APPROX AGES IN CHAP TWENTY NINE

DROMEN: 32 - 33

SOLARIA: 26 - 27

LUNA: 48 - 49

NATHANIEL: 47 - 48

CHRIS: 74 - 75

RAE: 72 - 73

Eru: 15 - 16

Eda: 15 – 16

Enid: 11 - 12

Gavin: 31

Disclaimer: I don't own Demon Diary, but do own the idea for all OC characters in this fic.

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Chap 29: "Obligations"

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With a creek Eda opened a wooden door, stepping into a dim room. "What is the most expensive alcohol you sell?"

Wiping down the wooden counter, the tavern owner chuckled "Nothin' ya could afford". His drunken clients guffawed.

"I beg to differ" Eda tossed a golden coin onto the counter. The owner looked up, and nearly stumbled over.

Clad in rich furs, and finely crafted boots, with a golden earring in the design of a scythe hanging from one ear, crimson eyes bore into his.

"Yes lord demon-sir master-demon, right away!" The man hurried past the dying fire to the back of his establishment.

During his second hour drinking weak human liquor, Eda turned to a young woman, "You've been staring at me since you entered madam, is there something you need?"

She whispered sultry offers into his ear.

"Come, I know the perfect place." Tossing two gold coins on the counter, he took the woman's hand, "Go."

They appeared in the portion of castle Raenef his family once occupied. "What would you like master demon?"

He lead her into a bedroom his family didn't use. Shutting the door, he lit a candle. "What do you have to offer me?"

She removed her dress, and having no chemise beneath, her proud bosom was quickly exposed. He divested his clothing as well, and gripped her wide hips.

"My oh my, young master has surprises" she licked her lip and dropped to her knees before him. Following ten minutes at that activity, he tossed her onto the bed, and jumped upon her.

Laughing giddily, she spread her legs. "The gals won't believ-" as he entered her, she lost ability to speak.

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One week later, Eda refused to attend his twin sister's wedding...

Nineteen months after that, he cried the day his nephew was born...

He made no excuse for not joining his mother and sister when they went to Gavin's manor to see the baby.

In the library, later that week Eda and his younger sister re-shelved books used in their studies. The eleven year old was unaccustomed to such silence from her brother. Typically during afternoons her brother wasn't in the castle, but it was still like he wasn't there. He hadn't spoken much since their nephew was born.

"Big brother, euony hainy Eru is happy, so you should be happy too." Sunny eyes peered quizzically into crimson.

Kissing her forehead he quietly said, "Eru isn't happy... Go."

Crying, she ran to find their mother.

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"Pappous, which demon is a reliable assassin?"

Not looking up from notes of a new spell, black robes swayed in the breeze. "Eda that is not a matter for you to concern yourself with."

"Eclipse please" he persisted.

Curiously the elder demon turned, "Who do you intend to terminate?"

"I cannot say."

"Then I cannot assist you."

"I... order you as a lord-to-be to tell me!" Eda shouted.

Arching his eyebrows,

Lord-to-be?...

"There is one demon I know is very capable who will discretely carry out your will for a price."

"I don't care about the cost, I just need this enemy gone soon."

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Three hours later...

Raenef couldn't believe his ears.

He sensed Eda arrive at Castle Raenef, but was preoccupied with tending to piles of damp leaves covering the graves of Leeche, and Tesly. Eda visited often, and he believed his partner would let him know if the teen was there for an important reason.

When he came inside after Eda left he asked Eclipse, and the conversation was explained.

"So you told him?!"

"He outranks me sire."

"Did you ask who he was after?"

"When I read his thoughts I saw that he believes Gavin to be abusing Eru."

The floor shook "Whether that was true or not, Gavin is now dead, and our daughter will blame us both for her husband's grief. Fight in a war if you want to see bloodshed!"

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In an empty hall of Gavin's mansion Dromen found his son. "You had a hand in this did you not?"

Lowering his head Eda replied, "Yes sir".

"I never liked Gavin, and neither did your sister."

Indignantly, "He forced her father, and beat her, I couldn't allow him freedom after such acts."

"Thank you son." Dromen was so focused on repairing Egae that he scarcely saw his daughter after she married. He trusted her brother would look after her in his stead.

"I'm proud of you."

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Nathaniel wept at Gavin's grave, completing his prayer "Rased please watch over my nephew."

Standing beside him with Eru's baby swaddled in her arms, Luna asked "Do you want to find who ordered this, and retaliate?"

"No, war never begot any good." The high-priest-in-training quietly responded.

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"Lord Gavin is dead" Eru told her brother when he arrived at the mansion at the same time as their usual secret lunch while her husband was elsewhere.

"I know sister. After your grieving, you can be with a partner of your choice, a woman whom you love. At last you will be free from harm."

Erutis's wedding night, she had sex with her husband as a duty. When she feigned illness for the entire moon thereafter, he struck her in the face and belly until she revealed the truth...

Flashback

"Lord Gavin, I married you to help my family."

"Your family requires no aid! You come from two of the strongest kingdoms!"

Bowing "...For the future of my family."

Lifting her by the hair he demanded, "Is there another?!"

"No my lord I swear!"

"If you are lying to me-"

Grimacing she admitted, "I... prefer the company of other women."

Infuriated, "You bedded another before me, another woman at that?!"

"No I-"

He struck her again.

"Miserable aberration, just as Lord Raenef" he spat.

"Do not speak of him that way!"

"Hold your tongue! I am your husband, and your lord. If you do not bear me an heir, I will sever that demon's head, and your father's." He tossed her to the ground, flicking strands of hair from his hand.

After his mother's death, when sent away by Lord Raenef and his uncle Nathaniel, Gavin was raised by his father alone. Try as he might to retain his mother Bethany's gifts of kindness and understanding, Asher's distrust of demons and manner of fury at his stature as a lesser lord seeped into his mind.

When Eru told Gavin about her pregnancy, he was joyous, and at last his threats ceased.

He sent her to sleep in the servant's quarters "Where rubbish belongs". He didn't allow her to leave his kingdom, or have any guests until the worst wounds had healed.

Eru surmised how he knew of her husband's death. Standing back-to-back with her heavyweight brother she asked "How did you know he hurt me?"

Weeping, "Eru I am your twin, I knew immediately." He visited her more than anyone in their family. Over time continuously seeing marks upon her face and hands which could not be explained away, he knew what was happening to his sister.

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Spotting their oldest children outside the mansion, Solaria and Dromen came to them.

"My sweet girl we are sorry you lost your husband, and so soon after you wed." Through battle Dromen grew accustomed to death, but he never stopped feeling the pain of Phantasia's passing. He couldn't imagine losing Solaria. Though his daughter didn't know Gavin very long, he was her husband, and father of her child.

Embracing her "Of course you'll come home with us Eru. We'll help raise your son, as our family in Castle Raenef helped raise us all" Solaria told her.

"Thank you aem."

"Your sister is very worried about you and young Aman."

Not facing her, "Enid doesn't comprehend the way of the world just yet."

Recalling what tragedy had befallen her husband, aunt, and others in their family, Solaria replied "Sadly you don't know much of it yet either my child."

"Más de lo que piensa la madre" she whispered her disagreement, and began to weep.

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Castle Krayon seemed surreal to Eru as they teleported into the dining hall.

Gavin's mansion was filled with little more than several dozen servants who never spoke to her, and his father's teachings lining the walls.

She spent one year and six moons in Gavin's manor, but her home was exactly as she remembered.

"Eru! Eru!" Enid rushed to her from the kitchen. "I missed you big sister!"

Viewing braided auburn locks, she couldn't believe how long her sister's hair had grown since she saw her, the day she wed Gavin.

Tightly hugging her, Eru whispered "I missed you so much".

"I promise to look after Aman for you, aem taught me about childcare. I'm even learning how to cook! Uschi and I prepared a special dinner for you and little Aman." She smiled proudly as the human servant brought a pan in.

The family sat, Eru wincing as she did so. Her brother cringed when he saw pain flash across her face.

He couldn't imagine the wounds her gown covered.

The servant set the dish before her.

"Danke Uschi."

With a heavy accent the older woman replied "Princess I am so happy you are home".

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Eru lay in her childhood bed, Aman sleeping in her arms.

"It's almost like a nightmare now." She closed her eyes tightly at the memory of her former husband's demanding grip which he used both to create an heir, and instill his protocol into his young wife.

Typically a hard-sleeper, Enid was woken by her whisper. She crossed the room to kneel beside her sister's bed.

"Eru, soon Rased will bless you as he did when Aman came into your life. Yiayia says changes help us grow. You'll find someone that will love you just as much as you love her."

Though Enid obviously didn't fully comprehend the situation, her words made Eru feel better.

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Ever the alert warrior, Dromen woke when Solaria lit the candle at their bedside.

"Are you alright my dear?"

She hadn't slept at all in the three hours since they laid. "Dromey I'm worried about Eru."

This was reminiscent of many other nights since their daughter married. Now his words could be true both to his wife, and himself. "There is no need to worry now Solaria. Eru is safe. All of our children are again under one roof, and in our care."

Nodding with the flow of tears, Solaria put her left hand upon his chest. "We'll protect them all."

Kissing her hand, "Until the end of time my phanlanya."

Although he disliked keeping secrets from Solaria, Dromen knew it would crush her to learn what happened to their daughter, and what their son did as a result. As promised, he would protect his children, and beloved wife.

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End of chap 29

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Definitions

*Petherós = Greek for father-in-law

*Gamprós = Greek for son-in-law

*Pappous, or Pappouli (more sweet way) = Greek for grandpa

*Yiayia = Greek for grandmother

*Anipsiós = Greek for nephew

*Anipsiá = Greek for niece

*Megáli anipsiá = Greek for great niece

*Engoni = Greek for grand daughter

*Kouniáda = Greek for sister-in-law *Kouniádos = Greek for brother-in-law *Theíos = Greek for uncle *Theia = Greek for aunt *Xáderfos = Greek for cousin *Khu man = Lao for betrothed *Phanlanya = Lao for wife *Sami-khong = Lao for husband *Luksav = Lao for daughter *Luksai = Lao for son *Aem = Lao for mom *Pho = Lao for dad *Nongsav = Lao for sister *Ai = Lao for brother *Māṁ = Hindi for mom *Pitā = Hindi for dad Krējhī = Gujarati for crazy Ba = Lao for crazy вар'ят= Belarusian for crazy nabuang= Cebuano for crazy traks = Latvian for crazy

openga = Nyanja for crazy

gonana = Nyanja for fucking

Ai hainy = Lao for big brother Euony hainy = Lao for big sister Dulārā bahana = Hindi for cherished sister

"Más de lo que piensa la madre" = Spanish for "More than you think mother"

Danke = German for thank you