The war happened shortly after I had turned 200. Disha and I were married for 38 years before she passed. During the war many creatures lost their lives. I was on the battlefield when my wife died at home. If only we were mates I would have known she was in danger because of the mate bond.
A very powerful witch lost her husband to the witches. She married a demon but because of the war, witches turned against demons. Those that were married to demons killed their spouses. Luckily for the powerful witch she had a son. A son with the demon. A mixed blood, but the witches tried to kill him but failed. I saved the mother and child. I asked their names and the mother responded on their behalf.
"I'm Hazel and this is my son Nathan . Thanks for saving our lives. We owe you a debt. If anytime in the future you need help please come to me and I'll help you to repay my debt." The woman said. But I'm a demonlord, what kind of help would I need from her. I thought to myself before responding. " No problem. I'll keep that in mind." I said and walked off. The woman was still young but I know that she may be older than me. Probably close to three hundred years.
I didn't now that the witch I had just saved would be my mates great grandmother. What a small world as the humans would say.
I went home and performed the burial rites for my late wife. I had become a lonely demonlord again. The war ended 28 years later. The time difference in the underworld and the human world is totally different. To the humans it would be 7 years. After the war ended peace reign like before. The underworld was made up of 4 different realms - Demons were at the top ranking followed by the witches, vampires and werewolves that had the mixtures of lycan breeds.
The cause of the war was the desperate need of power by the other 3 realms. Some become rebellious and hungry for power. But thankfully after many lives were lost we were able to bring an end to the rebellion.
It's been five hundred years now since the great war ended. I was still single and kept drowning myself in work. My grandfather and my family felt sorry for me. I had never fallen in love with someone and it kept tugging my heart. I felt pain, I was cursed, the Supreme goddess did me dirty. I had already lost hope on love,mate or making a family. I hated myself. Despite having power, fame and riches, the one thing I desired since I was a little boy was to be in love, to have a mate that I would shower with love and give my all to, I just couldn't have it. The Supreme goddess really played me dirty.
I had endured 700 years without a mate, someone to call my own. I had lost all hope I had on the goddess.
As time went by, a few years passed and it came to my knowledge that a child had been born. But this child was no ordinary child. A child that would bring long lasting peace and eliminate all the threats to the underworld and human realm. Many tried to kill this child. I discovered that this particular child is the descendant of a powerful witch, but I didn't know who exactly.
I decided to pay the family a visit. They had gone into hiding but I'm a powerful demonlord so it was a piece of cake finding them. I got there only to see the woman I saved 500 years ago. She had advanced in age a little bit and her son had grown into a fine man. "Hazel." I called softly.
"Are you the great grandmother of the divine child?" She nodded with tears threatening to fall down her face.
"Come let me introduce you to my family." She said taking my hand. Her voice was a bit shaky probably because are family was in danger or she never expected to run into me again.
As we entered a room she began the introduction. "As you know this is my son Nathan and this is his wife Jane." She paused. Simply looking at the lady named Jane I knew she was a demon.
"And this is my grand daughter Cherish, Nathan and Jane's only child. This is her husband Damon and their little baby Irene." She concluded pointing at the little baby. The baby was really beautiful. The most beautiful thing I had ever laid my gaze on.
"It's a pleasure meeting you all... I met Hazel 500 years ago." I added seeing confusion in their eyes. I'm famous, my name is famous but only a few people know my face.
" I'm Logan. A demon lord. Apologies for the late introduction " I said and they covered their mouths in horror as though I was a ghost. They immediately stood up from their seats bowing to me including Nathan. It happens that he too didn't know my identity apart from Hazel.
" Your highness it's an honour to grace us with your presence " They all chorused still bowing their heads. Most of the time I actually forget I'm a prince.
" Raise your heads. I heard about your child and I came as soon as I could." I could see a look of disdain and fear on Cherishe's face but as quickly as it appeared it vanished.
I had to clear the misunderstanding.
"I'm not here to harm the child but to try and offer help..." I hadn't finished talking before I heard Hazel's soft voice interrupting me.
"I'm sorry Logan but we can't accept more help from you. We're already indepted to you for saving our lives and haven't repaid you. So please don't offer help." I knew that I couldn't press the topic further but I had already decided within me to protect the innocent child even if it's from a distance.
"Alright. If you need anything don't hesitate to send word to me or rather have this." I said handing Hazel a jade mirror.
"You can use this to communicate with me and wherever I am I'll hear you and come to you." She collected it with tears dripping down her beautiful face. "Thank you. Thank you so much for your kind heart. May the Supreme goddess reward you for your goodness towards us. I scoffed in my mind at the thought of the Supreme goddess rewarding me. If she was going to reward me she should give me a mate!
" It's my pleasure. Just tap on the mirror three times and call my name once and I'll hear you. You won't hear my response but just speak into the mirror and I'll hear everything." I explained.
" Alright. I understand. Thanks once again for your generosity." I simply nodded and left.
I had my men look for the threats surrounding that family and eliminated most of them.Months later, news reached me that the baby had died the previous morning. As soon as I heard this I vanished from the meeting I was attending with some witches and demons.
"Hazel what is this I'm hearing? The baby died?" I queried as soon as I saw her.
"Hold your horses Logan. The baby is fine." Hazel said to me.
"What do you mean?" I was getting confused. The news had spread like wild fire that the divine child had died the previous morning and some said they saw the corpse except...
I then quickly turned my gaze back raising one of my eyebrows just to confirm my suspension.
"Yes you are right. The baby was swapped. We had to do so because the threats against her life was becoming unbearable so we had to send her far away. Don't bother about where she is. She is still with the bracelet I made for her. It will be impossible for the enemies to locate her." After she explained everything I became calm again. Since she said the baby was safe then there was no problem. She then prepared tea for us.
44 years had passed when I had a longing feeling in my heart. What's happening to me. This feeling made me happy and excited as if I was missing a loved one in my life. I couldn't understand this feeling. Could it be that I have a mate? That's impossible! I am cursed. I though to myself inwardly. I became sad again but it didn't last long because the feeling came back again. I pushed it aside and went to bed. In the dream I saw a little girl running. A little girl? Who is this? I was puzzled. I scrutinize her face properly only to find out that she was Irene.
"Hello. What's your name.?" I asked the child.
"Sir my name is Layla." Layla I mumbled in my mind before opening my eyes.
"Mate?" I mumbled to myself. Is she my mate? But who is she? I scratched my head in confusion. I thought she looked like Irene but her name is Layla."Fuck I'm damn confused." I got up and got dressed. It was morning already. During these past years Hazel and her family were no longer in hiding because the world thought the child was dead. I appeared in front of Hazel's mansion and walked inside.
As soon as I saw her I threw her the question that had been in my head since I woke up.
"Where is your great granddaughter? Where did you send Irene?" I could see the shocked expression on her face.