Demons

Chapter 3 Emma

Axel slowly let Emma down on her feet, supporting her with one arm as her bare feet touched the floor, still only dressed in a white blouse. Emma's eyes fell on the demonic figure sitting on the throne, accompanied by a young woman with an uninterested look on her face. "That's Azazel, and his daughter Raven." Axel softly whispered, Emma's body stiffening as Azazel stood up, walking down the steps leading up to his throne. Her hands tightened into fists when he stopped right in front of her, Emma having to tilt her head back to keep looking at him. Fires emitted from the metal armor, accompanied by black smoke. Emma's eyes didn't move away from the skull helmet, but she felt her heart rate rising when Azazel suddenly moved his hand. His claw slipped under the helmet before he pulled it off, causing it fall on the ground with a loud clang. His grey hair cascaded down the sides of his face as his deep red eyes stared into hers, his claw moving under her chin to keep her looking at him. "Tell me your name." "It's-.. it's Emma" She answered him, trying to remain confident in any way she could find. He stared at her in silence for a good couple of seconds before shifting his eyes to Axel, "She won't do, find me another one." Azazel spoke before turning to walk back to his throne, "What? Why isn't she good enough my lord?" Axel asked, Emma picking up the despair in his voice. "She has great potential, it'd be such a waste to let her off that easily" Azazel spoke, making Raven look at him in shock. Azazel continued up the stairs and turned back to Emma to sit down on the throne again, making Axel look down at the ground before exiting the castle. Emma looked behind her to see him leave, before returning to her normal stance. Her eyes fell on the skull helmet still laying on the floor, kneeling down to take it in her hands before standing up again. She let her thumb slide past one of the eye sockets before softly speaking up again, "What do you want to do with me?" She asked, causing an amused smirk to form on Azazel's face. He opened his mouth to speak again but a group of seven demons suddenly teleported into the throne room. "Oh! Who do we have here.." One of them spoke, Emma looking at the demon walking over to her. His piercing green eyes made a shiver go down her spine, long black hair framing the demon's handsome face. Emma's hands gripped the helmet tighter as the demon got uncomfortably close to her, but she took a deep breath to calm her nerves. "What a pretty young thing, who is she?" The demon asked Azazel with a grin, "She's a human Dante, and please take a step away from her." "Awh, can't I toy around with her a bit before we end her life?" "No, because we won't kill her" Azazel answered, his voice loud in the large throne room. "Well then pretty human, let me introduce myself. My name is Dante, but you would probably know me better as 'Lust'" The demon spoke to her, the howling wind running through his long hair. "Ah I'll just introduce everyone then. This is Alistair, or 'Pride'" Dante spoke as he wrapped an arm around Emma's waist, but she was too distracted by looking at the six demons remaining in front of her. Alistair had dark brown hair which was slicked back to reveal an aged face, but his brown eyes were the only warm ones she had yet seen. "And this is Lexus, or 'Gluttony'" Dante continued. Lexus gave Emma a simple smile, he was a bit heavier than the others, and his spiky black hair didn't suit his face very well. "This is Dracul, or 'Sloth'" This demon had a pair of light blue eyes, paired with long white hair which was pulled back into a ponytail. "Next we have Alvah, or 'Wrath'" Alvah had dark blue eyes and short blond hair, but a very irritated look on his face when he met Emma's eyes for just a second, before they shifted to Azazel again. "And lastly Aegon, or 'Greed'" Dante finished. Aegon was the only one with red eyes like the ones she had seen on previous demons, paired with short black hair. "Thank you for the introduction Dante. Please leave us, all seven of you" Azazel breathed, making the other six nod but Dante bowed deeply, "Very welcome m'lord" He spoke, before drawing a short sprint to keep up with the others. Azazel walked down the steps again and motioned for Emma to come over to him. Her feet walked over the cold floor until they stopped in front of his. Azazel held out his claws to her and Emma placed his helmet in them, Emma's eyes fell on Raven who was too busy staring at the wall to even notice her. Azazel turned to lay the helmet on the throne before holding out one of his claws to her again, making a Emma look up in his eyes again. "Will you serve me, and do everything as I say when in return I shall call you my queen?" Azazel asked her. Emma felt her heart drop as Raven stared at her father with wide eyes, making Emma swallow thickly. Azazel cocked his head to the side when he wasn't able to read what Emma's expression meant, before the young girl regained herself and looked up at him again. She carefully placed her small hand in his armored claw, "Y-yes, yes I will." She told him, making the hint of a smile form on his lips. She looked at the black smoke wrapping around her wrist which continued up her arm slowly. She suddenly felt his other arm slip around her waist to pull her closer, his lips pressing against hers. He pulled back after a few seconds, and she could see her red eyes in the reflection of his iris, the black smoke forming long robes around her body.