Once upon a Demon's heart.

Chapter 1.

I was laying on my usual placement on top of my owners desk at the dingy pet shop, staring out of the windows at the different species sneaking by, when suddenly a hand ran down the fur on my back. I knew instantly it was my owner and did my best not to cringe away, if I did he would get mad and punish me. 

"There's nothing like a good morning punishment, right beauty?" He asked me and I turned my head to look at him. I don't know why he actually spoke to me as I could not answer him, but he apparently liked doing so. 

The morning punishment he mentioned was kind of a tradition by now, as there always was one or two of the slaves who tried something in the hours of the night. Unfortunately for them, it never worked, it was hard to sneak by a werewolf even when it slept. 

I made a sound of agreement and turned my head back to the windows just in time for the door to open and a welldressed man to step in. It wasn't his choice of clothes that made me sit up, but the amount of power radiating from him. Apparently I wasn't the only one feeling it as even the few humans sitting in the far end of the shop, decided to back away from the front of their cages, and when I sniffed in to find out what species he was I sneezed. 

He calmly walked to the front and without even sparing me a glance leaned on the desk beside me, and as he did this my owners hand buried itself in my pelt as if to claim me, I hated it.

"Mr. Clarence, to what do I owe the pleasure?" My owners shaky voice greeted, as if he wasn't expecting the visit.

"You know exactly why I'm here, My Lord was not the least pleased with our last buy" the man narrowed his eyes and when I tilted my head in curiosity he, for the first time since entering noticed me. 

"oh, I'm sorry, but I sent exactly what you asked for, she had all the traits Mr. Nightstar wanted so I do not see the problem sir." My owner tugged slightly on my fur and I tensed up knowing that was the first sign that he was getting angry. If he got angry he would take it out on me and I couldn't help sending a slightly pleading look to the stranger before me. 

"She was defect, and you know it. She decided to throw herself over the fucking balcony." He practically growled but didn't take his eyes off me.

"Oh." My owner muttered then cleared his throat. "I'm sorry sir, I can have a replacement sent as soon as I get one that matches the description you're looking for." 

The man chuckled and then tilted his head at my owner. 

"No, that's why i'm here, to find a new one. And I'm to let you know that if you refuse my choice, the consequences will be severe. My Lord is already not too pleased with your mistake." He said and then curiously put a hand out as if to pat my head, my ear twitched and I could feel my eyes widen in panic when my owners hand tightened and tugged me backwards.  This gesture had the mans eyes light up and I just knew that this wouldn't end well.

"Why don't you offer your pet and we will forget this disagreement?" He said it in a polite tone but I, as well as my owner knew it wasn't a question. 

"No...No, not her. She's mine, all I have. You can choose anything else, just not my beauty." The panic in his voice made my body twitch. 

The man smirked and then placed both hands back on the desk leaning in and in a quit voice exclaimed. "Oh but it's only fair, I was told to choose whatever I thought would be best and I want this one, do I need to remind you what happens if you refuse?" 

With that the man reached out, broke my chain with a simple tug of his hand then buried it in the fur on my neck under my collar and tugged me away from my now last owner. This all happened in a few second and then while he walked out of the shop with me in his hand, my owner broke down in sobs behind his desk, while I literally was frozen in this strangers hand. 

It was first when the shops door closed with a ding and he lifted me up in line with his face, I started blinking very confused and shocked. 

"Im Clark Clarence, I'm sorry if you didn't want to leave but I assure you that this scene would have been worth it, My Lord has looked for a Shaper for a long time." He then said in a much softer tone than he had used inside the shop. I sniffed in then sneezed and relaxed all muscles in my body. He shrugged at me and chuckled then walked to a car, getting in the drivers seat and placed me in the passenger seat. "No running" He smiled then closed the door and started the car, while I hummed and sat down staring at him.