Chapter 8: I Want To Chisel You.

Celestia's POV:

It was a challenging task to pick up the moonstone from the ground with my eyes shut. But he helped me with that and handed me the moonstone.

I reeled back in horror when his fingers brushed my skin gently. I felt like I was stuck with a lightning bolt. Then I hear him chuckle.

" Come on, Celestia. Give in to your desire," he said in his same alluring baritone voice.

I still didn't open my eyes. "Are you the devil?" I asked him.

"Why don't you open your eyes and find out about that for yourself?" he suggested to me.

I prayed to the almighty to give me some strength so that I can stay strong. He is tempting me, and I am not going to fall for that.

"You got me wrong, Celestia. I am not tempting you. You desire me! You want me so badly."

I could sense that he stepped a little closer to me. He smelled like the fresh ocean breeze of the cliff.

"I want to fulfill all of your darkest desires," he whispered in my ear.

I gasped when I felt his fingers caressing my arm. How am I going to defeat this Tempter? He seems to have some kind of control over me.

"Step away from the Dawn," shouted Darius.

I sensed his presence moving away from me. Only after that, I opened my eyes.

"Well, well. Who brought the lame Fae Prince here?" the Tempter said.

"Silver Shadow, you can't disrespect me like this," Darius roared.

So his name is Silver Shadow? Why haven't I heard about him before?

Silver Shadow gave Darius a nasty glare and raised his hands. Silver balls of light flared out of his fists. He has the powers of a Fae! So he must be the Fae.

He then shot his flames at Darius. I was surprised to see that Darius was finding it too hard to hold up his shield. What happened to him today? Maybe it's not him. It must be the power of Silver Shadow that is making him weak.

Silver Shadow glanced at me and said," You got it right, Celestia. I am powerful, and he is just a lame prince."

Did he read my thoughts again? How is he even able to do that?

After a while, Darius was unable to keep up with Silver Shadow. He fell over the ground, and he was completely knocked out. This is unbelievable! Darius has never lost a fight before. This is the first time I am seeing him fail.

I clutched the sword and paced towards the Tempter. When he turned to me and gave me a piercing glare, my sword slipped from my hand and fell to the ground.

He beamed at me and said," Easy there, my love. Can we save the rage for later?"

What does he mean by saving the rage for later? At that moment, a spear was about to strike him. One of the Fathomless warriors must have hurled it at him.

Even before the spear could hit him, Silver Shadow caught it in his hand and dropped it to the ground. He didn't turn back to confront his attacker.

His eyes were fixed on mine while he held my hand. My whole body shivered when he touched me for the second time. "I'll come back for you, Celestia!"

After that, he vanished in thin air as a white mist. How did he disappear in the air? No Faes are capable of doing this either! We need a portal door to wander from one place to another. But Silver Shadow disappeared in thin air!

Darius regained his strength and got up from the ground after a while. "Celestia, at least tell me that you saved the moonstone."

I looked down at my hands. It was gone!

"This is impossible," I sighed. " I had it with me a few seconds back."

"Silver Shadow must have snatched it from you. And you didn't even notice that? What were you doing, Celestia?"

" I don't know what happened to me," I cried out. "Why wasn't I able to attack him?"

Darius shook his head in disappointment and shouted out, "That's why I told you not to come here. But you didn't listen to me."

I still don't understand why Silver Shadow needs the moonstone. He is already powerful without it. Since he has the moonstone now, he is going to be more potent than ever.

If a warrior has a moonstone with him while fighting a battle, half of his opponent's power will be transferred to the moonstone holder.

So if I ever battle with Silver Shadow in the future, then half of my powers will be gone to him?!

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When I reached the palace, I went straight to my room as I didn't feel like talking to anyone after that. My father is going to be furious at me if he heard what happened.

I started to feel guilty for letting everyone down. What kind of guardian angel am I? I betrayed my people when they needed me the most.

I climbed on my bed and shut my eyes.

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I was lying down on the bed in some unknown atmosphere. Silver Shadow was sprinkling the petals of Peonilla flower all over my body.

"I think that the Holy Aiden made you extremely beautiful just to torment with my sanity," he said.

I smiled at the compliment. Then he took off his robes. I wasn't even able to blink my eyes while I was looking at his semi-naked body. How can someone be this much attractive? It was as if someone chiseled his upper body to make it look perfect.

He then got on top of me and glared down at me. "No one chiseled me, Celestia. But now, I am going to chisel you," he said in a deep tone.

"But how can you chisel me? I am not a sculpture. So you can't do that to me," I blurted out.

He chuckled a little and said, " My love, you have no idea what I am capable of doing to you. You will be enlightened about my wrath soon."

After that, he ripped off my gown.

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I woke up from the nightmare and screamed out loud. It was just a dream! It is not real. But why did it feel so real?

Then I realized something. I never get dreams. I only get visions that happen in the future as dreams. So what I saw just now is a premonition. Am I really going to be with Silver Shadow?

Is this going to be my destiny? I can't let this happen. I don't want to be on the dark side. I want to be on the side of light and fulfill my purpose.

Suddenly, the door of my room opened, and my father entered.

"My child, are you alright? I heard your scream," he asked me.

" No, I am not alright now. But a while ago, I was feeling temptations. I am weak," I cried out.

He smiled at me warmly and sat beside me on the bed. " You don't have to take your temptations seriously. It's in his nature to cause temptation."

" But how can he do that?"

My father let out a sigh. "Because he is the son of a Siren."

That is impossible! I always thought that the Sirens were extinct. That is what my father said to me. And the myth says that Sirens are only female. How can a Male Siren even exist?