DANCING WITH THE DEVIL.

Chapter 1 Liana's pov : “ On your knees now “ The husky voice of the soldier behind me and for the first time in my entire existence, I obeyed the orders of a mere soldier. I had no choice, it was either this, or my father gets killed, as it stands, my father was at the mercy of Malachi, a merciless sorcerer who had deemed it fit to invade our kingdom because he felt he was more deserving of the position of rulership than my father. Story time Turns out that a long time ago, the contest for the throne was held between my father, Malachi and many other young and capable men but of all of them, my father and Malachi had emerged as the top best. One last competition was held to finally discern who the King would be. My father worked really hard for the position but Malachi won the contest. Unfortunately for Malachi, the judges discovered that he had been using black magic to try to win the competition every step of the way including the final one between him and my father, and they were not having it. As a result, Malachi was declared a fraud and banished from the Kingdom, even though he kept telling the Judges that black magic was the future of the kingdom, they stood their ground on upholding rule number 1 : No form of cheating is allowed, consequences ;banishment. Back to today Apparently after so many years, Malachi was here to prove his point that magic was the future of the kingdom but at what expense, my people were wailing and crying, bodies scattered everywhere, babies without mothers anymore, wives without husbands, husbands without wives and my father the king about to be headed. He had formed an army of rebels who believed that he was more worthy to be king than my father who was the present King. My heart ached badly as I watched the scene before me. My once peaceful and blooming home now resembled a slaughter house, drenched in blood and the stench of death, it was devastating to watch and I could not take it anymore . The gods seemed to have turned their backs on us, everyone prayed to them. Even children but no reply , I guess there was a reason I never believed in them in the first place. During some classes where young Royalties get to be taught and the kingdom, education, how to be a good king or king, they tell us of how the gods used to be together and work together until one god was casted out because he was the Lord of darkness and was not deemed fit to be part of the gods. Everyone always loved these stories but I didn't, I believed the gods were unfair to this particular God and he deserved to be treated fairly too. I never truly believed in that story, so I did what I could, I read books about what caused the clash of the gods but not even a single book gave the exact reason why the Lord of darkness was casted out, all the books kept saying was that he committed great evil against humanity and the gods but they never said what exactly he committed. I never believed in all those stories and as such I never believed in the teachings of the gods. But there was a god everyone was forgetting, a god of darkness, a god they say was so evil that the remaining gods deserted him. They called him “the Devil himself”. But if these same gods had deserted us, I might as well pray to the Lord of darkness. I bowed my head and chanted his call “oh Lord of dark Lord who stretches the night Lord of darkness filled with might Arise and hear my plight A servant I am, before your sight “. With the last word said, everything froze, everyone stock in their position, all frozen. I could see Malachi, sword raised about to behead my father, the people all in agony, some were screaming for help but they were all frozen in time. Then I saw a great darkness like black smoke emerge from the ground and there he was, the Lord of darkness, standing right in front of me. He was far more handsome than the paintings of him I had seen. His face looked chiseled to perfection, with his obvious thick brows. He had silver hair which was braided at the tips, he wore a long black fur coat that dragged perfectly on the ground, and for a moment I had forgotten my agony, it was as if his presence had swallowed up all my pain. He looked at me with an expression cold as Ice, and it was hard to understand what he was thinking. “ And why has the mighty Princess Liana of Gorgon summoned my presence “ He spoke and I was immediately captivated by his husky bass voice but I needed to face more important matters “ Save them, please, my people, my kingdom, please save everyone” I replied absolutely begging “ And why would I want to save these ungrateful humans? “ He asked and I could see it in his eyes that he meant what he said but I was not going to back down, I was desperate, this was the only god who paid attention to any prayer so far “ Please Lord Kael, please I beg of you “ My voice raked with desperation. He looked at me for like a minute or two and I was unsure of what he was thinking. “ Very well then, I will save your people and your family but on one condition” “ Whatever you want my lord “ I sounded desperate, too desperate “ Careful young one, careful now, can you pay the price? “ His voice followed immediately earning my curiosity I replied with another question “ What is the price? “ And he said “ You will become mine, body, soul, mind, spirit, you will belong to me. ” JJ'S PEN.