Heart Of Darkness

Chapter 53

Trigger Warning!! Self-harm.

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Rayven watched Angelica, stunned. This woman must have lost her mind, or perhaps there was something about her that he didn't know, that she was hiding. He couldn't read her mind after all. If her brother was a prophet, then what was she?

Who was she?

He should be more careful around her. Now he was assuming she was human, but perhaps she wasn't. There was something about the whole Davis family. The father couldn't be compelled, which could have been more than the chock. If he had been interested earlier, he would have tried to push him again to see if it worked otherwise. The brother was a prophet, and this woman... was no ordinary woman he was sure of.

He went to sit in his favourite place, but there was no fire to watch this time. He didn't need to. He was already watching images of torture inside his head. Lord Green and Simu. So those were the ones to punish. There was also another man, the one who slapped her. Raven's claws had made holes in his pocket when he saw the image.

For the first time, he was glad about something Lucrezia did. Death was too little of punishment for these men. He needed them alive so he could punish them over and over again.

Rayven was so caught up in his thoughts and thinking about different punishments that he didn't even notice Angelica sitting in front of him. From the look on her face, it seemed like she was speaking to him, but he didn't hear her. He should stop getting so lost in his thoughts.

"Is something wrong?" she asked.

Everything was wrong. He saved a human being. No, he held some unknown creature whose intentions he didn't know. He was even going as far as wanting to punish those who hurt her. He must be bored now that he was forced to live.

Rayven looked at the delicate face that belonged to this brave woman. After what those men did... he clenched his hands into fists... she could still keep smiling and being kind. She was so different from him.

"You must have been frightened." He said.

She blinked a few times. "Uh... I was scared. I am glad you came."

Who would have thought someone would be less scared when he arrived?

What would she think when she found out what he indeed was? What would she do when she discovered that he was something more frightening than a monster, that her father had been right the whole time?

"How would you punish those men if you could punish them?"

Her blue eyes narrowed questioningly, and then she shrugged. "I would cut their filthy hands and then...." She stopped. "I would focus on better things than revenge, My Lord."

Better things? What could be better than seeing those who hurt you bleed to death?

He could certainly see why Lucrezia enjoyed punishments.

Rayven stood up from his seat and saw the panic in Angelica's eyes. She stood up quickly after him and watched him with wide eyes. Did he change? He could not feel his fangs or claws.

"Are you leaving?" She asked.

"I am going to my room." He said and walked away.

"Would you like to eat lunch?" She called after him.

"No!"

He went back to his room and locked the door. He needed some time to come up with a suitable punishment. But who was he to punish these men? They hurt her, but so did he.