the monster within

Handsome versus cute

Scarlet's P.O.V

I didn't remember what had happened after I packed, I just found myself sleeping on the ground like other students. Mom was serious when she said nobody knows about where ROWS was except her, king and Uncle Derek. I once asked why the shadow dragon was named king and mom explained that, he wanted to be the dark king of the black kingdom, when mom refused to give him the title, he decided to call himself King so that he can be King anyway, so the name stuck, the story always made me laugh. I listened in on the group’s conversation while they were talking about mom then got bored when they changed the topic, so I started looking for a handsome face in the group. I was a sucker for handsome faces so I let my wonder until I saw one.

He was tall almost 6'4 and he had a strong build, his biceps flexed every time he moved his arm, he was muscular, just the way I liked it, my eyes moved to his face he had sharp feature and a jaw that could cut through glass, his black hair was swept away from his face, I swallowed, he was an eye candy, my eye candy. Before I could go and talk to him, someone moved Infront of him hindering me from looking at my eye candy and my annoyed eyes moved to the person's face to see who had taken such a beautiful view from me.

It was a slim boy, he was handsome but in a cute way, definitely not my type. He wore a white t-shirt and white jeans, he had plump pink lips which he kept licking nervously when he noticed me glaring at him, He had brown hair which he had styled so that it covered his forehead and pale blue eyes peeked shyly at me behind the brown hair. His facial features were not sharp unlike my eye candy and he almost looked like a girl. His diamond earring reflected the suns light to my face as he approached me, I was annoyed.

" Hi am Gift" he said stretching his hand out for a handshake. I wonder how he found himself here, his name fitted him well, he looked like he could be a gift to someone, but not me I was not interested in the gift I was interested in the candy. What had made such an angel find himself in a school of people who have control issues. Some had killed more than 200 people, what could have made a boy who looked like he couldn't hurt a fly come here, I was curious, but I didn't ask, it was considered rude to ask the students here that. It was a touchy subject.

I didn't bother to reply to his greetings I just walked away, minutes later I was surprised to hear his voice he was beside me.

" I am Gift, I hope you still remember me, I am a fairy, I really love your eyes, what's your name?" Gift asked, I stopped, did he just follow me? I was surprised at how persistent he was.

" Scarlet" I replied

" You have such a pretty name, I really love your eyes, ooh did I already mention that? I love your hair too" He chuckled sheepishly. Then he went on to tell me about his kingdom and his family. I watched as his plump lips moved and stretched into a pretty smile. I watched as the smile made the dimples on his face pop out beautifully.

' I could definitely eat that ‘I heard a voice telling me. My head snapped to the left then to the right to look for the person who had talked to me, I didn't find any suspect, everyone looked busy.

' Stupid human' the voice growled in my head. That when I remembered that our dark sides could read our mind, see through our eyes and speak to us, that was the first time my demon had ever spoken to me.

'You are not eating anyone!' I thought back at her.

'So, eat his lips they look delicious!' I laughed at my demon’s choice of words, I knew she meant kiss him but I found it funny, so while he was still surprised as to why I had suddenly burst out laughing, I grabbed him and kissed him swallowing his surprised gasp as my fingers ran through his hair. I would do anything my demon said if it meant I wouldn't have to kill anyone.

I stopped kissing him because I needed to catch my breath. His face was red and he was blushing so much that he couldn't look at my face, I knew he enjoyed the kiss just as much as I did because he was smiling. He was a good kisser, I never understood how my mom who was a dominant had loved my submissive dad until now, but now I knew why, they were so cute and innocent. I loved his plump lips and how embarrassed he was. I wanted more, so I asked so for more.

" Should we look for somewhere more private?" I said with a wink so that his innocent mind could get what I was hinting at. He gasped and already red face became even more red, I chuckled.

" But I have never... " he blushed furiously.

" Don't worry I will show you how" I said as I stretched out my hand to him seeking for his consent and giving him an option to back out. He took my hand.

We found an empty room and our bodies collided; our clothes hit the ground as passionate moans echoed through the empty room.

I was woken up by a loud roar, I rushed outside to see what was happening. Mom stood on the assembly ground and she looked furious. Her eyes kept shifting from black to purple as her demon and dragon fought her for control, there were scales on her face which kept moving and shifting as if they had a mind of their own, and they were trying to express their anger, her hair looked like it had caught fire because there was smoke coming from it, the snake tattoo on her neck came to life and kept hissing and moving under her skin. I finally understood why people said she looked like a creature that had escape the pits of hell when she was mad. She was terrifying, I had never seen her that mad. Her hand clenched and unclenched as she tried not to lose control, the legendary black flame she was known for lit up on her hands as she opened her mouth.

In her throat there was the same black flame and she was preparing to burn someone to crisp, I looked at the target of her glare and I saw Gift standing in front of her sweating buckets. My legs moved before I could think as I ran and threw myself Infront of him trying to protect him from the flame. I closed my eyes waiting for the impact until my world turned black.

I didn't feel the pain I was expecting to feel before I died though, so I peeled one of my eyes open to see if I was in hell. I stood in a white room, my mom stood Infront of me with her signature scowl on her face.

" That bastard you just tried to save used you to know where my mate lives, look at what he did" her finger pointed at the bed, my eyes followed it. On the bed my dad lied, his white clothes were bloody and one of his arms was missing, he groaned in pain as he tried to lift his face to look at me, he tried to smile but he groaned again and lied back down, his mouth opened to talk to me but mom glared at him and shut him up, it would only cause him more pain. On the bed next to my twin lied there, her left leg was missing too.

" If it wasn't for Derek both of them would have been dead! " She snapped.

My mind refused to comprehend what she was saying, how could Gift do this, he was with me the whole time. He couldn't have done this he was too innocent. Had he read my mind while I was vulnerable? No, he couldn't have possibly done that. While I was still in denial, a blonde woman rushed past me, she rushed to where my twin was lying and started fussing over her, asking where it hurt, if she was okay and what she could do to make it better.

"Who are you? " My mom asked annoyed.

" I am the twins real mom!" the woman snapped as if it was something we were supposed to be knowing.

Talk about wrong timing I thought