The Demon Princess and Death

Chapter 2 Chelsea POV

" You could have warned me, Natassa " Arakas said. He has his usual glass in his hand even here in my imaginary world. He made sure it suited him too. I had placed our minds somewhere nice. Our bodies were being moved by our mates and help. We were sitting in a nice garden around a table. Imaginary drinking and eating afternoon tea. I shrugged. " You came so eager for your powers that you didn't ask for any fine print, brother " I looked at Sophie and winked, to which she smiled. At least she wasn't mad. That I didn't tell them.

" This reminds me of the time when me and my sisters all gained our powers, except this is nicer. I'm not surrounded by flames. panicking " Sophie leaned forward, grabbed a strawberry and bit into it.

" You and your sisters have done an amazing job on what you have been tasked with. When they first approached me, I was very skeptical. I was like my brother here at one point too. Very angry, very cocky and didn't believe the likes of us deserved mates " I admitted. I looked at Arakas and I saw the fleeting emotion of sadness cross his face. They were dark times. Filled with hatred and anger.

" Thank you , I think it is our family as a whole that kept each other sane" she laughed.

Looking away from my brother, I looked at her again. " You're very lucky all of you. Sophie, I need to ask you something, well, more like inform you " I admitted. I saw her hesitation, the atmosphere changed. But unlike the fates, I believe in transparency.

Reaching forward, I grabbed the flute of champagne and sipped it. " Arakas knows what is a head of us, he knows how this could end. Even though he is our uncle, we do not mean much to him. He is powerful one vision I have. It flickers around often when I try to look for outcomes. He turns me and Arakas, he takes us, and he turns us evil. He knows we pose the biggest threat. Sophie, if that was to happen, and we were gone, to the point we could not be saved. Your link to Arakas comes with a safety trigger. I plan to give your mate my safety trigger. Adam would not be able to pull it if needed it is why I can not give it to him. If we come for any of you, if he uses us against you, pull it. You will gain all of Arakas's powers and basically become a demi god and your mate will take mine. You will link with Anya and Darius too, like a chain reaction, we will pass this down around your family. Until one pairing is able to banish him. Sophie we will die, but it would need to be done " Sophie gasped and looked at Arakas with pain in her eyes.

He tilted his head and gave her a look that said, it would be OK. My brother had come so far. It made me feel so proud of him.

" Wait . . . What do you want us to kill you ? And if we do, then he turns me and Dante too. Do you really think Anya and Darius could pull the plug on us ? No they wouldn't do it " she said, her face full of disbelief.

" It would not be a choice, my black rose. Our powers combined with his would be no match for anyone. If we all fail down the succession line well , the fates know what to do as well as the gods , they will come and take our powers with them. But they can and will only intervene if this goes wrong. Godly beings should not be anywhere near earth, Sophie " Arakas told her.

She pointed a finger at him, her eyes narrowing " Don't call me that, you only call me that now when you are trying to get me on your side, when you know you have f*cked up Arakas. Or when you are trying to lure me into one of your mad ideas or adventures. This isn't a random trip to the Bahamas just me and you because your mate is being stubborn , or you trying to wind Dante up by changing my outfit infront of him to a provocative one just because you're bored and want someone to have an argument with. This is you asking me to kill you if needed, Arakas " she snaps. She gets up from her chair and storms off.

I watch as she walks off. Arakas doesn't watch her go. He looks at me with a small satisfied smile on his face.

" What are you so happy about ? " I asked him.

He shrugs" She will come round, she only even gets angry when something is hurting someone she loves or possibly might be " he takes a sip of his drink.

" You smile because her upset means she loves you ? " I asked him.

His smile drops and he looks away, his jaw ticking.

" Even after all this time, you still don't believe you are loved properly, do you ? Your child, Sophie the fact that Dante now accepts you even though you still try to provoke him, does that not prove it to you ? " I asked him.

" Some scars run deep, Natassa. Do not come back after all this time and assume you know me. Even back then you never cared much to understand me, not truly. Always the annoyance, always the second best. She knows me more than anyone , more than my mate even. I love her dearly. I love my mate immensely, but Sophie knows me and I her. We understand each other in a bond no one understands, they just accept. It is not s****l, or the type of love I seek for a relationship. But I need her, because she sees me " He states then gets up and storms off away from Sophie in the opposite direction and away from me.

I felt the sting of pain, my heart broke as I watched him walk off. That feeling of abandonment that came from Chelsea's life makes my chest hurt. Closing my eyes, I pictured Aunt Alison. I was only young, and she was telling me a bedtime story. " Soul mates come in all shapes and sizes, you are my soul mate because I love you like my own child. You own a part of me, Chelsea. We can have friends we can't live without, partners and then sometimes other people , they are neither a friend nor a partner or a child, yet for some reason, they own a part of your soul, and you don't know why " she had smiled.

" Who owns apart of your should Aunt Ali ? " I had gushed.

She had smiled down at me and stroked a finger down my cheek " Well there is you, then there is this handsome devil I know. He is a good man , but a man that needs to be better than who he is right now. He will, he will change, and he will care for my most prized possession, that is why he own part of my heart, but I need to help teach him them lessons and the first thing he needs to learn is he can't get his own way all the time, and he needs to work for the things he wants. Hell knows the man is arrogant enough, but he has kindness in his eyes and heart. I see it " I had scrunched my nose up at her. " Is he your boyfriend ? " I asked, and she shook her head and laughed.

" No baby, he doesn't belong to me, he belongs to another " she smiled and kissed my nose before walking out of my room.

Coming back to the here and now, Arakas was walking a far in his own thunderstrom as Sophie stood out of his rain clouds and watched. Sighing, I got up. I living as Chelsea, have got to experience living a life with a loving parent. Arakas did not have that. Arakas was right. I had always been the favorite, and back then I hadn't cared how he had felt. I hadn't been a good sister. Father not a good father either.

" Arakas " I hear Sophie sigh, she opens her arms up to him, and he storms over to her thundercloud following. He glared down at her, then whipped his arms out and pulled her into his body, hugging him tight.

Aunt Alison was right. Some just didn't make sense, but they worked. And watching them now was exactly why they were paired. Arakas's storm slowly faded away as Sophie hugged him. I smiled at the scene and then sent the memory I had just replayed to Adam , he had always thought Aunt Ali hated him, I'm sure he would love to see she didn't.