The Demon King.

Chapter 14.

"I'm sorry... I won't... do it again. I promise." He breathed silently and she shot her head up in an instant.

What is he saying?

The least she had expected from this demon was for him to yell at her and give her a few bruises but this! She didn't expect this! She was scared that he was going to get back for stabbing him. Just the day before, she was yelling at him for killing someone and now she was shivering in fear? She didn't know why she was scared any more. Was it because he was standing right next to her or because of the blood all over the floor?

"You... You're gonna get back at me for it. You're going to..." She shook and bent father away from his face.

"No, I won't. I will never hurt you." He hushed her with a finger over her lip and said.

Nellyda was so surprised. This was a demon swearing not to hurt her with blood in his fists and all over his shirt. They just stood there silently looking into each other's eyes.

Xavi on the other hand was making this a promise. He didn't even know what he was doing, promising a human girl not to hurt her. He didn't know why he even cared about her when he has been forced to accept that he no longer belongs to their kind. He just didn't get it anymore.

"Are you done ogling my girlfriend, demon king? I'm..." Luka was already up from the floor. He looked perfectly fine, except the dark arcs under his eyes and his blue lips. When she noticed it, she instantly cut him off.

"Luka are you ill? Why are your lips blue? You look pale. What's wrong with you?" She pushed Xavier aside and went up to Luka, examining him. She was so worried much to Xavi's annoyance.
He was so cold to touch. Was he dying?

Luka laughed so hard in his mind. His lovely girlfriend cared so much. Even cared if he died. In an instant he played her words in his mind. 'Blue lips', 'pale skin'! His lip and face coloring was off and now showing his real nature!
He cursed internally and immediately held her hand away from his face in case she felt he was cold.

"Pepper Queen, I'm fine. You even cared if I died." Luka teased her with a smirk. he just needed to put up with this façade to hide all this.

'Pepper Queen?' Nel scoffed internally at the old pet name given to her by her ex, point of correction...

Monstrous ex.

She swiftly took her hand away from him and stepped back.

"I'm not your girlfriend, Luka. You don't have the right to call me that." She turned her head away from him. Angry at herself for what she just did. How dare she even give him attention after what he caused her?! Caring about him didn't even stand a chance of getting on the list of things she'd do years before she died, talk never of a day.

She turned her back on him and looked at the trail of blood. She followed it and got scared again. Xavier still had blood on his shirt but the wound she gave him was healed, not even a mark. And he had this aura around him that somewhat felt like...

Jealousy.

Nel was sure that that aura was of jealousy but...

'I'm not jealous.' He spoke telepathically and she gulped, afraid he would hurt her for thinking about that. But now, she couldn't help but pray herself out of this choking aura.

"It's like I'll be coming on night patrol without this asshole." Xavier said and stretched his open palm. The door flung open and Luka was pushed out of it by on invisible force from Xavier. All Xavi had to do was make a fist and Luka was out. Then the door shut and locked.
Nel was dumbstruck. To her, it was like an avengers movie. Everything happened in a flash, like the words Xavier said made it happen.