Love Guardians Part 3: Dark Love

Bloody Cupidity

I watched (_your name_) sleep in my arms, occasionally playing with her hair. Then I heard a quiet knock on the door.

My eyes narrowed as I slowly got up. I realized the knock was coming from the front door. I rolled my eyes when I saw that there wasn't any peeping hole, so I opened the door.

Cupid grinned. "Lovely wasn't it?"

I glared at her when I realized what she meant. "We didn't have sex. I respect her way more than that."

"Oh. You really are a king." Cupid smiled and walked to the table of fruits. "Then, this might make it easier." She placed a golden cup on the table and poured a dark, thick liquid into it.

"That smells strange. What is it?" I stepped closer, laughing. "A potion to make (_your name_) invisible to the guardians?"

"This is an antidote for aging." Cupid smirked. "Since day one, I figured you may just want it to be with each other forever, so I started looking for this."

"You're really annoying, you know that?" I snarled at her.

"Yes, I do." Cupid smiled. "Now since this is blood it will only be good for so long. Meaning, she has to drink it soon, if she is to be with you forever and immortal. The only way she can be ripped from your arms is if someone kills her."

"You're lying to me aren't you?"

"Why would I do that when we've come this far?"

"Why would blood stop her aging?"

"Because it's the blood of a mermaid."

My eyes widened. "The only mermaids that exist are--"

"On Sandy's island." She grinned. "Pitch, the guardians don't know a lot about folklore, but you can bet they know a lot about death. They'll know one of us has murdered the girl."

"So if (_your name_) drinks that--"

"She'll be with you forever."

"If she is with me forever--"

"She can't return to her old life. No one would believe anything she said."

I sighed. "You're pretty much asking me to take her away from the world she once lived in?"

"I'm not asking you. Simply showing you the option." Cupid shrugged. "There's this thing called choice."

"I know what it's called." I raked my hair back.

Slowly I recalled how many times she asked me to take her away from her own world. How she enjoyed dancing with me, and her fears slowly leaving her. I looked back at the room she was in, recalling how much I needed her.

But if she's with you, that wretched light will stay with you.

I sighed.

"War still going on?" Cupid sat in a chair. "If you want you can leave it up to her. After all, it is her life."

"I can't do that. I'm too selfish and cruel. I don't give people choices, I give them whatever I want."

Cupid rolled her eyes. "What do you want?"

"Her."

Cupid clasped her hands. "Then it's settled."

"What if she hates me after she drinks it?" 

Cupid shrugged. "Do you really think she'll hate you?" 

My shoulders lowered. "I don't know. She could. There's always a possibility. After all, I am taking her old life from her."