Chapter 28

"You were the one who caused all this! You were the reason I've been so sad and hurt! I hate you so much for what you did to me, Charlie!" Stacy cried out as the tears flew from her face freely.

"Stacy, please. Calm down."

"How can you tell me to calm down after everything you did? You used your powers on me! You took away my memory of you and made me look like I was crazy. Why would you do such a thing?"She yelled. "Why would you choose to hurt me so badly despite the love we had for each other? Why???"

Charlie sighed, "I know you have every right to hate me, and I'm sorry, Stacy. There were a lot of things I was scared of, and I let my fears get in the way of the love we shared. I tried so hard to keep up with my plans, but then I couldn't take it anymore. The feeling of being away from you disturbed me much more than those fears."

She looked through him, and seeing his sincere tone and tender manner with which he spoke, she decided to calm her voice a bit, "what… What fears? Does it have anything to do with Hiva?" She sniffed.

"What I fear that will come after you is far greater than anything Hiva could possibly do. A demon king has many enemies, and those enemies never choose to fight the king himself, but rather, the ones closest to him with lesser strengths and abilities, the most vulnerable of all being a human. They did it to my mother, and it took a hefty price to retrieve her soul back from Lucifer's hands. Now, I fear that they'll do the same thing to you. I didn't want history to repeat itself, that's why I thought that keeping you far away from me would be what was best for both of us. Now, I see that it only made matters worse. I nearly drove you into insanity. I'm sorry, Stacy."

Rather than focusing on her anger and the apology he made, Stacy seemed to be more focused on what Charlie said about your mother.

"Your father's enemies, they went after your mother because she was weaker, and then they attacked her?"

"Not just attacked, they killed her," his response made her gasp. He nodded, "yes. That was exactly what happened. My father never saw it coming, and I only just found out recently how my grandfather sacrificed himself to bring her back. He did it to keep his sons' happiness and also to uphold the Daivie legacy."

"Oh, my goodness, Charlie. Was that what made you do all that to me? Because you were scared your enemies might come after me and kill me? Was that why you sent me away from your world?"

"I'm not telling you any of this to justify what I did. I only told you so you would try to understand things, and try to understand why it's hard for us to be together."

Stacy sighed, "If there is anything I want to be honest about, it's the way I feel for you, Charlie. I love you, despite the many dangers lurking about in your world. The human world in itself is full of many risks in itself, yet love still prevails. You should have never done that to me either way."

"I know that, and that's why I had to come back despite my strong instincts warning against it. It just didn't feel right to leave you here like this. I apologize for everything."

"It's fine. I'm just glad you came back to me. You made life here much more bearable for me those days we spent together. I love your world so much, and I don't care about the struggles that come with being your lover. I want you; I want your world, I want the demon life, and I am ready to face any challenge that will come with it in the future."

He used both his hands to cup her face. "I want you too, Stacy, and I am ready to protect you with my life if it means I get to spend the rest of eternity with you. I will never use my powers on you again."

"You will have to, if you want to transform me into a demon."

"Let that time come. You will become a demon when the time is right for you, Stacy. For now, lets just enjoy each moment we get to spend in each others presence."

"I love you, Charlie."

"I love you even more, and asides that. I came here to tell you something that might intrigue you."

"What is it?"

"You are now sitting in the presence of the new Daivie king."

Stacy's eyes shone, as this was very new for her. "You got coronated, despite your strong feelings against it?"

Charlie nodded, "yes. I never wanted it, I still don't, but my grandfather's story seemed to convince me in a way, asides the fact that I did it because it was the only way I could save your life without you having to do as Hiva wished."

"You became the king to save me? Charlie, I don't think that's a good enough reason. I would have still wished to become a demon anyways."

"I know, but I didn't want you to be reborn in such manner. You never made that choice on your own. The choice to become a demon should be made by the human willing to transform, after experiencing all that the demon world entails. You still have a lot to learn about this new world, Stacy. You never know if you might later change your mind, and then it would have been too late."

"Thank you for helping me, but yet I still think what you did was too much for me."

"You'll understand all that I'm saying very soon. Most of the reborn demons among us never made that decision after their experience. They were mostly the ones whose life depended on the transformation; right on the very of death."

"Let's just hope it doesn't get to that for me, but I am sure that my mind would not be changed, even after I experience all you said I should."

"That will take a lot of time, enough time that I'm willing for you to have. I don't want to be placed in a situation where I'll be forced to transform you by all means, that was why I used my authority to dismiss Hiva's condition."

"Thank you for what you did for me, Charlie. Thank you for saving my life."

"You don't need to thank me, I would do it a million times over just to protect you, my love."