We ate our food in mostly silence at the dining table. My hunger completely disappeared for the second time today and I was stabbing my food with the fork like it had offended me personally."Is there anything we can do? There must be a way out of this kind of thing, right? I mean we didn't pay." Elyse said with a hopeful voice and she glanced at me. "Maybe he will collect his payment later." I said in a grumpy voice. I felt utterly defeated and empty. It felt like I was in a surreal situation, like I was under water and as soon as I got to the surface, it would be over and I could step out of the water and dry off. Back in the sun. I bit my nails in anxiety until someone knocked on our door. We all froze on the spot and we all looked at each other with panicky eyes. "Who's there?!" Fay shouted. No answer. "Let's not open-" I whispered-KNOCK KNOCK"Who's there!!?" Fay shouted louder this time. Another no answer. "I will get it," Anna said after 10 seconds and with protests from us
With a heavy heart, I got ready for Dante and Reggie's 'dorm party' with the girls doing their make up next to me. It was quieter than usual, and there was a sense of anxiety around us that we couldn't shake off. No more gifts came for us but the warning note that he left in the car still lay in the closed closet, where we hurriedly stuffed it in as soon as we got home.Elyse was still in possession of the car key but hadn't driven it yet, although the whole school knew that the shiny new car was her and they had no shame asking her for lifts to various places. She shrugged all comments and questions off but I did notice the lingering stares from Elyse to the Mercedes. She had wanted her own car for years but hadn't had the money to buy one. It was her dream to one day own a brand new Mercedes and there it was, in the parking lot of the school. I would be really happy for her if the circumstances were slightly different.I hadn't heard any more voices in my head but his eyes still fol
My head swayed and I stepped aside to steady my feet. The boy held out his arm and grabbed my lower arm to steady me. "What are you doing? Don't touch me." I said in a harsh tone. His finger gripped my arms tighter and I flinched back. Tiny black spots lined my vision and I tried to blink them away.'Little dove. Is someone touching you?'His voice resounded once again in my head. I was too dizzy to comprehend what was happening, but looking at the boy in front of me, I felt like his voice was similar to the sound of the heavens opening. I wanted to voice my thoughts back but my other hand was gripped as well, pulling me back to the bathroom in the dorm room.The boy pushed me against the cold stone wall of the bathroom and kept my arms to my side with force. "You're coming home with me." He said in a disgusting tone and I tried to fight, tried to loosen my hands, tried to bring my knee up, tried to move my head forward, anything. But my body wasn't moving in sync with my brain and I
"Let's dance. NO! Let's get a drink!" I said with enthusiasm. People turned around to stare at us with surprised looks. No, not at us, they were at the demon holding my arm. "Dude. People like you here, maybe you can use your little snippety snappity magic trick here. They would be falling on their knees in front of you." I said in wonder. He grinned at my comment and suddenly my cheeks turned red at my last sentence.He got to the front door with more surprised and flirty looks, before being stopped by Dante. "What are you doing with Elle?" He asked in anger. He closed the door in front of the demon and stood in front of us with his arms over each other. I was still held by my arm and the fingers tightened slightly. But instead feeling discomfort or pain, the lust I was feeling earlier came surfacing again. The demon widened his nostrils and looked at me with interest."Fuck off." He said whilst turning back to Dante. Dante narrowed his eyes but was unable to speak another letter bec
"Anna. You need to fail your exams. It's the only way." Fay angrily spat at Anna. Anna shook her head. "How?" She asked us. "You need to drop out of school." Elyse said next. Fay nodded her head in agreement."What? I can't drop out of school. Are you seriously asking me to do this?" Anna's anger was evident in her gaze and tone. I jumped up from the bed and got into Anna's face. "Anna, seriously? YOU wanted to summon a demon to 'play a game'. You asked for better fucking grades, what the hell?! What will happen to me in two days, when he comes to collect me? Will I be murdered? Will I ever see my family ever again? Will I be sold as some prostitute, considering he is the demon of LUST?" I screamed the last part loudly. Anna huffed in annoyance.I was losing it. Tears stung my eyes and I let them fall now. It was all hopeless anyway.The car was still in the driveway, registered on Elyse’s name, her boyfriend was making her a coffee in our kitchen 10 metres away and the final grades w
Dante woke up after a few shakes and he lazily smiled at me. "What happened?" He asked me whilst looking around. "What? What do you remember?" I asked him. He shook his head. "I think I was dreaming. Sorry I fell asleep, babes. Let's have a look at these grades." He responded. He got up and held out his hand to me with an expectant look. "What do you mean?" I asked in confusion. "The grades? The last list of the year, let's have a look?" He answered with a laugh. I shook my head but didn't say anything. He grabbed my hand and pulled me out of the empty office.People around me were frantically searching on their phones. The further we walked into the university, the more people came out of their dorms and started cheering. Some people stormed into their dorms with sadness and shrugged off any people that tried to console them."What's going on?" I asked, even though I had a sinking feeling about what was happening. Dante didn't answer me but instead walked right into my dorm. Elyse,
"Wait!" She shouted loudly. I snapped my fingers back to my body and turned to Anna with shock. The demon stepped closer to me and let out a growl, but before he could speak, Anna stood up from the couch."Take me. Take me instead." She said out loud.Everybody was silent for a second. I held my breath."No." Adrian said. The simple word rang through the room. Anna looked utterly disappointed. I frowned at her. Why would she be disappointed?"Please, Adrian." Anna begged.The demon let out a loud snarl. Anna flinched back and I stood frozen on the spot. "Call me by my name again and you will not live. I do not want you." His voice held anger and Fay and Elyse were silent, staring down at the floor. I still looked at Anna who looked at me with a rageful expression. Why is she mad at me?"Little dove."The nickname made me snap my head in his direction. He held out his hand and I knew fighting would be no use. I extended my hand and placed it into his. I thought I imagined a ghost of a
We walked into the castle which seemed more like an entire city than one building. Up multiple stairs, through multiple hallways where some doors were open and others were shut. It was quiet in the castle and I looked into a few open doors to find empty kitchens, empty bedrooms, empty seating areas and other rooms that piqued my interest. Every guard that we passed bowed deeply to Adrian and stared at me with wide eyes. Some were looking at me angry, some curious and some had an expression on their face that I didn't want to think about. They were licking their lips like I was some piece of candy that they could eat. Some of the guards looked almost human but some definitely did not. I didn't try to analyse it too much and just tried to remember that I was in the demon realm. There wouldn't be a lot of human beings around, I presumed.The hallway widened out and at the end, there were two massive stairs that led to double, closed doors. More guards lined the hallway in this spot and