THE SPLIT ANGEL

Episode 4

/Alec’s POV/

To be honest I’m still unsure why Princess Angelique of the Angel realm just kept dropping by to the demon realm like it’s her personal territory, I don’t really understand, this is the 3rd time she’s visiting this week. Princess Angelique and I started off on the wrong foot…during our war with her step-sister, before I knew she was fighting on the same side, I almost killed her while being tapped in a human body, I’m a manipulation demon, a rare type of demon I manipulate the mind of any being creating a vital essence from my own blood and making it go into their head, that way I could whisper to them what to do but it doesn’t work on everyone, especially the princess. I am really tired of just sitting in front of her while reading to her the list of what we intend to do during the peace treaty event that was supposed to be holding in the demon realm but after some consideration would be holding in the angel realm, the palace of Angel Bay, it was a good and bad idea at the same time.

Digging my a claw into my finger, I draw a pint of blood…it’s not like I cannot manipulate with just stretching my hand at whoever I want to manipulate, I can but it’ll be obvious that I’m trying to manipulate whoever it is, whether a demon, angel or human, but with drawing blood, I can manipulate without them having any idea, after creating the vapour cloud I sent floating towards the princess to command her to leave because I’m pretty tired her ordering me around, like who does she think she is to come here and do as she likes, I wondered subconsciously controlling the vapour to enter through her ear as she had her eyes closed, legs stretched on the lounge chair she was sitting in the balcony of the queen’s study while she had me reading some lame rules Nina wrote for the event to her.

“Why do you keep trying?” My head snapped up to face the mocking smirk playing on the princess face as the vapour twirl around in her hand and I groaned internally that she figured out again, I acted completely oblivious of it, then she dispatched the vapour and made the blood into a clot that formed a crystal which suddenly disappeared in her hand, where did it go? I thought but decided to answer her questions instead.

“Because I do not appreciate your presence” I confessed with a frown on my face and she chuckled softly raising the grape bunch from the fruit basket placed on the table next to her, she controlled out the juice and made an ice cup to collect it, show off; I thought rolling my eyes.

“If you could manage to manipulate me, I won’t be a Royale, you look down on me Derek” She smiled sipping her cold drink with a smug expression on her face.

“I seriously find this so unfair, I am the queen’s personal advisor and I have to be here to serve your needs every time you pop out of nowhere-

“I popped out of the sky which is what Angel’s do and by the way…I do enjoy your company Derek-

“So, I guess this is your revenge for me trying to kill you, have me sit here while you intimidate me and cower to your aura that inevitably surrounds me” I frowned realising I’m nervous because of how powerful her aura was but she suddenly breathe in and suddenly I felt my tension eased.

“Feeling better” She asked with a warm look on her face and I wondered how easy it was to just switch off her aura like that.

“I’m old Derek, you can tell me next time, sometimes I forget to switch my aura off, it’s our natural instincts” She smiled, confusing me a little, why in the world will so do that for me?

“So tell me Derek, how was your life like before the wall-

“My only duty to you is to read you this silly list and get away from here” I curtly replied.

“You level of disrespect-” I froze realising I just disrespected her actually, why do I have to do that? Will she punish me? I wonder as she paused studying my expression closely.

“Is amusing” She completed and my face fall blank, what? Amusing? In what way.

“Have had enough of the official talk, how was your family like-

“Why would I tell you that?” I raised a brow at her, Oh divine…I should have said that rather more politely.

“I apologise-

”Because I’m curious” We both said at the same time, meaning she wasn’t offended by how I had replied her.

“About what exactly?” She asked me and I flutter my lashes not knowing what to ask her.

“Tell me about your childhood…maybe I can leave you alone afterwards, I’ll gladly leave” She smiled and I smiled, willing to jump the offer, I would do anything for her to get out of my hair anyway.

“I grew up amongst six brothers and three sisters, I was the last child and…I don’t know why but I always feel left out and alone despite having so many siblings, my mother loved me very much as the last child, I was cared for, I was my mother’s favourite child-

“What about your father?” She cut in sharply with curiosity evident in her face and tone. ‘Let me finish’ I wanted to tell her but I refrained myself .

“He…was never around and when he is…he will always disregard my presence, many times I doubted if he was actually my father but my mother was so nice to me and she would always stopped me for thinking like that, being mother’s favourite had a lot of advantages though, I get to live my life the way I want to, I get to do as I like, and also…my powers, they are rare, I’m considered one of the rarest demon in our entire population and because of that I was well respected and I had lots of attention something my siblings hated, but I never felt alone while I was with mother and when the kingdom was invaded and the palace attacked, I saw my siblings blood littering the floor, all I could think of was how to save my mother and…I tried to but she gave herself up to protect me” I felt my heart squeezed again at the memory of losing my mother, it was tough, and I had felt so alone and when I looked up at the princess, I could tell she had tears in her eyes.

“Are you crying?” I had to ask and she chuckled and clean her eyes.

“Your story was just so touching, what about your mate?” My heart sank recalling I still haven’t find my mate yet, it was more easy for angels to find their mate, Demons only knew their mate is near when they go into heat or their natural instincts kicked in by being drawn to whoever it was, also we can smell our mate from a one mile radius, many spent eternity looking, it wasn’t easy to come by out mates and that’s why Nina was very lucky, though she had an angel mate which I hated, at least she found her mate bu then I recalled the awkward feeling and the sweet fragrance that had hit me when we joined group with princess Angela to look for princess Angelique’s body, my mate was around there, I could feel it, the sudden racing of my heart confirmed it but I couldn’t find her o matter how much I try, what I she’s one of the angels? A voice in my head asked and I shook it slightly, no it wouldn’t be, it can’t be…

“From the look of it, it appears you haven’t find your mate yet…how do you demons find your mate again?” She asked relaxing into the chair.

“We can smell and feel their presence” I replied sating their curiosity.

“Um, I see…that is nice…we angels dream about them-

“Dream?” I raised a brow at her in question and she nodded.

“Once we come of age we started to have ‘mating dreams’ lust-filled dreams that will leave you unsatisfied, every new dream carries an important detail of your mate, the way they look like, smell like, their name-

“You even get their name in your dream?” I was impressed by that.

“Yes, but it’s not that simple. We are left craving their presence at the end of each dream, many angels run mad with lust, my father almost lost his senses because he couldn’t claim his mate, that’s why he had so many wives, apparently no one could satiate him except his mate and his mate was a demon, and mine and hybrid, a complicated history but I was happy with my mate, he was my everything even though he was always criticized, he never stopped loving me and despite the challenges we faced…he stood gallantly by my side, we hid our relationship for 50 years, I wish I had hid it longer, maybe I wouldn’t lose my chil-

“That’s enough” Our attention turned to the new person in he balcony, Prince Karl. Princess Angelique’s mate, I was really enjoying the story and I feel a little disappointed when the prince came in to escort the princess back.

“You found a new playground?” Karl whose hefty figure could scare an average demon away walked up to his wife.

“Prince-

“Just Karl” He smiled warmly at me, are they always like this? Nice? I wonder feeling uncomfortable all of a sudden but not with Kar, just the whole scenario, because anytime Karl was around me, I feel a sense of warmth, familiarity and security…something I had only a mate provides.

“Not really” The princess stood in front of her mate welcoming his presence, I turned away when they kissed each other on the lips for a brief second.

“We should get going and don’t make it an habit to drop by anytime you want…if you’re bored just let let the palace jester come up with something, please” I wish that too but why was he pleading, oh yeah the princess was an extremely stubborn one.

“Okay I’ll try” She replied and smile before turning to me.

“I guess this is the end of our today’s meeting, I’ll probably be seeing again at the treaty” She smiled and I nodded politely while Karl glanced briefly at me with a smile on his face before leading the princess away.

“Finally I can’t breath” I exclaimed in relief.

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