I sat in the hotel room thinking about what my mother had said. I never knew the poor girl yet I couldn’t help but feel bad. I looked over as Orchid appeared in the room. I could tell she was nervous by how Layla’s clan was approaching. We both could feel it in the pit of our stomachs. I knew she had the feelings of fear and hatred towards them, because I too felt it. I despised it. This was my clan as well as Layla’s…a clan I would have ruled if I wanted to.
And still could a voice said in my head
I shook my head; such thoughts were treason. I would be betraying my sister. I would be spitting in her eye if I did such a thing as take away her status. I sighed and looked over at Orchid “You need to calm down.” I told her
She looked over at me and then quickly glanced away “How can you stand this? How can you feel so calm when they’ll probably kill us at first sight?”
“Layla wouldn’t allow it.” I said unsure of my own words. Layla would stick up for us surly?
“How do you know?” She asked knowing I was unsure of my words “What if the clan gets so reckless and uncontrollable? Even if she does stick up for us who’s to say that she can stop them all from getting to us? I’d rather die than be this thing but I don’t want to die by another demon’s hand.”
I looked down; Orchid was right. Even if Layla did try to protect us from the clan…she couldn’t stop all of them. I looked up at her black eyes and stood up “Don’t worry about it,” I said squeezing her shoulder “Whatever happens….I got your back. I won’t let anything happen to you.”
She nodded and I pulled her into a hug. I saw the door open as Eve peeked in, I acknowledged her but she just shut the door quickly…I scrunched my eyebrows in confusion. I let go of Orchid and backed up “I got to go…don’t worry ok?” I told her and she nodded as I left the room.
I looked to my left and saw Eve hurrying down the hall. I transported in front of her and she ran into me “Damn it Clement!” she snapped
I looked at her as she kept her gaze down “What’s wrong now?”
She glared at me “Just stay away from me.” She said as she pushed past me
“Eve…” I grabbed her arm and she slapped me across the face. I glared up at her and grabbed a hold of her again and pushed her up against the hotel wall. I snarled as she looked at me terrified. I stared at her for a second and then shook my head and backed up. I rubbed through my hair as I turned around and placed my hand on the other wall opposite of us. I took a few deep breaths and felt myself calm down a little bit. I turned around to look at her “Why in hell did you do that?” I snapped at her “Do you know how much danger you put yourself in by doing that?”
“How could you?” She snapped at me
I think the girl’s cracked I thought I think she’s finally gone nuts!
“How could I what?” I asked trying to keep calm
“Oh don’t act like you don’t know!” she snapped again
“How can I act when I don’t even know the lines?” I asked
She looked at me like I was stupid “Oh yah that is just hilarious Clement.” She said sarcastically
I sighed “Ok I am not paying charades with you, so you might as well tell me what I did wrong.”
“Is there something going on with you and Orchid?” She asked me
I almost burst out laughing; I had only met Orchid recently. How would there already be something going on? “No.” I scoffed
She looked at me disgusted as though I was lying and that is when I got mad “You think I would do that to you?”
“You have before.”
I looked at her and then remembered the incident with Eliza “Oh god Eve we weren’t even together then! Besides don’t act like you’re the innocent one here!”
“What the hell is that supposed to mean?!”
I looked away and then at her “Do you still have feelings for Malcolm?”
“No!” she said defensively “I mean I do care about him but we’re just friends!...at least…we were…”
“That is a load of bull shit.” I snapped
“Don’t you try to turn this all on me now!” she yelled
“Too late.” I said simply
“Ugh! You are unbelievable!” She shook her head “First Eric and now Malcolm? What kind of girl do you think I am?”
“I don’t know Eve what kind are you?” I asked and she gave me a look of disgust
“I’m the kind that doesn’t need this crap!” she yelled
“Well if you can’t handle it then why don’t you just go back to your old boyfriend? Now who was it again?”
She raised her hand to slap me again but I caught it “You are unbelievable.” She told me
“I am what you made me,” I growled “If only I had never met you, then we wouldn’t be in this shit. That way I wouldn’t be feeling this way. I came so close to forgetting you and shutting everyone out, but then I just had to open my big mouth and suggest to bring you back to the Society…you should have stayed forgotten…”
“Well let me make it easier on you then,” She said bitterly with a lone tear falling down her cheek “we’re done.”
I tried to bury all my emotions at that moment “Fine, sounds great to me.” I said flatly
She looked at me pained and she walked off in the other direction. I heard someone walking from behind and turned my head to see a blonde haired girl walk down the hall. She looked no older then sixteen.
Youth is such a gift I thought with youth comes innocence, with innocence comes ignorance.
I watched the girl and thought I caught the glint of a weapon and slammed her against the wall. I heard Eve gasp as she looked over and saw me attacking the girl.
“Clement no!” Eve yelled out
I snarled as I lifted the girl up by her shirt. I knew immediately that this woman was a demon...I felt Eve trying to pull me away but I just pushed her back. The knife had somehow disappeared.
Who are you? I asked her with my thoughts
She smiled Don’t tell me that you have already forgotten me
I froze for a second and then a deep growl formed from the back of my throat Eliza
So you do remember me She smirked I thought you would have forgotten about me by now…I guess I made good timing.
What are you doing here?
To kill Evelynn of course.
I heard more footsteps running down the hall but I didn’t care. I closed my eyes and reopened them. My vision blurred with red and I saw the dark soul of Eliza twisting around the light of the soul of the girl’s. I imagined taken hold of Eliza’s essence and it leaving the poor girl’s body. I saw the dark shadow slowly travel up the girl’s body as it tried to fight back. I felt more hands on me and I shoved them away.
This is kind of a turn on to see you like this. Black is defiantly your color. She laughed inside my head No matter I will finish what I came here to do.
“I won’t let you.” I snarled and I dug my sharp teeth into her shoulder. She let out a blood curdling scream. I felt more hands tear me off of Eliza and slam me against the opposite side of the hall way. I tried to fight them off, yet I couldn’t understand why they didn’t realize who Eliza was. Surely Layla had to know…I twisted one of the demon’s wrists and snapped it as he yelled out in agony and fell back. The two left held me down as I watched Layla walk in front of us “Eve go get help.”
“Why would you dare help that bitch?” I snapped
“The question is why you would attack her? Do you want to die?”
That was when I remembered the deal; as long as I didn’t attack anyone Layla agreed to keep me alive, but now…
I looked over at Eliza and she smiled evilly Oops….
I tried to go forward to finish her off but the demons pulled me right back. I looked at Layla in hatred for not letting me kill Eliza. She thought I was the enemy when the real enemy was right behind her. I saw Layla bring out a knife and I disappeared, but was a second too late. I reappeared in the elevator with her knife in my ribs. I grabbed the handle to pull it out but withdrew when the handle burned my hand; the blade had been soaked in holy water and of course the blade was silver. Layla must have had a cloth covering the handle when she struck me…
My ribs started to burn as I left the blade in. My body started to shake making it even worse. I felt my strength weaken and I took deep breaths. I saw someone appear in the elevator and I knew I was done for. The blurry figure crouched down beside me. I heard them grunt as they to tried to pull the blade out, but they withdrew their hand as well. The next second I heard the tearing of cloth before I finally felt the blade come out.
“You should have used your shirt dummy.” I heard Orchid say
My vision cleared up a little bit and I smiled “Guess I wasn’t thinking…”
“Do you think you can transport?” she asked me and I shook my head in no. She cursed and looked up “We don’t have much time, we need to get out of here.”
“I can’t..leave.” I replied trying to make the pain go away
Poor Clement; always the monster and never the hero…wait I think there’s a saying like that for bridesmaids…oh well you get the point.
My insides froze when I heard his voice Don’t you dare talk to me
My father just laughed though I think it’s too late to say that
You tried to kill me and then Layla. What do you want from us? Just leave us the hell alone!
I’m actually surprised that your sister survived that little dagger of mine He replied Let me guess, Raphael and his pure blood?
“Clement I can’t just leave you to fend them off.” Orchid said
I tried to ignore my father’s comments and replied “It’s no use if we both die. At least humor me and save yourself.”
“I’m not leaving.” She said stubbornly
“If you die you won’t see your brother again!” I snapped searching through her memories
She looked down “I don’t think he would want to see me like this…”
“Hey,” I said “I’m sure he would…you are family after all.”
“Yah and yours is trying to kill you right now.” She said bitterly
“Well that’s just mine. You never know; he could accept you as you are. Eve…did that for me.”
I felt the emotions started to flood back and my heart not only was broken in two but in a million little pieces. I should have never said what I had; I was just mad and jealous. God I hoped she’d forgive me, yet maybe I didn’t want to be…I am what I am; a rouge, a unpredictable killer. I already have tried to hurt Eve three times. That is two more times than when I was a Halfling. Besides, what kind of life could I give her? I would never be able to actually meet her family or other friends (I’ve already met Eric), I would always be a secret, I couldn’t give her a family because truth be told I didn’t want one, and at any moment we were together I could hurt her…so maybe this breakup was better for us. At least then she could find someone else who didn’t have the same problems as I did.
“Orchid?” I asked her
“Yah?”
“In case I don’t make it out of here…tell Eve that there is no possible way that I could ever forget her.”
She smiled “I will…I heard your guys’ fight. I’m sorry.”
“It’s better this way I guess…It would have happened sooner or later. I should have never expected for two people like us to be together.”
“Clement, for as long as I’ve known you, which hasn’t been long. I have never seen a better match then you and Eve.”
The elevator door dinged as it started to open. Orchid tensed up and looked at me “Go,” I told her “I’ll be fine.”
She sighed in defeat knowing that I wouldn’t change my mind
“Good luck.” She said and disappeared. The next second Layla’s demons rushed in and lifted me up. I gritted my teeth as my ribs ached. I saw Layla walked over “Why do you always have to make things harder on all of us?” She asked
“Maybe because you never listen.” I growled and one of the demons shoved my head down
“Clement. I checked the girl myself as well as several other demons. The girl was human. There wasn’t any rouge inside her.”
“You’re wrong,” I replied “Eliza was in there when I attacked and she still is. Layla listen to me for once; She’s going to kill Eve if we don’t stop her!”
“I never thought I’d see an insane rouge in my life; but I guess there’s always a first.”
“God damn it Layla!” I snarled “I’m your brother!”
“My brother is gone!” She yelled “He died when the rouge took over…”
“You don’t understand!” I said desperately
I saw Bresal walk over to her side as she looked away “I gave you a second chance…” her voice shook “and you blew it.”
“Well at least I know that I’ll die in vain!” I snapped “I didn’t do anything wrong! I protected someone and am now going to get killed because of it!? Yah people are right when they say life is unfair!”
“Shut up!” She screamed “Just shut up!”
I don’t know if I was imagining it but I think a saw a stray tear fall down her cheek.
“My queen…” one of the demons spoke up “We’re wasting time. War is at hand, we must hurry.”
What’s it going to be Layla? I heard our father ask and I knew she heard it to He’s a rouge; the very thing you despise most. Just kill him, it’s not that hard. Like you said he’s not your brother anymore. He’s lying…they all do. He couldn’t help himself when tempted by such a young and helpless girl. If you don’t kill him he’ll just do it again..and again…and again.
Shut up! She yelled at him
I cheated on your mother and in result Clement was born. He’s the legacy I left behind. The reminder of the pain and hate I made you go through. You once swore to me that you would carve out his heart so you could avenge your mother’s pain by making me feel what you felt and to get the approval that you deserved instead of him. To finally be daddy’s little girl again. Don’t you still hate me for betraying you and your mother like that? He’s the enemy, he always has been. Why not just be done with it and kill him already?
I looked down. I never really realized just how much Layla had despised me at one time. I never really thought that her hatred towards me was never really because of me but to just get back at him and make him see that she was his family. That she deserved the throne and approval instead of me.
I looked up at Layla I’m sorry for what he did to you…I’m sorry that I was the reason he treated you like he did, but you saw who he really is. We both did; he turned us against each other for his own entertainment. He did that then and he’s doing it now Layla…
What’s it going to be Layla? Our father asked I know you hate me but are you really going to listen to a rouge? Think my dear, we don’t have much time…•
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