CHAPTER 5 💘6
"I won't get married!I won't get married!"Neriah repeated as she ran through the streets of New York
Suddenly she felt a hand shaking her shoulder and with a loud gasp she woke up.
"Arrrgh!'she grunted as she held her head in pain. The aftermath of having too much alcohol hurts like hell. She couldn't believe she even dreamt of the marriage proposal. She scoffed at the thought of it.
"There's no way am getting married"she muttered.
"Wait!how did she get home! Did Nathan bring her home??!" she thought as she looked around and her eyes widened as she took note of her surroundings. Her eyes met with that of a masked man and she could say that he looked scary.
"OMG! I think have been kidnapped"she muttered as she looked away from him.
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Lucifer stared at his mate and chuckled at her sleeping face. He had a hard time thinking of where to take her last night. He was used to sleeping in the forest so he never really had a place to call 'home'.
"Just take her to Lucifer's mansion"he remembered his wolf's suggestion and he complied.
Lucifer's mansion was the place the past reincarnations of Lucifer stayed. It was some kind of ancestral building made specially for them.
His wolf found it a few years back yet he refused to stay there. That place only makes him feel more evil and he hate the thought of that. He don't have a choice now,do he? His fragile mate would surely not be able to survive in the forest for one night.
He creased his eyebrows as she suddenly trembled. It seems like she was having a bad nightmare. He approached her and shook her shoulder and she woke up.
He stared at her as she grunted. Well, she shouldn't have drank so much if she couldn't take the hangover pain.
He watched her look around and her widened pupil made him chuckle as she stared at him and looked away.
"How much do you want?"he heard her ask and he raised his eyebrow questioningly.
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Neriah stared at the masked man boldly as she repeated her question.
"How much do you want?"she asked again.
Due to her father's wealth,she has been kidnapped many times so she knew how to handle situations like this well but the masked man next statement shocked her.
"Seems like we will have to work on your manners,mate"said the masked man as he sat beside her while she cowered back in fear.
"How much do you have?"Lucifer asked nonchalantly. It wouldn't hurt to play a little with his mate,right?
Neriah stared at him intently as she looked at his eyeballs. They seem reddish or is it some kind of artificial lenses. She knew for sure that whosoever this man was,he didn't care about her money so she rephrased her question.
"What do you want from me?"she asked again but with little confidence this time and Lucifer sighed.
"Good question,mate"Lucifer said as he clapped his hands and moved towards the wooden chair at the corner. He was no fool not to realize that she wasn't comfortable having him closer.
"If am to answer that question personally, I want nothing from you but my wolf is crazy about you and trust me,my demon also wants you."Lucifer paused and stared at her. She was looking at him like he had grown two heads.
"I want you,mate"completed Lucifer.
Neriah stared at the masked man as tears brimmed in her eyes. It seems like she was doomed,this man is a psychopath. She was fucking abducted by a psychopath and he claims not to want her but he blabbered about some kind demon or wolf who wants her.
Was she in some kind of fairytale,vampire dairies or rise of the supernaturals??
"Oh,Neriah! You are totally hooked this time"she thought as she pulled her hair harshly.
"What are you talking about??"she managed to ask wondering what crazy thing he would utter again.
Lucifer sighed as he could see doubt and confusion written all over her face.
"Okay,am done! I don't know how to explain this to her"he said internally and his wolf scoffed.
"I knew you wouldn't be able to handle this simple task,let me take over"suggested his wolf and his demon scoffed.
"So you can bawl your fangs at her like you did to that human last night??"asked his demon.
"At least I saved our mate from him"defended his wolf.
"She never looked like she was in danger. She fucking went with him voluntarily"attacked his demon and Lucifer could sense that another fight was about to ensue.
"That's enough. I was wrong to have asked for help from you"Lucifer said as he shut them out and faced his mate again.
Neriah stared at the masked man intently. He looked like he was having an internal battle with himself. He really needs help, his mental health must have degraded a lot.
Lucifer cleared his throat as he prepared to explain the whole mate bond to her.
"Listen to me carefully. I won't explain this twice"Lucifer said and Neriah nodded.
"There is something like a pull that drags two people together, it's called a mate bond. These two people are required to spend the rest of their lives together just like marriage. They will stay together and have pups or you can call it children and they won't be apart till they die"Lucifer explained in one breath and Neriah narrowed her eyebrows digesting all he said.
"So what does all of these got to do with me?"asked Neriah and Lucifer sighed. He hated having to talk too much.
"In simple words, you are my mate,my property and no one else's"said Lucifer.
Mate bond??marriage??Children??What the fuck?? Why is everything about marriage these days??And this psychopath is claiming her as his??Is she a commodity or object??This man really needs to see a psychiatrist.
"Are you kidding me?"Neriah yelled and Lucifer glared at her.
Nobody yells at him! He is Lucifer,the king if darkness!He does the yelling and no one else.
"That's it! Am done talking to you"Lucifer said as he walked out of the room ignoring her screams.
Neriah curled up to herself as she wept. This was obviously the end for her.
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Lucifer walked down the stairs as he angrily pulled off his mask. He couldn't get over how he feels whenever their eyes met. He felt vulnerable and he somehow wanted her to see all his pain and trouble as he felt like she had a solution to it all.
"She probably thinks we are kidnappers"his demon suddenly spoke up.
"I knew it was a bad idea to wear a mask"commented his wolf and Lucifer scoffed.
"You will prefer her collapsing from seeing our red eyeballs,right?"Lucifer asked as he sat down on the staircase.
"That doesn't matter. She's ours whether she likes it or not so why should we hide our face"defended his wolf and his demon sighed.
"Don't be such a fool. Mate doesn't know that she belongs to us,to her we are just kidnappers" his demon emphasized and Lucifer hummed in agreement.
"It's not like we are any better than kidnappers"Lucifer said and his wolf growled.
"We only took what is ours"he defended.
"Your sense of reasoning is totally different from how normal beings reason. An animal will always be an animal"his demon said with a sigh.
"Say that again, I dare you"his wolf growled out an Lucifer sighed as he ignored their fight.
He looked up the stairs towards the room where his mate was,he could still hear her silent whimpering. He knew it won't be easy to get her to accept him.
"She must hungry"he thought as he walked out of the house to do some hunting.
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"Wake up,it's daybreak already"Nathan heard someone say as they tapped him and he opened his eyes to find himself on the street.
He quickly stood up as he wonders what brought him there and suddenly memories from the past night flowed into his head.
Neriah! Where the fuck was she? He looked around ignoring the pitiful gaze from passerby as he ran towards her parent's house. He had to inform them that some weird looking guy had their daughter.
TBC..