Gabrielle woke up earlier than usual and stared at Lucifer who was still sleeping beside her. She dipped her hands into her pockets and brought out a bottle. She opened it and emptied its contents on Lucifer's body and in a few minutes, they sank into his body.
She just put a immobile portion on him. She heard him talking to Kennedy and Amelia last night and she heard his plan. There's no way she was going to allow him fight her battle for her. She will fight it herself.
She had kept this potion with her for days after he took her place in the meeting. She didn't want him to fight for her course anymore so she held this with her to use if the need comes to.
"Am sorry, Lucifer. I will be back, I promise"she whispered as she kissed him lightly on the lips and dropped a note for him.
She stood up and tiptoed downstairs careful enough not to wake anyone up.
"And where do you think you are going?"she heard Kennedy's voice behind her and she turned to face him.
"Please let me go"she whispered and Kennedy snorted.
"You know he will be mad if he finds out. Why can't you just be obedient and let him take the lead?"asked Kennedy and Gabrielle scoffed.
"Please,Ken. Am asking this of you as a friend"she said and Kennedy sighed in defeat.
"He might kill me if he finds out I let you go.."Kennedy said and Gabrielle threw him a pleading look.
"But for you, am willing to take the risk. Make sure you come back safe"Kennedy said and Gabrielle smiled as she nodded reassuringly and in a swift movement, she ran out of the house heading to the vampire's clan.
She was going to destroy all of them with her hands and make them all pay or her father's death. She was going wipe them all away and make the vampire's clan clean again.
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"Will you please hurry?"Damian grunted out as he waited for Eliana.
Women can be frustrating sometimes. She chose to have a hot bath this morning claiming he almost destroyed her thighs the past night when he clearly went easy on her but that didn't matter much to him if not that she was spending the whole morning in the bathroom.
"Am out!"Eliana said as she walked out with a towel wrapped around her chest. It stopped a little below her butts and her long fair legs were in full view making the lower part of Damian stand in alert.
"I am starting to think we could just spend the whole day in bed"Damian said as he wrapped his arms around her waist and she pushed him away with a glare.
"Don't even dare, Damian! My body still hurts"she said and he chuckled.
"Don't make it sound like I was rough on you! I was gentle and you know that"Damian defended and she rolled her eyes.
He was gentle indeed! He almost killed her by taking her over and over again but she couldn't deny he had some restriction. The Damian she knew could be on a woman for 72hrs without getting tired. He wasn't a lust demon for nothing.
"Let's go"she said as she finished dressing and Damian pulled her into his arms as he teleported to the Lucifer's mansion where his son was.
Was he nervous? Yes, he was but he had a little hope. He knew his son might hate him but he didn't care. He was willing to be a subordinate and an instrument to his son to win against his enemies if that's what it takes to get closer to him.
The joy of being a father was something he never got to experience as his son was now old but he would at least be an ally to his son.
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Lucifer woke up and couldn't find Gabrielle beside him. He growled in panic as he tried to move but he couldn't.
"What the fuck happened to us?!"he growled in anger and Frediano whimpered sadly.
"Mate used an immobile potion on us. She doesn't want our help"whimpered Frediano and Lucifer's heart ached.
She knew the immobile potion was the only potion that could work on them. It will stop them from teleporting and will also glue them to a spot although it doesn't stop their other powers from functioning.
"She left!"Veer growled and he felt a great wave of anger surge into him.
Just like in the past, she acted irrationally again. Always bent on making him feel useless and incapable. It would take her nothing to sit back and watch him win the fight for her but no, she's always jumping into the battlefield!
"Damn you,Neriah! Fuck you, Gabrielle!"he growled as he tried to fight against the force pinning him down but he couldn't.
He turned and saw a paper lying beside him and he reached out to it forcefully and read it.
It was a letter from her and it read thus:
"Am sorry I left, Lucian but I can't sit back and watch you fight a battle that is not yours. What if something bad happens to you? So I went myself. Don't be afraid, I will be back safe and pending my return let's have a deal. If I return safely, YOU WILL MARK ME IMMEDIATELY but if I don't, YOU SHOULD FORGET ABOUT MARKING ME AND LIVE A GOOD LIFE INSTEAD IF FATE HAS IT INSTALLED THEN I MIGHT BE BACK AGAIN AND PLEASE FIND ME LIKE YOU DID THIS TIME."
He crumpled the paper and growled out loudly that it attracted Kennedy and Amelia who ran into his room.
"What's wrong with you?"Amelia asked in panic as she said beside him wanting to touch him but he growled making her shift back in fear.
"Which one of you watched her leave?"he asked with gritted teeth and Kennedy shivered as he bowed his head in guilt.
"Why?! Why?! Why did you let her go?!"Lucifer growled and Amelia also stared at Kennedy in disbelieve.
How could he? He knew how much Lucifer wanted to keep Gabrielle away from the war yet he let her leave. She was so disappointed in him.
"She was desperate to leave. If I didn't let her go, she was still going to leave" said Kennedy and Lucifer's eyes watered at he looked away from him. His mind wandered off to Gabrielle, what the fuck was she up to?
Suddenly, a dark smoke filled the room and a man appeared alongside a woman.
Lucifer growled as he saw the woman. Why the fuck was she here?!
"What the fuck are you doing here?!"Lucifer growled out.
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Damian and Eliana arrived before the Lucifer's mansion and walked in. Everywhere was unbelievably silent but they could perceive scents coming from a room upstairs.
Eliana made to walk upstairs but Damian held her back. She raised a questioning eyebrow while Damian smirked as he pulled her into his arms.
"Let's make a grand appearance to our son"Damian said as he teleported to the room upstairs.
"What the fuck are you doing here?!"they heard a man growl as he saw them
Damian squinted his eyebrow as he stared at him.He must be his son but why did he look like he was held down by a force?
"Lucifer, don't talk like we are enemies"Eliana said as she moved closer and Lucifer threw her a deadly stare that made her freeze in her spot.
"Uncle Damian!"Kennedy called out as he stared at the man in the room and Damian raised an eyebrow at him.
"What are you doing here?"Damian asked and Kennedy pulled Amelia closer.
"This is my mate, Amelia and she is a close friend of Lucifer but why are you here?"Kennedy asked too.
Damian was his grandfather's elder brother and the rightful heir to the throne but he handed it over to his grandfather who later gave it to his father claiming he wants to have a enjoyable life and not sit around paper works everyday.
It's been years since he last saw him and he could say he hadn't change a bit.
"How is Alistair?"Damian asked instead of answering his question and Kennedy scoffed as he briefed Damian about what happened between him and his father.
Although, Damian didn't ask him that but if there was someone that could make his father bow without lifting a finger then that will be Damian. He was well feared in the demon's and Vampire's world even the wolves have same respect for him. He doesn't talk much as he acts instead and his demon already had records of killing without blinking an eye.
"Seems like Alistair misses me a lot"Damian said as he turned his attention to Lucifer who was still on the bed glaring at Eliana.
"I know she's your mother but I don't feel comfortable with you glaring at my woman that way"he said and Lucifer growled at him while Kennedy and Amelia gasped.
So she was Lucifer's mother!
"And who are you?!"Lucifer asked and Damian scratched his head nervously.
"He is your father"Eliana said and Lucifer burst into laughter surprising everyone.
"You mean the dick head who fucks anything under a skirt??"Lucifer asked with a glare and Damian chuckled.
"You seem to tell our son good things about me, Ana. I have to appreciate you for that"he said sarcastically and Lucifer rolled his eyes.
"Why can't he move?"Damian asked and Amelia was the one to answer this time.
"His mate used an immobile potion on him"said Amelia and Damian nodded and went closer to Lucifer ignoring the deadly glares he sent his way.
He touched Lucifer's hands and in a swift movement he pulled him out of the bed.
"Arrrgh!"Lucifer growled in pain as he broke out of the force holding him down and he glared at Damian.
"Don't expect me to say "thank you"he said coldly and Damian chuckled.
"Well, you are welcome"Damian replied and Lucifer growled.
"So what are you doing here?"Lucifer asked as he sat up and Damian turned to him.
"We are here to help"Damian stated and Lucifer scoffed.
"We don't need your help. The person we plan to help has ran away"he said as his eyes darkened and Damian looked at Kennedy who filled him in with details.
"So do you plan on sitting back till she comes?"Damian asked and Lucifer frowned as he stood up and put on his shirt making to leave.
"Where are you going to?"asked Damian and Lucifer glared at him.
"It's none of your business. Don't dare to act like my father"snapped Lucifer and Damian chuckled.
"I don't have to act like one. Am your father already"he said and Lucifer ignored him as he made his way out but he fell to the floor screaming in pain.
"Argh!"Lucifer screamed and they all stood around him afraid to touch him.
Lucifer's chest ached as he felt like he was been stabbed a thousands times. He refused to admit what could cause this pain. He hadn't mark her but since they had mated, a thin line of connection formed between them.
But he could feel the line breaking off. It was disappearing like it never existed.
The pain subsided in a while and Lucifer looked at the ground lifelessly.
She's gone! His mate is gone again! The pain he felt right now could only come if he loses a mate.
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Gabrielle walked into the vampire's clan and moved towards the palace. She sneaked into the palace and saw guards positioned at new areas. It seemed like they had changed the settings and things were different now.
That only means that someone new had taken control of the palace. She walked into the throne hall without been noticed and wasn't too surprise to see Vanessa sitting on her father's throne.
"What a pleasant visit,princess Gabrielle"Vanessa mocked at the sight of Gabrielle and Gabrielle growled at her.
She had gotten into the palace with the help of Elder Jonathan and Noel and she had everyone under her spell so to them, she was their new ruler.
"What have you done to my people?"Gabrielle asked and Vanessa laughed as she stood up from the throne and walked towards her.
"Nothing much, just a little spell to make them submissive"she said and Gabrielle balled her fists.
"So you think you've won, right?"she asked and Vanessa sighed.
"Sadly I haven't, Not with you and Lucifer alive. I need to get you guys away first and fortunately, you are here"Vanessa said evilly and Gabrielle smirked.
"Am not the foolish Neriah, you know. I am a warrior so killing me won't be easy"Gabrielle said and Vanessa smiled.
So she remembers the past. Well, it's beneficial to her at least she knew how she took Lucifer away from her.
"I see you remember the past"Vanessa said and Gabrielle sighed.
"Why are you doing this,Vanessa? Why can't you just let it go?"Gabrielle asked and Vanessa scoffed.
"All this wouldn't have happened if you had stayed in your human world and not take him away from me."Vanessa bawled and Gabrielle rolled her eyes.
"He was never yours to begin with"Gabrielle said and Vanessa glared at her.
"It doesn't matter. Today is your end and I will make sure you never come back"Vanessa said.
"Don't talk like it's going to be that easy"Gabrielle said with a scoff.
"I never said it will be easy, come out now!"Vanessa commanded and soon guards came out with Jonathan.
"Are you really happy destroying your own clan?"Gabrielle asked Jonathan who smiled.
"You still don't get it, do you? All I want is to destroy the royal family. To destroy all of you"Jonathan said with his venom laced tongue and Gabrielle shook her head in pity.
"You chose the wrong path"she said as she took a sword from one of the guards and charged towards them.
In a few moments, the guards were on the floor dead and she turned to Vanessa.
"What's next?"she asked with a raised eyebrow and Vanessa laughed as she chanted some spell.
Gabrielle sensed danger and moved back running towards the door but she was too late as a dark ball hit her stomach sending a flying across the room.
"Are you that cowardice? You can't even fight me so you depend on your spells"Gabrielle taunted as she spit out blood and Jonathan chuckled.
"You still have the nerve to speak"Jonathan said and she smirked at him.
Vanessa threw another black ball towards her and it hit her chest making her scream in pain suddenly the throne hall door burst open and an angry looking Noel walked towards Vanessa.
"What the fuck are you doing?"Noel barked and Vanessa stopped as she smiled at him.
"Am taking away trash for you, brother. You don't need her"she said and Noel growled at her.
"You have no right to tell me that. I want her and only I decides if I don't want her anymore"Noel bawled.
While they were talking Gabrielle crawled towards the window and looked down at the sea flowing below.
One thing about their throne hall was that it was built above a sea that their ancestors was said to worship in the past. They believed that the sea will guide them as they made judgements in the hall. She looked at the sea and turned to Vanessa who was engrossed in her argument with Noel.
She would rather get drowned in the sea than die in her arms. She would never give her the satisfaction of being her killer.
With that thought in mind, she crawled over the window and jumped into the river.
"Gabrielle!"she heard Noel scream as she fell into the sea but she didn't care. Her thoughts were filled with Lucifer.
"I will be back,Lucifer"she said as tears flowed down her face.
She had left him again even after she promised not to. She failed but it was better than having him die for her.
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"Vengeance!"Frediano growled as he took over and everywhere turned chilly.
TBC....