Chapter 8

Samuel's Pov:

I open my eyes to find myself in the little wood cabin. I sit up and take in my surroundings. I see a male. He has snow-white skin and black rings that go around his legs, arms, and neck. He only has one ring wrapped around his neck. He has deep black, slightly shaggy hair. A blindfold covers his eyes but I can see his lips and what looks like black freckles partly hidden by the blindfold. White antlers are growing out of his head. He has no shirt on but a dark pair of shorts covers his lower half.

His head turns to face me and a smirk forms on his light pink lips. "Hello dear." His ethereal voice says as he approaches me. I can't bring my mouth to say anything. I move back. I don't know what his intentions are. What if he's going to kill me? I scooch back up against the wall. He gets close and then sits in front of me. "How is your arm dear?" He says looking in the direction of my arm.

I look down at my arm remembering the wolf bite. My arm is wrapped in a bandage. I gently touch my arm and there isn't flesh missing. I thought it bite off a chunk of my arm. Before I know it there's another hand on the bandage. I look up at the person touching me. "It seems alright. Can you speak?"

He leans back and sits. "Who are you?" The creature smiles at me. "I expected you to know. Since your hunting me." A smirk follows his response. I gasp. "Zenian." He continues to grin at me. I reach for my gun that's in my pocket. I whip out my gun but before I can blink it's not in my hands anymore. Zenian is holding it up in front of me as if to tease me. What the hell? I stand up and try to grab the gun back. I move forward quickly reaching for my gun. But he tosses the gun and grabs me instead.

He holds my wrists in one of his hands. I look up at him finally realizing the height difference. I'm 6 feet tall but there's still a good 5 or 6 inches between me and the creature. "Oh my. Dear, I haven't asked for your name." He asks while looking down at me.

Do I answer him? I don't know what to do. There's a feeling in my gut that's never been there before. It's like I like this. I don't know. Why am I feeling this way? Should I just tell him?

I can tell he gets agitated by my silence. "I saved you. Tell me your name," he says in a growly voice. "Samuel," I say avoiding looking at his face. "Samuel. Nice to meet you, Sam." I like the way my name sounds leaving his lips. I look back at him. He let go of my hands. I look down at them and they're slightly red.

Now's my chance. I roll and grab my gun. I sit in a crouch, aim, and take my shot. I blink and he's no longer there. I look around. Where the fuck is he? Damn it. I'm screwed.

All of a sudden there's a hand under my chin and a bullet in my mouth. How? He's behind me now. "Fiesty, aren't we?" He says smiling over me. My head is tilted back so I can see his face. He wraps his other band around my waist. He sits and pulls me into his lap. "You're lucky, I wouldn't let anyone else shoot at me." He puts his head on my shoulder. He lets go of my chin and wraps that hand around my waist. I spit out the bullet and ask, "Why am I special?" I might as well learn some things before I try to kill him again.

"That's none of your business, dear." He whispers into my ear. I decide not to struggle. I still have the gun. He didn't take it away from me. "Don't even think about it," he growls at me. I put the gun on the ground in front of me. "Sorry."

Why am I apologizing to him?! What is he doing to me? I lean my head back onto his shoulder. I'm tired. I sit there and rest my eyes. "Axeler, why are you here?" I feel Zenian move his head off of my shoulder. Then a new voice begins to speak, "A human? Zenian come on. You're better than this." Axeler. The 3rd strongest of the 5 demon brothers.

I look up at the new creature. He's darker in color than Zenian but they look a lot alike. The rings are the same and they both have blindfolds on. Axeler has fox ears and a tail instead of antlers. "I'm going to kill him so why does it matter to you?" I gasp. He does have ill intentions I grab the gun and aim it behind me. Once again it's taken away from me.

I look forward and Axeler is aiming it at my head. This is it. I'm going to die. I won't be able to help my family. "Axeler. Remove the gun from his head." Zenian says from behind me. "He tried to kill you. Plus you said you were going to kill him. Why not do it now?" He puts the cold gun right on my forehead. I gasp. "P-Please. I won't do anything, I promise." I stutter because of the fear of death. Zenian suddenly covers my mouth. "Be quiet. Axeler I lied ok. I was messing with him. He's only trying to do his job." The cold gun is removed from my head. Axeler scoffs at Zenian's words.

"You need to return home. Vaisker wants you home. You know how he gets." Axeler then disappears. The hand is removed from over my mouth. "Fuck." Zenian says under his breath. "Vaisker as in the strongest of the 5?"

Zenian disappears from under me and appears in front of me. He laughs and says, "Yeah, my stupid brother." He grabs my hand and lifts me so I'm standing. "Do I get to live?" I laugh after I say it. Zenian picks up my backpack and hands it to me. He begins to smirk as he says, "You get to live, but you're coming with me."