Chapter 1

It all began when the devil was first sent out of the heavens. He had wandered on earth in loneliness until he found a human woman who loved and accepted him the way he was. She was bonded to him, and she hoped that he'd turn away from his evil ways, but it wasn't easy to get the devil to turn a new leaf. He went on with his deceitful behavior, and the woman left him when she couldn't take it anymore. She eloped with a human male, but she discovered that she was pregnant with the devil's son. She tried everything to terminate the pregnancy, but it didn't work out well for her, and when she finally had the baby, she threw him into the forest, hoping he'd die there. But, the devil found his son, and raised him to be a proper demon.

Life as a half-demon and half-human wasn't an easy one for Lucas. The other demons always made jest of him, reminding him everyday that his human mother rejected him, and that he had no place in hell. This caused Lucas to be mad with rage, and he hated humanity. As a result of this hatred for mankind, Lucas went on a killing spree, crushing everything that lay in his wake. He destroyed dozens of villages, and even killed those of his kind. This continued until the demons and other supernatural beings feared him so much that even the whispers of his name rained terror on them.

Rumour had it that Lucas had burned his mother alive alongside her human husband, and this stirred up a fight between him and his father, who hadn't still gotten over his feelings for his first love.

Thus, Lucas was banished from hell, and sent away to live with the humans he despised. Even in the human world, he was still feared because of the dark aura around him. But what nobody knew was that Lucas had not killed his mother. Instead, he held her captive and chained her in an abyss. And because she couldn't grow old and die like other humans as a result of the devil's gem inside of her, she lived at the mercy of her ruthless son for a hundred years.

Whenever Lucas was angry, or had meted out wickedness to those he could've pardoned, he'd come to see her, and torture her. He'd remind her that she made him evil. But for the past two months, Lucas hadn't visited his mother.

Those were the times when he met Aria. The human who scolded her customers for trying to run away when he walked into the cake shop. She had spoken sweetly to him, and during their conversation, she told him that she wasn't scared of him, and that his demeanor didn't mean he was evil. She said they could be friends, and she wouldn't judge him based on what people thought of him. The devil's son was soon to soften as he found someone who believed that good could still come out of him. He interacted more with people, and his employees started to become comfortable around him.

Lucas even considered releasing his mother, and taking her back to his father who had been without a woman since she left him. All of these was because he had Aria, the woman who brought the good out of him. Though they weren't an item, and they never hung out together, the calls and the texts were enough to change the heart of Lucas, but none of that mattered anymore as once again, his anger had made him lose someone he cherished. First, he had lost his father, now, he was about to lose Aria, and he blamed his mother for it.

Anger washed over him, and he decided to pay his Frankenstein a visit. So when he ordered the demon driver to take him to the chambers, he meant to be taken to his mother's prison.

As Lucas walked into the abyss, the prison gates that held his mother opened, and he walked in. The woman was startled to see him, and she began to sob.

"Hello mother." Lucas greeted. He had a wicked smile on his face.

"Lu...cas?" The woman stuttered.

"You look surprised to see me. Were you hoping that I'd be dead, the same way you did years ago? Didn't you miss seeing me around here?" Lucas asked her, and walked slowly to where she sat, her hands chained to the walls on her back.

A flicker of flames appeared on his fingertip, and Lucas touched her face with it. She screamed out in pain, and Lucas laughed. He liked the sizzling sounds her burning flesh made.

"It's a shame that you haven't gotten used to this little game of ours. You still cry and yelp like a crybaby. I guess I must've cried this way too when you abandoned me in that forest to die."

He raised his hand to her already bald hair, which occurred due to the several burns she had suffered on it. The flames licked her scalp, and she screamed again, begging Lucas to pardon her.

"Lucas!!! Please!!!" She cried out.

"You made me like this. I never asked for any of this; it was all your fault. You shouldn't have fallen in love with the devil, and when you had his child, you shouldn't have tossed him away to die. This is all your fault, and I have lost the two people I ever cherished because of the anger you stirred up in me. It's only fair that you get some of it too." Lucas yelled at her, and with that, his hand came alive with a full fire, and he set his mother on fire.

Lucas had never done that before. All he did was torture her with the tiny flames that he put on her skin, but today he set her on fire. He knew she wouldn't die from it, but he wanted her to beg for her death, and he stood there watching her scream with undying pains.

"That is what you get for creating a monster. Frankenstein, I am the monster you have created, and I'll hunt you till there's nothing but dust left for your remains." Lucas said to her and turned away.