Lucifer's Daughter

Chapter 43- Lover's Shadow

Welp..
We're amidst a revolution and i'm writing a chapter. Btw I turned 17 last Saturday.
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🎧: Mr. Sandman- SYML

Chapter 43- Lover's Shadow

NOTE: The description in this chapter is meant to be confusing due to Thana's state

Something was off about Lexus and it was clearly prominent through his posture.

"I ponder you've been quite busy." Lexus eyes stayed trained on the ground as I spoke. I heard Lexus scoff. "I've been up to many things; none of which concern you, of course." My brow shot up in reaction to the way he was speaking to me.

"Are you sure you don't suffer some type of mental illness? 'Lady Knickers- in- a twist' the first, is it multiple personality disorder? Because at this point I dont know which version of you I'm conversing with." I spat.

There was a sudden twist in the atmosphere swarming the room. My lungs felt heavy, weighing harshly down on my chest. The lights in the room begun dimming slowly. "I am only the shadow of your lover, Thana." Lexus laughed harshly, his eyes turning bloody red as the venomous words left his lips. "W-what do you mean?" I stuttered. Lexus started walking closer to me, and I was most definitely glued to the bed. His stern gaze gave off an air of dark magic, oozing with evil. "The body of Lexus is somewhere else. I am here to keep imprisoned until he fully accomplishes what he has been destined to." The shadow malignantly spat.

The closer he got, the more Lexus' familiarity sank further in this horrid monster's menacing features. His orbs held suffocating darkness — so much so that if you looked any longer, you would feel your soul slipping from you. You would feel him siphoning light into tenebrosity. "Put an end to whatever you're doing. THIS INSTANT!" I bellowed, but the wickedness in the abomination before me never wavered.

"While you sit in here, the monstrosity in Lexus is being unleashed. You poor worthless thing." Lexus' shadow burst out laughing. I stared at him- it with disgust. "What you thought Lexus to be is just an example of his impeccable acting skills." The shadows snarled.

By now tears were staining my cheeks and I couldn't control the screams. Nipping harsh winds were blowing against my figure. My teeth were clattering. "Why is it so cold?!" I called out. The drop in temperature was devouring my body. Lexus' shadow disappeared from before my eyes. "Why does this keep happening to me." I held my knees closer to my chest and rocked myself.

Pictures started appearing before me. There's no more to life than this. I'm guessing at one point you'll find that out. Torture; and the end? Extremely gruesome.

You'll wish for a spear wound, or even iron spikes because the pain that samples your skin is a million times more merciful than what I'm experiencing this instant. Pitiful; don't you dare choke! It would only make it worse. Ghastly, for several did decide.

Most men try to construct a life from things found in gift shops and superficial shelves. Rank and blanketed ground; it is all what man seeks. Not love, not hope, but the lethal ambition that drives his end.

The feelings I was experiencing this moment were not mine. They were driven by truths — displeasing fragments of what we think is honesty. Someone else was playing around with my thoughts and heart— crumbling them into my impending end. But what am I to expect? I was born into death; and by death only is my soul to find rest. Isn't that correct?

Fleeting images; My name rolls off his lips in a mere whisper. Honey drips with every sentence and sugar coats every word. I felt a pair of strong arms lift me from the bed. I couldn't focus my gaze, but the irregular heartbeat resembled that of Lexus'. I clung to his shirt harshly, but a thick substance that smelt metallic met my gentle touch.

Roses. I smell the sickeningly sweet roses. We're in the garden. A scream erupted from my lips as I focused my vision. Lexus' face was splattered with blood and so were his clothes. An evil smirk was playing at his lips. It wasn't his shadow though— I knew it was him.

Lexus set me down to stand on the ground. "W-what happened to you?" I queried. "I've finally taken my true form." He spoke so indifferently.

"Hmm. With all the fiendish persona I have, I can't seem to fight the urge to rip your clothes off and ravish you." He nefariously scanned my body. I felt disgusted with my own self. The metallic stench of blood brought a sickening sensation over my barely standing figure.

He pulled me to his chest and roughly grabbed my neck — his nails digging in my skin in the process. "Tell me who you are." I demanded. "I'm Lexus Odium." He stated nonchalantly. "I did not ask for your name."

"But you asked who I am." He challenged. "Your name and who you truly are, are two different things, Lexus Odium." I spat. A sinful immoral smile assaulted his lips.

He started nibbling at my earlobe and  trailing hot kisses tauntingly. My body unwillingly succumbed to his touch. Was I under an enchantment? His hands were burning the exposed skin at my sides. Lexus suddenly stopped. "I would love to continue to the good part of tasting you, but I have many things on my to-do list."

"Care to take a look around you, little devil?" He laughed like a maniac. Thunder rolled as I reluctantly turned around to look at the fountain.

"HOW COULD YOU!" I screamed, feeling my heart being ripped out of its place. The once clear waters were now disgustingly blood red. The marble beige gargoyles were covered in blood.

Before me was Jacoby's head was drifting in the bloody water. "Your filthy sanguinary hands severed his head off and touched my body." I started furiously rubbing myself and sobbing.

"What I don't understand is how I still love you and it brings immense aches to my very limbs." I yelled at him. "I hate myself because of you. I have never known a good thing in my life. Ever. And for a moment I thought you were something that made me happy and so did he-" the impact of every word shattered my heart. I stared at the apalling sight before me. "Why.." my body shook as I cried further. "How could I let your vile hands touch me? How could still feel things for you.."

"These vile hands will do so many things to you soon, but for now- " Lexus hauled my body, and I started thrashing. A sharp pain erupted in my thigh. I was stabbed with a needle.