16. Agreement

Ramon's POV

She looked at me like I had confessed I was Satan's ally. After a while, she opened her mouth and closed it again still in shock.

"Speak." I commanded her.

"Soulmates? That is ridiculous..." She chuckled in disbelief.

There was only one way she would believe me, "I will prove it to you. Anytime you try to make your wings form, you have a vision, am I wrong?"

She stared silently. Her rosy lips were put into a frown and they never looked more kissable.

"There is always this whirlpool of darkness holding you back from connecting with that light. You try to reach out but still, you fail at every point in time."

She glared and pointed at me accusingly, "What sorcery is this?"

I scoffed amusedly, "It is no sorcery. I am connected to you. I feel what you feel and see what you see, well some of it."

"You're lying!"

I sighed, "What do I gain from telling lies now, princess? The entire universe is in chaos."

"Why don't I see what you see then?" She spat.

"I have learned to control it and moreover, if you were to feel what I felt everyday, you wouldn't be able to take it."

She didn't believe me, I could see it in her eyes.

"Prove it." She demanded, "let me feel what you feel and only then would I believe this nonsense you sprout from your lips."

I smirked, "Your wish is my command, princess."

I opened the gateway I had kept blocked for a long time and watched as we formed a connection. She gasped as my essence touched hers. At first it was peaceful, but then...

"Make it stop!" She screamed.

I hurriedly cut the connection just as her pain resonated in me. My soul wanted me to reach out and ask if she was well as she bowed in pain but my pride won over and I just watched her silently.

"What in the name of the Everlight was that?!" She exclaimed after getting herself together.

"A tip of the iceberg from the turmoil called my soul." He answered. She just looked at him in silence.

"That is why I want you to train. As an half-angel, half-demon with my both side very abundant and fighting daily for dominance, I pay for it everyday. My desires might be selfish but yours would be too if you were in my place, suffering for your parents's decision."

"How do you live with that?" She asked with slight pity.

I had said enough so I dismissed her rudely, "None of your business."

She went back to glaring at me which I very much welcomed. I loved her feisty side too much and didn't need her pity.

"Are you interested in me training you?" I asked.

She frowned and with a hard voice said, "I am not doing this for you but for Celestial."

I nodded in agreement, "For Celestial."

Lilith's POV

When Ramon had talked about soulmates, Celestial's prophecy had come to mind but I pushed it aside and concluded that it wasn't true, I and Ramon were not soulmates.

Although, my soul begged to differ with questions like; why did I instantly get attracted to him when he first arrived at Celestial? Why did I always want to touch his wings and be curled up in his arms? Why did I get a strange feeling anytime I thought of the female demon around him?

I did not know what to think but deep down, I knew he spoke truth.

My training began and Ramon wasn't like my mages in anyway. He treated me like a common being and spoke more rudely than usual when I didn't get something right or when I was too slow. It was already exhausting and I hadn't even started with the real thing: I had just been trying to conjure spells.

"You are not any better than my mages who have tried to teach me magic. I do not have wings so it is harder to conjure a spell." I retorted. Who did he think he was talking rudely to the princess of Celestial like a common peasant?

He laughed, "Your mages are no better than hell's witch demons and I know this because I planted a whispering spell in the palace and they didn't even notice it."

He was infuriating that was for sure!

"You've been spying on us, you demon!" I accused.

"It's not spying if I was not caught." He retorted.

I groaned in frustration.

"Since you can hardly conjure any spells, we need to focus and move to the main thing. You need to connect with me."

"Why?" I demanded.

"That is the only way you will connect with the light and your wings will form. You will draw energy from me to help them form."

Telling me to form a connection with him, was like telling me to conjure a spell - I did not know how and at the moment, I did not want to.

"I do not want to connect with you." I told him honestly. Deep down, I was scared of opening my soul to the turbulence in his. It had been very scary and had felt like tiny shards of glass were being pierced into my soul.

I still wondered why he had to go through that for being half of two beings.

His eyes turned cold, "You do not have a choice. It is the only way."

"You do not get to tell me what to do!" I spat, matching his coldness.

We entered a staring contest and he broke it off first.

"Fine by me. We can both watch Celestial burn then." He said with a sinister smirk.

I gasped, "What?"

"We can watch Celestial burn and know that it was all your fault. You had the ground to help but because you were too thickheaded, you did not."

He stated and turned to walk off.

"Wait!" I called out. He was right; I would not live with myself if Celestial fell and I knew I could have helped prevent that. I was their princess and future queen, after all.

He stopped in his tracks and raised his eyebrows in question.

"I will try."