Demon ∞ l.h.

∞ Chapter Eight ∞

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"You are never to speak to him, do you understand?" Luke demands, his face like thunder. I begin to nod and I watch as he goes to walk from the room. And suddenly, I don't want to follow him and his stupid demands.

"No." I state boldly, "I will speak to him again, and you won't stop me. He is my friend."

Luke's movements halt and I watch the muscles in his jaw clench and unclench, his fist follow the same movements. "He is not your friend." He growls, not turning to me.

"He's more of a friend than you have been." I say quietly, not sure whether I want him to hear me or not. But just like what you'd expect from a supernatural being, he heard me. He slowly spins and faces me, his expression a mixture of disgust and hurt.

"It looked like he wanted to be more than friends," He says pulling on an expression of disdain, trying to hide the hurt I had already seen.

"It wasn't like that." I defend, crossing my arms in front of me. Luke lets out an indignant scoff, and with a roll of the eyes says:

"Yeah sure, that's why you were in his lap and your faces were about an inch apart- if that!"

I had almost forgotten that. Luke wasn't wrong, I did almost kiss Ashton. If Luke hadn't walked in the second that he did, I had no problem in saying that I would have kissed him. Oh my god, I almost kissed a demon!

"I-I'd had a nightmare, and he was there to calm me down. That's all." I stutter out, trying to stay as close to the truth as possible. Luke's right eyebrow raised comically, and I watch as his stiffened posture slowly relaxes, bit by bit

"Doesn't change the fact that what I saw was one of my most faithful servants kissing what I have clearly made mine!"

Now it was my turn to scoff. "News flash, buddy: I ain't anyone's property. And like I said, he's just a friend." I hesitate, "And I shouldn't even justify that to you! Even if Ashton and I were about to kiss, there would be nothing you could do to stop that!"

Luke's face clouds over again, and he marches over to me. Towering over my short figure I watch as Luke's eyes get darker and darker until they resemble the dark black I had seen numerous times. "Do not push me, Eve." His voice was soft in comparison to his eyes, "I will not hesitate to slaughter him like the innocent little lamb you seem to think he is. You are to have no affiliation with him, or it will not only be you who pays the consequences. Do you understand me now?"

He threatened to kill Ashton. He threatened to kill Ashton. And all because I had said that he could do nothing about it if we kissed? Shit, this King of Hell dude took possessiveness to a whole new level. And as much as I hated it, I knew when to back down, and the threat on Ashton's life was where I drew the line. I had only just met him, but I was not ready to have his, nor anyone else's blood on my hands.

So despite the bitter taste in my mouth, and my body wanting to do anything it could to reject what I was about to do, I bowed my head and gave a short, submissive nod. "Yes, Your Highness, I understand." I mumble, taking an enormous effort to not use his status sarcastically.

"Good. Now, I initially came in here to ask if you wanted to spend some time with me, you know, get some what acquainted before we wed." He announces casually. My eyes snap up from my bare feet on the light stone floors to his once more blue eyes.

"Excuse me? What in God's name do you mean 'wed'?" I practically screech. Luke looks down at me with his eyebrow quirking again, his face a mask of confusion.

"I thought what I had asked was clear? Do you wish to spend some time with me before we wed? And by wed I mean marry, although I thought that was fairly self-explanatory."

I could feel my legs going weak. This man, this stranger was expecting me to marry him? I had only met him a few hours ago! "I am not going to marry you, you psychotic bastard!" I yelp, jumping back several feet. I saw the switch between Luke and Lucifer flick again and I knew that I had angered him more than ever.

"You will marry me!" He bellows "You will spend time with me and then you will give me a true heir because that is what it written in the prophecies and that is what I will command."

His voice was deep and growly, and it was like he had grown another foot on top of his already 6"4' frame. I could feel myself cowering back as he yelled, afraid that he would become violent.

I felt myself beginning to shake again and I could see Lucifer's lips moving in an angry speech but it's like the room had gone completely silent, all except for the sound of blood pumping through my head. My already weak knees trembled and I felt tears start to trickle down my cheeks.

I couldn't control my body anymore and my legs came out from underneath me. My body hit the ground like a bag of potatoes and I couldn't get up. My chest was heaving, but it's like my lungs wouldn't take in any of the air I was actually inhaling.

My vision blurred and black spots appeared in front of my eyes. All I could see was Lucifer's figure reaching over mine, a hand extending towards me. I felt like I was falling then... I was gone.

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