Jeff and the Succubus [ON HIATUS]

Chapter 14 - Secrets Revealed

Candie’s P.O.V.

I growled walking down the hallway. Damned bastard thinks he can hide the fact that he beat me up from me? Newsflash: I have heightened hearing! Luckily, the living room was empty –Sally is usually at Slendy’s anonymous brother’s house and everyone else haunts the humans- and I could storm through without having to explain anything to anyone.
Walking out of the house, I slung the carcass through a portal into incineration in Hell and marched to the opening to the house’s basement. It was hidden pretty damn well in bushes, and had I not been looking for it, I probably wouldn’t have found it. I followed my tracks from the other day’s visit to Nikki’s cell. It hurt to see my human behind unnecessary bars, but she seemed right at home. I guess all those visits to the Mental Institute pretty much numbed her to the fear of being locked up. Finally finding the bushes covering the opening to the basement, I shoved the branches apart and carefully stepped through, avoiding any sharp twigs. I used my inhuman strength to pull the heavy metal doors open. What the hell is this room even for? Torture or something?

“Aw shit,” I cursed, snatching back my hand. “I chipped a nail.” Ah, it’s fine. Jeff can pay for it when he starts making up for attacking me.

I gently closed the metal doors behind me, filling the entire room with darkness. Feels like home down here, I laughed in my head. My heels clacked and echoed down the hallway as I made my way downstairs and straight ahead. A left, a right, two more lefts, and straight into the cell. I shifted my weight onto one leg coming to a stop, pushing out my hip, and crossed my arms. Nikki hung from her wrists by chains, leaving her just barely on her toes. She looked ragged and beat up, her hair rustled nastily, clothes torn and falling off, wrists swollen, raw and bleeding from the chains. I cleared my throat and her head slowly rolled up to meet my eyes. Her seal glowed red rather than purple; Roxanne must be furious. Since she can’t go too far from Nikki, she was basically locked up too. Nikki’s lips dragged up into a creepy smile.

“Come to beg for your freedom again?” She cooed at me. Roxanne must be so proud of her.

“Soon I won’t have to,” I hissed. Our history goes way back, and she isn’t the sweet little misunderstood girl I help her to look like. She was a lying, conniving bitch when she killed my first owner and she is today. All those years ago, she told me if I gave her what she wanted, she’d free me. I gave her every little thing she wanted, from love and compassion to material things. Hell, I even made her my girlfriend, which helped with my feeding times. Though, I was telling the truth when I said she was the only one to keep me calm. It’s something in her soul that calms down the demon in me. And soon I’ll savor its taste.

“And whatever does that mean?” She asked nonchalantly, rolling her eyes. I strutted up to her and lifted her head, my finger under her chin.

“I’m going to devour your soul. And savor every. Last. Drop.” I smiled in her face, baring my fangs. She sucked her teeth and snatched her head away from me.

“You wouldn’t dare. I own you,” She stated darkly.

“I know you see the ethereal chain.” I grabbed her face in my claws, forcing her to look at me. “I no longer belong to you, as much as I hate to say, and as soon as I get the command, I will destroy you and strengthen the bond.”

“You don't have the guts.” She narrowed her eyes. “I command you, Catherine, to bide by my orders and mine alone.” Tightening the grip around her jaw, I pulled a piece of her soul from her the same way I feed from the mouth. She gasped when I let her go, choking and gagging.

“You don’t own me anymore, babe. And when I tell the others your secret,” I turned, whipping my hair in her face, “they won’t be as lenient as me.”