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ARES POV
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There is a huge difference between life and death, pain and struggle, longing for love.
Hatred and love, loyalty and Power, Jealousy and betrayal.
There is a huge difference between I and Asmodeus.
I am the own power over earth , and I have connections even beneath it. And my loyalty lies in it.
Asmodeus is the prince of hell, but his loyalty lies no where near EDOMEI.
He hates what he is. So he is jealous of me. Hates that he reigns in hell. So he hates and rebels.
I long for my love. I struggle through pain to not break down completely.
Before I was portal to EDOMEI, I got a fire message from there, ofcourse that is Asmodeus' way of sending his messages.
(a/n...The fire message is an archaic paper used only by supernaturals to send a quick message to a person in a very huge distance where magic cannot send the message to).
In the fire message is written in Latin:
"accede ad EDOMEI, et condiciones meas sequere, tunc coniugem tuam recipias. Her!.
Nulla enim fuga est, cum ignis fatum incidit.".
ENGLISH: "Come to EDOMEI, and follow my conditions, then you get your mate back. Son.
For there is no escape when fire meets fate".
I am not his damn son!.
Why the hell will I want to bargain with him?.
Once one bargains with a greater demon, especially the prince of hell. One usually finds themselves in a very huge consequences. Repercussions, you pay back with a very huge interest.
So there is no way in hell I am bargaining with the damned demon. He sounds like he knows something I don't, other than my mother was his wife.
What was it that he knows and I do not?.
I remember the message my mother left before she died, there are a lot of questions about my mother's death.
Like what killed her?. Everyone heard the sound of what came from the sky.
So what was it that came from the sky.?
I know my mother was not just a Lycan. She was way powerful.
Was she also a devine witch too?.
Because all devine witches are always taken back to heaven after their death, history says, in our kingdom, that sound made on my mother's death is always made when the devine witch is corrupted.
Meaning, heavens rejected her.
Could it be, that mother's soul too was polluted by Asmodeus?. Because she was in a relationship with him?.
That must have been the reason why I was cursed, oh god-damn it.
I look around me. Every where hot and unhealthy.
EDOMEI is filled with different wraiths.
Stading out of the pentagram that followed me to EDOMEI during my portalling.
I am no longer protected by the powers of the witches and warlocks from earth.
The wraiths did not even bother to look my side. It was like I was their end. They do ensure to not protect their kingdom from a stranger.
And that was not the history told about EDOMEI.
EDOMEI's wraiths attacks every creeping strangers on their lands. But why am not been attacked?.
Was this all my Avalon ever had to pass through all because of me?. Was she attacked when she arrived at EDOMEI?.
More questions flowing in my head. My head is about to explode.
I just need answers. And that is why I am here.
How do I locate Asmodeus' palace?.
And then another fore message appears before me.
"Follow thou path from the left".
Typical Asmodeus, always wants to be in power.
And obeyed and finally arrived at his palace.
His palace was not what I expected, so shady and looking so damn obsolete.
Reeks of a great deal of magic and demon blood.
I am awaken from my train of thoughts when the wards on the outsiders of his palace, with full force, sending me flying into the orange hot muds.
I walk back to the palace, testing my magic of it can be utilized here.
And it did work. But I felt much retrains over it.
"What the hell Asmodeus?". I can here Avalon yell at him.
Oh how much missed that voice.
So I sent Asmodeus a fire message that i am been retrained by magic outside his palace.
"Oops, dear son I forgot how weak you have become In only one month of your mate gone. You weakling, cannot even break through the wards of your father's palace-".
Why the hell is he calling me his son?.
He is cut short when Avalon threw herself on me.
Attacking me with hugs and kisses.
Oh how much I missed her scent.
I am currently on the ground, kissing the hell out of my mate.
I will need my strengths back. Ashter would need his strength back.
So I keeps trailing the kisses all over her just to get confirmed by her scent and her by mine.
"Oh how much I missed mate. Whatever our souls are made of, yours in mine and mine in yours". Ashter screams in my head.
I miss her too. More than anything.
She sits on me, straddling me, as I keep sniffing her and she is giggling every time I lick her skin.
I could feel Asmodeus' burning gaze on us.
"Enough with the bonding. I get that you long for your love. But all of this shoving your tongues in each other's throats?".
"Well, I do not think i could not break through your wards because I was weak. It was simply because I am of hell. This creepy place you call your palace creeps me out. You are the weak one, you taking my mate away from me just to bargain with me after knowing the feeling. You of all people knows what it feels like to be separated from the love of your life."
I retorted.
And his face turned red. I know have hit a sore spot.
"Fine! You do your bonding and I bargain with you tomorrow." He says, and walks away to heavens knows where.
Not like I care, so I put my focus on my mate.
"You must have been so exhausted been here alone with that son of a devil. I am so sorry for not being able to protect you. I am such a weak king. I could not even protect my own queen. I apologize, oh how much I missed you my love."
He commented.
"Okay, enough with you blaming yourself. You and I both know that your fat- Asmodeus just showed up from nowhere and took me with him. How can you know where he took me to if you were also caught off guard too?. I do not blame you Elijah. I blame the enemy himself."
Avalon responds, her fingers trailing my eye brows then my lips.
"I missed you too Elijah".
"Elijah?. Since when do you begin to call me Elijah?" I ask her, I thought she liked Ares better.
"Oh, you wouldn't mind me. Asmodeus and I had been conversing all this while. And you know he is the only one who calls you Elijah. So I got stuck with calling you Elijah, Ares".
She replied,
"Okay. Whatever you wish to call me.I love the sound of it from your lips".
I flirt, she giggles.
"Well, why don't we take our rest. You seem stressed, like you have not been sleeping?." She asks with much concern on her face.
"I am-um- I am haven't been exactly been sleeping though. I am the king you know". I half lie.
"Oh you cannot lie to me. Just rest on me, while I pull off your cloak". She continues as she does her thing.
"Very good. Here is so hot. Unlike earth, oh how I missed Prince Dorian and Penelope and everyone and the kingdom. How did Ashter take it?".
She must have too much questions, just like me.
So i both lay on my cloak, her on my chest as we both exchange questions.
Her most painful question was, "If anything happens, you will make sure to protect me. You even came to hell to protect me. But can I do the same for you?".