Gabrielle walked into the palace with Lucifer in Kennedy's form behind her and everywhere was surprisingly quiet. The maids and guards threw her pitiful looks and she wondered what was going on.
She walked towards the main house and stepped in then she knew something was wrong. Her father's pictures were hung beneath an offering and people dressed in black were coming out from a room. This only happens when someone dies.
She shook her head in doubt and reassured herself that her father was fine maybe it was a small prank. Her father can be childish sometimes.
She walked into the room and her legs shook at what she saw. Her father,king Aaron was in a coffin lying motionlessly. Her hands flew to her mouth as she shook and almost lost her balance if Lucifer didn't hold her.
"Father!"she called out as she ran towards him shaking him in the coffin but he didn't bulge.
No, he wasn't dead. He was probably sleeping or maybe pranking her. He wanted to know her reaction if he truly died but this joke was going too far.
"Father come on,wake up. This joke is going too far. I warned you about childish plays. You are not a kid anymore"she said in shaky breaths hoping he would stand up.
She turned to Lucifer who just watched her and ran to him with a smile.
"My dad jokes a lot,right? Come on, wake him up for me. He might not want to answer me since he doesn't want to spoil the prank"she said shaking Lucifer who just stared at her.
Lucifer knew the instant they stepped into the palace that Aaron was dead. He was killed by someone and that must have been the reason he called his name.
"Am sorry, Aaron. I wasn't there to save you but I will make them pay"he said within and stared at Gabrielle who wasn't accepting that her father was dead.
"He is dead, Gabrielle. Your father is gone"he said to her and she moved back as she stared at him in disbelief and before he knew what was happening, she slapped him.
"Are you crazy? My father can't die. He promised to be with me forever. He said he wouldn't leave like my mom did. He said he wanted to see my children. He wanted to tell my children embarrassing stories about me so what are you telling me? I told you he is pranking me so all you have to do is to wake him up"Gabrielle said as tears streamed down her face.
No, he was not dead. Her father isn't dead. He would never leave her,right? Someone should fucking tell her, it's a prank!
"Gabrielle, calm down. I know it's hard to believe but Aaron is dead"Lucifer repeated as he moved closer to her but she moved back and ran towards Aaron's body.
"Dad, Lucifer is crazy. Maybe being in Kennedy's body is driving him nuts. He is telling me you are dead so let's prove him wrong. Come on, dad. Stand up and tell me, it's a prank"Gabrielle said choking on her tears yet her dad remain immobile.
It dawned to her that he was truly dead. He left her even after he promised not to! She had never been a good daughter to him. She paid less attention to him. Every time he wanted to talk to her, she says she wasn't ready for lectures.
Now, he was all gone. Who would scold her if she comes home late? Who would pray for her when she goes to wars? Who would tell her stories about her mother? Who would read her poems her mother wrote and tell her she was an empty skull?
She sat beside her father and wept. Her father is gone, Mr. Wilson was gone.
"Noooo!"she cried out as she pulled her hair like a crazy woman and trashed on the floor.
Lucifer came closer and wrapped his hands around her comfortingly.
"It's okay. He lived a good life and died for a good cause. He wouldn't want you to be like this"Lucifer said and she looked at him with teary eyes as she sniffed.
"I never cared about him. I never gave him a listening ear. I always caused troubles for him and I am always reported to him. I always went against his orders and whenever he asked me to have dinner with him,I do tell him to get a wife. I was a bad daughter to him so he decided to leave me. I killed him by not giving him attention so he decided to go to mother who would never deprive him of attention. Am the worst!"She cried out and Lucifer could see guilt and pain in his eyes.
He also felt bad and couldn't deny that he was going to miss Aaron. He remembered their last conversation and his eyes darkened. He wasn't going to spare who killed Aaron. He was going to hunt the person's generations down.
"Am sure your dad never thought of you like that. To him, you are the jewel your mother left for him. He loved you and even now that he is in the underworld, am sure he still loves you."Lucifer said and Gabrielle nodded as she turned to him.
"You are Lucifer, right? You are very powerful. Please bring back my father. Am ready to do anything in return but please bring him back."Gabrielle pleaded and Lucifer sighed sadly.
He wished he could but...
"I can't. God didn't give me the power to raise the dead. That's his way to show superiority, Am sorry"he said sadly and Gabrielle wept harder.
"Give me back my father, please! Please!!!"she wept as she hit his chest crying and he patted her back in comfort.
"Peace be unto this house"they heard and Gabrielle stopped crying as she stood up and he did to. They turned and saw Elder Jonathan staring at them with a smirk.
"What are you doing here?"Gabrielle asked with bloodshot eyes and Elder Jonathan raised an eyebrow.
"The king died so I have every right to be here"said Elder Jonathan and Gabrielle rolled her eyes.
Elder Jonathan placed a gladiolus flower before the coffin and knelt down to say some prayers.
"How do you feel coming to the burial of someone you killed?"Gabrielle asked as soon as Jonathan finished praying and Jonathan smirked at her.
"I didn't kill anyone"he simply replied and Gabrielle smiled as she walked closer to him facing him eyeball to eyeballs.
"We both know the meaning of the flowers, Jonathan. Gladiolus flowers represents "war" and you brought it to my father's coffin. What are you planning?"Gabrielle asked and Jonathan chuckled.
"Our princess is smart. In that case, be prepared , it might come sooner than you expect"Jonathan said and Gabrielle sighed.
"You aren't giving up, are you?"Gabrielle asked and Jonathan nodded.
"Is our princess scared?"he asked instead of replying and Gabrielle gritted her teeth in anger.
"Bastard!"she cursed and Jonathan laughed.
"That's my middle name. You aren't planning to fight me here, are you?"he asked taunting her and she laughed.
"Of course not, I don't want to be accused of animal abuse" said Gabrielle and Jonathan's eyes darkened.
"Well, we shall see what this animal will do"Jonathan threatened and Gabrielle smirked.
"I will surely take you back to the zoo when next we meet"she said and Jonathan smiled as he turned to Lucifer.
"Enjoy your time with her while it last, Prince Kennedy"he said to him as he left the room and Gabrielle fell to the floor immediately as she cried.
She managed to maintain a strong facade before Jonathan as she didn't want him to see her weak but she was breaking inside. She would never see her father again, she would never hear him speak, laugh or scold her again but she had greater problems at the moments.
Her clan is in danger. A war is coming. She stood up and wiped her face as a glint of determination swiped across her face.
Lucifer watched her changed in expression and sighed. He had remained quiet when Elder Jonathan came as he was trying to read his mind. And he found out one thing. Elder Jonathan knew the person who killed Aaron but seeing the look on his mate's face, he is afraid she is up to something dangerous.
"Where are you going?"he asked as she made to walk out of the room and she smiled at him.
"I will be fine."she said as she walked out and he quickly followed her.
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"There she is,master" the subordinate said as he bowed to a man who broke into a smile.
The man looked towards the direction he was shown and saw her. His love, his everything and the mother of his child.
Finally, he gets to meet her but he couldn't believe she didn't change a bit. She looked just like he remembered even though it's been almost 1000yrs. He didn't change either.
He waved off his subordinate who quickly left him alone and he smiled.
"Eliana!"he called as he approached her and she turned to him with widened eyes which later turned into a frown.
Eliana stared at the man approaching her with a frown. He didn't change a bit, still looking young, handsome and hot. Who could believe this man was 2000yrs old?
"How did you find me?"she asked coldly and a growl escaped his throat.
He had been dying to see her and that's what she had for him?? How he found her??
"You don't seem excited to see me"he said and she rolled her eyes.
"What do you expect? That I should jump out of my skin at the sight of the man that rejected my child and I?" Eliana asked with a raised eyebrow.
It was taking every ounce of power in her not to change to her wolf form and tear him into pieces. He was right before her, the one she once loved with all her heart. The one she bore Lucifer for, the one who rejected her pregnancy, the one who killed her mate. She never expected to see him again, she thought she was over him but seeing him opened past memories again. Damian, Lucifer's father was here.
"You don't forget the past, do you?"Damian asked and she glared at him.
"Let's talk there"he suggested pointing to a canteen and she glared at him.
"I don't want to talk to you"she said and he sighed.
"Don't make me force you,we don't want to wreck chaos in the human world, do we?"he asked and Eliana sighed as she reluctantly followed him.
She knew what he was capable of and human lives meant nothing to him. He could destroy the whole world in seconds without blinking an eye.
"What do you want?"she asked coldly immediately they sat down and he sighed staring at her eyes.
Those eyes that held love and admiration for him was now filled with hatred, regret and pain. He knew it was all his fault but what could he do, he was trying to save her and his child then.
"Am sorry, Eliana. Am sorry for everything, for rejecting you and our son then. I did it for you"he said and Eliana scoffed.
"It's obvious that you did it for me. To save me from hooking you with a baby"Eliana said sarcastically and he sighed.
"Listen to me, you know me and my flirty attitude. If I had accepted you and the baby then they will kill you. Those women will conspire and kill you but trust me I looked for you later."he said and she growled.
"Yes, you did. I saw the chaos you wrecked at my home. You killed my mate, Kelvin and killed my whole family"Eliana said as she held back her tears while Damian scoffed
"They aren't your family, Eliana. They didn't accept you and my son and your mate was balls deep in another woman that was why I killed him. He didn't deserve you" said Damian and Eliana chuckled.
"And who are you to decide that? How the fuck do you know he didn't deserve me? At least he was better than you who fucked different women. He only cheated on me with one woman!"Eliana yelled ignoring the curious gaze sent her way by people.
"This is not the right place or time to talk about this. Let's go to my place"Damian said and she rolled her eyes.
"Am not that naive Eliana anymore. Am over 1000yrs old now so I know better than going with you. Tell what you are here for?"Eliana said and Damian sighed.
She's still as stubborn as he remembered.
"Fine if you insist. I want to see my son"he said and Eliana bursted into laughter almost falling off her seat.
"I didn't crack a joke, Ana"he said getting irritated and Eliana looked at him amused.
"Are you crazy, Damian? The son you are talking about is about 600yrs now and trust me, I haven't seen him in the past 500yrs" said Eliana and Damian glared at her.
"It doesn't matter. He's my son anyways and I want to see him"he insisted and Eliana sighed.
"Then go ahead. Your son is quiet popular"said Eliana and Damian glared at her.
"He is Lucifer, the king of hell"Eliana broke the ice and Damian smiled amused.
"I knew I was going to give birth to the most powerful. That's more like my blood"he said proudly and Eliana scoffed.
That wasn't the expression she imagined him to have. She was expecting him to rebuke her child and call him "evil" but what can she say when Damian is the real "evil".
"Really? That's more like you. He wouldn't accept you anyways so I don't have to argue about ownership of the child"she said nonchalantly and he squinted his eyes.
"Why?"he asked and Eliana narrated how she left him in the forest and all that had happen to Lucifer. By the time she was done, Damian was already exuding a dangerous aura.
"How dare they cause my son pain? It's all my fault that I didn't find him sooner but now I will get rid of all his problems for him."Damian said with determination and Eliana rolled her eyes.
"Then I will leave you to it then. Protect our son"she said as she tried to stand up but he pulled her back.
"You are coming with me. We'll go to our son tomorrow but for now let's catch up old times"Damian said as he pulled her into his arms and seeing that no one was watching them, he teleported to his home.
One thing was certain, he wasn't sparing those who caused pain to his son. No one touches Damian's blood and goes scot free.
TBC...