Chapter 7


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The door was being slowly being opened by a guard, and everyone in my view were murmuring with anticipation. But all of a sudden the door slammed open and the guard that was opening the door was flown back from the impact. And there was Sebastian, standing nonchalantly dressed in royal clothing. His outfit was all black, adorned with glistening jewels. He had a crow perched on his right shoulder, but it flew off his shoulder and flew towards us. When it reached the platform, it landed on the head of my seat, and as soon as it did, Sebastian darted his head in my direction and even from far away I could see the anger showing on his face.

Sebastian glared at the crowd, and they made a path for him to walk through. He swiftly walked over and onto the platform, his eyes fixed on me. Without bowing to the King like the others, Sebastian merely stood with rage and anger on his face and snarled. "I told you not to bring her here."

"And I told you it was too late to do anything, so I was going to bring her anyways," the King replied with disinterest in his face and voice.

"She doesn't need to stay. She came, now she can leave." The crowd was still murmuring amongst themselves at the current situation and I saw that Cresil, Mephis, and the others had a look of worry. But what bugged me was that Sebastian and the King were talking as if I wasn't even there. "And it's not like she hates being here. Ask her yourself." Everyone, and I mean everyone, including the crowd and the King's guards, turned their heads to look at me.

Sebastian cocked one of his eyebrows at me, questioning me if that was true.

"W-Well, everyone so far has treated me nicely, and they don't seem like mean people…" I looked away after seeing the expression of betrayal that portrayed his face. Why should he feel betrayed?

"See? She likes it here. So you can't do anything about it, Samael. And if you do anything to get her out without my permission, I'll have all of my guards after you and bring her back." The King got up, and stood right in front of Sebastian. The air around them was terrifying. "And I was also planning on making her my concubine." WHAT?! It seems it wasn't just me that was surprised to hear that, since I heard many gasps here and there. And surprisingly I saw that the Nine Circle's leaders were shocked to hear such news.

Sebastian seemed shocked as well, but he immediately regained his composure and scowled.

He looked absolutely furious now, and I saw that his body was emitting a visible black aura. His hair started to grow, even longer than mine, and his eyes were flashing and glowing from purple to a brilliant red. His canines had grown and were peeking out of his mouth, and I could see his nails had grown into claws. "You… You're going to make her your CONCUBINE?! WHAT MAKES YOU THINK YOU'LL GET AWAY WITH THAT?" He yelled, and slashed his arms with his claws extended, toward the King. But the King moved in a flash, and I felt something grab my arm and I was pulled across the room.

I realized that it had been the King himself and he had shielded himself with me.

Sebastian turned and he was in front of us immediately soon after. The rest of the crowd only moved away and panicked, but did nothing to stop the feud between the father and son. They probably didn't want to get killed while doing so, which most likely will happen. I was sure that the guards wouldn't be able to do anything either, for they would be no match to the royal family's power.

"Now my son, you wouldn't hurt this lady now would you? If you take another step, I'll do something that'll make you regret you decided to raise a hand against me." I could tell that the King was taunting Sebastian, but there was something in his voice that made me feel frightened of my situation.

"You're going to kill me…?" I whispered. I had no doubt he would. He's a demon King, and I'm sure one life wasn't going to affect him.

But the King didn't reply but instead smiled down at me and looked back at Sebastian again. Sebastian was standing frozen, his face was tense and I could see in his eyes that he was wondering what he should do.

And all too quickly, Sebastian lunged forward. He tried to grab my arm, but the King only smirked and moved away still having me in his grasp. "Ah, you've become slow, Samael. What have you been doing in your time at the human world?"

Sebastian snarled in frustration and he suddenly dropped to his knees, and I heard multiple sounds of cracking. And I realized that the sounds were coming from Sebastian, and without warning a pair of giant, black wings burst out of his back. They would have looked like an angle's pair of wings if it wasn't for the color, but they were still divine and breathtaking. His top part of his clothing had ripped off from that motion, so he was standing shirtless with his wings spread widely behind him.

I also saw that his body was covered in purplish-black markings that glowed with every movement he made. I could also see the familiar pentagram on his left hand, but this time it was red and bleeding.

Seeing this, almost every demon left the room, screaming in terror, and the only ones who remained were the King, me, and the Nine Guardians of the Circles. They were in an offensive stance, getting ready to attack as soon as Sebastian would lunge forward again. And he did. But this time, I could tell that Sebastian was twice as fast and the Guardians didn't even realized he had moved. But even with Sebastian's enhanced speed, it seemed that the King was even faster. He still had a smirk on his face, but with showing more amusement while he moved out of the way.

We landed on the platform and this time I was moved into a position where I was being carried on my shoulders. "Really, I can't believe my son's still going through a rebellious stage. I thought he passed that phase centuries ago."

'I can't believe he can joke at a time like this. His son is trying to kill him, yet he's having fun. He must be crazy.'

"Dear, I'm not crazy. I'm just enjoying the fact that my son decided to spend time with his father."

'He can read my mind?!'

"But of course, I'm the demon King after all, what kind of King would I be if I couldn't do that much?" I could see that the King was smirking with the eyes of amusement.

'Wow. I can see where Sebastian gets his cockiness from.' They both have the same attitude. In a way it was funny, but it was also annoying and a little creepy,

"Why thank you, little girl. I'm glad to know my son and I have something in common." He was smiling now, and in the next moment we had moved to another spot of the room, because Sebastian had lunged toward us again. Sebastian yelled out in frustration and I knew that he was getting angrier by the second.

"My, my. I wonder where he gets his temper from. It's certainly not from me." The King shook his head. "I'm starting to get tired… I should end this quickly." Oh no. What was he going to do? Will he hurt Sebastian...Or me?

The King began to crouch, and just at the moment when Sebastian began to leap toward me and the King, he jumped as well and landed behind Sebastian and hit him on the back of the neck. "That'll hold him. Now it's only going to last a few minutes, so we should get going." And he ran, taking me with him.

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The King had stopped in front of a large tower, so tall I couldn't see the top even when I bent my neck as far as I could. "Don't tell me we're going up there…" I said nervously.

"We're going up there." The King replied with seriousness, and in a second he grew a pair of wings, just like Sebastian had done, and he jumped. It was so fast that I screamed and buried my face in the King's chest. Even in my state of panic, I couldn't help but think that the King had a very firm chest, and that he had a very nice and alluring scent. As I was thinking that, I heard him chuckle and I blushed and immediately thought of something else.

While we were flying up, there was something that got my attention. It was the fact that I couldn't feel or hear the heartbeat of the King. "Do demons not have hearts?"

The King looked down with an interested look, "we do, you just can't hear or feel it. It's because of that that I think humans have said we are 'heartless beings'. That is false, because we have beating hearts and able to feel emotion, maybe not towards your kind, but we do to our own."

When he finished talking, we had reached the top and landed inside the tower through a window. I was finally let down onto the ground, and I looked around the room we had landed in. The room was decorated in red and black like the room I was previously in when I had woken up before, but this room gave off a more cozy and home-like feeling.

"Now, shall we get down to business?" I turned around and was pushed back with an incredible force, but I landed into the soft mattress of a bed. I was looking at the King's expression, and I saw that it held a malicious grin

"W-Wait… What do you mean, business?" I was cornered on the bed, with the King's arms blocking my sides, and the bed's frame blocking the back. Whatever he was going to do, I wouldn't be able to escape.

The King's eyes turned purple, and his canines grew out. He bit onto his lip, drawing blood, and kissed me.

"Umph!"

He kissed me with force, and from his mouth to mine I could taste his blood. And suddenly my body began to feel hot, my throat burning, and my head spinning. The King stopped kissing me and got up, licking his lips. "I gave you my blood. Now you'll become a demon, just like me, just like Sebastian. I also altered my blood a bit, so after you awaken, you will forget about everything, and you'll be mine." The King's eyes remained glowing.

The pain went through my entire body. It felt as if every drop of blood in my body was boiling, my heart was being burned by fire, and my head ached so much that I felt as if I had been hit by rocks a thousand times. Even when I was in so much pain my body wouldn't move. From my head to my toes I couldn't move a muscle. I couldn't even scream. My vision seemed red and bloody, and I wanted the pain to go away. I couldn't stand it. My vision began to blur, and as I was slowly losing my consciousness, I heard a voice that sounded foreign yet vaguely familiar.

"Alice? Alice! No… Alice!"

Alice? Who is Alice?

The voice was yelling now, "You. What have you done?!"

Before I could hear anymore, my blurry vision began to darken and I was lost in darkness, hearing the name Alice repeatedly in my head…


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