xxxviii. thirty eight
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WHEN I COME TO, everything has changed. "Zeke." I cry out, he protectively pulls me into him and glare at the men. They're all staring at us with wide eyes.

"What have you done boy?!" One of the men screams. "Do you know what you just did?" He asks, studying me in bewilderment.

Zeke smirks at him. "I do, I know exactly what I just did." He pushes me behind him, handing me my clothes and I get dressed at the edge of the cliff.

"You've doomed us all." One of the men snarls like an animal, once I'm dressed I study them from behind Zeke.

"The girl is specifically meant to be taken back to our lord, how will he feel when he knows you decided to have a little fucking wedding with her?" Wedding? Zeke just married me? My heart begins to race and I lay my head against his shoulder, I can't help but smile.

"She's mine now, tell my father if he wants her he can come and try to take her," Zeke smirks, next thing I know he's no longer next to me but next to the man closest to us. He channels his speed and before I know it, he stands in front of me. The men dropping to their knees behind him, choking on their blood.

I watch as one claw at his throat, a chunk missing. I don't even know how to process what I just witnessed, I look at his hand that's covered in blood. Splatters of blood along his cheek, chest, and torso causes me to exhale nervously. "That's six down." He's so bad, I jump into his arms and he holds me up with one arm.

"Their blood does nothing but hurt you." He studies his hand, I bite my lip. "Is the one that hurt you in that group?" He asks me, motioning to the six dead men that lay limp on the rocks.

I step outside the circle and study each face, none of them is the man that attacked me. He comes behind me and wraps his arms around my waist, "I love you, no one will ever hurt you again." He reassures me, I feel safe and content in his arms.

How did I not notice he was my home before?

"The ritual seems to be working well on you." His solid black eyes peer into mine. "Come on, we need to get far away." I hold his hand, only feeling safe when he's touching me.

"How do you feel about Dawson?" He glances back at me, suddenly I feel like I've forgotten something. I grow confused.

"Uhm, I hope he's well but-"

"Do you still care for him? Do you want him to fuck you?" He casually asks, he keeps walking with both of our bags on his back.

Dawson. The angel hybrid. I know we had a history of fucking but I feel nothing for him like I do Zeke. I can't even remember all of our encounters.

DAWSON

Katie covers her mouth and begins to cry. "He's soul bonded with her." She opens her eyes and I don't know what that means but it sounds fucking serious.

Everyone drops their head. "What does that mean?" It's been a few hours since they've left and I've kept Katie on top of Scarlet this whole time. I can't let her go. I just fucking can't.

"I believe he's manipulated her. He is the son of Satan, he has done a soul-bonding ritual that will tie Scarlet and him together for life." Veronica gasps for air and Vincent pulls her into him. "She-" She pauses and looks at me. "My apologies, but it's like her memory of loving you is gone."

"No, that can't be." Kyla takes a seat. "There is something we can do. There has to be. She's still alive, this can be stopped!" Her voice breaks. "Once he has her he can use her for anything, they have ultimate power. He could use her against us and her do it because she's devoted to him now."

Auggie places a hand on her shoulder. Katie scrunches her face, she's thinking hard. "Wait, I tuned into her thoughts and he's going against his father and killed his father's men.." She stands and paces back and forth, I watch as she turns to us slowly. "Yes, he wants Scarlet. Yes, he loves her but what if the good side of him is bullshit. What if he's wanting to overthrow his father and take the throne?"

"With him being soul bonded to Scarlet, he's twice as powerful and so is she. They're one now." She looks up at the angry storm that's hovering over us. "He told her that if she soul bonded with them that they could protect themselves from the army and his father."

She strolls toward the bookshelf, pulling a black-bound leather book. "I'm afraid that she went into this manipulating him but he's manipulating her. Here, " She points at the book. "It says the only entity or creature that can kill Satan is either a higher power of a good or his creation, his only son."

Sariah steps into the house, her phone in her hand. "We can lure them back. We can tell them that we need them here and they don't have to run-"

Veronica shakes her head. "And then what? He realizes we're a threat and burns us all alive or even teleports us to hell? I was angry with her when she left, I felt there was another reason but my daughter -" There's a knock on the door, we all flinch and I see a soaked Sterling.

He opens the door. "I know where they are, I've been following them. He did some fucked ritual and then ripped his army's throats out." He frantically says. "Something is wrong with her because she didn't do anything but respond in some fucked up Bonnie and Clyde way."

"Sterling, I want you to take me to them." I stand, I haven't felt a single fucking thing since she left me and now I find out she's soul bonded with him? I'm angry at her. How the fuck could she do that to me?

"No, he'll kill you." Kyla hisses.

"No, he won't. Scarlet won't let him, all it'll take is her to see me again and I can act like I'm wanting to join. That I want to help kill the soldiers and kill his father, he'll have to say yes because that's what Scarlet thinks he's doing in the first place." Everyone falls silent.

"I know you're hurting, son," Lennox says softly. "That is a horrible idea-"

I close my eyes. "I don't care." She broke my heart, she left me crying in a fucking closet. If she truly cares about him and is devoted to him then seeing me won't be a problem.

"Are you asking to be killed?" Auggie studies my face, I stay silent.

"Does anyone else have a better plan? What? We wait until he gets her to where we can't get her and when he starts using her as his puppet then we try and find them?" I know where this is heading.

"I go now, I can handle my own."

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Sterling flies as a crow, I follow him. Everyone begged me not to go but the moment I saw my chance I left. A tear slips from my eye, fuck that. I'm not letting her do this to me. He breaks off and begins to fly away, I drop, and when I land I hear a gasp.

I know it's going to hurt, I finally turn and study them both. He's changed, he's finally shown what he truly looks like and he's glaring at me. Scarlet is looking at me over his shoulder, I sense a change in her too. "Did you contact him?" He asks Scarlet, his voice full of anger and his jet black eyes never leave mine.

"No, baby." She says softly. Baby?

"I see you've changed," I tell him, my wings burying themselves in my back.

"Mmm, yes." He smirks, my heart pounding in my chest as Scarlet steps forward. He wraps his arm around her waist and she turns and lays her head on his chest. She looks upset. "Well, you've come here for something. What is it?" He studies me, he knows exactly what I want. Her.

"I want to help you," I tell him, masking my emotions.

He chuckles, looking down at Scarlet. "Help me?" He presses a kiss to her forehead, I feel my fingers twitching. He's testing me, he wants me to snap and attack him. He wants a reason to kill me.

"Yes, " I nod. Keeping my eyes off of the girl that's cuddled into him, the girl that I'm madly in love with.

"We're killing all the soldiers so they won't-" Scarlet speaks up, he immediately shuts it down by shushing her.

"Okay." He fakes a smile. "I'm assuming you're ready?" He takes Scarlet by the hand and pulls her alongside him.

We begin to walk, he motions for me to lead. I look up noticing Sterling in the sky, his wings flapping as he glides. I tune in to hear their conversation.

"Why did you shush me?" She pouts.

"Because you were saying too much, baby." I close my eyes, the pang in my chest almost causes me to snap. "I can't wait to set up camp, I'm going to fuck you so hard you scream." He knows I'm listening, I come to a halt.

"Is here okay?" I ask and he nods.

The first thing she does is when she walks to the campsite is wave her hand, an ember begins to burn bright red. Zeke studies me, taking a seat on a log near the fire. "Your father is in hell." He tells me, his elbows resting on his knees.

I look at him, my first reaction is to break his fucking neck. He seems genuinely curious. "How do you know that?" I ask him, he shrugs and looks into the area around us.

"I can sometimes feel people." He explains. "I don't know why but I think you should kill him." I can tell he's genuine which is weird, I watch as his expression turns blank and I see a flash of mixed emotions run through him. "He needs to die."

"Who needs to die?" Scarlet comes to him, taking a seat between his legs.

He doesn't say anything to her. I finally realize that maybe if I remind her, she'll remember our first night together. "My father," I tell her, she looks confused and she studies me. "How can I find my father?" I ask, genuinely curious.

"I can send you to hell." He smirks at me, the same asshole comes back. Whatever. "I could bring him here." Suddenly, a twig snaps behind him and he's up. "Scarlet." She stands, I watch them both.

I slowly stand, not wanting to be caught off guard. "Stay here," Zeke tells her, I see concern plastered on her face as she watches him walk into the night.

After a few moments of silence, I hear bones snapping and I hear Zeke cry out. Scarlet channels her speed, before I can stop her she's lost in the night too.

SCARLET

"Zeke!" I cry, my eyes focus in on the night and I can see clearly. He's hurt, I can feel it. I see something move behind a tree, I hear him scream out again and I rush towards the noise blindly. "Ze-" Someone wraps their hand around my mouth, flashbacks of the previous attack surface to my mind and I know what happens when I bite them so I don't do that.

I shove my feet into the ground, reaching behind me to grab their head. I fling the man as hard as I can, I can't believe the force that I use on him. He flies and smacks into the tree in front of me. He hits the ground. "Where is he?" I ask him, anger is all I feel.

"Where the fuck is he?!" I scream at the man, he's groaning and trying to lift himself from the ground. I realize he's fucking useless and with one quick twist of his head, his neck snaps.

My heart is pounding in my chest, I follow Zeke's scent and I approach him. He's laying on the ground on his back. "No, Scarlet!" He yells, I see one man step out behind a tree. I see another and another, I look at the dozen men surrounding me.

They all smirk at me, their eyes running over me. "Kill the boy." One says, I stand over Zeke and cry.

"Kill them all," Zeke tells me, I'm so angry that everything happens in a mere second, before I can even process what had happened I'm standing over Zeke.

The men fall one by one, lifeless and limp. "Good job, baby." He compliments, smirking. "You just handled a dozen men all by yourself." He tells me, taking a deep breath.

I notice I'm covered in blood, my hands have a thick coat of reddish-black blood on them and it's all over my outfit. The blood smells foul, the bodies smell even worse. I look down at him, my hands shake and I realize I just murdered a group of men.

I just killed several people.

"Scar, they were going to torture you and take you back to my father." He motions for me to sit. I do as he says and he tangles his fingers into my hair and pulls me over his lap. I moan as he pulls my head to the side.
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"Yes, bite me." My sex begins to pulse and he exhales.

"Don't make me take you right here between all these bodies." He threatens I bite my lower lip and before I can say a word he plunges his fangs inside of my neck. I feel his tongue graze my skin. "Fuck." He moans, god I'm such a desperate skank for him.

I grip his hard-on, his pants keeping me from the skin on skin contact. I begin to palm him through his jeans as he drinks my blood, "Oh yes." I moan the euphoric state washing through me once again. "Fuck me." I shrug my jacket off and he immediately pulls away from my neck, blood is smeared all around his mouth as he pulls my shorts down.

He pulls me up to stand on my feet, he makes me press my hands flat against a tree and ignore the bark digging into my palms. He bends me over slightly and pulls my panties down. "Fuck, I love you." He moans, slipping into me.

I love it when he's inside of me, he begins to thrust and I can't help the moan that slips past my lips. "God, you fucking slaughtered them. Look at them." He tells me, his breathing growing heavy.

I study the men, they're all dead. He turns me around and pushes my back against the tree. He brings one of my legs up to his waist. He fucks me, the bark digging into my flesh. "I-I-" I can't make out a sentence as he fucks me viciously against the tree, his cock sending all kinds of feelings through me.

Suddenly, I'm crying. "I thought they hurt you." He grips my face with both of his hands as he fucks me, he wipes my face and shoves his tongue down my throat. I moan, my fingers wrapping and tugging at his hair.

"No, baby. You stopped them." He pants, his lips never leaving mine.

Suddenly, I see a figure behind Zeke. It's far in the distance and I lock eyes with it, something inside of me feels off. The angel hybrid, he's crying as he watches us and I feel really bad. Why do I feel so bad? A tear slips down my face, I wipe it and his face softens slightly.

I realize Zeke has just come in me, I look at him and he pulls away from me. "Let's go." He pulls my panties and shorts back up, ignoring all of the blood on me and I look back and Dawson isn't there anymore.

I'm so confused.

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