Chapter 15
He looked down and saw the scroll with her.
" You've found your scroll?" He said, but she immediately hid it behind her.
" What do you want?" She asked.
" Answers. I came here for answers." He replied.
" Answers about what?" She asked again.
" You have powers, Kimora. How come you hid them from me?" He asked.
" How did you find out about my powers?" She replied with a question.
" News travels faster than you think." He responded, and she went quiet.
" Now tell me. How did you have powers that I didn't know about? You hid them from everyone, deceiving us all to think that you were powerless, especially me. Why did you do that?" He asked, stepping closer to her.
Kimora had to lean back slightly so that their faces wouldn't meet.
" Because... Because I didn't know about them too." She replied uneasily.
He stepped back from her.
" I don't believe you. We shouldn't keep secrets between ourselves since we're soulmates." He said, and her eyes wend wide.
" Soulmates? Did you just call us soulmates?" She gasped.
Damon blinked in realisation of what he just blurted out.
" I take back my words. It was just a slip of the tongue." He lied, and she frowned.
" If you think that you can question me however you like, then I also have a question for you." She said, and he raised a brow.
" Why'd you kiss me? She asked, and his face dropped.
" I said, why'd you kiss me, Damon?" She pressed the question on him, but he remained silent.
She went closer to him, making their eyes narrow as tension built between them.
" Tell me why you kissed me, Damon. I'm dying to know." She pleaded with her eyes.
Damon suddenly grabbed her face with both hands, making her gasp.
He brought his lips near as if to kiss her, but he stopped just an inch to her lips.
" I don't know why I did that. It was a f**kin' mistake that I regret, till now. So don't tempt me to do something more crazy." He finally answered, then he left her face and vanished.
She looked down disappointedly . Somehow, his words found a special way to hurt her feelings.
He's a devil afterall. Why was she actually expecting a different response? She didn't know.
Dark clouds covered the sky, and Kimora clenched her fists as tears forcefully slipped out of her eyes. Rain started falling, drenching her on the spot.
She was too heartbroken to even notice that the scroll was gone from her already.
Diane came out of the library and was surprised to find her standing in the rain.
" Kimora, what's going on? What're you still doing here?" She asked as she approached her, but Kimora took to her heels suddenly.
" The heck?" Diane muttered before running after her.
NIGHT ∞ FOREST
Damon stood silently, staring at the full moon with his fists clenched.
The only thought in his head was about what he said to Kimora. He was thinking about it ever since he left.
He felt like his answer was a giant lie, even his heart felt guilty. Was the kiss really a mistake? He had no idea.
His mind went to Dora, and he became downcast as all the memories they enjoyed together flooded in.
Right from the romantic first time they met, to the tragic last time he ever saw her alive. His heart ached terribly as he remembered that awful, gory scene.
He cursed himself inwardly again, feeling so destroyed. He badly wished she was with him, that he could really bring her back.
" Avenge me, Damon." He heard her voice like a whisper, and it hypnotized him.
His blood boiled, and he started shaking with mad anger, screaming into the night sky. At once, all the birds flying fell dead and burnt into ashes, and all the green trees turned dark and weak.
He gripped his head, groaning and throwing his head about insanely as he closed his eyes.
His eyes shot open, glowing with livid rage. His claws came out, and he spread them menacingly as his anger drove him insane.
" I'm gonna kill him." He muttered before vanishing.
ROYAL PALACE
Damon appeared at the palace, looking so dark and deadly. The maids and guards fled immediately they saw him.
No one could face him, not when they still valued their lives. They all knew exactly what he was capable of.
Some were unlucky and couldn't escape. They screamed as invisible fire burnt their skin alive.
His powers were dealing with them, and he didn't even have to lift a single finger to do it. He just did it with his mind.
He stepped into the palace without hindrance, and the first person he met in the hallway was King Devon, his own father.
King Devon wasn't surprised. He even had the bloody guts to smile evilly.
" Finally, the bastard is back to finish his undone business." He cackled unseriously.
" Is it that obvious? I'm here to thank you for hating me, and for making me into the monster that I am. Now,I'm going to reward you handsomely." He grinned dangerously.
King Devon held out a sword from his back, as if he already knew that Damon was coming. At once, he sent the sword flying directly to Damon's heart.
Damon put his hand in front of the sword, and it stopped in the air. King Devon's eyes widened, and he started trembling as he bathed in his own sweat.
" The great sword of extinction? Where did a dark-hearted mortal like you find this?" He asked, but King Devon didn't respond.
" In that case, have your sword back." He said and threw back the sword fastly.
King Devon saw how fast and dangerous the sword became and tried running. Unfortunately, the sword stabbed him from behind and stuck out of his belly.
" Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrgghh!!!" He screamed, going down on his knees. He looked down and held the sword, then blood gushed out of his mouth.
" Father!!!" Eric exclaimed and approacged him. King Devon looked at him weakly, then he stopped living and fell lifelessly.
He slowly lifted his eyes to see Damon. His eyes widened beyond their limit.
" Here's the devil who stole Dora from me." Damon smiled darkly, and Eric trembled as sweat ran down his face.
" I swear on the Kingdom, Damon. It was an accident." Eric uttered.
" You ended my lover's life permanently, now I'm going to end yours too. Goodbye forever, Eric." He said.
An earthquake began, causing Eric to lose his balance and fall. The ground beneath him cracked open into two parts, and Eric fell right into it.
" Aaaaaarrrrgghh!!" He screamed, holding the ground so that he wouldn't fall into the crack.
Fire appeared at the bottom of the crack, burning brightly under his legs.
" Go to hell, bastard." Damon said devilishly
Kimora refused to tell her friends what was going on with her. She just isolated herself and buried her face into her knees on the bed while Diane and Celestia tried getting her to talk.
" Kimora, what's wrong with you? Why aren't you telling us anything?" Diane complained.
" Yeah, tell us what's happening to you. We're your friends." Celestia added.
Kimora suddenly raided her face for the first time, looking so intensely disturbed.
" Are you okay?" They asked, but Kimora ignored them.
Her heart was in great turmoil, her mind suddenly refused to be calm. She felt deep worry.
" Damon." She suddenly muttered, then she disappeared from them like that.
" Where the hell has she gone?" Celestia sprang up in alarm.
" I don't know, honestly." Diane replied.
Kimora appeared behind Damon. He was glaring at Eric's fingers, trying to make them slip from the ground so that he'd fall into the crack.
" Damon, stop! Please stop!!!" She yelled, but he ignored her.
" Help me!" Prince Eric screamed as one of his hands lost grip, then he replied all his weight and life on the other.
Kimora went to his front and hugged him tightly, but that did nothing to stop him, and she looked up fearfully at his bloodshot eyes.
Without thinking, she closed her eyes and kissed him deeply. The red glow in his eyes died down, and they widened at the soft contact of their flesh.