บท 7: A Millennium
Caroline walked out of the room confused but before she could walk further, her eyes landed on Zanuel, she followed him, did she forget he tried to take her life an hour ago, she shouldn't have followed him, she stood by the window staring, and watched Zanuel kiss Denisa, the guards exchange gazes but did not dare go near her as they were mortals and they wouldn't want to risk their lives.
Caroline witnessed something she never wished to see, she glares at Zanuel with furious eyes, anger clouding her decision, she didn't stay any longer and vanished from there to the hallway.
Margaret marched towards the room, holding the bowl of soup filled with herbs for Caroline, but she was leaving "Caroline" Margaret called her but she wasn't listening, and in a second she vanished.
'change your bandages regularly' she screams from behind hoping she would listen but she was long gone "What happened?" Robert asks walking from behind her and saw Margaret holding the soup in the tray "nothing" Margaret says but her thoughts, Robert heard them clearly and follows Caroline into the woods where she always goes hunting.
"..."
Denisa takes a step back, and Zanuel could sense her hiding away from him, he lets her take her time and walks away from her, it was new for him. He never got involved in love with a human and the devil falling in love with a human never ended well, he knew that, but he couldn't stop himself from falling in love with her.
Denisa looks back and Zanuel was gone, she walks calmly and lay on the bed, nicely pulling the pillow below her face "why would you kiss him back!!!" she screamed, into the pillow, not letting anyone hear her, this is not something she can afford, she can not let him be her first, Aurous wouldn't like that, no prince ever had a woman who was with someone else, and if he finds out about this, he will reject her and this will grant her nothing but death along with the people she loves.
"I can't stay here any longer" she is firm but has no idea how, it isn't easy to run from the palace let alone the demon palace where she is being watched as a treasure.
A knock on the door brought Denisa back to reality "my lady" Margaret walked into the room with the clothes, Denisa's gown was covered in blood "your clothes, my lord ordered me to bring you new clothes" she says staring at Denisa, and her cheeks flushed red, remembering his lips against hers.
Denisa shakes her head brushing the thoughts from her mind, Margaret stood by the bed staring at her turning red "what happened my lady?" she asks placing the teapot on the table "Margaret, can you help with just one thing?" Denisa asks her hoping her to say yes, "what is it, my lady?" Margaret stares at her, waiting "help me leave the palace" Margaret smiles at her, this is something she was expecting of her, and gets back to hold the teapot "that's something even Robert can't help you, without Lord's permission, my lady" she says pouring her tea.
Denisa was fed up with their loyalty towards Zanuel "you and your loyalty towards your lord, don't you guys feel being a rebel at least once?" she asks frustrated, Margaret leaves a small chuckle listening to her talk, she talks as if she has many lives on her account. "my lady, once loyal always loyal, to the end." she says placing the pot on the table, Denisa stares at her blankly "end? wasn't Zanuel dead for a long time? what did you do then?" she questions her "long time? my lady Lord was sleeping in the coffin for over a century" she says giving her the cup.
"A MILLENNIUM? WHY? WHAT DID HE DO TO DESERVE THAT?" Denisa was taken aback by the sudden truth of Zanuel, she wasn't expecting him to be locked in the coffin for a millennium, if she hadn't mustered the courage and walked into the dungeon how many more years would he have been locked? "my lady you know nothing about Lord?" she states and Denisa shakes her head, she really knew nothing about him, "I know nothing about him, I was forced to the dungeon where he was sleeping in my dreams and that's it" she says holding the cup in her palms, Margaret narrowed her eyes staring at Denisa "you were forced?" she questions her as this made no sense "yes Margaret I was forced, your Lord called me daily to his dungeon to free him from the coffin he was sleeping in" Denisa was sure it has to be him but he was denying it "no my lady, that's not possible! my lord had no power in the coffin not just his body but his powers were sealed too and he didn't even know where he was locked" Margaret was sure as her mother was the one who told her all about it.
Denisa stared at Margaret looking for the answer "then who was calling me to the dungeon?" she asks her but she did not have an answer for that too "my lady drink some tea before you go to bed, it will soothe your nerves and help you sleep early" Denisa looked at Margaret who was leaving the room. "Margaret" she turns back at Denisa "yes, my lady," she says holding the pot "why was he locked in the coffin?" it would be weird if she did not want to know about it, Margaret walks back to her "you sure you want to know?" she asks unsure if she should be the one to tell her about it "yes, tell me" Denisa insists her "my lady, you have to promise me you won't judge him" judging is the first instinct and Zanuel being the soul eater, he will always be judged "just tell me" Denisa couldn't wait anymore.
Margaret watched Denisa, the desperate look in her eyes which reminded her of her younger self asking her mother about Zanuel "He is the Soul eater" she says waiting to see her reaction but Denisa was calm "he sucked the lives out of the demons and humans," Denisa was not sure if she wanted to hear the other part, but it was already late, "and he was said to be the most powerful among the devils and a threat to others, so they planned his death, they couldn't kill him, but with the help of the witches they locked him away"
Denisa didn't say a word but listened to her, she takes every word, yes she heard it correctly he's the soul eater "but why did the witches help them?" she questions her, if he was strong then how did they subdue him? "he killed the whole village, he didn't leave any human or demons, he wiped them all away" she pauses staring at Denisa "he has his reasons for that" she says trying her best to justify his doing "the whole village? no reason can justify taking their lives"
Margaret knew this would happen, did she make a mistake telling her about him "I asked you not to judge him ma'am" this was a mistake, she really did it "I want to rest Margaret," Denisa says and Margaret walks away from her.
'how can a person who looks like an angel be a ruthless demon and kill people and take their souls to get stronger? one is the ruthless human and the other one is the ruthless demon, why is my life filled with ruthless people'
"you want to leave?" Denisa turns back in the direction of the voice and saw Caroline standing and staring at her "what do you want Caroline?" Denisa was not in the mood to get her blood sucked anymore "I just want to help you for saving my life" she says walking closer to her "I doubt that" there was no way she would help her, "I don't want to be in debt with you, call me whenever you think you are ready" she says getting ready to leave "call you, how?" she asks her, as there were no pigeons here for her "just call my name" she states "that's it? you'll just show up?" she questions her curious about it "try it only when you are ready" she says and vanished.
Denisa was alone in the room, she drinks the left tea from the cup Margaret gave her and gets into the bed, and she falls asleep in no time.
Zanuel walked into the room, but no one saw him, the guards were on alert but they didn't get to see him, Denisa was sleeping soundly when Zanuel walked towards her, her hair falling on her cheek, he walked closer to her to remove the strands from her face, but she was covered in sweat, and soon starts screaming "No! No! No!"
Zanuel hold her up trying to wake her up "Denisa! wake up it's just a dream! open your eyes" he shook her to wake her up from the nightmare. Denisa shut open her eyes and saw Zanuel holding her, she pushed him away "don't touch me!" she says moving his hands and pushing him away "leave" she demands him "huh-" Zanuel stares at her confused "leave! just leave! I said leave!" Denisa pushed him from the bed and throws pillows at him asking him to leave.
Zanuel looked at her confused, but said nothing and leaves the room, the door opened wide and closed behind him, and the guards look at him walking out of the room, confused, thinking how did he entered the room and why they couldn't see him.
Denisa pulled her legs closer to her chest and cried the whole night. The night went by and the sun rose as if nothing happened and the maids started to prepare breakfast.
"Margaret" Zanuel walked to the kitchen and every maid was busy watching him as their fantasy and desires arose just by seeing him "yes my lord," she says looking at him "just check up on Denisa, she had a nightmare last night," he says and Margaret knew this has to do with her, but she played dumb "yes, my lord, I will go check up on her"
Margaret walks up to Denisa's room and the guards open the room doors for her, she walked inside the room, but Denisa was not there "guards!" she screams and they appeared in front of her "yes ma'am" they asks their head down "where is the lady??" she asks them, "she was in the room all night, we did not see her walking out of the door" the report, as this was true.
"what do you mean? Did she just vanish?" she asks pointing at the empty room "we are telling the truth she didn't walk out of the door"
Zanuel stood by the door hearing everything, he has no idea where she is or where she could have gone. Margaret ordered everyone to search for Denisa who was long gone. No one knows what happened to her that made her leave, or was she forced to go?
Forced? That's not possible in this palace.
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