His Sanity by Mirah Selim (great book club books .txt) 📖

Author Pov

Catelin's breath got caught in her throat hearing the thumping of her own heart against her chest. The whole room turned into a cave of silence only sound was the shaky breaths she was taking.

Soon the liar of her life decided to break the ice and left her rigid body. Her body wasn't responding to the chanting her mind was doing.

She shook her head lightly trying to believe that all of this is just a mare dream. She's just dreaming and will wake up soon. This is just impossible.

Lucifer slowly walked towards the portrait of her. Her frozen body stayed glued on the spot. While her stunned eyes followed his domineering body moving around the room.

His movements. His way of walking. Or even his way of looking around wasn't an innocent childish one. It was intimidating and full of dominance.

Her heart fell in her gut as soon as his head turned towards hers. Her green eyes broadened as soon as she witnessed the truth through his dark hazel spheres.

Sinister and mischievous ones.

A small satisfying smirk appeared on his lips seeing her eyes widening in shock. He loved her shock. Every bit of it.

"There are uncountable questions you want answers of right. But you know I have only one answer for your every question." His deep raspy voice echoed in the room as he walked towards her picture.

Standing in front of the picture his back was facing her now. She still said nothing except to stare at the man standing infront beautiful portrait.

"This is the real me. I am Lucifer King, not that useless little kid you used to know. And you know doll." He slowly turned towards her frozen figure.

"This man here right in front of you has been crazily in love with you for years now."

Catelin took a step back in shock. Her ears made a beep sound feeling completely numb.

"This picture I especially asked my most trusted man to get it done for me without anyone knowing. I love seeing you right in front of my eyes whenever I open my eyes. This gives me peace."

Her heart paced faster hearing his words. Even though she always wanted to hear this type of confession from him but not like this. This shows that all this time he was just lying to her. To his parents. To everyone around him. Except himself.

He finally walked towards her but stopped as soon as she took a step back shaking her head. Her hand raised up motioning him to not come near her.

She gulped hard trying to find her voice. All of this was too much for her. Her head felt heavy. She felt like she will pass out anytime. It was too much to digest at the same time.

"H-How could you. You lied. All this time you were lying." She said finally staring at him with an accusing glare.

All she wanted to do was to destroy the portrait. Shout at him. Slap him. To tell him how much she loved him all of this time and this. This is what he did to her.

Lied to her. Manipulate her to believe his lies. Faked everything.

Lucifer said nothing just stared at her with his gaze full of darkness. There was no guilt or remorse in his eyes. He seemed sad but not feeling bad for the things he had done.

"I can't believe this. All this time you fooled me. Heck, you didn't even care about your parents. They are dying each second seeing you losing yourself and you. How could you Lucifer? How."

Lucifer scoffed loudly making her look at him in disbelief. He stalked towards her making her step back as well. But soon her feet froze once again hearing his next words.

"Parents. Yes, they are. Selfish parents. All they ever wanted was to turn me into a puppet. The one they could easily turn into how they wish. All they ever wanted is for me to dance on their words nothing else."

Lucifer spat out glaring at her as he finally reached to her standing in front of her. Her eyes stared in his as her head was tilted upwards to keep eye contact with him.

It was hard for her to believe what she heard from him. And the only thing she felt like doing she did.

She slapped him. Hard.

His face turned to the side halting his breath. For the first time, his Catelin slapped him. The woman he loves slapped him.

She fucking slapped him.

"You're the worst kind Lucifer. How could you say these kinds of words for your parents who did everything to bring your lost sanity back? They cried at nights. They prayed in days. They begged different psychiatrists. To me. For what."

"FOR YOU. YOU SELFISH BASTARD. And you dare to call them selfish when you're the one who lied. Took advantage of their weakness. If they were so selfish they wouldn't be making so many efforts just to bring your normal self back. But the truth. You were never abnormal. Your just a great actor."

She spat out on his face raising her voice. Lucifer finally turned his head towards her. His cheek turned red because of the hard slap he got from her.

Suddenly a small gasp left from her lips when he grabbed her tiny waist slamming her body against his. Her hands flew to his biceps as she held them for support.

Her head snapped up only to find his glaring eyes looking straightly at her. He had a murderous glare that would have been enough to kill anyone.

"You know doll. You should remember one thing." His voice was surprisingly too low and calm but the slight warning in it didn't go unnoticed by her.

"When you don't know the whole thing. You should keep your pretty little mouth shut. Or I have better ways to shut it for you." Catelin gulped clutching his biceps.

Her heart skipped a beat realizing the proximity they had. Even though she always had more events than this before with him where they were closer than this but still those times this Lucifer wasn't present.

His low yet threatening voice was enough for her that this man here wasn't the same man child who used to take her scolding without another word.