Blood within a Rose that's Fair and Sweet

Chapter 7 Their Hearts as One

Third Pov;

An unknown stalker you may call it that has a remote connection with her.

For this man had known everything about Luna long before she was ever known as Luanna. After another year had gone by it was in the middle of Autumn that the stalker made his advances on Luanna.

First, he sent threatening love letters with neither a name nor an address on it. Next, the presents that some were cheap and others, so expensive that they could be found in high-class shops and stores. Then, it came to pictures. Hundreds upon thousands of images of Luna, where some were secretly taken by various routes of the stalker hiding.

Though they tried to receive help from the police, it was invalid because of the lack of evidence from the perpetrator. With the fact that there were fingerprints and retinal scanning of any strange actives from the shops and stores that had owned the gifts. Nothing was of any pacific value to solve the case.

And with tracing any identification towards the handwritten letters, mysteriously there was no match. As if the man that was doing this has no identity whatsoever, or the fact that it was like he never existed; unknown to anything about anyone.

Finally, it concluded that enough was enough as things went from bad to worse for Luanna. For when she arrived home that night with Luka in tow her front door was unlocked.

And on the ground lead a trail of rose petals leading inside the apartment. With both Luanna and Luka carefully following the path, it stops at the door to her room.

Taking precautions, Luka was the one who silently opened the door, and their standing on the windowsill was that of another blue rose together with a white rose and a card within a ribbon tying them together.

As the symbolization of a red rose is love, while a white rose symbolizes purity, and for you are worthy of someone. So Luanna carefully picked up the card and read its details out loud;

"I lost you once, and for that, I will never let you go. Until we meet again."

"I think I know who our stalker is.

While saying this to Luka with tears streaming down her face, that's when it finally clicked. That the stalker responsible for all of this was the descendant of Erik Miller. Jane's friend from Nightingale Hollow, the one who killed her and started this chain reaction of dire lost.

"Coming to this conclusion, it would seem that there is more to this reason that meets the eye."

"What do you mean by that, Luka?"

"I mean that ever since this started with the love letters, I've detected small amounts of demonic energy into the products and such. Though after a while before I could pinpoint its location, the energy fades away in a small amount of time."

"Do you think you could try again, but with something of a stronger source? How about these roses here?"

"That should do the trick. Tomorrow at the mansion you, Raphael, and I shall talk about the details by then. Until this matter is settled, please live with me at the mansion, Jane."

"Alright then, I was going to talk with you about me moving into the mansion if you don't mind the company?"

"Of course, for I wouldn't have had it any other way, my sweat Luka."

After finding out the identity of the stalker, it took about two months to concentrate on his exact location. And in the process of this demonic aura surrounding every gift he gave to Luanna, that's when they discovered the truth.

That 450 years ago, after the tragic death of Jane, and confronted by Luka Erik confided himself within a demon and then a deal was made. Erik would then be reincarnated to once again be with Jane.

But, while blinded by emotion, the demon he made a deal with had tricked him, and in the process consumed his entire being as the years went on as his own body.

The man that stands there is no longer Erik Miller. For he is now a demonic human no longer in possession of his mind and very soul. Turning his very self into a semi-immortal creature that is in agonizing rage gives and heartbreak of hateful sorrow.

"You, my kind sir, were a fool, to begin with by trusting a demon while self-wallowing in your own pity. But don't worry, for you shall see your beloved one once again. Though while you are no longer yourself in the process. Ahahahahahaha!!"

"That's what happened to your friend Jane. I don't mean to be absurd, but Erik himself was indeed partly to blame for this. Though at the time, maybe I would've done the same thing myself if I were human."

"I know just what you mean Luka."

"What exactly do you mean by that, Raphael?"

"Oh, nothing, nothing at all. Anyway, how are we going to help this guy? Isn't there something that we can do, Luka?"

"We can't really, for that man, there is no longer the Erik that stands in this world."

"What do you mean Luka?"

"What I mean Luanna is that his soul is long gone, for all that is left there is a vessel. Yes, it is his body, but his mind no longer functions as his own. The demon; Karl Knight is in a way, just like me."

"Meaning what exactly, man?"

"Raphael, it means that this demon; Karl I mean, is just as powerful as Luka is. Especially since not even a normal demon can take possession of a human this long, meaning Karl is, in a way a special demonic breed. A parasite sort of say."

"Luanna is right, all of this happened exactly four hundred and fifty years ago. Erik's body should have long been decayed from age. Karl latches onto a host of whoever he makes a deal with, so yes, in a way he is a parasite. Although, surprisingly, he hasn't had the scent of death, like something rotting by now?"

"True, that's why I want to help him!"

"Huh?! Why in the world should you help that jerk Luna? He's the reason why all of this is happening in the first place."

"Yes, I know that Raphael, but before this happened, he and still is my friend. He's hurting inside, and I want to do all that I can to help. For I'm not taking no as an answer, do you both understand?!"

"That's my rose. Alright then, since you put it that way, I'll do all that I can Luanna."

"Okay fine, you know that I can never beat you when it comes to negotiation, Luna. Alright, let's do all that we can to help this guy."

And after hours tuning into days, and then weeks with planned multitasking strategies, the up-coming battle shall finally begin.