Chapter 21
Unseen Intentions
"Rock beats Scissors!" Eden laughed as she dashed for the shower. Dante groaned, "Damn it!" he ruffled his hair, "Best two outta three!" he called. "Nope! Don't be a sore loser, Dante!" she laughed from inside the bathroom.
"I can be if I want to…" he mumbled as he slumped on the sofa, opening his book.
Eden took in a breath as she braved the shower, turning on the water and stepping under the spray. She soaked her hair, smiling in her own victory and humming to herself. She reached for her shampoo and lathered her hair, still humming to herself.
After rinsing, she noticed something. The light seemed dimmer. She ducked her hair past the shower curtain she had bought, and her eyes locked with the dead sockets of a Gluttony demon.
"AH!!!" she screamed, slamming her back against the wall of the shower as the demon sliced her dark red curtains in half. "DANTE!!" she screamed. Three more demons appeared, all sulking toward her, "DANTE!!!!!!" she screamed louder, ducking into the tub with the water still running, trying her best to cover her bear body.
The door was nearly knocked off its hinges as Dante kicked it open, "What the fuck!? If I'm not allowed to shower with her," he aimed his guns, "You bastards sure to hell aren't!" he fired and they all fell, sand flying into the shower.
More replaced them, "Damn! If I knew it would be this hard to take care of one girl," he fired at one that was reaching out to Eden, "I would've taught her how to fight!"
He finished them off, then looked at Eden, "You okay, Eden?" he turned off the water and knelt next to the tub. Eden nodded, her wet hair plastered to her face, her eyes panicked, but she seemed to be regaining herself.
Dante reached out and grabbed her arm, helping her rise, even though she still kept her arms rapped very tightly around her breasts. "Here," he pulled a towel from the rack and opened it for her, "Come here."
Eden gave him a weak smile and stepped to him, turning around so he could rap his arms and the towel around her. She tucked it so it was covering her. He nuzzled her neck, "Looks like I get to be with you anyway."
"Not in the shower," she pointed out. "So?" he smiled, "I'm in the bathroom, can that count?" "Whatever," she sighed, "I'm tired…" Dante chuckled, "Alright then," he lifted her up into his arms, "Then off to your bed, my lady."
Eden sighed, rapping her arms around him, "Can I stay with you? I don't want to be killed in my sleep by those…things…" she mumbled. Dante laughed a little more, "You're such a scardy cat." She made a face at him, "Stupid SOB."
Dante nodded, "Alright…if you want to." Eden nodded, "Yes."
"Are you sure he will come?" Aaron said.
"He'll come," Virgil reassured him. "My brother has a weak spot for these mortals. A fatal flaw our father possessed as well."
Aaron chuckled to himself. "What is so funny?" Virgil said. "You insult your brother's human heart," he grinned widely, "Yet you want a human woman for your mate."
Virgil's eyes narrowed, "She is not a normal human." Aaron sighed, "True, true, but she is a human all the same. No matter what amount of demon blood may lie in her veins, I doubt that it will do her any good. She is as weak and frail as a human female. Her family's choice in brides is it's down fall."
Virgil turned to him, "She is the only daughter ever born to the Hector line?"
"Yes," Aaron said, "I didn't know what to make of it at first. I thought that the mother must've had an affair with another man," he huffed, "But she has Hector's blood alright, I can smell it in her."
"Strange that she is the only female though…" Virgil pondered his thoughts, while the demons of hell continued to file in the human hostages.
"How will Dante even learn of this plan, anyway?" Aaron said, walking up next to Virgil. They were about the same height, though because of Virgil's spiked hair he looked a bit taller.
"I sent some demons to Dante's home," Virgil said, "They were to attack Eden when she was alone. That will stir my brother up enough that he will want to investigate why. That will lead him to us."
"How?" Aaron asked.
Virgil sighed, ignoring the fact that this was the demon that wanted to rule the word, but new nothing of planning, "Take a look at these humans," he said.
Aaron did. They were only women, in their mid teens or early twenties. "Young women? Why are you---" he realized, "That will make Dante think that we are going to sacrifice innocent women!"
"Exactly," Virgil said, "And that will lead him to us."
"But how do you know she will come with him?"
Virgil smiled to himself, "Dante will try to keep her behind," his smile widened, showing his pearl white teeth, "But Eden is as head strong as he is. She will follow, thinking that she can help him. One way or another, she will find a way to come with him."
Aaron chuckled evilly, "You have everything planned, don't you?"
Not everything…Virgil thought to himself. Or at least, not everything he was going to tell.