The Demon And The Angel | Brypu Cult AU

Chapter 21

Bryan's POV

Waking up the next morning was weird.

When I did wake up, Inpu was no where to be seen and I was in pain, but it was strange cause it was the type of pain you don't fully feel until you move or put pressure on the area.

Not knowing where Inpu was, I figured I'd try and get up and make my way to the kitchen, but the second I got out of bed I fell down.

All I could do was just lay there, my legs were really numb, so I just tried to reach for a few of the pillows under the bed for when we needed extra and tried to get comfortable.

I heard someone enter the room not long after, but I couldn't tell who until I heard the hysterical laughing.

Inpu walked over to me and placed me back on the bed, but this time put pillows around the edge of the bed so I couldn't roll off again.

"Are you ok?"

"I feel weak and I don't like it"

"We went three rounds, you're going to feel weak, its normal for your first time"

"Is it bad the entire time we were taking our mind breaks I was just thinking that the cult would've killed me had I done this before?"

"Had it not been for cult rules I was very tempted to do it in that week before you were sacrificed, only thing stopping me was the cult and your age cause it felt a bit weird to try something on someone who's still technically a child"

"I was a week away from 18, you would've been fine"

"Still, my morals were against it"

"Your morals are weird, one moment you refuse to do something with me for one reason, the next you find a loophole for it"

"I just want to make sure the love of my life can enjoy himself and I get my own enjoyment"

"Enjoyment, is that what last night was?"

"That's what its meant to be, why? Did you get a different feeling?"

"No, but I didn't think it would leave me in pain, speaking of which, how long will this last?"

"Well, we did go pretty hard, so that will lead to you being in pain, how long it'll last, I'd say around a month"

"A MONTH!"

"Would you have preferred I barely do anything"

"...no..."

"Exactly, now don't complain, do you have anything you want to eat?"

"I'm not exactly hungry, you sort of took care of that last night, but I know you'll force me to eat either way, so I guess eggs will work for me"

"Good, you're getting smarter, I'll have the maids bring it in for you shortly"

"Tell them to get me something for the pain too"

Inpu let out a slight laugh before leaving the room and confirming he'd do it.

Around half an hour later, the maids brought in food for me along with water and some pain killers, but by then Inpu had already left for the day, so once I was feeling well enough, I decided to get changed.

Luckily for me, with my power more active and stronger, I was able to comfortably move around for a while, so I quickly ate my food before heading over to the library.

I grabbed a few book before sitting at one of the desks.

Most of the ones I grabbed were books on demons and spells, for some reason it was like I was more drawn to those books.

Once I finally opened one of the books, something felt off.

It felt like when I opened it, it was like something had almost taken over me, nothing controlling me at the moment, but I could feel it there.

Not really paying any mind to it, I continued to read, I saw nothing that really interested me, but then I stumbled upon a page that caught my eye.

The page was filled with symbols, each labeled with names of demons, but the one that caught my eye the most was Inpu's and Anubis'.

Something about their symbols felt weird, I've seen Inpu wear his before, but it wasn't anything close to what was in the book.

Anubis did the exact same thing, only difference is he never took off his symbol, but even then, it didn't match the book.

I continued to read, hoping to get an answer for it, but most of the book was in the language demons read, so I couldn't understand really any of it.

Finally, I found something that explained it at least a bit.

Apparently, around 500 years ago, Anubis and Inpu were powerful enough to rule the realm, but Inpu always felt different about it than his father.

Not wanting to seem like a disappointment to his father, Inpu decided to travel to the human realm to see how things were run there.

Anubis knew of this and didn't mind since he controlled the realm, but in the time of Inpu's absence, some of the demons tried to take back the realm.

They mostly failed, but not before injuring Anubis to the point of power loss, so upon Inpu's return, something had to be done to fix it.

The cult was the result of fixing it, most people would privately sacrifice themselves, which was how Inpu came to be before the cult, but Inpu created the cult to save his father, but it caused him to have to change the symbols thus why the book didn't match.

I continued to read and found out that the two of them were left with less power than they had originally, and the only way for them to get their power back was with the pure feathers of an angel.

My mind began to race, what was I even reading? Was I only taken to be their power gain? Did Inpu and his father really fight? They acted like two peas in a pod based on the book, did they fake their fights?

There were so many questions on my mind, none of which had answers I could easily get, not without potentially putting myself at risk.

To put the icing on the cake, all they needed from me was my extra power to make my wings glow, which really made me think, was the love I felt real for both of us?

I felt my heart begin to break as I thought about it, but before I could even try to process, I heard Inpu calling my name.

Not wanting him to see what I was reading, I quickly closed the book and ran to one of the other entrances to the library so he didn't see me.

My mind raced, so I just ran back to the bedroom and pretended to be asleep under the covers, that way Inpu could just think he missed me before.

Once Inpu made his way in, he moved the covers and found me, but I felt him gently move my hair before he turned off the light and left the room.

I really didn't want to think the love I felt for Inpu was one way, but I was already married, meaning for all I know, any moment could be my last.