Necessary evil

Chapter 23

After Alec left, Jayden and I lay in bed.

"So.." He looks at me.

"So?" I look back.

"How are you taking all of this, this demon stuff?" He turns and stares at me.

I shrug
"Fine for someone who found out they're not even human and that their whole life is a lie."

He sighs.
"I know it's a lot to take in, just remember, you can come to me for anything. Questions, worries, sex-"

I flick his nose.
"Hilarious."

He grabs my hand and holds it, drawing relaxing circles with his thumb.
"Seriously though, I'm here, all the time. Anything, and I mean anything, you come to me. Got it?"

I groan
"Yes mum."

He grins and flicks my nose.
"Aww, I love how you say 'mum'. It's so cute."

My cheeks heat.
"It's not cute." I halfheartedly mumble.

He grabs my waist and tucks me into his side, his breath fanning my neck as he strokes my hair gently.
"You're cute."

"Shut up." I say as my heart falters and my stomach warms.

"Good night Mel." He says in a deep voice before I feel him relax and drift off.

A couple of moments later, I drift off too.
.

.
After Dawn.

Dawn.

My eyes shoot open as that nightmare from a while back replays.

The clock displays 3:56
Damn.

I look down and see Jayden is clutching me and I can't describe the feeling of being with him.

Unhappily, I grumble curses as I gently pull myself out of Jayden's comforting arms and quietly make my way to the kitchen for a drink.

As I fill up a glass cup, lightening flashes as a loud rumble is heard.

I almost drop the cup.

I turn around and then actually drop the cup, glass shattering almost as loud as the thunder

A strange hooded figure is staring at me.
Sh*t

F*ck

What do I do?!

I slide open the drawer behind my back and feel around until I feel the sharp prick of a knife.

That'll do.

"Who the f*ck are you?" I ask, my voice a lot stronger than I felt.
I slowly hide the knife behind my back.

The figure chuckles a deep and dark chuckle.
"Melissa Katri. Wrath and Lust Demon."

I almost drop the knife next to the shattered glass on the floor
"How- how do you-"
F*ck
"You're one of Lucifer's Finest." I state.

The shadow slowly pulls the hood down to reveal an almost handsome looking man.
Completely normal, just like me.
"Prince Alazbar of Hell." He introduces

My heart pounds.
A prince of Hell?
'What the f*ck' seems to be my mantra tonight.

I adjust the knife into a tighter grip behind my back.
"And you want to awaken me?"

He walks a step closer
"Precisely, so you can put that toothpick down."

I frown
"What?-"

The knife in my hand is ripped out of my grip but I look up and realise he hasn't moved a muscle.

"What-" I start, wide eyed.
The knife falls to the floor with a clatter and then flies to Alazbar's hand.
"-The Hell?"

He grins, a grin promising pain and torture and little amusement.
"All demons have powers. Prince's are stronger."

My hand trembles.
What have I gotten myself into?
"Oh God." I whisper

He laughs
"No God. Only Lucifer."

Oh my God. Holy f*ck.

He steps closer again
"Okay, enough time wasted. Let's get on with this thing."
I glance at the door for a millisecond but he catches it and all of a sudden, I feel trapped.
It's as though I was restrained with air, I couldn't move a muscle.
I feel cold breath on my neck.
"Don't do anything stupid." He growls.

His golden eyes flash as he examines me.
"Weak. I don't know why Lucifer bothered activating you. Now, for the summoning."
He takes the knife and grabs my hand, tracing circles with his finger.
"I call upon a new demon tonight, a creature in need of freeing. I will take blood from Melissa Katri, the host of the entrapped Demon, and offer it to Hell but most of all, to Lucifer. Take my sacrifice and free this creature."
Lightening flashes a few times before he speaks again. My body trembles.
"I call upon you Melissa Katri, come serve the great depths of Hell and our Lord, Lucifer."

My body twists in agony as the hold he had over me is gone as sudden as it was there.
He runs his hand through his pitch black hair with a proud smirk and vanishes, leaving me in writhing agony on the floor of the kitchen, on top of the shattered glass.

"F*ck" I groan in pain as the tiny needles of glass cut into my skin and drops of blood flow out.

My stomach twists over and over again, like it has done since I came to California but ten times as worse.

My back burns like boiling hot oil was poured on top of me.

The light switches on
"What's going on- HOLY SH*T, MELISSA!" Jayden shouts and he sprints towards me and pulls me onto his lap.
"Shh. It's okay, it will pass soon."

It will pass soon.

He rocks me back and forth as hot tear drops silently fall from the corners of my eyes.
He wipes them away and strokes the hair out of my face.
"Shh. I'm here now Melissa, I'm here."

My eyes feel heavy as I clutch his shirt, his gentle rocking lulling me into the deep dark abyss of sleep.