Decades turned to centuries and finally, my time was nearing, I had been studying the book intensely. There was one other key, the sorceress' heir.
I was confused when the book mentioned her, saying that she was supposed to be my mate. It was written that my punishment would end when I meet her.
The pages would write itself magically and when that day come, it would reveal my last task. My last quest to redeem my fault and break me from the curse.
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I saw her, the little kid that was to be my key in breaking the curse. The Chosen One, as stated in the book. She was able to see me under the water when I showed myself to her. But it was not the right time, she had to be of age. She had to be with the one that was pictured with her in the book.
Time passed as I keep on pulling her away from danger, and years later I showed myself to be her guardian. I couldn't believe how she was badly mistreated, but I had learned that humans could be more dangerous than they appeared to be.
It was not until years later that she met her mate, The Healer. I was finally slowly creeping up, I was pulled back more often to earth. The nymphs were aware of my situation and they could not do anything but accept my fate.
I had molded several demons under me, but none was to my expectation to replace me. The nymphs and the others were calm, as they accept what was to come.
Then fateful day arrived when I met her, the true key, the sorceress heir. She was a real beauty, far more than any being I had ever set my eyes upon. Even the nymphs and the succubus were in no comparison to her. Maybe it was the curse but at that moment, the first time that I saw her, I claimed her as mine.
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"Arkael." The witch called out my name.
"You..." I was looking at Florence, The Chosen One. I was silently asking her as to why she summoned me. She was looking back at me, but her eyes darted the other way to the exquisite beauty standing with her book.
I growled as I look at her, the pull was so intense that I had to resist myself from claiming her that very moment. I could feel as the small cottage shook under my feet.
The Healer was quick to protect his mate, he was getting ready to defend her but she put her hand on him as to hold him and calmed him down. I was in front of the beauty seconds later, I picked her up and forcing her to stand up. The beautiful little witch didn't resist me, as she shook her head to them to let me be. I was lifting her small figure, I just couldn't stop myself. The pull was too great.
She was calm in my grasp, totally surrendering her life to me. Either that or she knows exactly that they couldn't fight me even if they tried.
But I was definitely not ready when I touch her with my hand, slowly my blackened fingers turned back to my human hand. I slowly touched her face for one last time, then retreat back into my darkness, but not before I claimed her.
"MINE," I growled while trying to keep my shock state to my previous change under control. My hand was back to its hideous features as I let go of her.
Moments later I was sucked back to my chamber, I hurriedly went back to the book and flipping it back and forth.
"The Damnation Curse of the Sorceress" it was stated there that the curse could never be broken, unless with a special power of the chosen one. I had found the chosen one, and the healer, then I had found the witch moments ago, the sorceress heir. I recognized the light brown eyes and the freckles, all of her people had the same exact characteristic features.
The pulled that I experience was beyond my imagination, the possessiveness I had towards her hit me instantly. I need to converse with her and discuss further about the book. I was about to visit her when the nymphs burst into my chamber, saying a war had just started in the south of the kingdom. I put my mind off of her, and decided to follow them and gathered my demon warriors.
The war lasted for a couple of days, until it died down after we vanquished all of the rebel demon fye, falling angles were involved making matter worse since we were not allowed to kill any of them. Ranulf, the angels' leader finally came to a compromise that ended the war. We welcomed him and his followers into the kingdom as our guests. We need to unite with them if the kingdom was to survive after my leave.
My mind was back to the book, moments after I had finished welcoming the angels. I had sent the nymphs to Ranulf's chamber, to welcome him properly. They were ecstatic and thanked me, saying they had been wanting for the chance to lay with fallen angles. I just shook my head smiling and dismissed them, then I was finally alone with my thoughts
All of my ex-human demons had left before me, I was the last one of my kind. If the sorceress had sent another human too hell, I hadn't met one yet. I had been lonely for decades, the urge to get back to earth was suffocating my mind. Then the vision of her made me even more desperate, it had been days since I summoned the succubus to my chamber, even the nymphs were worried for me.
That night I finally gave in and decided to visit the little witch, I found her peacefully sleeping but then woke up instantly as she felt my presence.
"Arkael..." she voiced her mind.
"What is your name? you are her heir...I recognized your eyes and freckles."
"Shani..." she yawns innocently and stretches herself revealing her beautiful curves. I took a deep sighed trying hard to hold myself from touching her again. She could not handle me in my demon state alone, on our last encounter I know I had drained her. She needed to be in contact with the chosen and the healer, she couldn't do this alone.
I retrieved my book and put it on her bed, she instinctively gets out from the cover. The act alone showed her naked thighs, she didn't seem to mind letting my eyes wander to her lower part of the body.
"What? is there something wrong?" her face squinted, but her dainty hand touch the book cover and slowly open it.
I cleared my throat, suddenly felt parched.
"Your dress, nightgown...why are you naked?"
I know she was more covered than the nymphs and the succubus. But this was a different realm, I didn't expect her to be this revealing.
She suddenly let out a laugh, it was the most pleasing sound I had ever heard.
"Right, I forget that you are very old. This is my nightgown, this is how we dressed in this era. It's called shorts and a tank top." She said as she flipped the book, then stopped when she sees the title The Damnation Curse of the Sorceress.
I let her finish reading it, up until the sentence which stated that she was to be my mate. I know that she had felt the same pull towards me, I could see it in her eyes. She look beyond surprised and seated herself down to the bed, I wanted so bad to hold her from feeling the staggering shock that hit me also days before.
"No...can'can'te, how could they!" her eyes suddenly teary, I could feel her pain. I didn't feel her hatred towards me, but I was feeling her disappointment for her elders.
"I never wanted this life, not like this." She whispered to herself weakly.
Feeling the hurt, I slowly move to her and caressed her hair. It felt so soft in my hand, she looks up at me, and then I felt the attraction again. I couldn't seem to stop my hand from caressing down her face, my hand slowly turned back to my human skin just like the previous. I quickly pull back, not wanting to drain her energy.
"Sleep now, I'm sorry to have caused you trouble. I'll be back in a couple more days, I will leave you with the book." With those last words, I fall back into my darkness and leave her in peace just as before.
It was the final day, I could feel the anxiousness coursing throughout my body. Ranulf had taken residency in the kingdom. It had been arranged that he would be the next king, the nymphs couldn't be any happier. But my head was not there, it was somewhere else, still captivated by the image of the beautiful little witch.I was about to join the others at the main hall when I felt the pull. I could feel it, this was it...it was happening that exact moment. Her voice was calling me."Arkael! Come to us..."My body was sucked up to the surface, I could hear her chanting the old language. But her voice slowly faded to the background, as her beauty captivated me.Walking to her, I let my hand out to her. She was looking at me, I knew at th
"Aww... you're so cute, I haven't laughed this much in so many years." Her smile framed her freckled cheeks beautifully. She pulled some kind of lever switching it back and forth then the thing move, it rolled a bit too fast for my liking."Erm...maybe we should slow down a bit..." I said lowly at her, while my hands still firmly gripping the seat, but she let the lever go and put her hand over mine."Trust me... just sit back and try to relax, okay? why don't you just enjoy the view?" she smiled and looked at me for a couple of seconds before her eyes were back on the road. The road..so many of this car thing passing by all shapes and sizes. This is very dangerous, how do they know who goes first. My eyes were looking everywhere, gazing at the surroundings so many structures. I was amazed by the tall one that looked like towers, but bi
I was stiff when I woke up, she was latching her delicious body to mine. Her slender yet ample leg was wrapped dangerously close to my bulge. I slowly pulled away from her, and quickly go to the bathroom.Coldwater poured onto my hot skin making me shudder, but the want was still there. I eventually gave in to my urges as I wrap my length and stroke myself, I was groaning while I envisioned her in my mind. I moaned when I was feeling the intensity as I caress my length up and down, I was biting my lip to hold down a louder moan that was about to escape when I feel myself getting there.And that was when she innocently entered the bathroom. "Arkael, are you okay...I heard...ooh ermm...I should...Eh, let you get...back ehm...I mean..." she was struggling with her words, while she stood still unfazed by my naked soapy body. Her eyes shyly
Shani POVI couldn't believe that all the sexy play made me forget about him, the fact that he was destined to be my husband. I roughly pushed him back when he said the word bride, the intense climax that he gave me was beyond my expectation.I was headed for another orgasm when he said the dreadful word, and then I was falling apart in his arms. I wasn't ready for all of this.I hated my life, I hated my elders for putting me in this place. I wanted to escape them but I couldn't, I had tried several times already."I'm sorry, I know this is not your fault. You were sent to hell by them, I just...I hated my life." I felt better in his arms, he let me lay on his chest where I took comfort in his arms.
Later that afternoon I was sitting down in front of the bathroom mirror, with her behind me cutting my long hair saying I need to fit in. I didn't argue with her, I didn't feel the need to. I was feeling all kinds of emotion after our intimate time just hours before.I was sated under her touches, hundreds of years of being with the nymphs, and even the succubus all fade with one morning of our sexy foreplay. I didn't even try to push for more, somehow her feelings matter to me the most. Somehow it gives me another kind of pleasure just to be there for her, to become her protector.Her elders might just alter my way of thinking towards her, but deep down I felt like this was how it was supposed to be."Arkael? Did you hear what I said?" She looked at me through the mirror, looking ador
"Shani?" I asked when she didn't realize that I was behind her."Eh...yeah, Arkael...this is Lionel. He's been helping me around the cottage. Big old tree and an incoming storm are never a good combination." She smiled at me, while Lionel comes and shake my hand firmly.Then I smiled back at him with a smirk, while wrapping my arm around her shoulder and pull her closer, and kissed her cheek.I was marking my territory, I didn't want other men near my woman. Again, this feeling of possessiveness was new to me. I never care if Muriel or Sabina laid with other beings than me. But Shani is a different one, just watching her smile to another man made me want to hide her in my cave."So, his your...?" he asked her questioning my behavior t
The next couple of days she was back to her clients, while I was busying myself with her back garden. I insisted that young Lionel was no longer welcome and that I would do his work.It had been hundreds of years since I had done labor work. The repetition of the work was calming me down, I was sitting down on her garden while taking a break. I took the knife that I had taken from the shed before, and start carving onto the log. I used to do this when I was still a kid, my hands were remembering the techniques. I was smiling, when I was finding the simple pleasure of carving the log.It was not until she brought me some water hours later when I realize that I had been carving for hours and it was noon already."My god Arkael...this is beautiful. I didn't know you could sculpt, and you
Spoiler for Embrace the Lightread it if you haven't ❤️....I quickly pulled up my pants, grabbed my other shirt, and went after her. Then stop when she gasped as she opened the door revealing Florence and Walter. She had an amused expression, while Walter was looking a bit mad.But why?I quickly put on my shirt, when I noticed that Florence was smirking obviously knew what had just happened between Shani and me.Then