Chapter 12: Palace life

Persephone woke up early in the morning with her eyes still red from crying. She couldn't sleep with the thought of that monster in her home, she decided to investigate further. She crept down the creaky floor of the still dark halls of the palace jumping at every sound worried that she was being watched. Once she got to the room she thanked the gods that the door was cracked open, she quietly approached the door and heard strange sounds, she peered through and was assaulted with a disturbing scene. "AH YEAH THAT'S GREAT KEEP GOING" Akame was straddling Kei bouncing up and down on him, Persephone's face became blood red, being a royal maiden she had never experienced such things, she was about to run away when she noticed something different about Akame she had a tattoo of wings on her back. That's at least what she thought till when Akame came a pair of bat-like wings and black tail appeared out of her, then she bit Kei's neck sucking out more power from him. Persephone yelped in shock and fear at the sight. Persephone ran and hid in a spare room across the hall she heard the sound of Akame flying around and saw the glow of her pink aura. Persephone prayed that she wouldn't be found as she started thinking about what she saw and tried to devise a plan. Akame was absorbing power from Kei's when she suddenly heard a sound "what the hell was that" Kei's almost lifeless body dropped on the bed and slumped to the ground blood leaking from his neck as Akame flew off him, she flew around the halls trying to use her demon senses to find the culprit but her senses were overloaded because of sudden surge of power. She decided after a few minutes to quit searching and go back to the room, she closed the door and stepped on Kei's body as she got into bed. She was in awe of her current lifestyle and thought she was the most powerful thing in the world, but down the hall, there was a princess that was devising a plan to end the succubus's life. Kei awoke on the floor confused with horrible pain in his neck his vision was very blurry and his thoughts were slow (Gah what is happening) (who am I) (where am I) his mind was trying to process everything when he heard "come on its time to go" he immediately against his will started moving. He saw Akame standing in the doorway and followed her but mentally trying to resist (SHE IS MY MASTER) (no) (WE HAVE TO DO WHAT SHE SAYS) (no I need to escape) his subconscious warred against its self as they traveled to the kitchen her influence starting to win till he saw Persephone. Her image hit him like a bolt of lightning his thoughts started to grow cleared as he remembered who he was, he started to walk over to her but his branding started glowing and he dropped to his knees in pain. "Now now let's not do anything to disobey me," Akame says sitting down at the table. When Persephone saw him in pain she wished she could rush and help him but she knew she couldn't beat her yet. The atmosphere was tense at the table, Akame sat on one end with Kei beside her, Alexander sat at the other end and Persephone next to her father. They were all eating quietly when Emma tried to grab Kei's hand, Akame jumped up enraged she tried to get Kei to attack her be he resisted long enough for the Knights to surround them. "There will be no violence in my castle am I clear!?" Alexanders voice stern voice rang in the dining room stopping all talk, he wasn't as young as he used to be but the voice that got him the position of King still carried power. Akame stormed off with Kei hesitantly following her, Alexander sat down and rubbed his head. " Father why don't we kill the demon" Persephone almost begged him "we cant she has too much of a hold on him, if we kill her it may also kill him. I'm going to try to find someone who knows how to break the curse". Alexander stood up and called a carriage from him to travel, he turned around to look at Persephone his robes billowing in the wind. He prayed that the Hero would be ok and that his kingdom would be saved, and at the same time, his daughter prayed for the safety of Kei. Akame was laying in bed with the covers over her head pouting, she was embarrassed about getting yelled at by the king and was jealous at the interest of the other girls (though she would never admit it). Kei was sitting in the floor, his mind a mess, he was fully awake in his mind but he still couldn't control his body, he entered deep despair at the thought of letting everyone down and failing his purpose. All he could do was obey Akame and hope he would break free... If you walked by the library late that night you would see a cute girl with a lantern in a pile of books chanting "I've got to find a way, I've got to".