Raine watched as Noelle wrapped her arms around their daughter, comforting her, too shocked to do anything himself. He thought they had gotten rid of the demons once Ayumu had died, but now, his son had showed up, ready to exact revenge.
"Wait," Ivy sniffled, "what do you mean again?" She looked at her mom and dad intently, unwilling to accept a half-assed answer.
Noelle glanced at Raine before answering. "Before you were born, I too was marked by a demon, by Ayumu actually. The only way to get rid of the mark is for the demon to die. He has an unbreakable connection with you."
"Is that why he can talk to me in my mind?" Ivy asked angrily. "Next time I see him I'm going to punch him so hard he's going to wish we never met!" Raine and Noelle chuckled lightly, glad that their daughter wasn't freaking out and having a hissy fit. Rather, she was dealing with the situation like any good fighter would. "Zeke said he'd marked me so that he could find me whenever he wanted," Ivy scowled. "He said he'd be back in two years!"
"Two years, why then?" Rained growled angrily. "Whatever his reasoning, he'll never make it. We'll find him before then and put a stop to this nonsense."
"What I'm curious about is why Theo never saw this coming," Noelle mused. "Usually he sees just about anything."
Ivy scoffed and rolled her eyes. "Ma, you know Theo can't see either of our futures. Otherwise we'd know which one of us was going to be good and which would be bad. Duh."
"Ivy," Noelle said sharply. "You know your father and I don't believe that nonsense. Both you and Theo are good people and I would never put merit in that silly proclamation by the Pixie King." She hated seeing her two children so against each other and would do anything to convince them that neither was evil.
"Ma, everyone else believes it," Ivy pointed out. "It's okay though, I don't really care that much. Whatever happens, happens I suppose."
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Theo crept back from the doorway slowly, hearing enough of the conversation to get an idea of what had happened. Apparently Ivy had been visited by a demon. He clenched his fists angrily and took a couple hurried steps backward, too distracted to notice anyone behind him. "Oof!" a warm voice that haunted his dreams said. He spun around quickly and caught Alexia before she fell, pulling her soft body against his. "Hi," she grinned guiltily.
Theo gave her a suspicious look and released her reluctantly, ignoring the part of him that wanted to reach out and pull her back into him. "What are you doing?" he asked gruffly.
"What no apology?" she teased. "Fine, I was just walking to the library," she lied easily, holding up a book to prove her point.
"The library is the other way," Theo sneered. "You were following me again, weren't you?"
Alexia looked offended at that and stood up taller. "No. I was actually following Ivy because she started hysterically screaming for Alpha Raine. You just happened to be here at the exact same time. It's not always about you, you know?" She rolled her eyes and pushed her hair out of her eyes. "Now if you'll excuse me..." she started to say, but froze when Theo reached out to grab her arm.
His eyes turned an icy blue color and grew distant as a vision came to him. She stood calmly and waited for it to pass, wincing when his grip tightened towards the end. When Theo came to, he glared angrily at Alexia. "Don't do it," he growled gutturally.
"Excuse me?" she said. "Don't do what? Walk away? Watch me."
Theo tightened his grip and tugged her lightly. "Denny Moore is going to ask you out. Don't you dare say yes."
"Denny?" Alexia grinned happily. "Seriously?"
A muscle ticked in Theo's jaw when he saw Alexia grin at the news. Damn it, he wasn't jealous. "Denny is an asshole and just using you to make Felicia jealous," he bit out. "He doesn't actually like you." He forced himself to keep a straight face when Alexia flinched and lost her grin.
She wrenched her arm from his grasp and glared at him. "You are an asshole, Theo," she hissed. "I hate you." With a delicate sniff she shot him one last glare and strode away angrily.
Theo watched her leave with regret and sadness, hating that he acted like such an asshole towards her. But he needed her to hate him, because what he had seen of her future...scared him. It scared him a lot and he would do anything to prevent it from happening. Anything. There was no way in hell Theo would let Alexia end up with him, she deserved way better than that and he would make sure that happened.
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next part, whenever i write that, will be two years later when Ivy and Theo are 18 years old.
KHC Sequel [Chapter 5]
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