The Devil's Secret

Lucien opened his eyes slowly, he felt pain all over his body. A burning sensation that made him groan in pain.

"Ugh..."

"Are you awake?" Sephie seemed relieved to see that Lucien had finally woken up after he had been unconscious for 16 hours since the fight.

Lucien tried to raise his head, the pain was getting stronger in his back and head. He didn't really remember what happened, but what he still felt was the adrenaline rushing over his body.

"Lie down! You can't move much for a while!"

"Where is this?"

"In Claude's mansion."

"Why am I here?"

"It was Claude who asked you to be brought here. He doesn't want you to be too far away from him at this time. He wants to monitor how you are in real time." Sephie said. Lucien tried to calm himself down and recalled what had happened to him.

Of all that happened that day, what he remembered most was his mounting rage at the four assassins who had killed him one year ago. He still had a hard time believing this, he met them again and the worst thing he had to know was that they weren't humans, but half demons like him.

His body trembled, the wave of anger returned to him and made his demonic side reign supreme. He couldn't hold back the pain as he remembered everything they had done to him.

"They're dead!" Sephie said. She knew Lucien was thinking about the men who had killed him back then.

"Can demons die?"

"Of course! The only ones who can kill demons are demons, humans can't. They should go to hell sooner without having to avenge themselves first. But that's better because their existence is too troubling. It seems they are too ambitious to become devils and are starting to forget their main goal in the world. One of them managed to escape, I hope he rethinks what he should be doing."

Lucien was stunned, he didn't expect that he could kill those monsters. He was quite satisfied because he managed to kill three of them, but one of them, whom he believed to be the leader of the murder that happened to him that day, managed to escape.

There are many secrets and facts that he doesn't know about a half-demon like himself and the more he knows, the scarier he becomes.

"Ugh-"

Lucien again complained of pain in his head, it was too painful so it was enough to make his body unable to move more freely. Moreover, he found several scars and bruises on his body that he did not remember where they came from.

"Jayden and the execution team had to attack you to stop your rampage. That's why your body is covered in wounds. But it won't take long, in two days you will be back to normal."

"Did I do something that put everyone at risk?"

"What?"

"I mean, did I hurt you and the execution squad?"

"You think about that?"

"I'm sure Jayden won't forgive me for this. I've already made a mess and he's not going to just let me go!"

"As you might expect, Jayden was furious. In fact he kept scolding me for my recklessness which almost got The Hunters into big trouble. I shouldn't have brought you to that place without permission. I was overconfident and thought I could control you with my powers if you suddenly got provoked. I couldn't do anything but freeze in place like a useless idiot. I really suck!" Sephie tried to hold back her guilt. She truly regretted what had happened and wished she could have prevented it.

Lucien rubbed Sephie's head with his hand. He didn't mean to comfort Sephie, but he felt that sometimes he had to show that he cared enough.

The feeling of Lucien's hand on her head made her want to cry. She doesn't know why she can still feel this kind of feeling even though she's been a devil for more than 10 years?

Shouldn't she lose all the feelings that only humans have? Sadness, love and sincerity. Feelings that only humans have. 10 years should be enough time for a demi-demon like her to lose all of her human nature and feelings.

"No one's blaming you! At least I don't think so. I have to admit, it was a complete shock. I came close to fighting you the first time we met in the forest and fought Jayden. But what happened yesterday was the first fight I really had, I really feel in this form. Even though I remember that the fight happened, it's strange what I did back then I can't remember. Like about how I killed those three people."

"You tore one of them to pieces and two of them died trying to fight you. Their leader fled after realizing that he would not be able to win against you."

Lucien fell silent, his mind continuing to swirl between two events that both felt vaguely in his head.

The incident on the day they followed him and killed him in the middle of the forest one year ago and the time how he felt all the power within his body with an extremely strong killing instinct. He couldn't control the feeling.

"What kind of feeling is this?"

"What are you saying?"

"Why does it feel like I want more blood? Why do I want to smell blood one more time?" He said. Lucien's pupils widened, like a predator thirsty for the smell of fresh blood from its prey. His body was covered in cold sweat, he couldn't hold back his desire to kill someone.

Sephie didn't know what to say now, she felt scared and sure that something was wrong with Lucien. His change of form that night had changed him forever and slowly but surely he would become a complete demon.

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