Lucifer carefully placed Gabrielle on the bed as he covered her with the quilt. She had fallen asleep in his arms while they watched the fireflies and he had enjoyed listening to her heavy breathings but the rise and fall of her chest was making it hard for him to keep his desires in control so he brought her home.
"Good night,love"he whispered and kissed her forehead. Suddenly, a knock was heard on the door and he froze.
"Princess, the king request that you meet him in the garden now"he heard the voice at the other side say and then he heard sounds of receding footsteps.
He stared at Gabrielle and she was still sleeping peacefully that he couldn't bring himself to wake her up.
"I guess we will have to go on her behalf"Lucifer said and Frediano chuckled.
"I can't believe we will be using our transmogrification ability"Fredrick said and he rolled his eyes.
"Just get to it, will you?"he said and he felt some changes happening to his body.
"It's done"Frediano said and he walked towards the mirror as his eyes widened in awe.
He looked just like Gabrielle. No one could tell the difference.
"Let's go"he said as he made his way out walking towards the garden.
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King Aaron breathed in the fresh scent of nature as he waited for his daughter. The garden was the favourite place of his late mate. He watched her take care of the flowers every morning and at night they cuddled there as they watched the stars.
"It's really hard to live without you, Lora. Our daughter had grown tough and I can't handle her anymore. Her enemies keeps on multiplying and I fear I might lose her anytime. I hope she finds her mate soon, he is my only hope at the moment"he whispered to the sky hoping his late wife, Lora will hear him.
"Am here, father"he heard his daughter's voice behind him and he turned to her with a frown.
"Where are your manners, young lady?!"he said and he could swear he saw her roll her eyes.
"Am sorry, father. Good evening"Lucifer said with his voice coming out like Gabrielle's own.
He was getting tired of being in Gabrielle's form. The clothes were uncomfortable and itchy. To worsen it, a 300year old vampire was demanding courtesy from him.
"Who is he?"Aaron asked his daughter and Lucifer smirked internally.
Seems like Aaron knew his daughter well enough to detect she was hiding something. Too bad, Gabrielle wasn't the one before him.
"It's no one father"he said feigning timidness and Aaron sighed.
"I know there's someone in your room, Elle. But whosoever it is and whatever you are upto, I hope you have it under control"Aaron said and Lucifer sighed in relief.
He thought Aaron was going to press further.
"I do, father. If you won't mind, I am feeling sleepy"he said faking a yawn.
"Sleepyhead, how do you plan to handle Elder Jonathan?"Aaron said.
He knew his daughter must have a plan else she wouldn't intentionally taunt an enemy. It was baseless and dangerous.
"Leave it all to me, father. Elder Jonathan is no match for me"Lucifer replied with a sly smile and Aaron bursted into laughter surprising him.
"How long do you plan on going with the pretense? I know you are not my daughter"Aaron said and Lucifer chuckled darkly as he switched back to his real body stretching tiredly.
"It's good that you aren't dumb, Aaron. It was getting uncomfortable being under your daughter's skin"he said and Aaron glared at him.
"Why are you here?"Aaron asked.
He knew his daughter well enough to know that she was that calm. She would have ended the conversation quickly and give no answers to his questions but he answered all his questions. Aaron had heard many descriptions about the 5th reincarnation of Lucifer so he needed no one to tell him that he was before him.
"I don't think I have to answer that question. I mean, I don't have to explain why am with my mate, right?"Lucifer said and Aaron sighed.
"So Gabrielle is your mate? That means you are the man in her room?"Aaron asked to be sure and Lucifer raised an eyebrow.
"I can't recollect you being diagnosed with a hearing impairment or do you just have a low IQ?"Lucifer asked mockingly and Aaron growled at him.
"Show some courtesy, if you don't want me to take my daughter away from you"Aaron threatened and Lucifer faked fear as he squinted his eyebrow.
"Really? Your daughter's attitude says otherwise. She doesn't want to apart from me for a minute"Lucifer said as he revealed Gabrielle's mark on his neck and Aaron's eyes widened.
"You bastard! How dare you mate with my daughter?!"Aaron growled as he bawled his fangs at Lucifer who laughed heartily before glaring at him.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you. You know your daughter is a wild cat so why are you accusing me of mating with her? Did you see my mark on her? She's the impatient one who was quick to jump on me."Lucifer said and Aaron's face darkened as his claws elongated.
"Trust me, your daughter is the sweetest have ever tasted"Lucifer said licking his lips and Aaron growled at him.
Suddenly, a thought flicked in Aaron's head and he smiled slyly to Lucifer who was obviously enjoying taunting him.
"What do you think she will do when she remembers the past? From the looks of things, you aren't going to tell her"Aaron said and Lucifer's face darkened.
"What do you mean? She will remember it sooner or later"Lucifer said with uncertainty and Aaron hummed.
"What do you think will happen if she does? Will she still want to stay with you after knowing how you failed to protect her in the past?"Aaron taunted and Lucifer glared at him.
"Don't talk about what you don't know, Aaron. You weren't even born then"Lucifer growled and Aaron chuckled.
"But I heard histories and as fate will have it, I gave birth to the reincarnation of your mate so tell me how it will feel to be separated from her?"Aaron asked slyly.
"That's up to us to decide"Lucifer said as doubts arose in his heart.
"Well, I will be awaiting your separation. My daughter is too good for you"Aaron said and Lucifer couldn't argue with him. Truly, she was too good for him.
"I would have loved to stay with you a little more but I am a king and I have duties to attend too. So see you around"Aaron said as he walked out of the garden but not before dropping another comment.
"You can't run away from the truth. Fate will always repeat itself and I won't allow anything happen to my daughter so I hope you stay away" Aaron said lastly as he left leaving Lucifer in deep thoughts.
Lucifer threw his fists to a nearby tree venting his frustration. He didn't want to lose her but he didn't want to stay away from her.
He just promised her to give them a chance so wouldn't it be stupid to walk away again?
"Calm down, we could still be with her as long as we don't mark her. She's safe"his wolf comforted and he nodded in agreement.
"Let's visit Jonathan. I need someone to vent my emotions on"Lucifer said as he teleported to the front of a small cabin.
This must be Jonathan's house. He walked towards the door and was about to make a grand entry when he heard voices talking in hushed tones.
He gently blended with darkness and hid himself as he watched an elderly man who he assumed to be Elder Jonathan talking to someone.
It seemed like they were waiting for a woman and from their conversation, he knew they were discussing how to ruin Gabrielle.
"I knew he had something up his sleeve"he heard a voice say beside him and his eyes almost plucked out of their sockets as he saw Gabrielle beside him.
The last he checked he personally tucked her into the bed.
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Gabrielle opened her eyes and couldn't find Lucifer. She gently stood up and went outside as she heard voices coming from the garden. Her father and Lucifer were talking in low tones but thanks to her supernatural hearing ability. She could hear what they were saying.
They talked about the past and Lucifer not being able to protect her. That piqued her interest and she knew that to uncover all, she had to start with knowing the past.
She watched her father leave and saw Lucifer hitting the tree in anger. Her father's words must have gotten to him. She was pushed to go to him and reassure him that even if she remembers the past, she wasn't going to leave but she didn't.
She decided to let him be. If he thinks she was going to leave him then so be it. She was known to always do the unbelievable anyways.
She saw him teleport and her sixth sense told her that he might be going to Elder Jonathan's place. Using her fast speed, she rushed there and saw him eavesdropping so she quickly stood beside him not before hiding her scent.
"What the fuck are you doing here?!"she heard him half-yelled when he noticed her presence and she quickly covered his mouth.
"We'll talk about this later but for now we don't want to get caught, do we?" She said and he glared at her.
Lucifer removed her hand from his mouth as he pulled her behind him but she struggled and stayed beside him instead while he sighed. She was too stubborn.
"Let's wait for the leader. There is surely solution to this. There's no way Gabrielle would win over us"they heard a voice say from within and they assumed it was Elder Jonathan speaking.
"The leader is here"another voice said and they peeped to see the leader.
Lucifer's eyes widened at the sight of the so-called leader.
Oh no! Not again. Can fate really not be stopped? Is the past really going to repeat itself?
TBC...