In the darkness forever

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Kara

I could feel his eyes concentrating on the seal on my hand and then they slowly started to rise to my face.

"Regretting the forever love that you promised to whoever you bond yourself to? Or did you get your heart broken?"

I couldn't help but laugh at his words, making me sound a bit crazier.

"There was never love there and I had no idea what that meant when he put this on me."

A moment later, he appeared next to me and I felt his hand wrap around my wrist as he lifted my hand to his face. He took the mark to his nose and then, to my surprise, he licked it.

Little goosebumps and shivers ran through my body as his cold tongue pressed against my skin.

"This is some ancient powerful stuff..."

I rolled my eyes and whispered under my breath.

"You think I don't know? That is why you are here."

Hell, I let my attitude get the best of me.

I froze for a moment, expecting the usual slap across the face I received every time I spoke in this tone, but it never came.

The only thing that came was a low chuckle from the dark creature behind me.

"I guess you are right. Witches really call upon us out of anything else than desperation, so I take it nothing else worked?"

A bit shocked, I stood there frozen as I answered.

"Nothing."

Another chuckle followed the first one as he looked at the mark again.

"No surprise there, as far as I know, there are only a few beings strong enough to break this."

"And are you one of them?"

Shit, for some reason it is very hard to control myself when I am next to him.

But instead of the usual punches I was used to, after talking like this, I got another laughter, this time a full-chested one.

"Yes... yes, I am more than capable of taking care of this... the only question now is what are you prepared to give me in return for this."

Shit, I was expecting this but my mind started to race never the less.

"I... I can give you my soul."

A little chuckle behind me startled me as he leaned into me this time and his face landed on my neck. He took a deep breath, drawing in my scent.

"Not enough... this will take a lot of power..."

"I will give you my body..."

"Hmmm... that sounds promising but not what I had in mind."

"Then what? What do you want?"

The atmosphere around him changed as he whispered into my ear.

"The book that you took the page from."

Shit, it will be very hard to get it now... But the chance of breaking away from Tobias and the covenant.

"Fine, I will get you the book."

"Well, let us seal the deal."

While holding onto my hand quickly, he turned me around and crashed his lips against mine.

I was too stunned to react in any other way than to accept his kiss. He started out slowly. His lips were warm opposite to every other part of him.

His soft lips massaged mine as he pulled me even closer and, without me even realizing it, I started to cling to him. My hands wrapped around his shoulders as I pulled him in even closer.

Gods.

A burning desire and need filled my chest, which turned into an insatiable hunger.

Hunger I have never felt before.

His lips slowly opened and his tongue peeked out, carefully caressing my lips, letting them open up.

Masterfully, his tongue slipped in and met mine.

I had never been kissed like this before.

Tobias' kisses felt sloppy and wet in comparison to his. His kisses were filled with such passion and force that I had no other choice than to accept them.

For a moment, I felt a sudden burning sensation on my wrist but it disappeared seconds later.

When the pain stopped, flames around us jumped to life and I pulled back from the kiss.

"What the..."

"The bond was drawing power from you and was giving it to him, my darling. So not only did he have complete control over you, but he was also stealing your power."

I looked down at my wrist that was still in the demon's hands and in place of the mating bond mark there was a drawing of a rose.

"What is this?"

I pulled my hands out of his so I could inspect it closer.

"My little added bonus for you. The mating bond mark will never disappear and I can not race it, so I decided to cover it with something a bit more... suiting for you."

I blinked a few times as I stared at the beautiful flower, feeling shocked and so confused.

The feeling of this new energy floating through my body startled me again.

I had never felt anything like this before.

It was like there was this new force running through my blood and anger filled my chest as I realized that I was not weak as he made me believe... no, I was strong and he was just stealing that power from me.

"f*****g ASSHOLE."

As that anger filled my chest, flames around me shot to new heights.

The demon in front of me chuckled.

"If you dislike roses so much, I can change..."

"It's not you that I am angry with, it's him... he was using me and stealing from me... making me believe that I was just a weak creature that should be thankful that he is protecting me when he was the weak one of the two of us..."

Loud laughter filled the air as the demon in front of me busted out into another full-chested laughter.

"Then take your revenge, there was nothing stopping you now. I will be waiting for you here..."

"Waiting?"

"The book, little witch. Do not forget our deal or I will make you pay for it."

With those words, he stepped aside, letting me walk in the direction of the covenant village.

And I walked with new power and determination as I have never felt before.