Fallen

Chapter 20

Zion tapped his finger on the chairs armrest as he slid irritated glares at the human beside him, Lisandra's brother having wrapped himself up nice and cozy with a pair of headphones as he watched a movie on his phone. He couldn't believe he had been forced into bringing him to America to take down the bastard that hurt his woman so long ago, but he supposed he would want just as much revenge as he did for the harm of his baby sister.

Turning his head to gaze out the window with the moon shining brightly off the tops of the clouds he mulled over the moment he had with Lisandra before he had boarded the plane. He had decided that he was going to tell her what he was when he got back from America, though the look on her face was less than reassured.

"We need to talk when I get back." Lisandra's face dropped at those words and Zion could scent her anxiety and fear, setting his duffel bag down beside him he immediately reached out to take her hand.

"Is it bad?" She practically whispered, the sound of her heart beating erratically against her delicate ribcage making him just as nervous about how she would react. How would she take the news her boyfriend was an immortal demon dead set on keeping her for eternity so long as he could keep death at bay?

"That...really depends on you princess." He lifted her hand and brushed a light kiss over the backs of her knuckles, the ruby of his black spider ring glinting sharply in the morning light reminding him that he would do anything to keep her beside him. "I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing, however it is very... Surprising, maybe even a little terrifying for you." He drew her in close so their bodies touched and he could feel her heart beating against his chest reassuring him she was really there. "Just please keep in mind that I am still the same man you see standing here right now."

"I don't understand." He bent down to give her a swift kiss as the woman behind the stand called out for boarding members of his flight, reaching down to grab his bag he hefted it over his shoulder.

"Don't worry, you will soon." He gave her a charming smile before turning to leave with her brother who looked at him with a narrowed gaze.

"Your going to tell her?" Alex questioned.

"And she's going to accept it." At least that was what he hoped, he couldn't help but feel fear gnawing at his mind from the doubts that surfaced in his head.

Zion grit his teeth as his claws unsheathed and dug into the cushioned seats while his fears that she might reject him rose. He didn't know what he would do if she didn't accept him being a demon, if any of the others found out he told her and she wasn't on board with it then he would have to either keep her against her will or kill her. He didn't want to do either but he would do whatever it took to keep her safe. Glancing back at Alex he noticed the boys eyes on the claws still digging into the armrests, his dark eyes lifting to his while his brows arched in question.

Growling low in his throat he detached himself from the cushion and forced them away before he could ask him about his little loss of control.

"We'll be landing soon. After we get off the plane there's going to be someone waiting to escort us to where we're staying." Alex paused the movie playing on his phone before shifting in his seat so he better faced him.

"And are they going to be... Like you?"

"You got a problem with what I am?" Zion narrowed his gaze in anger at him while he did the same, both of them staring each other down.

"A spawn of hell? Yeah I have a problem with that. Especially since your using my sister."

"And I'm keeping her until the day she dies, however long that may be." He hissed, trying hard not to let his temper get the best of him, this was his humans brother after all. If anything happened to the only family she had left she'd be heart broken.