The Demon's Soul

"Huh," Lilly responded taken aback in surprise.

"You’re taking it well," he said looking at her reaction.

What did he expect? Her going al - Gahhh! But as the information sunk in, she felt her head go light. He was the prince from the dragon kingdom?!

"Is this what you meant by telling me to trust you a few days back?" she asked, remembering he had said something along those lines.

"Partly...I had other things to discuss with you," he rested his chin on one of his hands. She nodded her head for him to continue, "My mother has been trying to find me a bride even after my protests. When I found out Cole was on a yearlong vacation I took my time off. I have been helping Cole in keeping his profile low since then and there were other things I had on my mind...like the demon’s soul," he said looking at her.

"How old are you?" She sat upright in curiosity as she knew dragons had a longer lifespan than any creatures in the world.

"I’m well, hundred and something but human wise twenty years old," he replied making her smile.

"Don’t worry I won’t call you a pedophile," Lilly leaned forward to put her arms around his neck. Sitting there in silence as time passed by; looking at the watch she noticed it was three past five in the morning, "Ace?"

"Hmm, what is it?"

"Are you going back to your dimension?" If Levi and Henry had gone to the length of kidnapping her from her home to get Ace to meet them, it only meant they were desperate to get him back home. The silence that was filling the room was uncomfortable.

"I will have to go," he pulled back to look at her. Thinking about Ace’s father she frowned slightly. The man looked scary and strict when she had met him.

"I don’t think your father likes me," she confessed shaking her head.

"Why would you say that?" he asked amused.

"The day he had come with the other kings here he just kept staring at me. I felt uncomfortable."

"Is it?" Lilly nodded her head biting her lower lip. She was worried now, what if his parents didn’t accept her, "Don’t worry, Lilly," he assured, hearing her sigh. Just as she was about to lean forward to kiss him, he got up from the bed.

"Should I tell my parents about us?" she asked to see him shake his head.

"Not now. Sleep," he said going to the window, "And don’t leave your window open."

"I will," she replied grimacing at the thought something like that was going to happen again.

For precaution, it was better to get her father’s baseball bat in her room. She looked up at the ceiling of her room as she laid on the bed, thinking of her life. She didn’t know who her parents were or why they had abandoned her. By what she had heard from her parents, her father had found her in an alleyway, during the time of winter.

Who were her parents?

Turning to her side, she pulled the covers closer to her. Ace was a dragon, a prince to be specific. She repeated the same line over and over in her head as she tried wrapping her head around it. What if his mother didn’t like her the way it happened in soap dramas? She sighed. She should better get some sleep.

The next day, Lilly didn’t go to school as she had slept late the previous night. The need for sleep was too much than to go and attend classes she wouldn’t listen to. After getting sufficient amount of sleep, she went down for breakfast, making her way to the kitchen to find her mother and Rose standing there.

"Good morning, Lilly. How is your fever now?" Her mother asked concerned. In the morning, when Rose had come to wake her up, she had made up an excuse of not keeping well while still lying under the blanket.

"Better," Lilly replied seeing Rose who was making pancakes which filled the kitchen with its sweet smell.

"I see. I’m sure it is because of what you eat outside which is never healthy," her mother began her talk on food hygiene, "I told you several times that it isn’t healthy but you never listen. God knows what, when and where they are made," her mother shook her head disapprovingly.

"It’s strange that you caught a fever, I thought it wasn’t supposed to be so," Rose said in deep thought like she was trying to figure out something.

"Of course I’ll catch a fever, I’m a human remember," Lillian retorted, taking a bite from the freshly made pancakes that were placed in front of her.

"Yeah yeah, of course," Rose laughed nervously to receive a small glare from her mother which went unnoticed by Lillian.

"Did dad go to meet the kings?" Lilly asked her mother, taking the chocolate syrup and pouring it on her plate.

"He did. There have been quite a few ruckuses about something in the other dimension."

"About what?"

"There’s something that has been missing for a while and people have got the whiff about it. Then there is the vampire kings elder brother who’s not in good terms with Regorzil due to some reasons like he doesn’t want to part of the empire meetings," her mother explained with a sigh, "There’s so much going on."

Lilly looked surprised. The vampire king had a brother? If there was so much going on, wouldn’t it be right to have everyone here, "Doesn’t the other dimension in the demon kingdom require your’s and dad’s presence?" she asked her mother. The empires that consisted of vampires, demons, dragons, and witches were a separate dimension while the humans had a different world. Regorzil visited the human’s world regularly as many prominent demon families were habituating now.

"It does but we have spoken to Regorzil about it and he’s okay about it. We did think about moving back but after a lot of thinking your dad felt it was better if stayed here," her mother gave her a reassuring smile. Feeling her phone vibrate in her pajama pocket, she pulled it out to see who it was and as she went through her phone, she could hear her mother and Rose talk in the background about the king’s son losing his fiance.

"It’s such a sad thing," her mother agreed to something Rose said, "I heard he was head over heels for the girl. I’m so glad Lilly hasn’t been matched with anyone yet and isn’t in love to get her heart broken," she said to which Lilly’s ears instantly perked up hearing it. Oh God, why bring this topic now? She was glad when they changed the topic.

"Lilly," her mother called and she lifted up her eyes from her phone.

"Yes, mom?"

"We will be going on a family outing this weekend. So make sure you finish your homework in the meantime and you can ask Gwen to come if you want."

Though Ace and she texted each other on a regular interval of time, she missed him. She saw ore of Cole than Ace, doing something she didn’t know of. When asked he would reply with ’soon’ and it made her wonder what he was up to. Both Gwen and she who had decided to meet each other now stood in McDonald’s waiting for their turn to order food. The place was crowded than usual and the queue was long.

Lilly looked around to pass her time when she caught sight of someone who stood out the most in the room. It was a man in a black shirt and jeans, his black hair cut neatly. He sat in a corner with his legs crossed with another man who accompanied him as he quietly went through the menu with a bored look on his face. She didn’t know why but something was very peculiar about him. His eyes were a shade of forest green and it was amazing the way it flickered in the light that she wished she was born with that type of eye color.

It took her less than five seconds to realize he was actually looking at her and that is why she could see his eyes that clearly.