Afterlife Saga: Afterlife Part 34

"It is the same principle with the 'Risen'. Demons that defy the Devil will be cast out, only being allowed back when they please him. Rogue Angels and Demons have always been a problem as they often wreak havoc on your world and they disturb the balance not only for you but for the world that you cannot see. There are many that do not, however, as there are many different forms of us and not all strive to cause destruction. Some of us are here to control it."

"You said "us" but if you're not an Angel then...no... it can't be!" I couldn't finish it. I couldn't bear the thought of Draven being from that place.

"What, you don't think I could possibly be a... Demon?" He said bitterly, hurt at my reaction but I couldn't help it, he just couldn't be. All these years of hating what I saw, he couldn't be part of that!

"I don't know anything anymore." I said weakly and I could feel the tears waiting to arrive. How could someone show me all that compa.s.sion when they were born from a place of pure hate? I wanted to turn away from him but I couldn't. I was locked by my fate and only Draven held the key.

"I was sent here to control the balance as I am the only one of my kind. You see, my mother was an Arch Angel, which is a high-ranking Angel. She fell in love with my father who was of the Second Hierarchy in h.e.l.l. This was utterly forbidden and completely unheard of. They kept their love secret for a long time until it became clear that my mother was pregnant." He said watching me as my face dropped in shock. WHAT! What was he saying? I couldn't help the question I had to ask, "Angels and Demons can reproduce?"

"Yes, rarely. But not in the same way as humans, they're created as souls and then the fate of these souls is decided upon in a divine court. Some are allowed to stay, some have to fall to a human host, only this time it was different."

"Human host?" I said trying to control my urge to ask a million and one questions at once.

"I will get to that soon but first I will explain why I am here and not there. There was not to be only one ruling on this decision as it was not only on one plane. It was a matter to be dealt with from both sides. Heaven and h.e.l.l both came to the same conclusion, our souls, especially mine were too precious to waste. My mother had triplets, one pure Angel, one pure Demon, both incredibly powerful and very strong thanks to their heritage. With our parents being of the highest rank it was in our blood line, so to speak."

"Ok, so Sophia is the Angel and Vincent the Demon but what are you?" I asked but he smiled as if I had made such a mistake by that remark.

"It is funny how you would think that, I suppose to humans Sophia would look more Angel than the powerful Demon she is." He laughed at my reaction, I was shaking my head not wanting to believe her as a Demon...all this time, but then looking back to that night...well now it made sense.

"She is not bad, Keira. I know it is hard to understand as you only can go on what history has taught you, but not all Demons are bad just as not all Angels are good."

"Ok... so like I said, what are you?" I was almost too scared to ask.

"I am a product of two souls fused together. I am part Angel and part Demon." He then waited for I don't know what...my screaming, running, maybe my attempt at jumping from this balcony. I know he was trying to a.s.sess my mental state but when I didn't do any of these things I think he found his answer. And so he carried on, "As I said, this was a shock to all as this had never happened before and hasn't ever since. I am the result of a forbidden love that was so strong it divided every existence in both our worlds. I have the power of the two and this made me an a.s.set, so I was chosen to keep the balance here making sure both sides played an equal game."

"How do you do that?" He smirked and ran his hand through his hair before answering me.

"Being more powerful than the rest helps. Mainly my word is enough on the matter but there are some who like to be more...well, shall we say... difficult." He moved closer to me, being cautious in case I was frightened by him but when I didn't move away he had another of his answers. He closed the distance in a heartbeat and held my arms to look deep into my eyes searching for my true feelings on all that I had just heard. And there he found them as I looked lovingly back.

I wanted to kiss him, to let him know that no matter what impossible truth I had just heard, I still needed him more than the air I breathed or the blood that flowed through my veins. Because without him it would all be for nothing, as I finally knew the reason for my visions. His fingers traced my lips before his mouth followed and his kiss burned with the same fiery pa.s.sion as the night before.

"Come inside...you are cold and it will rain soon." He said once he had finished kissing me. He placed his hand on my back and guided me through the opening that was soon closed with the gla.s.s wall that appeared.

Once inside he motioned me to sit and there was a new tray of food and drinks on the table next to where he wanted me to sit.

"Eat, you must be hungry." He said, once again being worried about me.

"Do you eat?" I asked as I grabbed a peach from the bowl of fruit. He looked as if he was trying very hard not to laugh at my question.

"What! It's a good question." I said getting defensive. So he got up and grabbed an apple from the bowl and bit into it grinning like a bad boy and I couldn't help but smile.

"Yes it is and to your question, yes I do eat. I don't have to as often as you but my body still has most of the same functions as yours." After last night I highly doubted that but I remained mute on my thoughts.

"Really, so were you born with that body?" I asked biting into the nicest peach I had ever tasted and I had to catch the juice that dripped down my chin...next time I will have to choose the grapes, less messy and embarra.s.sing.

"In a way, this body was given to me from a willing sacrifice and I have had it ever since." I coughed a bit of peach that shot down too quickly. Did he just say sacrifice?

"This was a great honour, Keira. He became an Arch Angel for his faith in G.o.d. See the bodies that we possess act like a vessel, but we still have to take care of them, like a plant to nourish, but our power keeps regenerating the body's cells making it last longer. But they are not infinite, they don't last forever, eventually they grow old and that's when we move on."

"How long have you had your body?" I asked thinking that one day he may look like someone different. I didn't like the idea. He was perfect the way he was and I never wanted him to change so when he said "Since the beginning" I was confused but happy.

"But you just said..."

"Yes, I know, but I am different. For some reason my body has only aged about five years since I was first reborn. But Sophia and Vincent have changed a few times, well quite a lot throughout the centuries." At this I try not to choke!

"Centuries? How...how old are you?" I asked gulping hard.

"I don't think we should bombard you with too much information all in one go, after all I don't want you having a meltdown." He said coming over to me and pouring me a gla.s.s of iced water before kissing the top of head.

"I won't...I'm fine."

"I know, that's what scaring me, so far you have taken this all eerily well." I guess he was right and I wondered why that was? Maybe if I had first met him yesterday and found out all this now then maybe I would be screaming. But looking back, first on all those years that I seen the unimaginable and then the gradual build-up of all things I have seen while being here...well the first thing that comes to mind is I'm just d.a.m.n happy I can finally confirm that I'm not crazy!

"Ok, well what if I changed the questions?" I asked, looking at him over my gla.s.s and he looked intrigued.

"Ah, let me guess, would these questions have anything to do with you?" He grinned knowing the answer.

"Umm maybe...ok YES but you can't blame me!"

"I never would." He teased and pushed his hair back with both his hands and I couldn't speak for watching him. Man, he was so s.e.xy I couldn't think when he did things like that.

"What was I saying?" I confessed and he laughed at my incoherence.

"You wanted to know why you?" I nodded without replying, I wanted to know but I was also scared of the answer in case it was something I didn't want to hear.

"When did I first meet you... really?" I asked, as I wanted to be sure it was when I thought it was.

"When it was near to our visit here this year my sister was acting strange, as if she was waiting for something or someone...So when she left early I went to find her. I followed her to an open part of the forest where I found her creating her own version of the Garden of Eden. I usually indulge her, letting her get away with these things as we can manipulate what humans see, so it wasn't a worry if this was found. But then when I turned up she ran off, I didn't understand why until I saw you."

"You saw me there, that wasn't a dream?" I asked feeling that I had known it all along. But this made me wonder, had any of those times been a dream? Maybe the reason it never felt like it was because it had been real all along. All those times I thought I was being crazy!

"No it was real. The first time I saw you, I was mesmerized, you had me locked in from that very first second and I couldn't get away. I couldn't believe you could see what my sister had done, even though I tried to control you not to see. I couldn't help coming closer to you, you didn't seem real to me at first. And then you literally fell at my feet like you had dropped from Heaven. I couldn't help but touch you. I had to use every last bit of self-control I had, not to grab you up in my arms and take you away with me, keeping you mine forever. You don't know how hard it was...how hard it has been." He said and out of everything he has ever said to me, this shocked me the most. Did he really feel like this? I mean he couldn't...could he?

"I wish you would have taken me away with you." I whispered shyly, looking up at him from where I sat. Seeing him standing there with intense emotion clearly showing and with what he was telling me...I knew all he said to be true.

"I doubt that would have been a wise move...for you at least. So the only thing I could do was to make you think it had all been a dream. I tried to walk away and leave you alone but I couldn't. It didn't exactly help when it turned out that you were working at my club right under my nose but even this was never enough. I had to keep seeing you but each time it was getting harder to make you believe it wasn't real." It was like listening to the confessions of a desperate man or should that be desperate Demon?

"I would come to you when you were asleep just to watch you, but you always seemed to wake. It was as if you knew I was there. And of course then there was the night I saw you having a nightmare...I couldn't just watch you go through pain, you were so frightened! That was when it was the hardest to try and make you believe, I have never known such a stubborn mind in all my years!" He laughed at my frowning face, being called stubborn.

"All I could do was watch from a distance but it drove me crazy, it consumed me, like every day had turned into my own personal torture in a world that usually I help control, but over this I had none." He looked as though this was a painful memory and to a man or 'being' of his importance it probably had been. I was amazed to find his feelings had mirrored my own.

"I had no idea you felt like this, the same way I felt. I can barely believe this is happening, if this is all true then why did you treat me so badly when you saw me in your club? Why did you object to me working in the VIP?" I hated talking about these times as it seemed so long ago now, things had changed so much since then but I needed to know the truth.

"Because I was trying to keep you a secret. I wanted to keep you at a safe distance from a room full of Angels and Demons. I was scared they might have been able to feed from your emotions and this I couldn't have. But mainly I wanted to keep you safely away from me!" At this he looked guilty.

"What do you mean, feed from my emotions?" Ok this I didn't like the sound of.

"Demons and Angels survive on the emotions of humans, that's where they get their energy, their power. The stronger the emotion the more powerful they become, that's why I allow humans in to this place making it a Gothic nightclub. The emotions of alternative people are a strong mix of both positive and negative, satisfying everyone's needs." I heard the words but I couldn't help feel bad for all us unsuspecting humans. He said the word feed and it made me wonder if that was what he had been doing to me all along. My pain from sharing my story must have made for a good feast surely! I suddenly felt betrayed. I had trusted him and maybe this was the reason all along, the reason I was here...the reason he picked me. Was anything real about how I felt or was it just manipulated to suit his need!?

I stood up, needing to get some air, my head spun from the facts. Why else would a man like Draven want me? I had been so foolish. Of course it wasn't me he wanted it was the pain of my past! I moved towards the gla.s.s doors and Draven had been right about the rain, it was now lashing it down against the doors.

"What's wrong Keira, you look unwell?" Draven moved towards me but I put my hand up to stop him. I could feel the same pain in my heart again as the realisation finally hit me. I walked up to the doors and put my hand on the gla.s.s waiting for it to move but it didn't budge. I knew Draven must have been keeping them closed, keeping me here to continue to feed from my pain no doubt.

"I need air Draven ...let me out!" I said in a dead voice that didn't belong to me.

"Keira, tell me what's wrong, look it's raining out...please." He said placing his hand on mine but I just shook it off.

"Let me out NOW!" I screamed at him knowing I was just adding to his enjoyment. The doors opened and I walked out into the lashing rain. I didn't care. I just needed to feel something...anything but the feeling that I was food for him! And that was all it was, just a way for him to become more powerful. Had he been playing me from the start, trying to provoke these emotions from me to increase his high? Tears rolled down my cheeks mixing with the rain that fell on my face. I could feel Draven behind me but I couldn't move, I was locked in this place with nowhere to go. I wanted to go back to before I knew any of this, back to a safe place, back to his safe embrace, one where it wasn't purely for his gain!

"Please talk to me...what did I say?" He said with panic in his voice and I let out an evil laugh one that didn't sound right coming from me.

"So all this time that was the reason. I was just one big high for you to suck the life from! Oh look, here comes a girl that's broken, let's see how much I can mess with her and feed from her emotions! I bet an attempted suicide was a big turn on!" I couldn't help my reaction, I pounded my fist down on his stone chest and I hit him and kept hitting him until my fists were red. And he let me until I had gotten it all out. "HOW COULD YOU? How could you?" I screamed in his hard face until it was his turn to take over. He grabbed my arms and shook me until I regained control.

"KEIRA, listen to me...LISTEN! I can't feed from you. It's impossible! No-one can...it's not been allowed...you're the chosen one!!" He shouted back at me and before I realised it, his arms were around me and I was being taken back into his room by force, where he was to make me understand...

The only way he knew how.

Chapter 39 Something different.

"GET OFF ME!" I screamed but it was no good, he had my body in his iron hold, his arms locking around me with an incredible force. I was like a frightened bird squirming to get free. His face looked both calm and controlled but I knew that was soon to change. My hair hung wet around my face and my clothes clung to my skin. I had only been out there a moment but it was long enough for me to get soaked.

He finally put me down up against one of the huge bedposts at the end of the bed. I was stood on the second step and he grabbed my hands and pinned them above my head with both his hands. His face was level with mine and he leant his body into me, making my pulse quicken with both anger and the hunger I still felt for his touch. He was wet too and water dripped down from his black hair onto his face. His hair came forward making his features look all that more terrifying, his black eyes twitched with hints of purple as the demon inside was screaming through. But at the same time something else burned inside me and I couldn't stop it...I wanted him!

"LET ME GO!" I screamed again and his hands only held me tighter.

"NO!" He shouted back and I knew I was his to do with as he pleased. There was a light tap at the door and this didn't go down well with Draven as he wanted me to himself.

"LEAVE US! We are NOT to be disturbed!!" His voice boomed out and it truly scared me as it was not a command to be reckoned with. His hard eyes looked back at me.

"Why do you refuse to trust me, after everything I have done, you still think I want to hurt you?" He moved one hand away but when I tried to take my chance and move, he just held both my wrists with one large strong hand.

"Because it is nothing but lies, everything you have said is just one big lie to get what you want!" I couldn't contain my anger, I had to get it out, it had to be freed.

"If I wanted you purely to feed off, as you so wrongly think, why would I have waited so long? I would have taken you there and then!" His free hand was gripping onto the wooden post near my side. His breathing became as heavy as mine.

"Maybe you just enjoy playing the game!" I said to be cruel. Why was I pushing him and most of all why was I enjoying it? What I said hit home as he hit the post with anger and the bed shook under me as he shouted, "Tanr ve Devils el sizin tarafnzdan aptal kz vardr!" At me in fury. (Turkish) "Speak English!" I shouted back hating it when he did that!

"I said by G.o.d and the Devil's hands you are a foolish girl!"

"You're right I am a fool... for trusting that you could ever just have wanted me, for just me." Again this. .h.i.t him hard but he reacted differently this time. He shook his head at me and his free hand went to my waist that was now exposed from having my hands still held above my head. As soon as his skin came in contact with mine it sent fiery impulses up my side making me feel weak.

"You think that I would have gone to all this trouble just for a good meal, there are sadder cases than yours Keira but none that would ever have touched me in the same way. The only reason you are here is because I want you...no, no, not just want, but need you and I know you feel the same." His hand moved further up with his words.

"No I don't!" I shouted but the words were a lie and he knew it too. He gave me an evil grin under his dripping wet hair and his black, deep-set eyes were burning into mine. He leaned his head closer to my face holding it there. His hand circled round down to my thigh and it moved inwards slightly making my body thrust against his with want. His lips were so close I could almost taste him.

"I know you do and I will prove it." He lips whispered over mine but he still wouldn't kiss me and I was going crazy inside knowing that if he didn't put his lips to mine soon I would scream out. I wanted him like never before and if he didn't take me soon I would be proving him right. Then he made it worse, he lifted my leg up so he could get closer to my body and in that position I could feel his need pressing into me.

This was more than I could bear and I caved in to the power he had over me. I crushed my lips to his and they parted letting me in. There the taste was an unbelievable high. It must have had the same effect for him as he dropped his hold on me taking my body in his arms as the kiss intensified. I was losing my battle against why I was so angry. But I wanted to remain in control, I wanted to be heard and know the real reason for me being here. He had called me the chosen one outside, what did it all mean? The questions that floated around my mind brought me back down from my high and I found I could concentrate once again. As soon as he broke away from the kiss and said, "See I told you." He broke the spell. My anger doubled and I couldn't help what came next as if some of his rage had flowed into me making me strong.

"How dare you!" I shouted and then slapped him across the face. I was so angry that he was right, I hadn't been strong enough to say no...Well that was about to change! He looked shocked for only a moment and then he gave me another grin as if he enjoyed my reaction. I walked away from him pa.s.sing the bed when he grabbed hold of my arm and pulled my roughly back to him.

"Where do you think you're going?" He said as I was back in his arms again, where I was going to stay no matter what! He kissed me furiously like he had never kissed me before and my body went like putty under this new aggressive pa.s.sion. That was it! My logic vanished along with my will. I was his for the taking and my hands wrapped around his neck proving it. His hands found my cheeks below and lifted me up to his groin, wrapping my legs around his waist locking them at his back. I don't know how but my hair was loose again flowing down in wet waves and his fingers ran up through them until his hand found my neck. His other hand was up my back sending sparks of cold and hot flashes up and down my spine making the room spin.

There was no more being gentle and he threw me on the bed proving this. My heart raced at the unexpected, making me even more excited at this new side of Draven I had never seen before. He flipped me over so I was lying on my front as his hands explored my back. I heard him remove what must have been his clothes as the next time he touched me I was sure he was naked.

My clothes were irritating him as he couldn't get to my skin freely with them in the way. That's when I heard a ripping sound as he wasn't patient enough to remove them the conventional way as he had done with his own. He had torn them apart as if they had been made of paper, proving his strength. I jumped at the sounds of my clothes been ripped away from me and grabbed for the sheets just for something to keep hold of while I was being manhandled in the most blissful way.

My back was now naked and his fingers took on a softer role as they traced from the top of my neck down to the base of my spine. My body arched up at the energy that he created inside me and when I did this, his hands grabbed me from underneath twisting me back upright to face him. He removed the remaining strips of material that were covering me and threw them away like rags. His eyes grew wide and hungry for my exposed skin, as if he needed to taste it, which is exactly what he did.

He leaned down and bit my sides softly but enough for the pain to be turned into pleasure. He worked his way up over my b.r.e.a.s.t.s tasting and torturing each nipple until I nearly came apart beneath him. He looked up at me with a heavy purple gaze before continuing on round to my neck making me groan under each bite. I placed my hands on his back and couldn't help but rake down my nails digging into his skin and he too groaned in response.

My jeans were all that remained and these would be a problem for what he wanted to do next. He gripped me roughly by the denim on the waist line and pulled me up to his groin, suspending me and creating a s.p.a.ce underneath me, so that with his other hand he could pull the jeans, ripping them away from my thighs and making the material separate all the way down the seams. Now I was as naked as he.

I couldn't tear my eyes away from him as he reminded me of some demonic wild beast and I was his victim that he wanted to devour. And I let him. I let him have me, giving myself gladly to his needs as they were also my own. He was kneeling over me, looking down at me, helpless under his domination. He tightened his hands around my arms and pulled me up to him wrapping my legs once more around his waist. He sat back off his knees and lifted me up slightly so that he could enter me.

I screamed out as soon as he did but he fought my body's reaction, restraining me back to him, pulling me down at the shoulders. Once again his size shocked me and made it hard to take as I let out more screams of intensity. The pleasure evolved inside me, getting stronger with every move he made. I could feel his muscles clench at his own pleasure and I in turn let out moans of uncontrollable rapture. I don't know how long we were locked together in this unbreakable bond as, like last night, my mind was consumed with the ecstasy that I felt. I could only feel but I couldn't think. My brain wouldn't let me.

Draven's hands were everywhere. Controlling my every move. He would hold me in the tightest embrace like he never wanted to let me go and then the next minute he would hold me at arm's length just to look at me in amazement. All the while pounding into me with such power, making me feel like he possessed every inch of me. I didn't know how my body survived the onslaught as my mind was finding hard keeping sane.

I felt him move his impressive grip down from my b.r.e.a.s.t.s to my hips in an almost bruising hold before I felt myself being moved. I had my eyes closed the whole time but when I finally did open my eyes I was again lying on my front. He had his hands around me holding me tightly in an embrace. Once again I couldn't control what I needed to happen after what felt like an eternity of maddening ecstasy. His hand found the front of my neck and used it to turn my head upwards. I could feel his strong jaw against my face and he placed his lips at my ear.

"Tell me what you want Keira!" He said in a commanding tone. I closed my eyes and bit down on my lip not wanting to speak. So he reacted by multiplying the feeling inside me and my body tensed under his weight, as he thrust harder inside me.

"Is this was you want?" He whispered and I could feel the mischievous grin behind his words. When I still didn't answer he did the same thing only making it last longer, then cutting it off abruptly at the last second making me scream. He was toying with me to get me to obey him.

"Keira, I can keep doing this until you speak to me." He warned and I knew my body couldn't take it any more so I gave in to his unusual demand.

"Yes!" The answer escaped my lips barely making a sound.

"Good girl" He said as he had the answer he wanted and he showed me his grat.i.tude by making my body erupt screaming out, along with his and once again he fought against me holding me down until I calmed. This took time, as it didn't stop until he knew my body couldn't take any more and I was pleading with him out loud. I went to bury my head again but he wouldn't let me.

"No you don't, I want to see the pleasure in your face." He said firmly holding my face up, but I couldn't open my eyes. I went to bite down again on my lip but he stopped me by placing his thumb in the way of my mouth as I probably would have bit through it. And then it was all over as I again let out a scream to finalize it. My muscles collapsed into his arms that still held me. He lowered me down gently letting my head roll into the covers as I hid my shame. He waited patiently for my body to regain control and my breathing to calm. All I wanted to do was sleep and the feel of him stroking the back of my hair was making it worse. I followed the rhythm, back and forth, and he kissed the top of my head saying.

"Sleep Keira," he whispered gently after easing out of my used body. But this I wanted to fight against, so I opened my eyes without looking at him. My skin was sticky from sweat and my cheeks burned from my screaming. He again covered me with the silk covers cooling me down. I was still on my side, my face remaining out of his sight. His hand stroked down my shoulder and my arm. His skin was now icy cold making my skin react.

"You need rest.... my love." I knew he was right as I was exhausted but my stubborn nature came through. Also did he just call me...my love? My inner-self was screaming out with glee but my exterior remained calm. A term of endearment that was all. I kept repeating this over and over.

"I don't want to sleep." I said timidly and he let out a small laugh.

"Your body is not used to all it has endured, you need time to adjust." He said back to a soft velvet voice. I turned to face him as I couldn't hide from him any longer. He was smiling, all traces of the beast gone.

"I'm fine, but that was...well...different." I said putting it diplomatically.