The Dark King (Completed)

Beetle prince

They are travelling in the desert when a pretty woman blocks their path.

She greets, "Our Lord wants you back, beetle prince."

Luc looks sad.

He asks, "Not you too, Claudia?"

She shrugs her shoulders. And then she replies, "Not everyone escaped in time."

"I will help you, Claudia," says Luc.

"No one could. My order is clear. You must return."

"I will never go back, Claudia. You know it for sure."

The woman draws her blade. She says, "You leave me no choice."

Luc draws his blade too.

They fight for a while before she finally succumbs to him.

Fallen to the scorching desert sand.

Luc says, "I hate to hurt you, Claudia. Just go back."

He leaves without turning back again. The others quickly follows him.

Claudia hits the sand in her rage.

*****

They have walked for half a mile when Dante asks, "Girlfriend?"

Luc replies, "My fiancee."

Charlie is silent. Her heart felt the sting. Lately she felt weird. Uneasy if she couldn't see Luc. Worried sick he would get injured. Or...

She stares Luc and he suddenly asks, "Something in my face?"

"Are you sad?" asks Charlie.

"A little. I know he likes dirty tricks. But using her? That's low...even for him..."

(He must be talking about his dad, the demon. He never told me anything about himself. His past before he met us. Can't he trust us? Trust me?).

That night they set early camp.

Dante has fallen asleep as usual. Always slept after eaten his dinner. His guard duty would be two hours before dawn.

Charlie kept staring at him.

Luc chuckles and then says, "I'm fine. Stop worrying for me."

He throws a dry branch into the campfire.

"Luc?" calls her.

"Yes?"

She sits next to him. Snuggling up to him. Doing this felt good for her.

"Luc?" calls her again.

"Yes?"

They are staring each others in very close range. Their breath mingle.