Heated Hearts

THE CUBE 🔥

Rayven was driving as fast as he could while his mind stayed connected with the last spell that was supposed to protect the CUBE.

But he knew, with the force the other protection spells were broken ; there was no way this was going to last for more than a few minutes.

It was the same cube that Aster had pricked her hand on, and obliviously opened the door to the after life ; fulfilling a devil's deal made hundreds of years ago.

The CUBE, held a massive source of demonic power inside it; that was created by the sacrifice made by two demons promising to serve at the after-life for two hundred earthly years, in return for their loved one.

It was supposed to vanish once the Devil's deal was fulfilled but instead Rayven found it on Aster's house when he first visited her.

He knew right then, that he had been right all these while. Every Devil's deal had a trick, an extra price.

And for the deal Louis and Rayven had made co-joinedly years ago, the extra price was ; one of them would vanish within the cube when Aster's heart,soul and body would be won by the other.

The CUBE held power to captivate a demon's soul, and teleport it to the after-life hell section, where the demon would be serving as a servant for eternity

But that was not the end of it; there was another drawback.

Which was if they lost the CUBE, or the energy of that cube was stolen, it would result in history repeating itself.

As in, Aster dying.... Again...

"No!" A part of Rayven's mind snapped back at the ominous thoughts he was having.

No matter what happened, he couldn’t let history repeating itself.

There was no way he could survive that cruel incident again.

A shiver crossed through his veins as the scene from hundred years ago flashed through his mind.

Holding her lifeless in between his arms; the pain, the agony he felt in that very moment was more painful than burning in hellfire for an eternity.

In those years, serving in hell and tolerating inhuman tormentation there, his goal had become so stronger that he was ready to fight the devil himself rather than loosing her again.

Rayven would rather suffer himself and watch her leading a happy life, than becoming a curse for her.

Think, Rayven, think.

A voice from inside kept repeating in his head.

Teleportation!

Yes!

Teleportation!

His mind chimed in, making Rayven smirk.

Teleportation spell needed massive chakra and full attention,if something went wrong the spell could turn disastrous.

But for Rayven it was not a hazard at all.

Though it was a risk to withdraw all his chakra from the link, and perform a teleportation spell.

But it seemed like the only possible way to stop whoever it was.

The previous attacks on the CUBE was not as intense as this one, he acknowledged it was high time to consult Louis about it and make him aware of the rest of the Deal.

Though Rayven had a hunch, who was launching these attacks but a doubt lingered, would he still be tailing us even after so many years?

Rayven closed his eyes and his breathing fastened, the grip on the steering wheel tightened as he opened his eyes.

The vast ocean blue in his eyes were replaced by bright red and black.

His pupil was the brightest shade of crimson, with small golden lines flickering inside them like burning fire of inferno.

While the white part of his eyes turned pitch black, he still looked human because of his body's shape.

He bit his own arm, with the help of his sharp teeth ;that seemed to have grown too and let the blood gush out of there.

Then he concentrated on his chakra to make a petition to the great devil, offering him his blood in exchange for a pass to jump through places.

He mumbled in an ancient language while he picturized himself infront of the palace in the dark forest,

"Apparte"

And with that, from the middle of the road, blue light flashed and fog enveloped Rayven's car, making it vanish.

It appeared at the front of the palace in just a few nano seconds.

No wonder, that it was said; the teleportation spell gave you ability to travel even faster than the light.

Rayven's injury from the bite had already healed. The demonic regeneration to normal wounds was miraculously impressive.

The mansion infront him lied in pin drop of silence as he got off his car.

There was no other sound, other than his footsteps clicking on the marble floor, that echoed through the walls of the palace.

He walked into the main hall silently,keeping all his external senses highten for any movement from the opposition.

"I know you are here, come out." Rayven screamed.

When no asnswer came from the entity, that hid somewhere near; Rayven closed his eyes and transformed into his demonic form.

His talons grew, and two pairs of black feathery wings popped up on his back; when the wings fluttered they left fire sparks in the air.

His muscled bulged, grippping his shirt tightly aroung them and he gave off a powerful aura.

Rayven's eyes blazed with fire as he scanned through the mansion.

Suddenly a blow was thrown in his direction but he easily dodged.

A sinister smile fell out of his lips as he stared at the source of the power not too far away,in amusement.

"Found you," he declared.

He created a red fireball in his hand and threw it directly, from where the previous attack had come from but turned out there was none.

hmm...Seemed like this demon could jump into shadows.~ Rayven thought.

"Come out and surrender, or I'll find you and tear you in shreds," Rayven growled, threatening whoever it was.

No more attacks came but Rayven could hear the jumbled yet faint movements very clearly.

He was the heir of the demon clan and was born with some exceptional abilities than other demons who were either converted or belonged to a low blood demon family.

Being a demon Royalty and the crown prince of the demon clan, he could make any other demon listen to his command forcefully if he wanted to.

But the mind linking only worked when the demons were on their right mind, not under another compulsion.

In order to make his commanding link work, he needed to blow the compulsion on that demon first.

Rayven evened his breathing and summoned his chakra, concentrating all of them to enhance his ability to see and hear only.

A smirk was plastered on his face as he saw the little demon peeking at him from another corner of the palace.

What a coward!

Rayven closed his eye and breathed once again, before spitting one word.

And with that, invisible strings flew out of his body and started wrapping the demon's body.

It was one of Rayven's special abilities, he could make invisible threads that were strong enough to hold a struggling enemy to the ground.

They could contain venom and spikes if Rayven wanted to but for now Rayven wanted to reach the root of this and confirm his doubts.

So,he decided to catch the culprit alive.

Besides, he wanted to save that innocent demon who was under someone's compulsion and probably didn’t even know that she was here.

Previously, all the other four demons who had come to steal the cube all died right after he caught them.

They killed themselves with a blank expression as if they were mere puppets.

It boiled Rayven's blood and he had promised when he found out the person behind all these suffering, he would make sure that the person suffered.

Two black wings spread across Rayven's back and he flew towards the place where the demon screamed and desperately tried to get free from the invisible binding.

It broke his heart,to see them suffering like this. After all,he was the next king of Demon Clan, and should've been their protector.

Placing a hand on the young demon's head, Rayven got ready to perform the spell of breaking a compulsion.

"Hahahahahaa..."

But before he could do so, a sinister laugh spread through the young demons mouth.

Frowning Rayven looked at the pink haired girl whose face was blank but she was laughing hysterically.

Her mouth opened and closed, but the voice wasn’t female when she spoke. It was a distorted male voice.

"Oh young brother.You are so foolish, you forgot the girl for the cube," the voice spoke.

All the colours drained from Rayven's face as he looked at the body at his feet in utter disbelief...