DEMON'S BRIDE

CHAPTER SIX

THE LADY HAS long blazing red hair that reaches the center of her back. She is slim and tall with curvy hips and her skin is glossy and brown. She is dressed in a long black silk dress that accentuate her curves. She has perfect features such that if her eyes weren't so scary and filled with menace, she would have been mistaken for the beautiful maidens of Gamor. The beautiful maidens of Gamor are the most beautiful women with their slim bodies and seductive appearances; their skin soft and silky. Rumor has it that they never age. They remain forever youthful. The red hair combined with the blazing red eyes makes her look even more scary.

I leap off my bed in fright as I look into those menacing eyes.

"Why you?", She repeats.

"Wh...who are you?", I shiver in fear. I've never seen eyes so red before. It looks so unnatural.

She chuckles darkly at first but then it turns into a vicious laughter.

"Look at you, shivering like a Lamb about to be slaughtered. I find it hard to believe Asmodeus married such a coward". Her voice grows colder by the second. Asmodeus? Who's Asmodeus? What's she even talking about?

"What do you want? Money? I can give you money, just tell me what you want and I'll give you but please don't hurt me", I plead.

"How dare you!" She growls. "You dare insult me with your meagre wealth. Everything you own is nothing to me. Do you know who I am?". I tremble in fear and cower.

She takes a step towards me and I whimper.

"Coward!", She spits. How can someone so beautiful be so filled with hatred. I've never met her and I have no clue who she is but here she is, growling at me, her voice filled with anger and her eyes filled with hatred.

"It should have been me!", She roars. "Not you! A mere mortal with no spine. You are right to tremble at my presence, I could rip your throat open without breaking a sweat". She opens her mouth wide and I see two long canines protruding from her mouth. Her well manicured fingers transform into huge long claws, her once beautiful face transforms into an ugly looking creature with horns that I don't recognize. She leaps from where she is towards me and I scream as her claws slice my abdomen open. I fall to the floor clutching my bleeding tummy; I start to feel faint from the blood loss.

"A mere mortal like you does not deserve Asmodeus. I will free him from your bondage by tearing you apart piece by piece till there's nothing left of you". She raises her claw to s***h me again but a voice stops her in her tracks.

"Enough!", The voice thunders in authority. I raise my head and see Daemon with a sword in his hand looking very angry. This is not the look of the man I married but of a different person entirely.

"My lord!", The lady says and falls on her knee, her hand over her heart.

"What are you doing here Annabelle?", He growls.

"I just came by to check up on you".

"Liar!" Daemon bellows. "You knew very well I wasn't around and also when you didn't see me why didn't you leave?"

"My lord..." She starts but Daemon cuts in.

"Leave now! I will deal with you later". She gets up and bows with her hand over her heart before vanishing into thin air. Daemon rushes to my side and sees the blood dripping from my tummy, pooling on the floor.

"Are you okay?", He asks but I don't reply. I'm still trying to get my head around everything that just happened but I can't seem to figure it out. My eyes become droopy and I slump into Daemon's arms.

He lifts me up from the floor and gently places me on the bed. He goes to the bathroom and returns with the first aid kit. He dabs the cut with a wool covered in alcohol; it stings a little, then he rubs some greenish looking ointment on it and it helps to soothe the burning.

"W....w....who was she? I manage to choke out.

"I'm sorry", he whispers. "I shouldn't have left you unprotected". I have no idea what he's talking about so I just stare at him.

"It hurts", I murmur and wince in pain. He places his hand on my forehead.

"Don't worry, it will all be over soon". My eyes start to feel droopy and I yawn.

"Rest". He says and I slowly drift into unconsciousness.

My eyes slowly flutter open as I try to get my bearings. The entire room is dark and I get scared thinking I've been kidnapped but when my sight clears, I realise the window blinds have been drawn.

I try to get up but there's a stinging pain in my abdomen and I lie back down, wincing. I raise my top up and see my tummy covered in bandages. 'Why is my tummy bandaged?', I ask myself. I don't remember getting hurt but the pain and the bandages show that I was injured. The only thing I remember is falling asleep after satisfying my urges, anything between that is completely blank.

The door to the chamber opens and the woman who came to check up on me previously, walks in.

She bows. "Your Highness, how are you feeling now?"

"What happened to me?", I ask, placing my hand gently on my tummy.

"His Highness said you slipped and accidentally cut your stomach. He told me to check up on you once in a while to see how you're doing". I slipped? How? I don't remember slipping or cutting my tummy.

"I have no recollection of what you just said. Where's his Highness? Did he come back?".

"Yes he did Milady but he went out again. I have no idea where he is. He was the one that treated the injury". Daemon treated me? When did all this happen? And why can't I remember? I force myself to remember but nothing comes up instead my head starts to pound. I place my hand on it and groan in pain.

"Are you okay Milady? Do you need some painkillers?", She asks with a worried tone but I shake my head.

"I'm fine, I just need to rest. Let me know when Daemon arrives. You're dismissed". She opens her mouth to say something but then she decides against it. With a bow, she walks out, shutting the door behind her.

After falling asleep for the second time in one day, I finally get up from the bed. On my way to the bathroom, Daemon walks in.

"Where the hell have you been?", I scold but then I groan, raising my voice made whatever injury I have on my abdomen hurt.

"Are you okay?", He asks as he walks over to me.

"Answer the question Daemon".

"Why? Don't tell me you missed that much huh? Don't worry I'm here now, no need to miss me". He smirks and I roll my eyes.

"I didn't miss you. I just want to know why I have an injury on my tummy without even recalling how it got there". I snap.

"You slipped and......"

"Yeah I know, I was told but I don't believe it. If I slipped and fell, why can't I remember? My memory is blank. I know I didn't hit my head because it doesn't hurt so why do I have this sudden case of amnesia?". I interrupt.

"You don't remember a single thing?".

"What do you think I've been saying all these while?". I raise my hand in exasperation but then I drop it. "I was told you were the one that treated me".

"Yes and?" He asks with an eyebrow raised.

"Did you do something to me?"

"What could I possibly have done? Smashed you on the head??" He asks with a snort.

"Fine then! I just don't like the fact that I can't remember a single thing". I yell.

"Don't worry, it'll come back to you just don't force it". He tucks a strand of my hair behind my ear.

"Where were you?", I ask in a low murmur, turning my face away from him.

"I'm here now, that's what matters". He smiles and gently rubs his fingers on my cheeks. I know he's avoiding the question but I don't push it. When the time is right, I'll force it out of him.

He leans towards me and places a feathery kiss on my lips. I flinch from the contact and he sighs.

"Let's get you cleaned up". He leads me to the bathroom and sits me on the hinged cover of the toilet seat. He carefully removes the bandages and I get to see the injury.

"This looks more like a scratch than a cut", I point out. I look into his eyes but his expression betrays nothing.

"Is that so? He asks nonchalantly and I scowl. No matter what I say, I know he's not going to tell me anything so I just leave it at that. He dabs a cotton wool with alcohol on it and cleans the cut, funny enough it doesn't sting. He then applies a greenish looking ointment on it and rebandages it.

"By tomorrow, it should have faded". He gets up from his kneeling position and goes to dispose the used wool and bandages. He comes back and helps me get up, leading me back to the room.

I watch him as he slowly unbuttons his shirt and tosses it aside revealing his perfectly chiseled chest. My eyes slowly roam across his chest, stopping at the small hairs peeking from underneath his trouser. He raises his head and notices me staring, with a smirk, he walks towards me; standing so close I could feel his minty breath on me.

"You like what you see?", He asks with that seductive voice of his and I quickly avert my gaze. 'Get it together', I chastise myself internally.

He turns my face so I'm facing him again, his fingers firmly holding my chin so I won't look away. He wraps his other hand around me and pulls me close, our bodies aligning. He brings his face close to mine and takes my mouth in his. This time the kiss isn't feathery and soft but raw and demanding. My first kiss ever. He slips his tongue into my mouth and savors every inch of it, being inexperienced in this, I try to do as he does and slip my tongue into his mouth, savoring every inch of it; we play a game of tag with our tongues causing me to moan and Daemon to growl.