Unfortunately things had not been going exactly according to plan, regardless I would marry her. It would take a bit more trickery on my part but after all this had been my way of life for nearly a millennium. I used trickery to collect the souls from all those humans that wished for my help.
I am not devoid of generosity. I would show her my generous side.
Before we reached civilization, before we found that gem, before my people once more walked freely upon the earth, she would love me.
Love was a tricky thing in itself. I could not wish for her to love me and she could not wish it for herself.
She had to willingly give her love to me and every single kiss had to be completely consensual.
The power of the Djinn cannot conjure love. So she had to consent to be my wife and the love me naturally of her own free will.
I could however be very persuasive. My voice may be rough nonetheless I had a smooth tongue.
However charming her with my tongue and my good looks were proving to be difficult.
She was not easy to impress.
So I had to take my time with this one. I had to take my time to get to know her.
I already knew enough but she had to believe I cared for her. I had to make an effort and pretend I was interested in her. She was ovibously more powerful than I. If she was to become my enemy she could very well overpower me and rule both the Djinn and Shaitan without me.
If my people liked her, they would gladly accept her as their Queen.
The Djinn people were as numerous as the sands of the desert but to have the Shaitan join our ranks together we would be a unstoppable force and we would very well outnumber the humans.
So of course a few humans would have to perish in order to make room for all of us to live upon the earth.
Perhaps a few could be taken to the void as our servants.
I'd give each human a choice, either they die or they forever live in bondage to us.
I do hope many of them choose life rather than death. They should also be able to choose the manner in which they die.
They will be able to wish which death they perfer to die.
Then if they wish they can live in complete service to the Djinn for all eternity.
Oh it will be a beautiful day when my people are finally freed from the void.
Every one of my people shall be rulers and I shall be King above all the princes of my people.
There was something that was highly attractive about her.
I was not displeased with her present form.
She had skin the color of pearls and her hair was of fiery bronze.
Today it appeared more of a warm dark brown.
Her eyes were hot amber and I loved how her voice went from to warm gold to scalding red opal.
Kissing her had been as if I had drunk deeply from gold goblet full of molten lava.
Her kiss warmed my very soul, my whole body felt like it was bathed in thick boiling kerosene.
Maybe it was love afterall ,maybe it was just a mere infatuation like she said she had had for me.
She had closed her eyes for 3 whole days. Her crimson lips had melded into mine for 3 days straight.
Kissing her for 3 days was not enough. In order for her to be my wife for all eternity she had to kiss me a total of 3 times, just two more to go and then she would be mine for all eternity.
She owed me one last wish. I had never had anyone give me a wish before.
She might be fiery woman but she had chosen to give me those wishes.
She had a choice. She could have given me nothing but she chose to be kind towards me.
She claimed I had deceived her, she was right, I had but only by my illusionary form.
Had I not spoken to her mostly truth? I told her who she was, I revealed to her that she was not of human origin.
Even the story of that Female Djinn had actually occurred.
That female Djinn was her mother. When I went to free her from that despicable sorcerer, the Sorcerer had tortured her with silver iron and steel. He had pried secrets from her lips by binding her in iron stocks and placing her in a cage completely comprised of steel. Silver earrings were hung on her ears.
He had a servant drive silver spikes through her ears so such earrings could be inserted into her earlobes.
Many of my people told me that she had betrayed our kind to the humans.
I went into a rage and I roared so loud that every Djinn bowed in silence.
The agony of her torture had to have been great for her to reveal such secrets to a mere human.
The evil Sorcerer had a red opal gem made from the blood of her veins.
When I left my realm to unleash my wrath upon that evil Sorcerer he used the gem to trap me.
He locked me away, sealed at the heart of the gem.
Unfortunately for him, my power could not be contained forever.
If any human were to rub there hand over the surface I would awaken and be set free.
Since I came from another realm I could use the gem to open the doorway to my world.
If I gained enough souls the power of the gem would recharge by trapping the souls of human's themselves.
He thought such a charmed object would stop me but my power was too great. The blood of the Djinn are eternal so whenever the gems power faded it could be restored by the wishes of humans and in turn my strength would return as well. Since the gem was made from the blood of the Djinn the gem itself had more power than than he anticipated.
It some aspects it strengthened my power while in other ways it greatly weakened them.
Being confined to one place especially to such a small vessel as a piece of red opal is quite difficult for someone so powerful as I.
I hated humans to begin with but after what happened to her, after all she had suffered at the hands of humans it had only confirmed my hatred for their race.
Over the centuries my hatred for them had increased.
For every century my fury against the humans grew. For every single century the flames of my displeasure and disgust for humankind burned ever more intensely.
At first I had felt sorry for them but my pity for their kind eventually vanished from my heart.
They were the reason I could not return to my people. They were the reason my people could not travel back and forth between the earth and the void.
They were the reason that the Ivory child's mother almost perished.
This is why I told Anna that story, so she could get a glimpse of how evil humankind really is.
Hopefully she wouldn't see me as the monster. I tried to save her mother and I was the only one that didn't see her as a traitor.G
I heard she lived in the heart of the desert.
There was a hidden cave that only opened to those who were completely selfless and pure.
It of course was opened to those of the Djinn and a few of the Shaitan.
I heard a rumor that she had built that cave herself and that group of rogue outcasts guarded the entrance to the cave.
There were said to be ghouls, Shaitan, Dhampir, dragons and even a few sphinxes had been hired to guard her abode.
I had never been there myself. I doubt if she would find my presence there to be very comforting.
It had been several centuries since we'd last spoken.
Many of the Djinn under my rule would have probably said i was quite smitten with her.
It was all nonsense.
I remember the days when I was King, and all called me the Supreme ruler.
She sat below my throne, She would offer to rub my feet, she listened to my voice and she would consult me. Many of my other subjects became jealous of the attention I gave her.
It was a strong bond but nothing romantic ever became of it.
She never expected romance and I never demanded it of her. We had a agreement between one another. However it did greatly pain me to hear she had joined herself with a member of the Shaitan.
I admit i was quite disappointed in her. She could have given her love to anyone but she chose to join herself to a member of the Shaitan.
At first i was appalled but she claimed it was love. She knew nothing of love. I gave up my freedom for her sake. I was bound to the gem that coursed with blood from her own veins.
That prison was made to contain her not me.
The Sorcerer proved to far clever than i anticipated. He had been expecting me. He knew i would come to rescue her. He revealed to me that he had created the gem for her sake but the moment he saw me he decided that he would use the gem on me. At the time i laughed at him but the first time in my eternal existence i writhed in agony and i was torn away from this world into a hell like prison that I could not escape.
It was for her sake yet she betrayed me. I never asked for her affection, all i ever asked was for her loyalty.
I could have cared less if she loved me. I wasn't looking for love at the time.
The fact she told that despicable sorcerer ancient secrets of Djinn was something i could forgive but the fact she gave her heart to shaitan scum at the time to me was salt in my wounds. I thought it was unforgivable.
I wanted to destroy her but then i realized it was evil of humans that bound me to this gem not her and there would be no point in destroying her. Now she lives in the center of the desert, which is place i am not eager to go.
"So will you really take over the human race after you find that gem?" Her amber eyes gazed at me with severity.
"Why yes of course i shall child. All that and more i assure you. If you aid me in my search for the gem great things shall be in store for you to witness".
"Will any of the humans suffer?"
I thought about lying to her but her gaze burned into my mind it seemed.
I smiled as charming as i could manage but she didn't buy it.
She saw right through my charm.
This was getting to be quite akward.
"Do you want the truth?"
"Yes i do". I could see her eyes sparkle with a hint of red opal. She sauntered over to me in a rather forward fashion almost as if she wanted to seduce me in some way.
"Do you wish it? Is it your wish for me to tell you?"
"Yes I...do wish it. You must think you're really irresistible."
I laughed rather dryly at this.
"At times i am sweet Anna, at times i am but then there's you. You resist me. Why do you resist me?"
"Because you're absolutely hideous".
"Why Thank you. That very well may be the nicest thing you've ever said to me."
She laughed at my half hearted quip
"You know you're actually pretty funny when you want to be. Now tell me the truth about the human race."
"Granted. Yes some will suffer others will prosper. It all depends on what they choose. Oh yes they shall decide their fate. There is death and then there is torment. This torment that shall last as long as i exist; for all eternity."
"What is the third option?"
"The third option is life and eternal service to the Djinn."
"Will i have to serve the Djinn for all eternity?"
"Don't be ridiculous child. You are of the Djinn kind. Besides i shall garentee that both the human and the Djinn alike shall serve you."
"How can you promise that?"
"Who said anything about promising? A promise is not a garentee. I give you my oath that you shall be ruler of the both the Djinn and the Shaitan."
"You must be pulling my leg. I'm no ruler. Plus i don't have the brains to rule a whole race of whatever you call yourselves. I'm the idiot that let myself get kidnapped and nearly raped by a couple of black market ruffians".
"You are not an idiot. You just ran into a little trouble which i sorted out for you. Besides how were you to know that you would be overwhelmed by a whole band of rebels? You were caught by suprise and you weren't prepared for that kind of opposition. Humans, you will find are far more deceptive and cruel than i will ever be. They betray they're own constantly and when they do not get what they desire they kill one another sometimes for the mere sport of it.
Now if you come across such riff raff again i shall teach you how you should deal with them that is of course if you wish me to".
"Actually to be honest i would like that very much."
There was a slight pinching sensation that seemed to ripple across my chest. Then i felt something biting into my abdomen viciously tearing through my course skin.
I looked down to see what terrible creature had attacked however all i could ascertain was i had not been attacked by any rogue animal. I examined my chest and lower abdomen, this wasn't the work of any animal, it was the work of bullets.
Oh shit someone had shot me.