Goodbye

They run after Amelia and they would not stop until they got her.

"Help! Someone! Help!" Amelia tried shouting in hope that someone would help her. She looked behind her and saw the men catching up to her.

She stopped upon reaching the cliff, below the cliff was the great lake deep and dark.

The men caught up and surrounded her.

"Now you can't escape." The man pulled out his knife to threaten her.

He approached Amelia but she backed off until she reached the edge of the cliff.

"P... Please... Let me go..." Amelia begged as she looked at them in fear.

"We can't do that lassie, especially when there's a profit on you." Another guy stepped close but that was a mistake since when he tried to reach out to grab her, Amelia slipped upon avoiding him.

Was she going to die this way?

It was fine, right? Her grandpa was already gone. She didn't have anyone so if she died, maybe she could see Julius on the other side?

Splash!

Her consciousness was fading and was becoming blurry.

Just then, she saw a figure of a man with red hair and eyes, reaching out to her.

"Amelia!" Alexander caught her by her waist, he leaned and kissed her forehead to give her the ability to breathe in the water.

Amelia gasped for air as soon as she started breathing.

"Brother Alex!"

Alexander sighed in relief. He heard her call of help earlier but even if he wanted to go to her side and help her, it was no use, he was a useless spirit. What help could he do?

"Let's get you out of here."

"Y-You... I finally saw you again... I... I... I thought was never gonna see you..." She even once thought that maybe meeting him was just a dream.

'Kill her.'

Alexander's head started aching again as he tried to fight off the voice inside his head. "Amelia... Y... You have to go..."

'We need her blood...'

Alexander's nails started growing long and his left eye started changing to yellow then back to red from time to time. His ears grew long like that of an elf's. Two horns were growing long on his head as his red hair grew long. He was transforming into his real form.

Amelia was surprised to see how scary he was becoming but she thought that since he was the spirit of the lake... this could be his real form, right?

She can't be scared of him... She won't be scared. Even if he looked scary, he was a good man! He saved her, didn't he?

She reached out her shaking hands to him.

"No... I will not leave you... brother Alex... I missed you so much..." She leaned and hugged him, not letting go, after all, he was an important friend for her. He saved her twice and she was once close to him.

When she was little, he was like a brother to her. Even though he was a spirit, he was also kind to her. Anyone who showed kindness to her, she valued them well.

"Amelia..." Alexander hugged her back and buried his face at the crook of her neck.

She suddenly felt a burning pain coming from her neck.

Alexander bit on her and started drinking her blood. His eyes became cold and distant, heterochromia red and yellow eyes.

'I beg you... don't kill her.'

Alexander closed his eyes as he continued drinking Amelia's blood.

Amelia could feel her body weakening and her consciousness fading away, "Alex..." She whispered one last time before she finally fainted.

When Alexander felt her body became limp in his arms, for some reason, he couldn't bring himself to drink more than he needed as if his counterpart was trying to stop him from drinking any further.

He pulled away and finally stopped drinking her blood.

"Tch. Fine, since I have enough strength now, I'll let her live just like you want." The heterochromia eyed Alexander.

Hee brought her in the deeper part of the lake and there glowed hiss body, lying down on the ground.

When his spirit made contact with his body, his spirit disappeared and his body flinched, glowing brighter. He finally opened his eyes, revealing his beautiful red eyes as if it was back to normal. He looked at Amelia who was still unconscious and was now lying beside him.

"I'm sorry for hurting you..." He whispered softly as he gently touched the strands of her hair.

He leaned and kissed her lips, it was only a peck. Through it, he shared a bit of his life force to keep her alive.

He grew a pair of black bat wings on his back, the water split into half, and he flew out of the lake, carrying her in his arms.

'Are you bringing her with us?'

"No. What she did is already enough. I won't taint her anymore. "

'Then you should erase her memories before you let her go.'

Alexander flew up to the sky in a swift motion, he was finally free. He flew to the town where the old man's daughter lived.

He landed just by the entrance of the forest. He looked at Amelia, gently placing her down on the ground. He touched her head. "This is for you... Forget me, Amelia."

He has became soft after meeting her. She was a human, he never thought that a human could be as interesting as her. At first he only planned to use her for his freedom, she was supposed to die but at the thought of her death, there was this strange feeling that wanted to stop her from dying.

He was known to be a ruthless demon king. He showed no mercy even to children and women. He would kill everyone. He didn't care who it was, as long as they pissed him off, he would never bat an eye in killing them and yet, to this girl, he couldn't do that.

She was the only person who made him feel that way and that was bad.

A small black light appeared on his hand and he placed it in her head before he placed the ring the old man gave her on her finger.

He looked at her one last time before he stood up and walked in the forest.

'Aren't you worried that a wild animal might attack her while she is unconscious?'

"No."

And yet, his feelings betrayed him. He hardened his heart. He didn't want her to die in his hands but if she was to die in other means, then let her be. In that way, the strange feeling in his chest would disappear.