chapter 1

'"Ouch," she groaned as she collided with this stranger in a black hoodie, and all her groceries fell to the mall's cream floor.

Her black hair fell over covering up a good portion of her face.

"Sorry about that, I really..." he tried to apologize as she packed up her rolling vegetables.

"It doesn't matter at all." She cut him off hurriedly packing her belongings, not ready to pause for a conversation.

She dashed out to her car and drove away as quickly as she could. Her eyes narrowed as she met with the hands of the clock. Fear and anxiety washing over her.

"Fuck! It's 6 p.m. already. I only have one hour left, and I'm not sure how much time I have left for the day. I've got to speed up." Her brows furrowed into deep lines as she pressed on the gas. "I just need to get home on time. Before he finds me."

Hendrix picked up a card on the floor at the mall ''well she'd drop her work card - Blu Diamond. Nice name but awkward address. Down in shady side of town. Better get this to her'.

A heavy metal bolted the door behind blu and another chain dangled ferociously as she placed the lock on it then twisted the bolt to secure the door for the third time.She slid down behind the door and buried her face in the palm of her hands. Beads of sweats rolled down her smooth ebony colored face down to her chin and dripped on the floor. Just a drop but the sound rippled in her ear as loud as running water.

She raised her head up and ran to the window. She looked down to see a figure lurking in the shadows. The look of horror painted right across her face, her eyes reddening and her heart beating faster than it had ever done before. She seemed to sweat more profusely and for a second it seemed like the walls would come crashing down on her. The light got brighter and the air became denser. He was coming for her. He would finally get to her. She was a goner. It was her time. She was too late to hide this time. Only if she had never left. She remembered vividly the last time he found her.

Being just six when her parents found out about her unnatural powers,they ran away leaving her all alone. That very night, cold and alone in her room, he came in.

She would never forget the cold yet fiery looks in his eyes. His aura was hell blazed and he looked like the devil himself. He was a striking beauty yet the menacing look in his eyes only spoke of one thing - Evil. He stood by the door, with the same black jacket he always wore even till date, blood dripping from his fingers and trickling through his long sharp nails. A dark smile cripped at the corner of his lips and as he opened his mouth, she could see his razor sharp fangs, as long and shiny as anything she had ever seen before. She felt her heart freeze yet she was still alive. Her eyes stared in absolute horror. The more she looked, the more she felt the air in her lungs being whizzed out of her. Just by looking at her he was already ending her, he was asphyxiating her-suffocating her without even lifting a finger. Just his looks were killing her. She held her throat and struggled for air. She felt the veins in her eyes stretch as if they were rubber. Her vision became very blurry and she could feel her tears trickling down her cheeks. It flowed down and into her mouth.Only then did she realise that it wasn't her tears but rather she was crying out blood. She was bleeding from all parts of her body and all he did was stand there and watch her unfazed by her screams. He didn't even falter when she called out to him begging him to stop it. His eyes were fixed on her like a predator watching it's prey wretch in pain from it's poison. Suddenly she was engulfed by flames, her body burning, parts of her falling off piece by piece and he stood there, he watched her and he smiled. But then his words struck her.

'my daughter '

She seemed to forget about her pain for a second and then within an instant, he was right in front of her and sent her crashing into the shelves.

'Are you worthy of being your father's daughter? When you are ready, we shall meet but I'll be watching you'.

And just like that, he was gone and he went with the pain that he inflicted on her like a thousand arrows being pierced into her heart.

She sobbed gently on the cold floor in the dark night. She would never forget what he did to her. Never ever.

And now here he was today,outside her window, watching her like he did every day but today was different. She felt him closer than before. She still felt his hell sent aura like the same when she was six and she felt his dangerous aura targeted at killing. He wasn't like other days. He was finally coming to end her-to complete unfinished business. Her shirt was already soaked from her sweat. She was fueled with panic and fear and before she could think of what not, her attention was stolen by the door. She felt the ripple of the knock on the door in her heart. Her heart pounding against her chest like a dozen hammers. The knock came again and her feet stayed rooted to the spot, unwilling to take a step.

Why couldn't she vanish into thin air? Why? She screamed in her head. Lost in her thoughts, she didn't notice that the door was already opened and a tall man in a black hoodie came in. He walked toward her steadily right up till he was standing face to face with her. And suddenly she snapped back into reality, her eyes meeting with his grey metallic eye. She stared with her mouth agape. He was a towering figure with pure masculinity in his carvings. His hair a striking silver to compliment his grey metallic eyes. The more she focused on his eyes, she saw that it held a great mystery - a deep dark secret buried for a long time. It showed wounds of age past, healed but with scars. Yet as fragile as they were, it still glimmered with a dark evil and suffocating intensity.

Her fear had been dispersed. This stranger.... It didn't matter which demon she would meet as long as it wasn't that devil. He toyed with her that night, he never moved yet almost killed her. The thought of imagining him laying a finger on her sent chills down her spine and she collapsed on the chair.