Promises were Broken!!…

*When I first saw you, I was afraid to love you!!...*

**Hades' POV**
"Kora...Kora, wait, would you!" I hissed, trying to catch up as she stormed and ran outside the room. I rushed and stepped in front of her, blocking her. I fisted her hand to stop her from running. She took a deep breath and tried to focus on the sounds of wind, the rocks and trees surrounding the house, anything but me.
"Kora...please, you need to understand," I told her softly. She closed her eyes at this as the single tear fell. She angrily snapped open her eyes, wiping away the tears of frustration.
"We have already been through this before," she snapped angrily.
"I know."
"Then what is the problem?" She screamed.
"Kora!" I tried to calm her down.
"You promised me!"
"This is not easier for me. Trust me, I chose this because there is no other way." I replied as calmly as possible, but she refused to understand and blurted out, "Or why don't you just admit that you faked the promises to have sex with me? And now you are done so conveniently sending me away."
I lost my mind at her accusation.
"Is that what you think of me? A shallow person who uses women for sex?" I shouted back with narrowed brows.
"All I'm saying is you lied."
"I didn't lie," I stated firmly.
"Oh yes, you fucking did!" She threw back, raising my temper to a roaring high, but I just counted to five in my mind to calm my nerves.
"Things have changed since the promise was made," I replied.
"Like sex!" She said, and my mouth actually dropped at her words.
"Could you just stop?" I warned her, making her cry in frustration before she snapped, "Goodbye, Hades, enjoy your freedom without me!" Then she tried walking on me, but I refused to let her go. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't open my grip.
"Let me go!" She demanded.
"Not until you sit down with me and we discuss this calmly and rationally," I ordered in a firm tone that was no longer angry.
"You hurt me, Hades." She accused me. But her angry tone shifted to a soft one. Her eyes were sobbing and pleading as if she was begging me to change my mind.
At this, I released a sigh and placed my forehead on hers.
"Please don't leave me. I want to live with you." She pleaded like a desperate woman in love.
"And I just want you to live."
With this, I crushed my lips to hers and consumed all her anger in a kiss. My hands gripping onto her dress, and my tongue duelling with hers.
But then it hit her clearly,
It was a goodbye kiss.
"A kiss before you leave!" She accused, pulling herself from my grasp. And this time, I let her go.
"Yes, before I leave you for your safety."
"I guess my love is not enough for you to stop," she spoke tearfully.
"No, your love is the reason I leave."

I have been running from Vlad, hiding like an exiled prince, and at one point, I started enjoying playing this game of cat and mouse. Because, at that time, I had no weaknesses or fear. But now, things have changed. Like falling in love with a girl, I couldn't protect. And now I have both weakness and fear. And it won't take a damn second for Vlad to sniff out my weakness and fear.
So, I couldn't risk Kora's life anymore, and every second she was with me, that was precisely what I was doing. But this also meant I had gone back on my word. I had gone back on my promise never to leave her. But nothing was more important to me than her life.
Nothing!
Not. A. Damn. Thing!
I know she would have convinced me of all manner of other options. None of which would have ensured her safety like the one I was forced to choose. Because despite all the power I possessed, I will still always be powerless to stop Vlad from taking her.
I asked for her forgiveness for the pain I caused to her. She thought I was betraying her, and yes, I had in some way. I selfishly made love to her and gave her hopes and promises despite knowing we could not stay together until the threat was eliminated. And now I feel like the biggest bastard alive. I tried to explain my actions and the fucked up reason behind them.
It was fear!
Fear of losing what was most important to me. Fear that she would be taken from me and I may not have the power to save her. The fear of losing her has become my biggest weakness.
So, I had created a plan where Jericho would take Kora and Mira to a safe place, and I'll make a deal with Estrella and then Vlad. Although I don't have any hopes, I will have to try every last resort I can for Kora's sake. I just wanted a normal life with her, away from the deadly clutches of my past...my bloody family. The very word felt like acid across my tongue just thinking of it.
I hated myself for sending Kora away. It felt like a bitter sting of pain, but what other choice did I have? I couldn't foolishly believe that I could keep her safe. Not after whose scent I detected in the air.
Estrella is coming soon!

After few minutes
"I must leave," I told Jericho.
"And I can't wait," Jericho muttered sarcastically.
"What does that even mean?" I asked, turning to him.
"Nothing, just wishing you a bigger cock in the next birth?" He snapped, making me scoff.
"Dumb fuck!" I commented.
"Same to you. Now would you start explaining what the fuck is going on?" He asked.
"I'm making a deal with Vlad to stop the threat," I spoke. His eyebrows were raised with the hundreds of questions lingering.
"There is always one threat or another when you're the scion of the vampire kingdom," was his vague as fuck reply.
"That's true, so the deal comes," I barked.
"We'll fight." He replied, and at this, I rolled my eyes.
"I'd fucking love to do the honours, but you know the size of his armies, the vampiric humanoids, shadows, shadow assassins and the fucking harpies?" I stated, laying it all out on the fucking table. Jericho's expression turned dark.
"I know all the shit, that's why I'm surprised you are planning to go on their suicide mission. There will be no deal unless you have something worth bargaining." He stated in a clear warning.
"All I can say is I do not intend to die so easily."
"Look, I'm going to say this shit once, and I don't give a fuck what it takes for you to believe it, but I suggest you hear my words and understand them. Your dysfunctional family will never make a deal."
"Have you ever given a thought why Vlad is whimpering on his ass to get me? And that too alive? He needs me for something. He has kept me alive for something. He is too proud to accept, but he has his limitations, which is why he needs me."
Jericho's eyes widened at my admission.
"What can that be?" He asked.
"Yet to figure out, but there is something."
"You're sure?" He asked, dumbfounded.
"Deadly so," I replied. And this was the first time he took a breath of relief.
I explained my plan to him and handed over a letter to him that I had written for Kora. Jericho would hand it over to her once we were on our separate ways. Because if the situation comes of me being captured or slain, then what would be my last words to her? What would I have said to her with my last dying breath?
I had penned everything in the letter, so she would know how much I loved her. She would know I would love her in death just as I did in life.
That I would love her eternally.

The following night.
It's almost twelve hours since I left Kora.
Fucking twelve hours!
I had, of course, betrayed and lied to her in many ways. I had hidden my identity from her. She has no idea that I'm the Prince of Bucuresti. A member of the fucked-up family tree that belongs to Vampire King Theron. So, I'm not exactly a saint, given the fact that the blood of the most wicked and dangerous family flows in my veins.
Although being the son of King Theron and Queen Carmella, I'm different.
A lone werewolf among the hordes of Vampires.
They both tried to plant the seed of evil in all three siblings, Vlad, Rosemary and me. Vlad quickly turned into one. Rosemary, our younger sister, didn't fucking care, whereas I didn't become evil.
So, yes, I'm different and an outcast.
And there is one more thing about me, my most guarded secret.
A secret so great I felt the weight of it every day of my life shackled around my neck like a brand upon my soul.
I had woken up in a frozen lake twenty-seven years before, and my memories are only clear from that day. Before that, everything seemed vague, as if someone had stolen the memories of that phase of my life, erased that part of my life and left me as a blank page.
I somehow knew that I was much older than I appeared. I know that I have lived a very long life. And also the fact that I haven't aged since that day. But I have no clear memories about my childhood, except for the few vague visions of Vlad and my training as warriors under my father and the bedtime stories my mother used to tell Vlad and me.
Even the name Melinoe feels familiar, as if there is something more to it. It doesn't just sound like a name to me but more like a part of me. And no matter how hard I try to remember, it's blank, as if someone has torn a few chapters from my storybook.
My family tried their best to avoid all the questions as if nothing was out of place. But I could feel constant tension between Vlad and me. Something was seriously wrong between both of us. Maybe, some fucked-up brother grudge. I was trying to mend the relationship but soon realized I couldn't support an evil bent on genocide. Even Cerberus has no idea about our past life. That's strange and alarming.
Cerberus and I were so drowned in our thoughts that we made a huge mistake.
A grave mistake!
We missed tracking the scent of Estrella.
"Fuck!" I roared the curse loud enough that the barks of nearby trees started shaking from my anger.
Estrella's scent was fading away. And my heart froze, realizing I was not the target this time. Her target was someone else, as she knew that if she took her, I'd be bound to follow.
She wants Kora!
Or I would say,
Vlad wants Kora!

*But now that I love you, I'm afraid of losing you!!...*