NOW I GET WHY HE DESCENDED TO HELL. He sure as fuck belongs here. Adam may or may not have killed someone or committed any crimes like that, but his attitude and surface personality sure is that of a demon.
I also can't forget the fact that he freed himself from the eternal nightmare in 3 years. It's been centuries since someone did that, and that someone is now the strongest General out of us seven, Devildamn Lukyan of Envy. So he must be already crazily strong.
"Train you for what exactly?" His face lightened up and an enchanting smile appeared on his beautiful lips, making me gulp and look away from them.
Damn it, I should have made him go away the second I saw him in my kitchen. But no! There I went, trying to be nice to the new demon.
For fuck's sake, what am I doing? I'm a General after all. But I also can't let people know my secret. My pride as a General is on the line, and that could damage my image, especially between the Seven.
"I want to become a General... Like you!"
"Just don't aim for Pride, Wrath, or Gluttony!" It was already quite hard to befriend those two, I can't lose them now. "And don't think of trying to get Envy's position, because not even I can go up against that asshole. Although I think Lust would suit you like a glove."
Giggling, he nodded. "I was thinking of Lust, as well. What's up with the current General? Male or female?"
"Male. We hate each other, and I'm sure he wants to do lots of disgusting things with me. His name is Manasseh Narkis. Being 2933 years old, he's the second oldest demon among the seven of us," annoying as well. "Another reason why he hates me is that I'm stronger than him, being the 3rd General in power, while he's the 4th! And he's been in this position since way before I died and came here!"
Adam seemed to like that. "He must have committed a very horrible crime, hm?"
"Oh, and he did. He's probably one of the most disgusting demons to even put a foot in Hell. Narkis kidnapped 60 women and 32 men, made them his slaves, and raped them every week. Also abusing them by beating them with a thick whip. Until he was poisoned and died. He deserved a worse death than that," he makes me nauseous.
When our eyes met again, he seemed to find something very amusing in me, "You seem quite righteous for a General of Hell, Pandora!"
Gulping uncomfortable, I tried to look away, but my eyes were hypnotized by his. He's the first demon I saw with lilac-colored eyes, just like I'm the only one with silver eyes down here. Normally their eyes change to a bright shade of golden, or ruby-red, sometimes even orange. But some turn to blue or green, very boring and human-ish in my opinion.
"I wouldn't use the word righteous, but I would definitely say I'm the best out of them all," he smirked.
"Pride suits you," no shit.
"Of course, it does. Otherwise, I wouldn't be where I am, sweetheart!"
I tried to walk away to get more wine, now that he left the glass on the table, but he took me by my arm making me hit his chest with my body. Devils above, what is he doing?
When our eyes met again, his pupils were dilated in a very dangerous way, and we were too close to my health. Unconsciously, I bit my bottom lip and his eyes went there, then back to mine.
But when he was about to devildamn kiss me, I covered my lips with my hand and he cursed. "Nothing is going to happen between us, Adam. How many times will I have to repeat that? I don't like you. I'm only letting you stay here because you are withholding my secret against me. Blackmailing me to be more precise. Don't get your hopes up, and stop being lustful around me, or I'm going to castrate you!"
Pushing him away from me with way too much strength, I ignored his existence and sat back on the couch, getting the glass and putting more wine in it, than drinking it. Now, this is satisfying. "This is what I'm talking about!"
"Where am I going to sleep?" Is he joking?
"Demons don't need to sleep, Adam!"
"Then why do you have beds?" I could feel the second meaning behind his question but I ignored it.
"To lay down! Just like a couch, but more comfortable. Now, you are staying on this couch. You are tall and very..." I stared at his body for a second, gulping and looking away just as fast, "muscled... but the couch is big and will suit you just fine."
"But I saw some demons sleeping when I was running to the Woods," he's being annoying again. "And before you say there were laying down, I heard them snoring!"
"As I said before, we do not need sleep. But just like we do not need food or drinks, if you want to sleep, you can. Everybody who loves to sleep goes to Sloth jurisdiction," he can go there and leave me alone.
"No, thank you. I'm staying here," sigh, what a nightmare. "I'm curious, Pandora. What did you do to be sent to Hell?"
I knew he would ask me that. "Classified."
"Then how did you die?" No telling.
"That's classified!"
"But do you regret it? Whatever you did before dying, do you regret?" Now that's a good question.
"I do not," then I filled my glass again.
"Do all demons speak the same language?" Okay, now, I did not expect him to ask me that.
"Kind of. It's more like the moment we become demons we can speak all languages that have ever been spoken, fluently. But you can say that. After all, we understand each other!"
"Whoa, that's cool. Do demons get drunk?" Either is he stupid, or he's a genius and is faking it to get on my nerves. I'll stay with the first choice.
"No, Adam," I sighed annoyed. "We do not get drunk. Drunkenness is something only humans go through because they are all weaklings. Demons like us are strong, some above others, like me. If I were like the other Generals, I would have already beaten your ass," the taste of the wine in my throat was delicious. "And I could have done that because I'm stronger than you."
"Why didn't you?" He questioned, sitting at the table in front of me.
Annoyed, I held him by the right arm and threw him on the couch. "Don't sit at my table. It took me two hundred years to find this piece. There are chairs, a couch, and a bed in this home. Why do you have to sit at my Devildamn table?" Disgusting!
"I wanted to look at you," that made me roll my eyes so hard.
"Then sit on the couch and turn to me, but don't sit on my table, dumbass!" And he took that seriously. "It was a way of talking, Adam. Don't turn to me like that, it's annoying."
But he pretended not to hear me. "Where were you from when you were alive? I mean, the country."
"Where were you from?"
"Switzerland!" Oh, that explains why he's so tall and handsome like this. "Now tell me. Where were you from?"
"That's classified!" I took a sip of my wine again and he hissed annoyed.
"Did you have a family besides the dog with my name?" I giggled at the memory.
"Also classified," he's going to get mad and I'm here for it.
"You died at 21, right?" I nodded, taking another sip of my wine. "Were you a virgin then?" That made me gasp.
"Excuse me?"
"Did you die a virgin?" Lustful jerk.
"No," he seemed shocked by that and I chuckled at his reaction, finishing my wine, and filling it again with all that was in the bottle, but he took it from my hand again.
"Okay, that surprised me," he drank it in one go, making me furious. "So, you had sex before dying, hm?"
"You drank the last sip of the wine from this bottle," I hissed. "This bottle has been closed for three centuries, Adam! It doesn't exist in the Human realm anymore, and the guy who created the recipe didn't come to Hell after he died. I have been saving this bottle for a special occasion, but you chose it and opened it! And now you even finish it, my precious wine," I wanted to strangle him.
He seemed a little startled by my reaction.
"When you were choosing one of my wines without my permission, to drink it, you could have picked any of the new ones. But no! You took one of the oldest. If you weren't already dead, I swear in the name of my pride that I would fucking kill you right now, Adam," I was closer than I intended and he smirked in a way too sensual for his own good.
When he tried to end the distance between us, I jumped from the couch.
"Stop it! Devildamn it! You're spreading your lustful energy in my precious home, you parasite," he chuckled out loud.
"Why don't you admit you are attracted to me as you've never been to any other demon?" Pardon?
"That's bullshit. Are you blind? Can't you see that you are out of my league? Stop overestimating yourself, it's not like you are the Devil King, a God, or anything," I turned to get away from him. "And you're absolutely not my type! I'm not interested in people weaker than me. Get a hold of yourself, Adam."
When I was about to close the door of my library, I heard him saying, "I'll keep trying until you let me in." What a foolish demon.
That's so never going to happen!