The known stranger

10. The demon king

Ethan's POV :

"It's been a long time Ethaniel" Azazel squeezed my arms back & forth as he proceeded to flash his fangs at me, his eyes were that of a madman, I could see through whatever facade he put on this time.

I despised this man, more than I ever hated my existence. It took every last bit of patience I had in each one of my venom filled cells to appear nonchalant in-front of him.

Azazel was one of the original angels; thus, he had a true form, he was devastatingly beautiful with an edge of monstrosity and his eyes, they were terrifying to look into, even for me.

He also had this deathly aura of gloom, sucking everything around him like a blackhole. He was crazy, the very definition of evil.

I squirmed wondering what my mother saw in a demonic monstrosity like him.

I put on a smile that must have looked absolutely fake "Your highness" I bowed down, failing short on any other words.

"What kept you away from your kingdom for 3 years Ethaniel!" he asked, doubt laced in his voice.

I was here to ease things out, in-case he was suspicious of me, to find me in the same town, he dragged me away from when I was 15, I had managed to stay away from him for a decade prior to that.

I had managed to find her, she was my salvation and he robbed me of it....he manipulated my memories, told me that I was deranged and that I inherited it from my mother and that's why she was kept away locked in a dungeon, my heart sank with the thought of it, he told me that I ran away from hell in a fit of insanity and he found me a few days later, as he proceeded to wipe all my memories of her, he didnt know...yet, that I got my memories back, but there was no running away from him anymore, I was just buying some time, till I could do something about him. I was playing a dangerous game, but there was no going back now.

"I needed a break away from everything....after I had that episode" I said affirmatively while looking into his dead eyes, I was struck with the horrible memories of my mind being manipulated and being force fed untrue memories.

"Mhmm" he dismissed it.

I retired to my chambers, after he assigned me with the duties.

It took years before I could finally remember everything correctly.

Before I could remember her.

I took a deep breath.

Her absence tortured me in a way that it tore my non existent soul apart even when I didn't remember her, the snippets of her ruined me, wrecked me with insanity every day and as soon as I got my memory back, I had to see her, or I'd cease to exist. So I left the kingdom and went to her.

For 3 years; I stayed away, watching over her from afar, denying myself the pleasure of having her and going insane in the agony of it, just thinking about her made my heart beat faster, she had grown so much over the years, the swell of her breasts and the perfect curve of her hips, her long siren hair, her cupid lips, her smell and those eyes, so inviting and coquettish.

Ella, my sweet girl.

My prayer

My salvation

My undoing.

My ruin.

I wanted her so, so much.

That day when my sweet girl got injured in her school, I had decided that it was enough, I had tormented myself enough, by staying away for so many years.