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“Well, we will soon find out, won’t we?” he said, and before I could retreat, he stepped into me and tagged me around the waist with one muscular arm,
“Why will we soon find out, Ryker?” I asked, making him sigh before telling me,
“Because you want to know what I am, and I can only hope that you’re ready for it.” I swallowed hard even as he kissed my forehead as way of goodbye. Then he made his way to the door and paused long enough to tell me the truth.
The truth of what he was at his core.
“I am a Demon, Evelyn… A Demon… that loves you.” Then after that he left, closing the door and locking it this time before I heard the stern orders barked from behind it,
“No one but me enters through this door, not even her… am I understood?!”
“Yes, Lord Greed,” they all said in unison, leaving me standing on the other side with what felt like too much to process. Which meant it wasn’t surprising when I backed away until I felt a seat at my legs as I also felt the tears falling down my cheeks. How could this be possible.
A Demon.
He was a Demon.
How could I have fallen in love with a Demon?
I asked myself all these same questions as I fell back into the seat and, instantly, my own reply was a montage of memories of every tender moment that had passed between us. Every single one had remained with me and, despite all the warnings I had run from, it had never been enough to stop me from falling in love with him.
So, the question now was… why did I care what he was? Why did I care when the foundations we both stood upon were as strong as we allowed them to be? Because I had seen him battle against humans that were rotten to the core, but I had never seen him hurt an innocent life. So, what did I really know about Demons, other than every human had the ability of the level of cruelty you would associate with Hell? So again, what did I really know?
The answer was nothing but the way I felt about one.
Which is why I found my voice, now saying aloud,
“I love him.” Then I got to my feet and said it louder this time.
“I love him, and I don’t care what he is!” But the very last thing I expected was to hear a reply to this…
“Well, how very touching.” I froze the second I recognized the voice, one I really shouldn’t have been acquainted with. But well, considering it hadn’t even been twenty-four hours since meeting the bitch, let’s just say I wouldn’t be forgetting the murderous voice anytime soon.
Naturally, my fight or flight reaction kicked in and I looked toward the door. Then just as I opened my mouth to scream, taking my first steps toward the guards on the other side of the door, she was at me. She quickly covered my mouth with her hand and stabbed me with something that felt like a needle in the side of my neck. Then after this she dropped me unceremoniously to the floor, making me land hard just as my body quickly started going limp.
Then I watched as she opened a window and ripped off the bedding and started to knot it before fixing it to the ornate iron handle of the window frame. I started to get even more panicked by the inability to speak or move, I was left to just watch, praying this wasn’t how she intended on getting me out of here.
However, I wasn’t to find out, because by the time she came back over to me, I could feel myself fading. She crouched low and I could just make out the evil smirk on her face getting closer.
“Shame they want you alive and I won’t get so much as a dime for a dead Siren. Of course, with you out of the way, Ryker will find comfort in my arms once more, and all will be back to how it was before you came along. You stupid bitch, you could have ruined everything. Lucky for me, I know enough of Ryker’s enemies. Especially when I have something to bargain with and it turns out, there are quite a few people in the market looking for a slut Siren just like you…”
She then leaned down, fisting my hair as she lifted my head so she could whisper in my ear,
“Have fun at the auction now, won’t you?” Then she banged my head down on the floor so hard it was quickly…
Lights out.
The next time I woke, I knew it didn’t look good for me because I didn’t recognize where I was. In fact, it looked like I had been put in some dilapidate hospital room. One with nothing but a thin mattress atop a springy bed frame inside a room that held nothing else but the evidence that whoever was in here before me wanted out. I could tell that due to the eerie scratches at the door and along the walls. Walls that were also moldy around the window and had peeling paint hanging from the ceiling.
It was also as if, at one point, someone had gotten hold of a ball point pen and done a number on the room with it. As if in their manic state they had been screaming while scribbling in the same spot over and over again. Then on the other side, random numbers in long lines, with sounds written underneath as if this was some evil tune they couldn’t get out of their heads.
‘Dum dee, dee, dee, dum.’
It was nothing short of creepy and only managed to add to my current nightmare. As soon as feeling started to flow back to my limbs, I sat up on the bed before attempting to stand, needing to brace myself against the wall. I then made my way over to the window, tossing the dirty, torn, once yellow curtains out of my way and praying this was my way out. However, I saw that not only did they not open, but they were also barred so trying to break them would have been pointless. That, and I was also up a few floors with no way of climbing down.
Not like last time.
I tried to take the time to access my situation and not give into panic, just like Arthur had always taught me to do. I rubbed my neck where I found it aching and remembered what she had said to me. Something about needing me alive and the mention of some sort of auction. Well, at the very least, that meant I had some time left. And if I was allowed to hope and by doing so go by my past experiences, then I knew time was all I needed for Ryker to find me.
