Married to the Devil's Son

The first thing Heaven saw when she opened her eyes was the dark ceiling and the broken, dusty chandelier that hung from it. It was covered with spider webs, as if it hadn’t been used for ages.

Heaven sat up slowly; her movements causing the bed to make a creaking sound. Her eyes searched the dimly lit room she was in. It looked gloomy and uninviting. The furniture was old and dusty, and looked as if it would collapse anytime soon. Mold ate away at the damp freckled walls and floor, and she could hear insects crawling around. Where was she?

Suddenly pain shot down her neck, and she reached for it only to feel wetness on her fingers.

Blood.

Gradually, her memories came back to her. The dead body. The skeleton hands. It was him, the silver-eyed stranger.

She remembered his skeleton hand grabbing her wrist, and she had screamed at the top of her lungs. Horrified, she had cut his arm with her dagger, but before he could bleed his wound had already healed.

Gina tried to jab him with her sword but ended up stabbing an empty coffin. Just like that, he had dissolved into smoke.

Their eyes searched the cave carefully. Heaven tightened her hold on her daggers and Gina was ready to sprint anytime.

The sound of footsteps made them look behind quickly. There he stood in the shadows. The sight of him was very frightening. A walking dead body was not something you would expect to see in a lifetime, or ever.

”Heaven step back!” Gina ordered before attacking him.

With a wave of his hand, the skeleton man caused Gina to crash into the cave’s wall by an invisible force. She hit the wall so hard Heaven was sure her ribs and spine cracked. Then she fell to the ground and got covered by enormous stones that fell off the wall.

”Gina!” Heaven screamed in horror, running to save her friend, but the stranger blocked her way and grabbed her by the neck.

She tried to stab him with her dagger when he spoke, ”Don’t move.”

Heaven halted. What was happening to her?

He was compelling her.

How?

She was partly demon, so it shouldn’t be possible.

His eyes. She had to look away from them. Compulsion happened by looking into someone’s eyes, but it was too late now and she couldn’t look away. She was spellbound.

Those silver-eyes that had haunted her dreams were now right in front of her. But the face was terrifying.

”Good.” He said when she listened to his command.

Releasing her neck, he drew her into his arms. Heaven panicked. What was he doing?

Removing the hair from her neck, he leaned in.

Oh, God! He was going to bite her. No!

Heaven screamed internally. That would be marking her. He can’t! She didn’t want to! Enjoying the story? Read on at novelceo(.)com.

Suddenly his teeth sank into her flesh. Heaven whimpered in pain, but she couldn’t move. He was drinking her blood, and he wasn’t stopping.

Heaven began to feel weak and lightheaded. If he didn’t stop, he might kill her. She wasn’t sure if the little part of her that was demon could save her.

Her legs became weak, unable to hold her, and she fell back in his arms. Would this be how she died?

Suddenly he stopped and drew back. His lips were stained with her blood before he licked them.

Heaven’s vision became blurry, but she could see how his skin slowly came alive, changing its color and healing itself. Some flesh appeared on his bony face, giving him some structure. His hair thickened and elongated, and his earlier blue lips turned into a pale pink. His veins retracted and his skin became radiant.

Once he looked alive Heaven recognized his face. All this time she had seen him in her dreams, but she hadn’t been able to remember. Now that she saw him in reality, he was even more breathtaking.

Heaven wanted to take a closer look, but her vision was darkening.

Was she dying? She didn’t want to die.

Please save me! She begged before falling into a fathomless abyss.

Later when she woke up, she found herself in this gloomy room. The stranger must have brought her here. She needed to escape.

Heaven’s eyes scanned the room. It had no windows, but the door was open. First, she would need a weapon if she was going to escape through the door. He could be anywhere and she needed to protect herself.

As she rose from the bed to find something sharp, her head spun. She was still weak from the loss of blood.

Carefully, trying not to lose her balance, she searched the room.

”Are you looking for these?”

Startled, Heaven turned hastily to where the voice came from.