The Devil’s Angel

Chapter Two

Location: Flower garden, West wing, Princess quarters, Royal palace, Riveria

"Please, marry me"

"Love, you know you're just overreacting. I was just shocked, that's why I reacted late. And besides, you don't have to do this, I will. It just isn't time yet and when the perfect opportunity comes, trust me, sweetheart, I wouldn't hesitate for a second to ask for your hand in marriage. That perfect time is just not here yet" he said drawing her closer to himself to pull her into a hug. She started leaning in but suddenly put her hand on his broad chest to stop their hug midway. He gave her a quizzical look as if asking what the problem was. She swallowed hard, shaking her hand vigorously while moving backward from him.

"Just when is this perfect moment you are waiting for? Do you realize you have used this same excuse every damn time I bring up this topic for the last four years? Spare me the sermon just this once. If that's your way of politely rejecting me then stop it and be a real man for once. The perfect moment my foot! That was just a nicer way of saying 'I don't want to marry you isn't it?" she started with a low voice but raised it towards the end

Lucia forcefully pulled her into a hug as she bawled on his shirt.

"Stop overthinking things okay, everything will be fine. Shhh- you would be fine, trust me" After lots of sweet talking, she finally calmed down and pulled away

"Fine, I'll listen to you and wait for the perfect time" At that, he was finally relieved. She was such a hard nut too. He didn't get to finish his words in his mind before he heard her say

"but"

But what now? He doesn't have a good feeling about it.

"You will have to tell me you love me. At least, I will be assured that you still love me"

You see, sounds easy right? Well, that's all your thinking, definitely not Lucia's who broke out in cold sweat.

There is one rule you must follow if you are going to be with Kitana, it's that you must never lie to her. You see my dear, doing the exact opposite of that will lead you to your doom. Don't ask me why, I've warned you. So, back to our flustered prince charming, he was at a loss for words. But as someone who had managed to deceive her for six years, just that trial wasn't enough to break him which means he recovered pretty quickly.

"Hey babe, of course you know I do"

"I know, I just want confirmation from you. Come to think of it, I just realized I have no memory of you telling me you love me."

"Now, that's unacceptable. I won't let you stand there and belittle my love," he said giving her a disapproving look

"Fine, I'm sorry, maybe I just don't remember."

"How can you not?" he tried guilt-stripping her

"Forget it. Let's not divert from the actual topic. Do you love me or not?"

"B-babe."

"You just don't love me, do you?" she asked doubtingly

"Jeez, why are you putting me in such a tight spot? What can I do when you keep insisting like this."

"Say the truth!"

"Are you ready for the truth?"

"How bad can the truth be, Lucia, I've loved you for every second of the last four years and now you're saying I'm not ready for the truth?!!”

"Fine. You know the answer, I don't love you if that's what you wanted to know. I've never loved you and never will."

She was so shocked that she stumbled backward "Why?" she managed to croak out In a very uneven voice.

"You know the reason, Kit, no matter how much I try, no matter how much I pretend, I can't get myself to overlook the fact that you're a dark magician. Kit, put yourself in my shoes, would you be so willing to marry me if I were a dark magician?" she opened her mouth to refute but he cut her off with a raise of his hand.

"No, Kit. I know what you want to say. That you would have loved me irrespective of who or what I am that you would have accepted me for who I am but we both know that's not you talking. That's the irrational side of you that refuses to think that spending the rest of your life with a dark magician is openly calling for destruction. How the hell do you expect me to be happy when I know that there is someone right beside me who could go crazy anytime, who could manipulate me, who could make me do things, who could enslave me, who could dig out my magic core and leave me to be eaten by dogs, who could read my mind like an open book and decide what to do with it and who could end my life just any time like I never even existed! Kitana, this is serious, it's my life we're talking about here and if you feel I should be feeling like a monster for choosing my life over someone who could end it, then I must say, you're pathetic." He had been screaming all this while and with a sigh, he finally calmed down. Kitana was already crying, sniffing and choking on her tears, her face extremely flushed and pitiful that Lucia felt that maybe he was a little too harsh with his words. The way she was looking at him like he was plummeting a sword straight into her heart like she had been stabbed by a million knives made his heart ache a little. But he soon got rid of it. He wasn't supposed to feel any of that. He was devoted to someone else so he straightened himself and placed his hands on her shoulders

"Kitana Jewels, you are an awesome lady, I don’t doubt that. You are probably one of the most wonderful people I have ever met but that doesn't mean I'm ready to promise a lifetime with you." Her eyes suddenly turned a deep dark that blended into the night. Emotions were swirling around. Her eyes turned dark whenever they were tired of what to be. The emotions in her eyes were far too much for her pupil to bear that they would give up and turn very dark. He saw the emotions clearly in her dark pupils. Anger, betrayal, deception, hurt, sadness, and a building hatred.

"Don't you dare! Don't you dare blame my powers for you being an ungrateful and wicked thing? I promised you, Lucia, we talked about this and I swore to never use my powers for my selfish interest. I’ve stopped cultivating and meditating and I stopped increasing my powers. I made sure to never even use them in your presence. Who did I do all that for? I f*****g did it for you ungrateful bastard!! Here you are, telling me your insecurities, even after you made me promise never to feel inferior because of my powers. How dare you? How dare you compare me to a lowly b***h by disregarding my love that much. Just because you can't love me for who I am doesn't mean I won't. I can and I will if you were in my shoes. How can you even open your mouth and call me pathetic when you're much worse? You-you're a lost cause."

"Hey, hey, hey, you don't get to talk to me in that manner. Just because I'm giving you a taste of me by being a gentleman. Yes, you did promised not to use your powers but I promised to stay with you for a lifetime, didn't I?" He was suddenly slapped hard in the face and he was sure one or two bones had broken. He was speechless."What??!!”

"Just because you can keep your promise. It doesn't mean I can't and you know what, just f**k off. Stop using me as a shield to hide the fact that you don't love me. You love someone else don't you?" he became speechless and stuttered and realization dawned on her.

All this time, he was seeing someone else. The man she had given her heart and soul to since she was thirteen years old!! Never even loved her and had been with someone else all this while! Was she just too childish or was he a good actor?

That man couldn't even harm a fly in front of her and yet he had the heart to break her this much. Oh heavens! She was fooled and they had come such a long way, how dare he suddenly dumps her now!! It was their fourth anniversary of being together that day.

They had even celebrated her sixteenth birthday that happened two weeks before together. He planned a surprise party for her and they enjoyed every minute of that day. He had looked really happy and she had reflected his happiness. Till about fifteen minutes ago when he almost rejected her proposal, she still felt all the happiness and giddiness only to be told it was all a lie. She fell backward across the floor as she wailed loudly. Unable to stop the tightening around her heart. It was painful, pure torture, she felt like she could die.

No, she can't die. How can she turn so weak just for a guy who couldn't even love her back? He wasn't worth it.

Persuading herself was useless and who was she kidding? That man was her entire life. She had woken up every day of the past four years dreaming of a lifetime with him. How was she supposed to feel "It was never really about my powers is it? It's always been about her hasn’t it?” she asked through thick tears.

The sadness was audible in her voice that the plants in the garden were starting to wilt away either because they couldn't bear her sadness or the negative energy was too much for them to bear. He hung his head low, she looked too terrifying right now that he couldn't bear to see her face. She suddenly braced herself up and cleaned her tears with the back of her hand.

"How long have you guys been together? For how long have you guys known each other?"

"We've been friends since we were kids. We started dating when I was thirteen, five years ago.” Her mouth was hung wide open and no words could describe the amount of shock on her face.

"Y-you you've been with her for six years?" her voice was barely above a whisper as her body trembled violently. "T-that w-was even be-before we met. Lucia, what have you done!! D-don't tell me I have been your mistress all this while!!" She shivered as she suddenly felt light-headed and struggled to balance herself properly. To think that she hated that woman for taking her man away from her when she was the one who snatched someone else's man. She felt disgusted at herself. It must not be heard of- Princess Kitana Jewels dating a man who belonged to someone else. It was degrading as well as hurtful

"If you already love her, then why come to me? Why did you show interest in me? Why did you make me fall for you? Why did you ask me to be your girlfriend? Why did you put my hopes up? Tell me!"

He flinched at the authority in her voice but still stared back at her pain-filled eyes emotionlessly."Your power and the position you hold, your wealth. That's all I ever wanted."

At that, she laughed, an evil one, before her stare suddenly got cold and penetrating. "And you would have gotten it. All you just had to do was say you loved me and I would have believed it without knowing you were lying and I would have gone ahead and told you that the plan for my coronation had started and that it would be taking place on the day I turn eighteen, which is in two months and you would be crowned the king of Riveria along with me that day. I would also have shown you this..."