AWAKEN DEVIL (SAMPLE)

Chapter 6

Robert walks into the room holding the bandages for Caroline to treat her wounds and saw her on the bed lying on her stomach immersed in thoughts.

"What are you thinking?" He asks placing the tray on the table beside the bed and moving closer to her.

"Nothing," She says turning her head to look at him as he marched towards her sitting on the edge of the bed to treat her wounds and taking the medicine and applying it to her wounds.

"Robert" Caroline tried to not bring it up but she was not that strong and ends up calling him to ask about it.

"Yes" Robert replied waiting for her to speak, he was aware she would ask him but he was not sure when and seeing her call him, it was clear it is time, and he braced himself.

Caroline pulls her body up resting on her elbows and glancing back at Robert, he looks at her calmly pulling his hands away from her back.

"If she did not step in to stop Zanuel earlier, would you just let me die and do nothing?" She questions him, as the curiosity was killing her.

Robert held his head down, not replying to her, and that was much of an answer to her.

It didn't matter who Zanuel tried to kill, Robert will never step in between, his firm trust in him will never let him go against him and the belief Zanuel would never kill someone without a reason is all Robert knows.

Robert did not answer and pretended as if he heard nothing and reached for the herbs to apply them on her back, but Caroline was not going to back down without an answer.

"What you did was wrong!" Robert replied taking a deep breath, that's all he had to answer, and that answer was making Caroline lose her temper.

"I'm not asking you if I was wrong or right" she snaps at him, but he maintained his calm.

Robert is the only demon after Zanuel who could control his feelings no matter what the situation he is in,  he heaves a sigh and moves a little closer to her caressing her head.

"I love you, Carl, and I would do anything for you, I even understand what you did, you love My Lord, and I respect that, seeing someone else who you care about is more worried about another person hurts, I know that" he paused looking at her "But you forgot that she was the guest, the guest of My Lord, and doing something to her was wrong and stopping him from punishing you for the wrong is not something I can do" he added.

Caroline was hurt, her eyes gave her out, she knew the undeniable trust and loyalty Robert had for him, but she was not expecting this.

"Not even when he tries to kill me,?" She asks wiping the tears from her face.

Robert knew his answers will draw a wedge between them but he couldn't risk lying just for the sake, he loved her, but he loved Zanuel more.

"It matters, but if the person killing you is My Lord then yes I will not try to stop him" Robert saw the hurt in Caroline's eyes, as she pulled her body up and walked away from him, all these years they were happy together, but now it is going to be hard.

Caroline and Robert had always loved Zanuel, and not having him around made them get closer to each other and find solace in their company and now that he is back things will never get back to normal. 

Robert rubs his forehead thinking this was going to make things hard and hides his face in his palms, but there was no regret.

Caroline walks away from him, but she couldn't stay strong and her anger breaks and she falls to the ground in the hallway, tears flowing down her cheeks.