The Tyrant Prince and His Succubus
All she wanted was to love and be loved, but what she kept getting was either fake love or nothing at all. Seraphine has the power to seduce people. She unwillingly makes men fall for her and breaks their hearts. To avoid that, she often disguises herself as plain and boring. The only ones who can resist her charms are those who are truly in love – As well as the cold-hearted Crown Prince who seems to be an exemption. "You? A dangerous huntress? You’re mistaken, milady. Nothing's more dangerous than a man who's been seduced - not even a succubus." Despite his handsome looks, impressive accomplishments, and overflowing charisma, Eric wasn't interested in anything other than the throne. Love didn't exist in his world. He's a tyrant in the making and an untamable beast. But now, His Highness has a new target other than the throne. "Wanna see who's more dangerous? An inexperienced succubus who really can't seduce a man if it's not for her power or a predator who's raring to devour his prey at this very second?" Seraphine thinks that Eric can be quite a beast indeed, especially with that hungry gaze of his that keeps brimming with wants and needs. --- Story Synopsis --- Seraphine is secretly a succubus who already lived two lifetimes. During her first life, she lived in the modern world as this lonely orphan whose love was always unrequited. In her second one, she was a Count's adopted daughter who had an unrivaled beauty that made the Duke fall for her. While she died feeling unloved in her first life, she was killed by a deadly form of love in her second one. Because she used to thirst for affection before, she allowed the abusive and obsessive Duke to lock her up until the day she died - Without her knowing that he was cheating on her, that all the people she trusted had betrayed her, and that the love she was receiving the whole time was not genuine after all. When she and everyone else found out that she was actually a succubus, they burnt her to death while she was still locked up. They thought that she was a demoness who deceived them into thinking that she was a goddess. Now that Seraphine woke up to her third life, she won't crave for love anymore. She won’t pursue anyone’s affection again. Instead, she wants to learn how to love herself more. That's until Seraphine met the unattractive and shabby-looking Eric one day who turned out to be the Crown Prince in disguise. --- Succubus - a demon or supernatural entity in female form that appears in dreams to seduce men. [Warning: Mature Content] (Cover Photo Not Mine: Credits to the original artist) - Follow me on Instagram (acieetin) - DM me on Discord (Aciee#1841)
Going Against Destiny II
As Seraphine continues weeping, all Eric can do is keep embracing her.
He never dealt with a crying girl before, so he didn't know any words of comfort that he could say to her. The only solacing gesture that he came to know of was this - not only because he himself felt warm and soothed whenever he was being hugged, but also because he just felt the need to do it for some reason.
There's something about Seraphine that Eric can relate to. He can't understand it well, and all he knows is that he cares about her. There's this unfamiliar sensation that draws him to her - something close to affinity or similitude, perhaps. No matter what this is, he can't resist it, and before he knows it, he finds himself already embracing it.
"I don't get it. Why're you crying so much, Seraphine...?" Eric began once more and squeezed her tighter, already getting frustrated at himself for not being able to comfort her like the way he wanted to.
"They really did something very terrible to you, didn't they?"
"E-Eh?" Seraphine blurted out, stiffening at his dark, tyrannical tone.
"I knew it. I should have already ended that man's life, then-"
"N-No, no! Y-You got it wrong!"
She stopped crying right then, afraid that he might resume his killing spree because of this misunderstanding. Though it was true that she also broke down in tears because of all the atrocities that these evildoers did to her, she couldn't let him bloody his hands even more. Besides, the main reason behind her tears was him - his life situations made her cry.
"Then, why're you crying?" he asked again as he pulled away and started wiping her tears.
It was kind of cute to see him fumbling around and feeling her cheeks in search of her tears. Him doing so also cleared up something for her - he was still blind, after all. She thought he suddenly regained his eyesight when she saw him engaging in combat and inflicting pain on his enemies ever so mercilessly.
It seemed like he had activated something that only the blood running in his veins could explain.
"I'm fine now, Eric. Thank you for coming to my rescue..." Seraphine said with relief and gratefulness - and Eric could tell that she was smiling just by hearing her.
"I'm glad that we'll be able to make it out alive somehow-"
Then, she cut herself off.
She realized something at that moment.
With her expression turning into that of disbelief and enlightenment, she wonders if she is able to alter fate somehow. While she knows that she has long been rewriting the past ever since she went back in time, considering that she did not get adopted and all, this one is different. This is a matter of life and death, after all.
This certain member of the imperial family should have been dead, but right now, he was the one causing deaths all around. If they really make it out alive, she will probably be more convinced.
"We have to leave now, Eric..." Seraphine muttered firmly as she held Eric by the hand and stood both of themselves up, hell-bent and resolved on going against destiny.
"No matter what, let's survive."