Yours

Dear Damon Alexander from the house of Mammon, we report based on the response we received from the human you chose to redeem your brother; Rayven from the house of Mammon. She has expressed her wishes to…and below is a screenshot of her reply to our email.

No.

Rayven thought minding his business would have been better than letting his curiosity control him. He relaxed more on the chair behind the desk, his gloved fingers tapping on the dark surface as he read those words over and over again. Pondering and glaring at her two-letter word refusal to redeem him.

Her rejection didn't bother him that much. It was the reason behind it that kept him up all night, staring as it rained heavily that night. He sat unbothered in Damon's office thinking hard and far. His eyes straight to the glass walls giving him a sad view of the tiny road and giant mountains encasing their town.

Why?

''When I was sixteen,'' The sky rumbled as raindrops trickled down the glass. His eyes moved in remembrance of her sweet voice. So pure and hopeful, so genuine. ''I believed to be the one to know how to redeem the demon lord Rayven.'' He couldn't help but smile again. He found her totally adorable that night. ''You know, everyone is being so unfair to him, saying he can't be redeemed. He is a special kind of demon that needs a special kind of woman like myself.''

The smile disappeared from his face. What could have happened to that special kind of woman that will throw away an opportunity to prove the world wrong that he could be redeemed like the rest of his large, rebellious family?

What could have made her say no when he gave her the chance?

The strong feeling to know forced him to disguise in the shape and form he knows best and attend the assembly. Based on what he has learned so far about her, he knows she is a student in one of his institution he has always raised from the scratch. That brought him more than enough joy. He went there because he knows he would find her there. He prepared a small present for her along the way. A present that would bring her to him and find out why she said no.

Could she have discovered at some point that she was dreaming too big and his redemption was something everyone said was impossible after several trials and errors?

He couldn't wait to find out. And most importantly, to see her again. He smiled all through the journey to the institution. He was sure her reason for rejection would be reasonable, and maybe he could try to convince her and rekindle the teenage dream she had always had towards him. Without him even aware of her existence.

One thing he swore to himself was that he would never force her. He would just keep trying and hope possibly one day she would dream again and come to him.

That soft side of him died when he noticed something. A thing that invoked a strange feeling that resembled anger in him, and he considered himself a fool.

She fell in love with the reckless spawn he sent to watch over and protect her. And he knew better than to encourage that feeling in her.

It made him forget all the gentlemanly thoughts he had been thinking since he laid eyes on her rejection letter. And had only one conclusion to what he saw, she traded her dream towards him for a mere feeling.

For romance.

He tried to keep it all together and waited for his chance to let her know he couldn't be easily replaced just because she had fallen for someone else.

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Ebony took the bus home and was glad that cursed assembly was over. She entered her house and smiled when Mr. CuddleBubbles came to give her a warm welcome. She bent to pick him up, kissed his head and placed him on the little kitchen island of her apartment while flicking the lights on to prepare something to eat. She opened a can of cat food for Mr. CuddleBubbles and prepared herself a decent meal and they both ate in peace.

Ebony would pause once in a while to smile at the perfect score she got in today's daily online quizzes and thought of printing the result out and pasting it on her wall or something as a sort of motivation. She would read more, exercise more, save more for more skin treatments and products and achieve all her dreams.

Mr. CuddleBubbles meowed as he ate causing her to watch him in small admiration.

''And of course, work harder to take good care of my favorite cat in the world.''

It meowed again as if understanding her words, bringing a smile to her face. They have been through a lot and have stayed strong for each other in terrible times. If not for the super weird assembly and her fight with Violet…today should have been really perfect for her.

They finished eating and both went upstairs to get ready for bed. Ebony showered and changed into her favorite pajamas. Her cat climbed on her bed as usual as she settled before her desk, placing her laptop before her to check if she has received any mail or exciting notifications lately. She received none which was good.

She shut down her laptop, stretching her arms, covering her mouth as she yawned. She checked her time on her phone and thought most of her peers and classmates would be heading to one of those notorious clubs to party, have fun and get wasted to celebrate. She shrugged her shoulders not bothered about that. They could have all the fun in the world if they wanted to. She is not yet ready to be exposed to that kind of fun.

Memories of what Violet did and who she really is reeled to Hale's uneasiness after the assembly to the weird…She jumped out of her seat to reach out for her bag to fish out the envelope she received as her reward from being the most well-behaved girl at the assembly today according to Lord Damon.

Her hands traced the fine texture of the envelope wondering what was sealed inside.

A million dollar cheque? A holiday trip to Miami? Or a fun adventure to Disneyland?

Her heart raced as her curiosity kissed the sky in anticipation.

It could be anything.

She settled down beside Mr. CuddleBubbles with her phone to check it out. But before she did, her phone notified her that she had been blocked by Violet d bitchiest bitch from Instagram and no longer friends on Snapchat. Ebony couldn't believe it.

She took screenshots and forwarded it as texts to Hale to see his reaction to this. In less than a second she got her reaction.

She probably thinks you would be pained by this when you have a big smile on your face, grateful that you figured out she is a sneaky snake before she bites. Let's throw a mini celebration after school, and we would mail her a "Thank You" picture for leaving your life for good.

The text ended with the silliest emoji that made her grin in amusement. She was starting to enjoy going out with him.

It was starting to feel like the angels watching knew what would happen and brought Hale into her life as a gift. A good gift. She replied to his text with a thumbs up emoji and placed her phone on the table beside her bed. And then proceeded to tear off the envelope.

Ebony was surprised to see a letter written in the most beautiful handwriting she has ever seen. It brought tears to her eyes at how legible and beautiful they were.

Moonlight,

I have seen your one - word rejection of being my heartbeat, and it confuses me greatly because I thought that was what we both wanted. I'll send someone to come pick you up tomorrow night to my place for dinner. Can't wait to listen to why you said no.

Yours,

Rayven.