All Chapters of THE DEVIL'S LOVE : Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

The rest of the night was a restless one for Lucas. His mind wandered off with thoughts of what or who could've hurt Selene so bad that she retreated for safety. The goddess wasn't the type to run away from battle. She was just like him_resilient, stubborn, strong and powerful. Back when they were still together centuries ago, the two of them were a formidable force. No creature or being dared to take a breath when they were near, and the whole realm lived in fear of them. But now this goddess, whose stares alone was enough to drill a hole into a person's skull, came home wounded and helpless. Lucas knew that whatever or whomever could've done that to Selene, they would be powerful enough to even attempt an attack on him. The thought of Lucifer crossed his mind, but he shrugged it off. Even the devil had a level of fear for the goddess, so there was no way he could've been the perpetrator. It was in this moment that Lucas began to regret all the decisions he had made so far. If he

Levi held the car door for her, and helped her get in. As the car doors clicked shut, and the engine came alive with Levi behind the wheel, Aria let out a breath. All these while, she had been worried that the witches would catch up with her, but now she was out of harm's way. What excited her more was that she was going to be reunited with Lucas. She was so grateful that Levi appeared right when he did. Lucifer had saved her when he had no reason to. That alone intrigued her. At the thought of how much Lucas hated his father, she made a mental note to tell him the role he had played in making sure that she was safe. She felt that there was more to Lucifer than the evil he was known for, and she was determined to make Lucas see that as well.Her head throbbed with pain from the stress she had undergone earlier. She thought of Selene and her warning against she and Lucas meeting before he healed fully. She hoped she wouldn't interfere this time, because Aria wanted nothing more than to

Aria lay on the cold Earth long after Venice walked away. The woods had gone eerily silent, as though even nature itself was afraid to breathe in the presence of the witches of the red order. The red candles burned steadily, their flames unmoved by the wind, casting twisted shadows that crawled over the trees and across Aria's trembling body. Her chest still ached_deep, lingering pain that pulsed with every heartbeat. She pressed her palm against it, afraid to feel for a heart that Venice had promised to tear out if Lucas failed her twisted test. Lucas... The name echoed in her heart like a prayer. She truly wished he'd feel her pain, and come to her aid. Though that might seem selfish since Selene had warned against their meeting, but at this point, Aria couldn't care less. All she wanted was to get away from this dangerous witches that laughed in her face while she writhed in pain. She tried to move, but her limbs felt heavy, uncooperative, as though the earth itself was hold

Aria felt it before she heard anything_the suffocating presence of Selene. She didn't need to be told before she knew that the goddess was back from the witch haunt. She stepped out of the room to see her walking down the corridor like a storm that had learned how to wear skin. There was a wild splatter of blood that gleamed wetly under the dim light of the corridor on her skin. Her dark hair clung to her shoulders in damp curls, and the smell that followed her inside wasn't just metallic.It was the smell of burnt earth.Smell of buried things.Selene saw her immediately, and a slow, humorous smile curved her mouth_sharp at the edges, like it could cut if widened any further."Well," she drawled, voice low and roughened by whatever she had been out doing in the woods. "If it's not our little human.""I want to talk to you."Selene's brow lifted slightly in something that might've been surprise_if surprise could ever survive long on her face.Aria forced her hands to stay at her sides

Thanks to the human doctor Levi had brought, Aria's recovery wasn't too slow and painful. Seeing the doctor touch Aria was agonizing to watch, but Lucas had no choice but to let him heal her.Her strength was returning _Lucas could see it in the steadiness of her breathing, in the way her fingers no longer trembled when she reached for a glass of water, but something else had changed.Something that had nothing to do with her health.Aria no longer asked for him.It was Levi who sat beside her now.Whenever she felt weak or drowsy, it was Levi she called for. It was Levi who adjusted the pillows behind her back when she wanted to sit upright. It was him who fed her whenever she felt too weak to lift a spoon. And it was still him who stood by the window reading quietly to her, while she dozed off.Lucas couldn't believe his eyes.He watched Aria call for Levi every second, ignoring the fact that he was there too, waiting for her to call for him at least once.Lucas watched them in sile