Few hours ago...
Lothaire strode lazily into a room with Darius leaning on the window blowing out puffs of cigarette. He sensed Lothaire but didn't move.
"Lets get this over with Darius." Lothaire said, not interested in whatever Darius had to say. Darius had always been the calculative and smart one who was always logical when it came to reality and dangerous too but always kept his emotions locked in a box, he always believed that emotions only made him weak, which made Lothaire respect him but he wasn't sure he trusted him since he knew Darius would do whatever it took to keep things balanced.
"I warned you against this but you persisted." Darius said still unmoving from his position.
"Do I look like I care about the fucking Emperials!" Lothaire growled. Darius had always seen him as a reckless emotion driven demon, when fighting he would use his strength and not his skills but he would win anyways since he was the most powerful but Darius was strategic and he believed that without strategy, you could lose.
"Its not about the Emperials...Its about your human mate." Darius stated out blankly and then turned to face Lothaire as if gauging his expression.
"She's human so what?" Lothaire said obviously impatient with him and brows creased in anger.
"We both know you can't have a happy ending with her, you're a demon and she's human." Darius said slowly and clearly making his point hit.
"I wasn't asking for one!" Lothaire turned to leave when he heard Darius speak.
"We both know why you're hell bent on killing your father...." He pauses for a moment and continued. "Its because he's the reason your mother despised you and it drove you mad with hatred to kill her." His voice was calm and emotionless as if he wasn't seeing the burning eyes of Lothaire.
"So what? How does that have anything to do with Larisa?" His eyes shone brighter like a fiery flame, it didn't surprise him that Darius knew why he hated his father that much, he was smart.
"You've always yearned for someone's love and you think you can get it from her." Darius said strongly as if daring him to deny it. Lothaire could only scoff, now Darius was been really annoying and he just couldn't help it. "I'll advice you send her back, Lucifer hasn't declared war with us for the last five centuries, so you really don't need her."
"That's none of your business and if you don't want to join your ancestors, then you better keep your advice to yourself!" Lothaire threatened but Darius didn't seem shaken by his threat.
"Fine, but imagine telling her you killed your mother, if she doesn't hate you then what about when she's going to grow old and die, what will you do then? Die with her?" Darius's statement ticked Lothaire off and within a second Darius was pinned to the wall, with Lothaire's hand squeezing his neck and then with a swift movement, threw him over to the other side of the room like a rag doll, he hit the wall with such force it came crumbling down on him.
Lothaire walked out of the room trembling with anger, he still couldn't digest the fact that she'd grow old and die. He went to his alcohol room and drank for hours. He knew Darius was right but he couldn't bring himself to let her go.
He heard someone open the door and he looked up to see Valerie's grinning face.
"You need company?" She said in her most sexiest tone possible while Lothaire gave her a warning glare.
"I know you're in a bad mood but I'm just here to accompany you." She said innocently which irked Lothaire the more.
" Since you know I'm in a bad mood, you better get lost or your head will be rolling on the floor." He said purely disgusted at her and she had no option but to leave clearly annoyed by his mood.
Darius who was buried under the rocks broke through and came out, his head was bleeding but it healed in a while and for once his face wasn't blank, it was creased with anger.
"That fucking demon!" He hissed in anger.
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Larisa's eyes were watery with unshed tears that threatened to fall out any second, she was confused on why he was saying all those things to her, she thought he liked her. She closed her eyes, took a deep breath and opened them again, she stopped the tears from dropping she didn't want him to see her weak.
All her life she had never felt attracted to any man and the one man she felt attracted to was telling her to leave forever, her mind was in a state of turmoil.
"Why?" She asked.
"You don't have to leave if you don't want to." Lothaire heard himself say, he had wanted her to leave but he couldn't let her after seeing her hurt filled eyes. He watched her eyes widen in confusion.
"But..you just said.." Her voice croaked and she stopped talking. Lothaire was obvious how much pain he had put her in with just those words he said, he immediately regretted it.
He watched her get up from the bed and left to the bathroom. 'Fuck!' He cursed inwardly as he brushed his hair backwards in frustration. A few minutes later, she came out and as she made way towards the bed, he grabbed her wrist softly, they were so fragile he loosened his grip.
She turned around surprised by his movements, he was staring deeply at her big hazel eyes that were widened and then his gaze fell on her pink lips, lips he wanted to kiss. Larisa gulped as she followed his eye movement, her heart raced, her breath hitched. 'was he going to kiss her?' Now he was really getting hard for her to understand, one minute he told her to leave and the next, he tries to kiss her? He was full of mysteries.
"Can I kiss you?" She heard him ask, his voice was low but deep like a whisper making it sexier than it normally was. She just stood there dumbfounded, she immediately remembered the kiss he gave her on their wedding day.
"uhm...maybe.." She heard her unsure self whisper but knew his ears would catch every word she said, she felt her cheeks redden and subconsciously closed her eyes when he lowered his head, she could feel his breath on her face making her spine shiver and then she felt his lips on hers, so soft that she wanted to loose herself in them, his kiss became harder and he swept one hand round her small waist smoothly.
She loved his touch, his large hard body pressed against her soft one sent a tingling sensation in her body. He parted her mouth slightly with his tongue and explored which she responded to and wrapped her small hands round his neck, feeling his bare muscular back, then she ran her fingers through his hair, Lothaire loved what she was doing, loved the way she responded to him.
His kisses lowered to her cheeks and then her neck behind her ear lobe, he sucked and she let out a moan, Lothaire was already feeling hot and he could feel his genitals already protruding and getting hard like a rock. His hand on her waist went lower and he grabbed her average sized soft ass and massaged it softly till she let out another moan.
Larisa's eyes widened when she felt his protruding penis poking her but she was kind of glad that she made him hard but she wasn't sure she was ready to go all the way through and she didn't want to start what she couldn't finish, besides he had only asked for a kiss which she agreed to but before she could stop him, he was already moving his hand under her frail nightwear and into her panties which startled her. She pushed him away, not that he moved but he stopped, on seeing her startled reaction.
"You've never been touched there before?" He asked seeing her startled expression while she flushed hot red being embarrassed.
"So what?" She asked obviously shy. "You only asked for a kiss but you were doing something else." She continued as she went over to the bed, pulling the covers over her. "You liked it though." He said and went to lie beside her, making her shift farther away from him towards the edge.
"uhm..Who are the Emperials? Are they mad because you got married to a human?" Larisa asked trying to divert the topic and clear the awkward air.
"They're not important and they can't do anything about who I decide to marry." He said plainly.
"Ok...But they seem powerful though from the way Darius spoke about them." Larisa said worry etched on her face.
"Not as powerful as me." He said boastfully and Larisa could do nothing but 'tsk' and roll her eyes. "You don't have to worry about anything or anyone as long as I'm here." He told her in an assuring way and when she looked at his eyes she saw sincerity in them and she smiled at him.
It was the first time she had smiled at him, even though it had been a few days since they knew each other, it felt like he had known her for years and he could tell her anything but he would never tell her he murdered his family in cold blood.
"How long is the marriage contract?" Larisa asked.
"one month." He replied and he could see the disappointment on her face even as she tried to hide it. "Do you want to stay with me forever? We can go where ever we want." She heard Lothaire said and wondered if she was dreaming.
"Wh...what? Th..that's ridiculous." She stuttered dumbfounded by his words.
"Its only ridiculous if you don't want to." He said and she just blinked.
"But you still need to kill your father." She heard him sigh deeply before saying
"Not anymore...Truthfully, he hasn't caused any problems recently and I only wanted you here for selfish reasons to kill him because I hated him." Larisa was perplexed by the new change of events.
"So I'm not in danger if I go back?" She asked.
"You might be..Do you want to go back?" Larisa could see his golden eyes burning with unspoken emotions that she never knew was there.
"No." She replied, leaving Lothaire speechless with disbelief.