The Reaper Saga [Book 1-3]

BE THE DARKNESS HE IS

"You are not real."

That's the only thing I could utter. There's no way in hell I was in front of Prophesy, no way. But the woman in question only grinned farther.

"By denying my existence, you've denied yours too. How do you not believe in fate after all these years?"

Ivy was the one who spoke up next. "I can feel it, that entity inside you. Darkness, she's telling you the truth."

If she was telling me the truth, then what was the meaning of it? Why was she here with us? I could feel my frustration rise as I failed to connect every piece of the puzzle. Was she here for revenge? 

Was that it?

"If you are Prophesy, then you know about Zedkiel, don't you?" She was the only one who could probably help me understand. "Where's he? He is missing too."

"Oh, you mean that man who made a deal with Demos?" Wait, what? Before I could express my shock, Prophesy kept going. "He thinks he can save me. But I'm not one to be saved. I am and will forever be loyal to my King. No one else, beloved or not."

Lana let out a chuckle. "Excuse me? You and Zedkiel? What?"

I didn't want to but what choice did I had but to tell the truth. "She is telling the truth. Zed told me before. But he couldn't feel any connection, Prophesy, so I am a little concerned about your hand in this. What to say that your demon King didn't make this happen?"

For the first time, Prophesy looked at me as if I insulted her. "Fate works in many ways but matching a beloved? That's in no one's hands. And even if he did, I don't want any beloved to be tied for the rest of my life."

"Then where is he?" I croaked out. 

"I told you, Darkness." She hovered over me with a smile on her face. "He made a deal and left the Deshayes girl with Demos. Demos promised to let me go in return but I'm a piece to the end of the beginning. Demos will never let me go. Your friend is a fool."

I was never this utterly confused by her statement. There were certain annoying traits about Zed but he wasn't a betrayer. He wouldn't do that to us, to me. A chuckle left from my lips but I was sure that the harsh sound was only the result of my disbelief. This had to be a joke. Was she playing cruel games with me now?

"Zed wouldn't do that. You are lying."

"Oh, but where is your friend then?" Anywhere but here...

"Alexei?" Lana called me out, a desperate plea in her gaze. "What if-what if she's telling the-"

"No!" I refused to believe it. I would like to know where he was too just to make these people believe that he couldn't do that.

It was Zedkiel we were talking about. 

"When I showed you the future, what did you see?" Ivy suddenly asked, making me whip around to see her. She was completely calm where I was falling apart. How could they so easily turn their back on my master? 

"I saw someone's betrayal, blood, a lot of blood and darkness. I thought I was the reason for her demise. So I kept myself away from her." Even when I said those words, my eyes were on the floor, not on those fools.

"But it was someone else, wasn't it?" Ivy asked with defeat. No. Why couldn't anyone listen to me?

"But that doesn't mean it's Zedkiel." 

"Your loyalty makes me wonder if your friend would do the same for you." Just as Prophesy said that my body lurched forward in anger but due to the hex stopping me, I only managed to glare at her.