Are you not afraid of death?

I sat upright, moving away from him but then he pulled me back down and the next thing I felt was his lips on my own and his body shielding me from moving any further. I gasped as I felt his hands pulling my body closer towards his body.

My hands were grasped tightly against his as he continued to kiss me. I didn't want this but my body was yearning for his touch. So I opened my mouth for him to deepen the kiss because I knew he would slide his tongue. The second he slid his tongue in my mouth, I bit it as hard as I could until I tasted blood.

And what felt like forever, I freed my hands from his grasp and shoved him away. He groaned and moved a few inches away. He put his hand to his mouth as he felt the pain.

"How dare you?!" I yelled at him. I was proud that I managed to hurt him a bit.

"Don't pretend as if you didn't enjoy it." He snickered enjoying this little moment.

"The only thing I enjoyed is seeing you writhing in pain." I looked away from him; I didn't want him to see my smile. My smile of seeing someone in pain, I was kind of happy to see him in pain after what he did to me.

I felt him inch closer towards me as the bed dipped from the weight. He laid his hands on my shoulders; his breath tickled my neck which sent a shiver down my spine. His hands wrapped around me and I felt my body wanting to fall into this abyss into the rabbit hole he laid out for me in plain sight.

I didn't like what was happening. My mind was against all of this but my body was reacting differently. I knew that my dark side was doing something sneaky again. I could feel her wanting to break free. She wanted to take over. She wanted to be with him…

"I didn't know my little kitten liked it rough." He whispered in my ear as I felt his teeth on the back of my nape as he bit into my skin. I felt my anger rise and I jabbed my elbow into his stomach. I wanted this feeling to disappear. He pulled himself away from me immediately with a smirk still on his handsome features.

That despicable little demon! I summoned a dagger and pushed him off the bed. I was powerless in Terrae but now he was going to pay for what he did! I was now the one on top of him, my blade at his throat. Unlike any other daggers that you'll find in Iracundia, the dagger that I held was specifically created for killing demons.

I slowly dug the knife deeper onto his skin but something didn't feel right. He was perfectly capable of defending himself. But he allowed me to hurt him. He looked up at me with a smirk, his hands surrendering to me.

"Why aren't you defending yourself?"

"Do you want me to?"

"Are you not afraid of death?"

"Not when she looks so beautiful holding a blade at my throat."

That little idiot!! I added a bit more pressure and the blood started to drip onto the blade. I raised the blade and with so much force, I went to stab him. But the blade stopped at mid-air as I froze. The darkness in me was halting my movements and was fighting to take control. I moved away from him. It was as if my darkness didn't want me to harm him.

I stood up moving further away from him as my eyes became cloudy with darkness. I dropped the blade and crouched on the ground while holding my head. The fight to take control was a vicious battle as I felt her clawing and clawing.

'You can't hurt him, no matter how much you try. I will not allow you to do that.' She whispered in my head. My essence leaked out and began to surround me.

"Evol ym nwod Mlac" He touched my forehead and the darkness in me had resided to the depths of my heart. I opened my eyes to meet his as I felt my energy drain. I stumbled forward and he caught me before I fell. My essence was still around.

"How did you know that would work?"

"I didn't know. But we have the same darkness, so I figured I could help you."

I looked at him and for the first time, I saw a genuine smile on his face.

"Thank you," I mumbled and staggered away from him. He walked forward and grabbed the blade inspecting it.

"You never did apologize for cutting my neck. But there is a way for you to repay me. You owe me for cutting my neck, for biting my tongue, which is still painful by the way-" I couldn't stop the snicker that escaped me. I stumbled on the bed and leaned against the bedpost.

"-for almost killing me and for healing you." He finished his sentence and then he came toward me as he caged me between him.

"I don't think so. You killed my human shell, sliced my skin and you stole a kiss." I quietly replied. Fighting to take control always took a lot of my energy, so I couldn't stop him from caging me. I lost my grip on the bedpost and collapsed on the bed. He gazed at the blade and then at me. He then surprised me by licking the blade.

"My mission was to kill that human shell and bring you back. So I did complete that mission and I don't owe you anything. And what I want from you is this..."

And once again he claimed my lips and this time I didn't fight back. I allowed him to kiss me. I was too tired, too tired to do anything. But the blood that he licked from the blade... his blood... I felt it trickle down my throat and enter my body.

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