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Chapter 11...well...I've been over this one countless of times. I wanted it to...well I just wanted it to not sound corny. Which I believe I got most of the corniness out, but then again Abel can be corny himself. Lol. Chapter Twelve is almost ready to go. I still want to revise it again. It's a very important chapter and one of my favorites. Alright, I'll stop yacking and let you do what you came here to do.

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Chapter 11

"You look lovely tonight." Abel smiled at Esther. She blushed from her seat. Seth had convinced her older brother to take Esther to the "Pierre", a very popular restaurant, where most of the upper class Methuselah's dined. Esther sat across the priest, donned in a black kimono with red trimming. Her hair was down and pulled back behind her right ear and she had a white lily tucked in behind the same ear as well.

"Thanks." She took a sip of her wine. "You don't look bad your self."

"Yea well. Seth keeps insisting I play the part." He smiled. Esther shook her head. "What."

"I know why She wanted you to take me out."

"Really?" the former queen nodded.

"She thinks you can get more information out of me." Abel lowered his head.

"Yeah. She did, but that's not really why I wanted to go out and dine with you."

"Really?" Abel leaned forward and held her hand. Her skin was smooth against his. He sighed.

"I've been wanting to tell you everything for sometime." He pulled her captured hand to his lips and gently kissed her fingertips. "Esther I think..."

"Abel..." She frowned. "Who's Lilith?" The words seem to come out of nowhere.

"Eh?" he chocked up. "How do you know that name?"

"Cain spoke of her from time to time. He said she ruined you. I just wanted to know who she was?" Abel felt the familiar rush of emotions rush over him. "I apologize for asking." Abel lowered his head. "no matter how many times, I try to repent for my sins. Your name still haunts me"

"No. It's all right." He bit his lip. " I knew this day was going to come. I will admit though that I was hoping it to be further in the future." Taking a deep breath, he did his best to rid himself of all his nervousness. "Lilith was like me...a Crusnik. When the Methuselahs went to war with the Terrans, Cain, Seth and I sided with the Methuselahs, while she sided with the terrans."

"But that was centuries ago."

"I know."

"That would make you..."

"Almost a Millennia in age." Esther's eyes widen. "Crusniks age very slowly."

"No doubt." He smiled

"Those were different times. I was different. I was the Contra Mundi back then." He looked at Esther, expecting her to be surprised. "You don't seem surprised?"

"Cain mentioned it to me, that and the fact that you consider a god of slaughter. Though I never really believed him. It just doesn't sound like you at all."

"Well those were different times. I easily took the live of millions of humans. My hands a permanently stained with their blood, but Lilith..." he paused. "Don't lose it Abel. You can do this." Just saying her name sent shivers down his spin. "She showed me a different point of view. She showed me how we were not that different, from humans." Esther looked at him with sadness in her eyes. "If it wasn't for her, I wouldn't be the man I am today."

"You loved her?" The words flew out Esther's mouth before she could think. Abel smiled and looked at his wine glass.

"I did."

"Did?"

"When Cain found out he..." "After all this time I still can't forget that sight." "He took matters into his own hands. Cain took her life. I brought her to the catacombs beneath the Vatican. Where she still is, to this day." Esther lowered her.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to pry."

"No." Abel looked into her eyes. "I've been meaning to open up about it to someone. I spent nine hundred years mourning over her before Caterina came into my life. Then I realized that I had to finish Lilith's work, so I became a priest, and then I've spent the last fifteen years, trying to account for my sins. I'm glad I could at least talk about it with you. I haven't spoken about it to anyone in such a long time."

"Your Welcome and I'm sorry if I have upset you."

"Esther it's fine." Able squeezed her hand.

"Still I shouldn't have brought it up. I just didn't believe what Cain said."

"What does he say?"

"He talks an awful lot about you. How you turned the whole world against you. I think deep down inside he wishes..." Esther shook her head. "That you and him would be civil." Abel shook his head. "But he knows you will never acknowledge him and he's okay with that.

"So Cain told you all about me?" Abel spoke. "Was he trying to turn you against me?"

"Sort of." Esther bit her lip. "Please understand that some things that I'll tell you are to be kept between you and I. I don't want any one to know, what I've done." Abel grabbed her hand.

"I promise." They smiled at each other. She lowered her head and sighed.

"To Cain and the Rosenkreuz, my name is Reaper. Some of the order members call me the 'Red Witch'. They're afraid of me. Liam did something to my DNA, altered it. I'm still not sure just what is it yet. I had these injections"

"Von Helter?" Abel interrupted. Esther nodded.

"He's the one. Cain brought him into the order, just so he could continue his work. Cain had the order hunt down and capture certain people of different backgrounds. He wanted to find a terran that could handle the process. I was the lucky one." Esther paused to drink the rest of her wine. "After the initial start, I was redeemed a success. It was also when I was given the name Reaper, from your brother."

"Why?" He could see it was killing her to tell him.

"I killed the doctor's assistant."

"And they call you the Reaper because of that?"

"I broke free of my restrains and I tore him apart with my bare hands. His blood was smeared everywhere. I remember Cain coming into the room with the doctor. He said it was beautiful. Then he picked me off the floor and called me his little Reaper. His precious pet." She paused, hoping Abel would inject a question or something. "After that, the order kept away from me. They were afraid that I would kill them too. Cain even went as far as to threaten them with me. He made me feel like...like...like a rabid monster or something." A tear fell down her cheek.

"How did you get out?"

"The labs blew up." Abel nodded. "During the fire I manage to escape." Abel shook his head.

"I apologize that my brother brought you into this. I wish I could have been there to help you."

"I know now. He used to give me reports on your location. I think he would give you false information, so you would always be far from Albion."

"Really? I'll have to keep that in mind." He gave her hand a small squeeze. Abel then noticed that there was music playing in the background. A quartet of strings were playing, a few couples were on the dance floor. "Esther, would you mind if I ask you to a dance." Esther looked over at the couples, and let out a light chuckle. She nodded. Abel got to his feet and offered her his hand, which she gladly accepted. "How long has it been since I've danced, let alone with a woman? Do I tell her everything? Have I forgiven myself for my sins? Do I deserve to be happy?" The song switched to a slow classical tune, Abel wrapped his arms around his secret love. Esther lowered her head to his chest and slowly they both were carried away by the tune. Lady Caterina's words kept ringing in his head. "I can't risk loosing...I have to tell her something. If I leave again, what if she moves...?" His mind raced with so many possibilities. The smell of her hair seemed to make the predicament even more crucial. Esther had moved her hands to behind his neck and was playing with his sliver hair. Her touch sent shivers down his spine.

"Abel?" Her voice echoes all the way to his soul.

"I love you." He whispers to her, without thinking. "I love you." He says again a little louder. Looking down at her, he says those three words once more, before capturing her enchanting lips into another kiss.

"I want him out of the picture." The lowly vampire said, as he watched the two of the dance floor. "Lord Cain wants Reaper back. Use force if necessary. Wait till they leave before confronting them."

"Master Dietrich, how can we fight her and a Crusnik?"

"Easy. The first shot you get at the demon, shoot him with this." He handed over six gold plated bullets.

"What are they?"

"A disrupter. A weapon designed by the doctor and Lord Cain. Once they enter his blood streams the nano-machinces will counter act against his own, rendering him useless. Then you only have to deal with Reaper." The vampire bowed his head.

"As you wish."

Oh! No! They're going to hurt Abel. What is Esther going to do?

Anyway, leave a review on your thoughts about what Esther is. Or what Cain planned on using her for.

Here's a verse from Chapter Twelve

"You have no other choice." She whispered into his ear, while wrapping her arms around him. Esther kissed his fore head and laid his head on her shoulder.

"I don't want to hurt..."

"You won't." She tilted her head back. Abel felt her pulse racing through the veins in her neck. The feeling, made him aware that his canines were turning into fangs. Placing his hands on her hips as if trying to anchor his sanity, Abel bit down into his love tender skin.