Amelia paced back and forth in the sitting room as she bit her fingers nervously. She had the hunch that something bad was going to happen not to Lucifer but to Kennedy. She couldn't deny that his emotions were unstable as she felt them and she was sure he was dealing with something at the moment.
Suddenly, pain struck her chest and she held it tightly as she fell to the floor. She had experienced this before. The pain that comes when you lose a mate.
Her eyes watered in realization and she shook her head in denial. No!not again!
She screamed loudly as she clutched her chest tightly as the pain intensified then she heard his voice in her head. He was calling for her.
"Mate needs us. I can feel him, he's close by"her wolf,Pearl said and she managed to stand up despite the pain and walked towards the door.
She carefully opened it and the sight before her made her fall on her knees. Her mate,Kennedy was lying in a pool of blood with a dagger buried deep inside his stomach.
"Kennedy!"she called out as she crawled towards him and pulled him closer.
"Please Ken open your eyes. Don't fucking die, you bastard"she yelled with tears filled eyes as she hit his chest and she heard him cough.
"Ken, are you there?"she asked blinking her eyes and he smiled weakly at her.
"Even if I was dead, I would probably wake up with your loud cries and painful beatings."Kennedy joked and she choked on her tears.
"This is not the time to be joking you know. Who did this you?"she asked and he sighed as his eyes darkened at the thought of his father but he covered it up.
"Let's save that talk for later. You are losing too much blood"said Amelia as she touched where the dagger was.
"Pull it out"Kennedy suggested and she looked at him unbelievably shaking her head.
"I can't."she said as she sobbed and he sighed.
"Stop being a baby. Do you expect me to stay like this with the dagger? I need treatment"Kennedy reasoned but she still wouldn't do it.
"If you won't then I will"they heard a feminine voice behind them and they turned to see Gabrielle.
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Gabrielle woke up after a long nap and looked around to see herself still in her room. Memories of Lucifer putting her to sleep flooded back to her head and she frowned.
"That scumbag"she cursed as she stood up and made her way out.
"My lady, we didn't know you were back inside"a maid said as she bowed to her and she snorted.
"Since when do I have to inform you that I am in?"she questioned and the maid shivered.
"Am sorry, my lady"the maid apologized and she ignored her as she made her way to the gates of the palace.
"Wait up, princess Gabrielle"she heard someone call and she turned to see Elder Jonathan walking towards her. She rolled her eyes and snorted. She wasn't in the mood to deal with him.
"You seem to have something to discuss with me, Elder Jonathan?"she asked and Elder Jonathan smirked at her.
"Of course, I wanted to know how your meeting with prince Kennedy went. When did he plan to visit the elders?"asked Elder Jonathan and Gabrielle's eyebrows furrowed in confusion.
Meeting??Prince Kennedy?? Visit the elders?? What the fuck happened when she passed out?!
"I don't understand you"Gabrielle said and Elder Jonathan squinted his eyebrows.
"You seem too young to have amnesia or did you lie about being in a relationship with him? You told us you were going to get married to him."he said and Gabrielle scoffed ignoring his insult.
"Whatever is between Kennedy and I is none of your business!"Gabrielle snapped at him.
She was getting pissed off at him but it was little compared to what she felt for Lucifer. She might strangle him if she came face to face to him at the moment.
What mess had he caused for her? Getting married to Kennedy??
"Cool off, Gabrielle. You have two weeks, remember? After two weeks, you either provide your fiancé or drop the idea of taking over the throne." Elder Jonathan threatened as he moved closer to her.
"I told you it isn't over yet"he whispered and then smiled as he moved back.
"Well see you around" he said as he sped off and Gabrielle clenched her fists in anger.
"I will love to see you try!"she said as she watched his receding figure.
"Darn you, Lucifer!" She yelled as she sped towards one place her mind told him she could find him. The mansion!
She got there and was surprised to see Amelia sobbing while she knelt beside a bleeding Kennedy.
She rolled her eyes as she heard them arguing about pulling the dagger. Why were they arguing like fools??
He was losing too much blood and might die if he doesn't get treatment soon.
"If you won't then I will"she said as she walked towards them with an unfathomable expression.
She knelt beside him and placed her hands on the dagger as she turned to Amelia.
"I don't think you have the heart to see this so can you turn your back?Also keep your tears low, I need to focus here else I might damage some vital organs while pulling it out" Gabrielle said to Amelia who obeyed then she turned to Kennedy with a smile.
"Am not going to pull it out now. Let's count to ten together and at ten I will pull it out"she said and placed her hand on it and Kennedy smiled weakly.
"Let's count"she said and Kennedy nodded.
"1..2..3..4...."the counting was interrupted as Gabrielle pulled the dagger out and Kennedy let out a loud scream as he passed out.
Gabrielle purposely fooled him into thinking that she will pull the dagger at the count of ten so his mind would be away from it.
Amelia turned to him with a gasp and quickly pressed her hands on the wound to prevent it from bleeding.
Gabrielle's eyes turned red as she tried to control her hunger for blood. She couldn't change the fact that she was a vampire although she doesn't plan on tasting a demon's blood especially Kennedy's.
She clenched her fists as she fought her lust and looked away from his wound.
"Take him in fast, he's losing too much of blood"said Gabrielle and Amelia nodded as she tried carrying Ken but she couldn't.
Gabrielle huffed as she stared at her. She sighed in defeat as she carried Ken like he was just a piece of paper.
She walked inside the mansion and dropped him on the sofa as she turned to go away but Amelia held her back.
"Can you stay while I treat him?"Amelia asked timidly. She couldn't trust herself to do it right. What if she stitched him up wrongly?
Gabrielle sighed as she turned to Amelia with her arms folded across her chest.
"Am a vampire and right now I am holding myself from sinking my fangs into his wound and sip out every blood in him so if you won't mind, I will wait in the kitchen"said Gabrielle as she moved towards the kitchen and Amelia sighed as she got the first aid kit and started stitching up his wounds. In no time, she was done.
"I see he took my advice"she heard Lucifer's voice and turned to him with a red eyes.
"You know who did this to him?"Amelia asked carefully and he sighed walking towards her.
"He fought for his freedom. He fought for you"Lucifer simply said and Amelia buried her face in his chest crying deeply.
"I didn't ask him to. I had it all under control"she wept and Lucifer patted her back.
"It's okay. He did what was right. Now, you can be together" Lucifer said comfortingly and Amelia sobbed harder.
"You crying this way makes it seem like he is dead"Lucifer heard a familiar voice and turned to see Gabrielle coming out of the kitchen.
So his instincts were right! He had gone back to the palace and didn't see her. His instincts told him, she had woken up and came here to look for him.
"Gabrielle!"he called out but she ignored him and walked towards the unconscious Kennedy lying on the sofa.
She ran her hands through the stitching and he growled unconsciously. She turned to him and glared at him.
"He should wake up anytime soon. I already transferred some energy to him"Gabrielle said to Amelia avoiding Lucifer and Amelia smiled at her.
"Thank you so much, Elle. I guess Kennedy was right, you are very kind"Amelia said and Gabrielle smiled in surprise.
So, Kennedy said that! Seems like the scumbag had a good eye after all.
"I will take my leave now"she said politely and made to leave only for Lucifer to stand in her way.
"And what do you think you are doing?"Lucifer asked with a raised eyebrow but she ignored him and tried to pass another way but he stood in her way again.
"Don't fucking ignore me"Lucifer bawled and that was it. She raised her hand and slapped his face pouring all her anger into it.
Lucifer gasped as he stared at her but she glared at him angrily. A smile crept into his face as he stared at her. She had the same expression Neriah had when she first slapped him.
"What did I do wrong this time,mate?"asked Lucifer with a sly smile.
"Don't fucking call me that! I don't want to have a mate who belittles me and thinks I can't handle my shit on my own"Gabrielle growled and Lucifer sighed.
So this was about him stopping her from going to the meeting.
"I was only trying to protect you"Lucifer reasoned and she growled at him.
"I don't need your fucking protection! I am an adult and I can take care of myself"Gabrielle yelled and Lucifer sighed as he rubbed his temples and looked at Amelia who was just watching the drama all unfold.
"Let's talk about this upstairs"he said as he pulled her into his arms forcefully and teleported them to his room.
Gabrielle was quick to push him away immediately they got to the room. She was so mad at him.
She was trying all she could not to involve him in her problems but he wasn't making it easy for her.
"Chill, Gabby. We are mates so we should solve our problems together and have no secrets from each other"Lucifer said and Gabrielle scoffed.
"Really? Then will you mind telling me why you wouldn't mark me? Better still, tell me about the past"Gabrielle asked with a raised eyebrow and Lucifer looked away.
"I can't tell you"said Lucifer and she chuckled angrily.
"Since you can't tell me then I would tell you to stay out of my problems. Let me solve them myself. I hate being seen as a weakling, you know"said Gabrielle and Lucifer sighed frustrated.
He didn't see her as a weakling. He was only trying to help. Heaven knows, if she had gone to the meeting and was kidnapped. He would have lost his mind by now and the whole vampire clan might have been burnt down into ashes.
"Am sorry. I didn't see you as a weakling though. I only wanted to help"he said calmly but Gabrielle wasn't having it.
"Why? Because you believe that am a woman and I won't be able to handle it?"asked Gabrielle and Lucifer remained silent.
He thought that was the best option if he didn't want to infuriate her more but Gabrielle took it the wrong way.
"So that was it. You are not different from the hypocrite elders in my clan. Gender discriminator!"Gabrielle barked as she made to go out but Lucifer growled as he pulled her into his arms and slammed his lips against hers.
How dare she compare him to those scumbags? He wasn't discriminating her. He just didn't want her to get hurt. He poured his anger into the kiss torturing her lips.
Gabrielle moaned into the kiss as she felt her anger dissipate. This kiss was comforting and her mind went blank for a while.
"Am sorry I made you feel that way"Lucifer said as he pulled away and hugged her tightly and she hummed.
"Please let me do my own things on my own from now on"she said and he sighed.
"I can't promise not to meddle when you are about to get hurt but I can stay out of it for a while"he said and she smiled.
They stayed like that hugging each other. They didn't speak but their silence said a lot.
The angry air around them dissipated replaced by a cool and peaceful one.
They gave each other peace, a peace like no other, a peace that can only be found when they are in each other's arms.
TBC....