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Scarlett banged as hard as she could on what seemed to be an invisible barricade. She watched helplessly as masked figures tortured Black and Silva. How the hell did they end up split? They'd merged just a while ago and now all of a sudden, she woke up in a cage instead of her bed and they were separated. Silva was chained and her soul was drained out of her, her vampire side was chained opposite Silva and was completely drained of blood to the extent she looked pale. Only human Scarlett remained untouched and powerless.
"To stop the shades, you were sent to end the shades' treacherous lives and you let yourself get bitten by one," the words sounded like a loud and menacing growl that reverberated in the dark place and human Scarlett couldn't see a thing.
"Who the hell are you and what the fuck did you do to me?!"
"Silence you insolent mortal! How dare you speak to an Ancient in such manner?" the voice thundered.
"Scarlett," Silva called weakly, her voice even softer than a whisper. "They're…he's one of the Ancients who sent me,"
"If he's one of them, then why the hell are you chained?"
"Because of her incompetency…the very creatures she was sent to destroy, she is now mated to one,"
"Well maybe you shouldn't have sent her back as a demon or vampire so that way she wouldn't have a mate in either race," her vampire side interrupted weakly.
"You'll pay for this you scaly lizard," Black threatened. Human Scarlett realized she was the only one not seeing whoever it was that did this to her.
"Let them go my lord, this is my punishment," Silva said weakly.
"They'll have to face the punishment because they're all you,"
"Release them!" an even louder and more menacing voice growled. "Release the girl and Draco at once!"
"But Almighty…"
"This instant!" immediately the barricade went down and the chains vanished. Scarlett grabbed her vampire side before she could fall and shoved her wrists into her mouth. Black materialized beside Scarlett and drank from Scarlett's neck and as her vampire side and Black drank from Scarlett, they slowly become one.
"Almighty," Silva said as she went down on one knee weakly.
""Rise child, you weren't sent to destroy the shades, you were sent to change Lucifer's anger into something passionate, you are Draco, it is our mistake for sending you as a dempire not yours. Nature can't retake its course, be happy…Draco,"
"Thank you…father," Silva smiled weakly as she looked up. Her silver eyes met with the snake-like eyes of a dragon. Scarlett realized she could see the Ancients now and the one who Silva called father was a man in her eyes, the man she'd seen in her memories.
"Thank you for accepting Draco as part of you Scarlett, she is yours now, body, soul and spirit," the man said. Silva's body glowed as she and Scarlett became one.
"Almighty, she's bonded to him forever, we sent Draco to earth as the great granddaughter of the devil himself Almighty, that mark will not fade," were the last words Scarlett heard before she lost consciousness. Seth had told her it would fade so what the hell did that mean?
***
"She's been like this for two days and her body temperature keeps getting higher," Regina explained. Gallus stared at the figure lying still on the bed. Nicholas and Lothaire had just left the room so they were the only ones there. Gallus folded the turtle neck and observed the mark, he grazed the mark with his finger tips and Scarlett shivered. At least he was certain now that Scarlett was his brother's mate...it was just a guess when he said.
"She's on heat," he said. Regina turned to him, she didn't want to believe it but she couldn't deny it either, her granddaughter was actually mated to a shade prince.
***
Seth lay in the ice cold water; he couldn't believe he was in such a situation. He'd never been this sex driven and to think the only one who could tame his raging demon was his mate, no matter how many women he fucked, he only wanted her. Thinking about it was making matters worse for him; he could feel his skin burning even in the ice cold water.
He got out of the water and got dressed in a black shirt and black trousers, the first two buttons were undone so it exposed part of his perfectly sculpted chest. As he pulled a black tail coat on, he felt a familiar presence, one that his body and demon longed for, for the past two days. He turned to where he sensed her presence and a heavy punch landed on his lower jaw. He was swift enough to block the next punch aimed at his face.
"Asshole…you lied to me! You said it would fade," Scarlett raged as she landed a roundhouse kick on his stomach. "You said we aren't each other's mates, you knew I'm your mate and you're mine and you lied to me," Scarlett yelled as her daggers materialized in her hands and her eyes turned blood red. Seth avoided her daggers and pulled her close to him. He held her arms firmly behind her back and paralyzed her feet with his dark magic, he could see clearly the rage in her eyes and he couldn't deny it enticed his demon to see her this way but…he was also angry and frustrated that he'd found the only person who could put an end to his life, he could hear the rhythm of her heartbeat and he knew she was on heat.
"What did you want me to tell you? Right from the fucking start I told you it was a bad idea, you didn't listen! You were fucking reckless!" he yelled. Scarlett stilled, she'd forgotten she'd put herself in this mess and had no right to be mad at him whether he lied to her or not. He never wanted to bite her; this whole thing was her idea.
She closed her eyes angry at herself and left Seth there. Seth had already released her from his magic; he bowed his head and heaved a heavy sigh. At least the heat he was feeling was gone…but he knew it was just the beginning, she would start to feel it too, the urge to mate and when it became even stronger that she couldn't control it anymore, it would be difficult for him as well. His demon was already raging within him for not taking her when he had the chance.
Scarlett found herself in the forest she'd had her hunting spree eight months ago. She wasn't exactly sure why she was mad but she felt hurt that he lied to her, what was so hard in telling her that she was his mate, even if they didn't like it…they couldn't do anything to change it. She couldn't believe she was as reckless as to let herself get mated to a shade. She couldn't deny that she was recklessly smart, brave and impulsive at the same time
"Don't try to rub it in Xander, you'll be wasting your time," she said realizing the presence she sensed was Xander.
"I won't," Xander said. Scarlett turned to him.
"Then what're you doing here?"
"I asked you out Scarlett,"
"Why? I still won't say yes to you, I'm not interested,"
"I know but I guess…it was love at first sight," Xander said looking into Scarlett's eyes in a feeble attempt to find even a little affection that was directed toward him but...that was a pathetic move because her eyes were rather cold. "Anyway I came to apologize for hurting the devil," he chuckled.
"What's that? Love at first sight?"
"It's a feeling…after seeing someone for the very first time, you can do anything for that person," Xander said. "When you walked into the training room that afternoon, watching you train, I…I guess that was when it happened, that was when I fell in love with you,"
"Why?"
"You're beautiful and tough…I like that about you, you're different from other girls," Scarlett felt Xander was being incredibly naïve, he knew he didn't have a chance with her yet he was still doing whatever it was he was doing right now.
"Why do you call him the devil?" Scarlett asked. She really didn't want to pay any attention to whatever Xander was saying. She didn't know why she asked that though but she knew she didn't like the way Xander thought about Seth and she also didn't like that she cared about that either. "I've met the devil and his eyes are enough proof he's done a lot worse than Seth,"
"You've met the devil?"
"I'm the devil's blood, his great granddaughter," Scarlett said. Xander stared at her surprised; he stayed quiet for a while. "Stop staring and tell me how Seth is worse than my great grandfather,"
"He killed the silver scaled dragon,"
"He didn't,"
"How do you know that?"
"Because…ugh! I can't explain, just tell me what you know about Seth," Xander's heart ached at the fact that she was interested in Seth. He's a bad man for fuck sake! He's taken a lot of lives! Can't you see that? He managed to hide the obvious irritation in his face and voice as he spoke.
"Seth murdered my family, my clan and destroyed my pack,"
"The devil's done worse,"
"No! The devil's your great grandfather, he has a family. He's a manipulator, a deceiver and a liar, not a murderer,"
"You're not sure of that,"
"The devil lies and manipulates people, he tells you something is perfect when in reality it's imperfect, he coaxes you into doing something you may regret and when you eventually do it, he doesn't keep his own side of the bargain," Scarlett thought about it, she couldn't fight for either one of the men, she knew neither. Even though Xander hadn't met Lucifer, he knew how Lucifer worked and she didn't.
As she thought about it, she started to feel a hot tingling yet chilling sensation go down her spine from her neck but she ignored it. A hand stretched in front of her holding a piece of paper. She looked up at Xander and their eyes met, she noticed the clouds of emotions in his eyes, even if she knew nothing about relationships, she knew she could never give Xander what he wanted…they just didn't belong together. She took the paper and unfolded it; the paper was half of a photograph of a man who had nut brown hair and a pair of sea blue eyes carrying a baby girl who had sky blue eyes and same hair color as the man.
"What is this?"
"The man is my dad but I have no idea who the girl is," Xander said. Scarlett stared at the photo in deep thought. She had a hunch of who the girl was based on what Chris told her but…she still didn't want to believe it.
"Did you have a sister?"
"I'm not sure; even if I did I wouldn't know, my parents died a few months after I born, your grandfather found me and took care of me but he's never said a word about anything,"
"Can I hold onto this for a while, I'll give it back,"
"Sure…" he said but trailed off when he noticed she had folded her collar…and he knew it was because of the heat, she was already on heat and the mark would itch and it would be unbearable. "Are you okay?" Scarlett couldn't hear a word anymore, she felt undeniably hot and her neck itched like hell. Her head began to spin and she lost control of her nerves and senses.
"Fuck," she cursed as she held her head. Why the fuck was she feeling so hot and having intimate thoughts about her and Seth. She felt her mind shutting down and then the last thing she remembered or thought she remembered was the feel of something warm and foreign on her neck that didn't ease the heat but increased it and even if she couldn't see anything, she knew it was Xander.
Xander watched as Scarlett slowly lost control of every fiber of her being. He knew she was on heat and that would make her delusional. He couldn't help her get rid of the mark but he could still have her and make her fall for him, however he knew she would also hate him after he had his way with her. He held her gently against a tree trunk and passionately kissed her neck. He hated that Seth's mark was on her neck but there was nothing he could do about it…but if he really wanted Scarlett for himself, he would go to any extent. Just as he was about to trail kisses down her collarbone, he felt a hard force push him away and he already knew he was dead.
***
Seth laid on his king sized bed looking like a walking dead. His skin was ashen; he made himself bleed out because that was the only way he could think of to calm his raging demon. If he was weak then his demon would be weakened and so would the urge to mate with her. As he lay on the bed, an image flashed in his head.
An image of his mate, he knew she would most likely be on heat at this point in time, he could sense and feel her, it wasn't safe for either of them to be separated from each other but he knew that if he was with her, he would ravage her and he wasn't sure if she would survive it. He also saw someone with her…that fucking lycan! It was obvious the lycan was infatuated with his mate but would he really go as far as taking a shade prince's mate
The images continued in his head, he saw how she lost control of her body. Xander held her waist and leaned down on her and his lips brushed her neck. His demon raged within him and he didn't realize where he got his strength from but he materialized in the forest still looking pale and ashen. He sent dark tentacles of smoke flying at Xander. He was just about to pull Xander's heart out when he heard his mate curse. His rationality returned as he heard her voice and he flung Xander away as though he was nothing important.
He was in front of her in seconds. His flaming red eyes slowly dissipated until they returned to their captivating ice blue color. He latched his lips on her throat while his hand found its place behind her head and the other pulled her leg up. There was absolutely no way he would let another man's scent linger on his mate.
Scarlett let out a weak yet pleasured moan, Xander's lips on her skin made her feel irritated and want to throw up even in a subconscious state. She didn't like the way she was feeling, she hated it.
"Make it stop Seth; please…I don't like this,"
"Stay still," he instructed as his hand that held her leg up slid around her waist and he lifted her up. Scarlett wrapped her legs around his torso and her hands went round his neck.
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