𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬

Chapter 1||Death is Bittersweet||

"𝕷𝖊𝖙 𝖒𝖊 𝖙𝖊𝖑𝖑 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖆 𝖘𝖙𝖔𝖗𝖞," 𝕴 𝖘𝖙𝖆𝖗𝖙𝖊𝖉 𝖌𝖑𝖆𝖓𝖈𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖔𝖛𝖊𝖗 𝖆𝖙 𝕲𝖗𝖊𝖑𝖑 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖂𝖎𝖑𝖑𝖎𝖆𝖒; "𝕳𝖔𝖜 𝖜𝖔𝖚𝖑𝖉 𝖆 𝖘𝖙𝖔𝖗𝖞 𝖍𝖊𝖑𝖕 𝖚𝖘?" 𝕾𝖍𝖊 𝖘𝖈𝖔𝖋𝖋𝖊𝖉, 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝕴 𝖘𝖒𝖎𝖗𝖐𝖊𝖉; "𝕿𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖎𝖘𝖓'𝖙 𝖆𝖓𝖞 𝖘𝖙𝖔𝖗𝖞, 𝖎𝖓 𝖋𝖆𝖈𝖙, 𝕴 𝖜𝖆𝖘 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖊 𝖙𝖔 𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖓𝖊𝖘𝖘 𝖎𝖙 𝖒𝖞𝖘𝖊𝖑𝖋. 𝕿𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖙𝖆𝖑𝖊 𝖜𝖆𝖘 𝖔𝖋 𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝖌𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖊𝖘𝖙 𝕷𝖊𝖌𝖊𝖓𝖉𝖘." 𝖂𝖎𝖑𝖑𝖎𝖆𝖒'𝖘 𝖔𝖗𝖇𝖘 𝖜𝖎𝖉𝖊𝖓𝖊𝖉 𝖆𝖘 𝕲𝖗𝖊𝖑𝖑 𝖕𝖆𝖚𝖘𝖊𝖉; "𝕬𝖓𝖉 𝕴 𝖈𝖆𝖓 𝖙𝖊𝖑𝖑 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝖓𝖔𝖜, 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖎𝖋 𝖎𝖙 𝖜𝖆𝖘𝖓'𝖙 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝖍𝖊𝖗 𝖍𝖊 𝖜𝖔𝖚𝖑𝖉𝖓'𝖙 𝖍𝖆𝖛𝖊 𝖇𝖊𝖈𝖔𝖒𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝕷𝖊𝖌𝖊𝖓𝖉 𝖜𝖊 𝖑𝖔𝖔𝖐 𝖚𝖕 𝖙𝖔 𝖙𝖔𝖉𝖆𝖞." 𝕸𝖞 𝖌𝖆𝖟𝖊 𝖘𝖔𝖋𝖙𝖊𝖓𝖊𝖉 𝖆𝖘 𝕴 𝖌𝖗𝖎𝖓𝖓𝖊𝖉 𝖗𝖊𝖒𝖊𝖒𝖇𝖊𝖗𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖙𝖜𝖔; "𝕴 𝖍𝖆𝖉 𝖓𝖔 𝖎𝖉𝖊𝖆 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖊 𝖜𝖊𝖗𝖊 𝖙𝖜𝖔 𝕷𝖊𝖌𝖊𝖓𝖉𝖘?" 𝖂𝖎𝖑𝖑𝖎𝖆𝖒 𝖖𝖚𝖊𝖘𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓𝖊𝖉 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝕴 𝖘𝖓𝖎𝖈𝖐𝖊𝖗𝖊𝖉, "𝖂𝖊𝖑𝖑, 𝖔𝖋 𝖈𝖔𝖚𝖗𝖘𝖊, 𝖘𝖍𝖊 𝖆𝖑𝖜𝖆𝖞𝖘 𝖜𝖔𝖗𝖐𝖊𝖉 𝖎𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖘𝖍𝖆𝖉𝖔𝖜𝖘." 𝕳𝖊 𝖕𝖚𝖗𝖘𝖊𝖉 𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖑𝖎𝖕𝖘 𝖆𝖘 𝕴 𝖜𝖆𝖎𝖙𝖊𝖉 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝕲𝖗𝖊𝖑𝖑 𝖙𝖔 𝖈𝖆𝖑𝖒 𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖘𝖊𝖑𝖋. 𝕴 𝖈𝖔𝖓𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖚𝖊𝖉, "𝕾𝖍𝖊 𝖜𝖆𝖘 𝖉𝖆𝖓𝖌𝖊𝖗𝖔𝖚𝖘, 𝖎𝖓𝖉𝖊𝖕𝖊𝖓𝖉𝖊𝖓𝖙, 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖘𝖙𝖗𝖔𝖓𝖌. 𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝖘𝖔𝖚𝖓𝖉 𝖔𝖋 𝖍𝖊𝖗 𝖍𝖊𝖊𝖑𝖘 𝖆𝖌𝖆𝖎𝖓𝖘𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖒𝖆𝖗𝖇𝖑𝖊 𝖋𝖑𝖔𝖔𝖗 𝖘𝖍𝖔𝖔𝖐 𝖍𝖊𝖑𝖑'𝖘 𝖛𝖊𝖗𝖞 𝖇𝖊𝖎𝖓𝖌. 𝕬𝖓𝖉 𝖜𝖍𝖊𝖓 𝖘𝖍𝖊 𝖇𝖊𝖈𝖆𝖒𝖊 𝖆 𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖕𝖊𝖗, 𝖋𝖊𝖆𝖗 𝖈𝖗𝖆𝖜𝖑𝖊𝖉 𝖎𝖓𝖙𝖔 𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖗𝖞 𝖒𝖆𝖓'𝖘 𝖛𝖊𝖗𝖞 𝖘𝖔𝖚𝖑 𝖆𝖙 𝖏𝖚𝖘𝖙 𝖍𝖊𝖗 𝖓𝖆𝖒𝖊. 𝖂𝖊𝖑𝖑, 𝖆𝖑𝖒𝖔𝖘𝖙 𝖆𝖑𝖑, 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝖍𝖊 𝖜𝖆𝖘 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖔𝖓𝖊 𝖜𝖍𝖔 𝖘𝖍𝖔𝖜𝖊𝖉 𝖍𝖊𝖗 𝖜𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖐𝖎𝖓𝖉𝖓𝖊𝖘𝖘 𝖜𝖆𝖘 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖘𝖔 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖞 𝖈𝖆𝖗𝖛𝖊𝖉 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖕𝖆𝖙𝖍 𝖔𝖋 𝖘𝖚𝖈𝖈𝖊𝖘𝖘 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝖆𝖑𝖑 𝖔𝖋 𝖚𝖘 𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖕𝖊𝖗𝖘."

I groaned rolling over and pulling my body from the lake; the hell? I should've sunk to the bottom. I winced at the pounding in my head and I ran my hands over my temple to soothe the pain; "Thorn Lucilfer, age 25 half human half demon." My eyes narrowed and I looked up seeing a man in front of me, he was easily above six feet with long black hair that draped down his spine and wore dark blue frames, joy a reaper. "Well no longer half-human," my orbs widened as he clicked his pen and wrote as he spoke; "Half demon and half reaper." My orbs widened, wait reapers? I folded my brows and clenched the drenched clothes closer to my body. His green gaze looked over me and the clipboard disappeared as he pulled off a traditional coat that laid over his kimono; "Here," he spoke pulling the overcoat on my shoulders and I folded my brows. "So, I'm a" I covered a cough as the man frowned, "Take it easy, you just drowned yourself;" he stayed crouched and then helped me up, my legs felt weak as I stumbled and he held my shoulder; "Stop rushing yourself," He scolded as I groaned feeling the pounding worsen, of course, a bullet will do that. His grip tightened and my body stiffened, "Stop squirming and lean on me," his voice was quiet as I stepped back stumbling and hitting my back against a tree. He sighed, running his hands through his hair; "Will you listen, we need to get you to the association." he spoke, his tone was cool yet held authority and I folded my brows; "I'm a damn demon, you lot hate my kind," I reasoned my voice cracked at the end making us both wince, he sighed; "I know, did you not know?" He asked and I shook my head as his orbs widened; "All I knew is you guys hated us for some reason," He pursed his lips as I hacked up some water; "Fuck," I hissed using my clothes to wipe my mouth careful not to ruin his clothes more than I already had. "Miss Lucilfer I can't help you if you don't let me, I'll speak to the higher-ups but I need to get you back to the association." He spoke, now standing in front of me; "What's your name?" I asked and he smiled; "Ryuko Shoku." Japanese? Ryuko held out a hand, "Now let me help you Lucilfer." I paused then took his hand.

I kept an arm at the woman's shoulder, her body swayed as we walked past other reapers. But, they paid us no mind, some saw her clothes and understood the situation. My gaze shifted back to her, making sure she stayed steady as her strength recovered, the higher-ups had no choice but to accept her. She is now a reaper, after all, I wonder if she knows her demon parent? She clenched the overcoat closer to her frame and I noticed a slight glow in her heterochromia orbs. In her files she was shown with blue eyes, now one was a striking green. Her white hair stuck and strung to her damp skin and she unconsciously gulped down air, it was probably a habit since she lived with the humans her whole life. I glanced over the houses, spotting mine, "Ryuko since she seems to trust you she will be stationed in your home with your other roommate, you are to train her, and if she gets out of hand, kill her." My brows folded, those damned higher-ups, she's still a person you can't just hate her because she's half demon she didn't choose to be one. "You'll be living with me and my roommate," she glanced at me and nodded softly as I opened the door, she attempted to walk in by herself but stumbled and I caught her; "Hey, don't rush your body is still weak." She grumbled making me grin at the woman; "Come on," I spoke as she frowned, puffing her cheeks at me. My gaze softened, she reminds me of my sister, I grinned ruffling the damp hair making the woman blink and raise a brow and I chuckled letting her take a seat. "I'll get Adrian, okay?" She nodded, by now the clothes were dry so the couch shouldn't get wet. Slipping past the stairs and into the kitchen I saw the grumpy newcomer sipping coffee; "We got another newbie, be nice" his lime eyes shot to me and he nodded pulling himself up, taking his mug as he followed me. "Thorn this is Adrian, he's also a newcomer like you." her mixed eyes scanned over him as he paused, raising a brow at the woman; yet he didn't say anything; "Nice to meet you?" She spoke, her voice rasping out as she winced and he walked over offering the coffee, she paused then took it thanking him softly, and drank some; "Nice to meet you too," I paled, right he as a deep voice, her gaze shifted to him and she gave a soft nod.