Chained to the prince of darkness by Lunasads (books for 10th graders TXT) 📖

His fingers tapped on the table in rhythmic motion as he waited for the old men in front of him to shut their mouths. Impatience and annoyance suffocating him. Meetings were never his things, he always found himself getting angry for no reason during these times. 

"The council is waiting for reports from Phae Santos for weeks now, what is taking so long, Valan?” The old man asked loudly as every member present in the room looked at the king, who was shifting uncomfortably in his seat. 

"Well, I don't have the whole day for this," Lucifer muttered impatiently. He tapped his foot trying to control his rage, but his tolerance was running narrow. Valan gulped and stood up to bow down to him. 

"My Lord, m-my kingdom is falling. Last month..we..we were attacked, by witches and we lost half of the army and now we are running out of resources. I promise-"

Before he could finish his sentence, a dagger docked in his chest. His eyes widened as he grabbed the dagger in his chest and stumbled to the ground. Several council members looked at him with wide eyes and open mouths, but no one was tempted to help him.

Valan fell to the ground as his breaths stopped. 

Lucifer dusted his hands and stood up from his seat while looking at every member. 

Lucifer pointed to the man, who was sitting next to Valan. He was a shapeshifter with light brown eyes and medium shoulder-length hair. 

"Go get my dagger, I can't lose that one too," he gulped down and walked towards the dead body. His hands wrapped around the handle of a knife and he plucked it out of his chest. He winced as his hands burned with silver he dropped the knife on the floor and clutched his hand to his chest. 

Lucifer threw his head back as he laughed with amusement. Everyone looked shocked at his behavior change. 

"Pathetic," he snarled and walked towards the body and picked the silver dagger only to place it in his waist pocket. The whole room looked at him with pure surprise.

Silver didn't affect him. Those were the privileges that come with being a hybrid.

"Parcel....what about your report? Oh wait! let me guess, your clan must be raided by faeries?" Lucifer raised his perfectly sharp brow at the old man sitting a few feet away from him. All the blood rushed through his veins as he tried not to tremble in fear. 

"Twenty.... twenty-six vampires were seen at the borderlands, My lord." Parcel said handing the report to Lucifer.

"And?” Lucifer narrowed his eyes, telling him to tell more. Vampires were raising in numbers day by day. It was not like they were any threat to him, but as the king of Reynes, they were a threat to his kingdom. 

"And, we suspect that they are behind something....or particularly.....someone" Lucifer rubbed his jaw as he leaned back in his chair. Resting his elbow on the armrest, his icy eyes glazed over as he thought about something. 

"And what about the attack strategy, which kingdom we should go for next?" Anari spoke out, the council administrator. 

"I think the Kingdom of Zlluni should be our next target, my lord," Parcel insisted and Anari scoffed in distaste.

"I suggest targeting the Kingdom of Yarundiel. They are going through hard times, they won't suspect us." Anari protested.

"But Kingdom-"

"Zoutis, we are attacking Zoutis tonight," Lucifer stated making both of the men silent. 

"But my lord-" 

Anari was unable to choke out his last words as Lucifer roughly grabbed him by his throat. His eyes darkened as a snarl curled his lips. 

"You don't love your life, commander Anari." 

"My lord," Parcel jumped in quickly, "What commander Anari is meant that the Kingdom of Zoutis is far from here and it's Queen Sarah's parent's Kingdom," 

Lucifer glanced at Anari struggling for his breath and let him go. Anari gasped for air as he frantically rubbed his bruised neck. 

"She is not a Queen," Lucifer growled anomalistically, scowling at Parcel. "Not yet,"

"Their main base is on the east, so we'll attack where they are vulnerable. Kill the king and Queen first, the rest will crumble," Lucifer barked out the orders. And all men nodded their heads. 

"Y..yes, my lord," 

"We attack at dawn," Lucifer said firmly. The veins of his arms were protruding out. Everyone present there was terrified of his next words. 

"Hit ha-" before he could complete his words a panicked voice rang at the back of his head. 

"My lord! Lady Sarah! A-she escaped!"

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"Who are you?" I breathed out while backing away at the same time. The anxiety was trickling in my body. What were they? And what did they need from me?

"Who am I? Well.....you can call me 'Honey'," the man smirked at me. I was looking at him with wide eyes. I hadn't escaped fully and another trouble was already awaiting me.

"Stop it, Damon! Don't scare the poor thing." A feminine voice said from behind me as I abruptly turned around. A woman with pale white skin was standing near the tree with which Phoenix was tied, the both of them were giving me dangerous vibes.

"You always seem to ruin my fun, Victoria," the man groaned as he threw his hands in the air in skepticism making her, I guess, Victoria rolling her eyes. She turned towards me and looked at me with a wide smile.

"Forgive my brother here, by the way, I'm Victoria and you must be Sarah." Victoria grinned while walking toward me. I immediately backed away but I guess my chance was against me as I knock over to the ground. An audible chuckle sounded around me as the man started laughing while focussing on me.

"She is clumsy, I see," Victoria whispered and face palmed herself. Whatever the hell they were saying was making no sense to me at all, well at least not to me. The look in their eyes was screaming misdeed. I didn't realize what happened but in less than a second Victoria was next to the man. 

"Who are you?" I panicked while crawling back. I heard her sigh and looked at me with a strained look. 

"I'm Victoria and he is m-"