would know if something bad was going to happen.
Sebastian struggled to remember her name. Lica? Lisa? Leica? Yes! That was it! He looked at Mark. "Master…." He began quietly "I have some business to attend to… excuse me." Mark nodded though glared a little.
"What have I told you about calling me 'master'" He said with a sigh, "Its Mark"
"My apologies. Mark." Sebastian replied kissing him quickly. He threw on his clothes, hurriedly scribbling a letter as he ran out to where Leica was, his clothes and hair both messy. Mark sighed and stayed in the house not wanting to go outside. Leica on the other hand was a little… how to put it… shocked… to see the Prince looking like that.
"Prince Malphas" She stuttered a bit bowing her head in his presence. Sebastian attempted to comb out the mess of his hair knowing full well that she probably was able to guess what he had been doing, after all she was a smart child when given half the chance. He gave up combing out his hair and handed Leica the letter.
"Kindly present this to your father. It explains the details behind why I'm terminating the betrothal." He looked at her coolly.
Leica nodded taking the letter, "you found a contract" she said softly with a smile, before she trembled slightly as she thought of her father, Shit now how's father going to react. She tried not to show it, after all the Prince didn't need to be worrying about her, he had his contract. Sebastian nodded, smiling in response to the spoken aspect, though he noticed the hesitation and fear within her. His smile disappeared and he gripped her shoulders lightly.
"If he hurts you I want you to report straight back to me okay." He said softly, "and that is an order" Leica nodded hesitantly before turning heel and going off to do what her father had ordered her to do. Another death, Leica mused to herself, another human contract will die at my hands because of my fathers' want to make their demons suffer. That and now the letter, he claims I don't do what he asks me to do correctly at any rate but this will certainly piss him off.
"Thank-you" the dark prince whispered as she walked off before disappearing back inside and surprising Mark by hugging him around the middle. Mark had been slightly taken back by that but hugged him back. "Surprised" Sebastian said with a smirk.
"A little" Mark replied softly kissing his cheek, but hey he didn't mind, after all the pair were mates. Sebastian chuckled and nibbled his ear. In turn Mark smiled and moaned slightly in response. Sebastian smiled, kissing him gently before going and making breakfast. The demon was happy and content, well for now he thought so, he was completely unaware of what was going to happen as a result of the letter.
Mark had retreated into his usual comfy chair sat reading a book, he very much liked reading, getting into the characters heads as he turned each page getting more and more interested as the book progressed, it was a cute sight, the boy curled up content. Sebastian brought the food into him handing him the plate. Mark took the plate and ate half of it before offering Sebastian the other, he politely declined, saying that he didn't not like human food, he motioned for Mark to finish it, which he did. Sebastian watched Mark eat the food, thinking about how his father might react, he nervously shifted his weight from one foot to the other, a behaviour unusual even for him. Something which Mark noticed. "What's wrong" he asked quietly.
Sebastian looked up at Mark, surprised, he hadn't expected the boy to notice, "I broke off a marriage contract my father had organised." He said bluntly, reflecting the mind-set he was in.
"Oh," Mark replied quietly, "If you're happier without her then I guess it's the best option." Sebastian ran a hand through his hair, "I'm worried about the consequences" he said with a small sigh. "The consequences to yourself or to her." Mark queried. "Both" the demon replied truthfully, "her father seems unstable to say the least."
"I see" Mark replied quietly with a slight sigh. "They will want revenge" Sebastian stated evenly, eyeing the human carefully. Mark simply nodded in response.
Sebastian stared at Mark, almost confused by his reaction. "You are not afraid?" he asked quietly. "Why should I be" Mark replied quietly, "You're mine until our contract ends." Sebastian smiled a little at that, even though it was sad, "There are other ways of ending a contract…" he said softly.
"Yeah, I figured that." Mark replied, "I'm just hoping that you taking my soul will be the conclusion to ours." Sebastian's gaze hardened a bit, "Maybe not… but I hope so too." Mark just shrugged and fell into a silence.
~~~Meanwhile~~~
Leviathan, however, was standing around his home looking at his watch angrily. Where was that stupid girl? He growled, getting more impatient with every minute that he was forced to wait for the girl. Leica however didn't want to go home. Though she didn't want Sebastian to be stuck with the marriage contract either. She dawdled home taking all the longest route possible, it might make her father mad but hey it was less time in the house with him. "WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?!" Leviathan growled viciously at her as she walked into the door, the atmosphere cold and there was a lot of anger radiating off her father. Yep he was pissed, and that's just to say the least… and before she had shown him the letter.
"Doing what you told me to" Leica replied quietly lowering her head in her father's presence, lowering her head in the presence of a disgraced prince. Not that she knew that he was a prince, he never mentioned anything about his family. She was nervous but she never let it show in her posture and voice. Although her father would know what fear she was in. He had asserted enough power over her to put her in fear of him on a permanent basis.
"And" Leviathan growled at her impatiently, he didn't need to be stood around all day.
"I did what you asked." Leica began "She's dead and the demons in torturous amounts of pain because of it…." She trailed off not wanting to say the rest.
"Go on" he growled.
"And… urm… Prince Malphas, I bumped into him and he asked me to give you this." Leica said handing her father the letter and running out of the room, genuinely scared of what her father would do to her. Leviathan took and read the letter, growing angrier as it drew to a close. It read 'I, Prince Malphas, hereby render the marriage contract to Leanne, offspring of Leviathan, null and void, as I myself have found another mate above ground. Refusing to heed this letter will result in banishment.' Leica had hid in her bedroom, well what there was of a bedroom, in the closet in there, well it was the only place she could feel invisible. Leviathan went to Leica's room and flung the door open violently. He looked around the room before chuckling to himself, "come now, you twat, you think that where you are hiding isn't obvious." He snarled opening the door to the cupboard she was in and pulling her out by her hair. He started to hit her, landing several well targeted blows to her abdomen and her face, he was reckless though for hitting her stomach. "Why didn't you convince him otherwise, bitch" he pretty much screamed at her, hitting her more.
Leica managed to free herself from her father and backed into her room, her father blocking the exit, so there was no point in running, he'd be able to catch her anyways if she did. "It's not my place to tell a prince what to do," a few tears falling from her eyes, "you of all people told me that."
Leviathan just got more pissed. "That prince was our ticket to power!" he screamed at her throwing a dagger towards her. "You screwed it up for all of us!"
"The easy ticket to power" Leica mumbled sidestepping the dagger which just grazed her cheek. She knew that he was just using that to punish her, after all the reason why her father experimented on her was so he could use her to get the throne, if all else failed. "What do you expect, some miracle that the prince is going to listen to me? He has the right to do what he wants. And I'm just a child!" she screamed back at him. She knew never to answer her father back, but what was the point, she was going to get beaten more so it didn't really hurt.
"You are not a child." He screamed at her. "You are a weapon! And you will do whatever you must to ensure it goes through." He added throwing several more daggers at her, which Leica dodged with ease. "Weakling" she sneered back. Well he was, he never did anything himself apart from tending to his experiments.
"You will not address me that way!" he screamed at the girl, spittle flying everywhere. He approached her and hit her, hard, several more times, leaving Leica on the ground in tears again though she couldn't resist one more jab at him. "You are though" she growled weakly, "you use your children to do your dirty work."
"You ungrateful bitch!" Leviathan screamed at her, backhanding her ferociously. The girl shut up after that, she lay sobbing quietly on her bedroom floor. Leanne glared at her twin sister. She always causes problems she thought to herself, well even though it wasn't Leica who caused the problems. She walked over to Leica, not able to resist seeing her sister in that helpless and defenceless state, she went and kicked her in the head. Leviathan watched what daughter did to his weapon. "Good girl" he praised the girl's negative behaviour. Leanne smirked, "happy?" she sneered kicking Leica a few more times in the head and the body. Leviathan watched on emotionless, "he broke off the marriage contract." He said to Leanne, whom just pouted like the spoilt brat that she was. Leica though wasn't going to hang around, she didn't want her sister to turn on her even more than she had, Leica stood up and ran out the house and it was the safest option for her at present. At least she didn't have to be in the hell she called home.
Leviathan went over to Leanne. "Your fool of a sister didn't stop him. I assume he has reasons for doing so… actually, the letter stated that he had found a mate… a human…" he said darkly. Leanne hugged her father crying, the fake tears rolling down her cheeks, she usually put them on when she didn't get her way, and Leviathan pandered to them every time, no wonder she was a spoilt brat. "Bitch" she mumbled, though her eyes glistened a little, "a human… easy kill."
Leviathan returned the hug a little awkwardly, despite Leanne being his favourite daughter, he smiled at her "If you think you can kill him I won't stop you." He soothed. Leanne stepped back nodding, "I'll place the blame on her too" she said with a sigh. "I'll also leave it a bit so he's not expecting it." She smirked before adding "can I go rough up that bitch some more." Leviathan nodded "sure… just not too much. I still need her for… things," he waved his hand dismissively.
Leanne giggled a little, it had a maniacal undertone to it. She ran out the house after Leica. She knew where the girl would be, which was walking along a dirt path at the back of her house, that path lead to Leica's favourite spot. Leanne soon caught up with her pouncing on the girl with a lot of force. Leanne didn't do much to Leica, just punching her up a bit, bruising her, scratching her skin, she tore clumps of feathers from and broke the skin of her wings, after all they were Leica's pride and joy and Leanne knew that. Though Leanne wasn't completely unscaved from the fight, Leica had given her a black eye and a broken jaw and could have done more damage had Leanne not started pulling the feathers from her wings. And being the spoilt brat Leanne was she went crying back to her father. Leica however continued walking along going back to the human realm, she thought about what Sebastian had said… no ordered her, to go back to him if her father hurt her. Leviathan healed Leanne the best he could, letting her body's natural regeneration do the rest. He smirked, "I'm guessing she came off worse in the fight."
"Of course" Leanne said smirking, though she soon regretted that expression as her jaw hurt her a little. "When did she ever not come off worse" Leviathan ruffled her hair, "good girl" he praised her. "You're a much better fighter anyway." Leanne smiled a little, "yeah, she's only good for your experiments." Leviathan simply shrugged, "it's the only reason I keep her around."
"I have a question though" Leanna began, her sick and twisted mind showing through. "What are you going to do with her after your plan is successful? I mean she won't be normal. You going to use her as a plaything or something like that?"
Leviathan thought for a while, "hmm… a plaything? Maybe that might work…" Leanne just shrugged, "well she won't have much use will she" she commented before looking up at her older brother, Lucas. He always sided with Leica, he never really did what his father told him to either, unless Leviathan threatened to do something to Leica. Then well he had Lucas eating out of the palm of his hand. Leica after all was her older brother's weakness. Lucas was stood in the doorway glaring at his father, he had seen most of what Leviathan and Leanne had done to Leica and had heard most of the conversation too. Leviathan turned to his son. "What are you glaring at?!"
"Oh I'll give you three guesses." Lucas replied being a little smart ass. Leviathan walked over to him and backhanded him, before punching him in the gut. "Don't act out of turn boy" he warned. Lucas winced though he still glared at his father. "Is there any need to treat Leica the way you do?" He had asked his father on previous occasions though he never got an answer then.
Leviathan sighed melodramatically "she, is a weapon. If we treat her with emotion and kindness she'll go soft and have pity on her enemies. We can't let that happen."
"She's not a weapon she's a kid" Lucas said forcefully.
"And I'm a princess" Leviathan replied sarcastically.
"Yeah, we all know you're one of them." Lucas replied just as sarcastically, only for Leviathan to slap him and kick him sharply in the ribs, he growled dangerously. Never a good sign. Lucas sighed and walked away. He knew that his father would never see reason.
~~~back at Mark's abode~~~
Mark used his finger to call Sebastian over. "Yes mast… Mark." He said walking towards him. Mark didn't say anything except pulling Sebastian onto his lap and kissing him. The demon slowly wrapped his hands around his human as he lustfully kissed him back. The kiss just got rougher between the pair, Sebastian's hand gripping the back of Mark's shirt as a soft moan escaped his lips. Mark ran his hands up the side of his shirt, slightly tickling in the process. Sebastian giggled a little before nibbling on his ear, a small moan left Marks lips. Sebastian smirked and kissed down his neck where he nipped the boy's skin, drawing some blood which he lapped up eagerly. Mark moaned again, it sent a shiver up his spine.
Leica slowly walked the human realm, heading in the general direction of Sebastian's contracts abode, she was crying, her natural healing ability hadn't kicked in yet so she was bleeding a bit from some of her wounds. She wore a long black hooded cloak, just to hide her wings as whilst they were hurt she couldn't retract them.
Sebastian's ears pricked up for a moment. He swore he heard someone outside. No matter he thought pushing it aside, he kissed him deeply again. Mark moaned softly. Sebastian sighed happily running a hand through Marks hair. Mark smirked kissing along his jaw biting it a bit which caused Sebastian to moan loudly, he scratched red lines along Marks sides. Mark smiled softly before playing with Sebastian's hair.
He let out a chuckle, "don't mess up my hair." He warned Mark teasingly. Mark just chuckled and continued what he was doing, he knew Sebastian was teasing. "My hair!" Sebastian whined playfully kissing Mark again. He then stopped, sniffing the air. He scented another demon. Had they decided to attack him so quickly?
Leica had walked up to Sebastian's contracts door, before deciding that he didn't need her problems on top of the ones he already had, she turned and continued walking along, she was softly singing to herself, it helped keep her calm. "I am the captain, and this is my shrine. Lord of the manor, see what I leave behind. Rivers in flames, cities on fire, yes I'm a relic trapped in the wire."
Mark simply looked at Sebastian, he was worried about whatever his demon was worrying about. Sebastian sniffed the air again, then growled, "I think the guards might have come" he started saying, "wait… there's only one scent… a single guard?"
"Maybe you're being a bit paranoid." Mark suggested quietly, well after all they both expected a repercussion from Sebastian breaking the marriage contract. And well it would be hard to gauge when someone was going to turn up about it.
Sebastian's eyes narrowed at his contract. "No. I'm not. There's a demon outside… I can feel it…" he debated whether or not to go see who it was, after all it could have been Leica's father, then Mark would be in trouble, but then it could just be a harmless demonic child.
Mark looked at him. "If you're that worried, go and check it out. It won't do you any harm, anyway if I was wanting to get back at you I would wait a while to ensure you didn't expect it."
Sebastian hesitated. "A…alright…" he said starting to head for the door. He didn't have any weapons, having left the sword at the bottom of a chest. He opened the door and saw Leica walking about.
Leica looked at Sebastian before adjusting her hood so it covered more of her face and she continued to walk slowly away. A few feathers fell from her wings, her natural healing hadn't kicked in still and her wings were still in a bad state.
Sebastian trailed after her, picking up a few of the feathers that had fallen from her wings to examine them. There was blood… he scowled deeply, knowing what he had ordered the girl and aware that she was going against it. He didn't want to risk her running if he followed. "Halt in the name of Prince Malphas" he ordered sharply.
