COULDN'T WAIT TO WRITE THE NEXT CHAPTER.
Atara hissed in pain when her bare feet touched the hard floor. Her body was ready to give up any time. She had no energy left after the marking but her mate had other plans. The guards were dragging her towards the center of hell where a large crowd had gathered. Everyone wanted to see the king punishing his mate. The same girl they had welcomed with so much love, today they were cheering for her to get punished. There still was a section of people who wanted to go deep into this matter. Afterall Atara was the purest soul. She couldn't do any such thing even if she wanted to. But who would dare to speak in front of their king. He had already destroyed a large part of his palace in anger.
The guards stopped in the center of the Coloseum and tied Atara's hands with ropes to the two poles on either sides. Her eyes were closed as she didn't want to face any of this. But she could still hear the sounds of people cheering and hooting. She knew her mate sat in front of her on his throne. Her heart still hoped for all this to be a nightmare.
"Bring Adheres, the intruder from Heaven. He will be beheaded today in front of all." Mr.Dustan announced from his podium. He was the happiest man today as he thought he was getting his revenge. But he still did not like Lucifer leaving Atara with just a small punishment. He wanted Atara out of hell.
A guard came running towards Mr.Dustan and whispered something in his ears making his eyes widened. He whisper yelled something to the guard before turning to look at Lucifer.
"Y-Your highness, Adheres has...Adheres ran away."
Silence fell upon them as he spoke. All the cheers and hooting stopped. Lucifer stood up from his throne in fury.
"What are you saying? How is this fucking possible? What were the guards doing?" He yelled at Dustan.
"Y-Your highness, Adheres killed a lot of our guards and then...then suddenly vanished. Our guards are already searching for him but...but they fear we lost him." He looked down in shame and disappointment.
Lucifer looked around to see his mate staring at the ground. He clenched his fist and descended down the stairs.
He stopped in front of Atara. The blood on her neck and clothes made his heart ache but that pain was nothing in front of his anger. He was blinded by the rage caused by a misunderstanding.
"Adheres has escaped, but that doesn't mean I will spare him. I will kill him in front of your eyes Atara. Until then let's begin with your punishment love." He whispered love with disgust.
Atara did not look up because she knew the look on his face would break her even more.
She felt him walk back towards his throne. The moment he sat on his throne to look at her, a sharp pain striked her back and a scream of agony left her mouth which sent shivers down every spectator's spine.
She clutched her eyes shut as streaks of tears flowed down her eyes. She wasn't even recovered from the previous whip when the next one striked making her scream for her creator. Her lord. All her life she had been the princess of her parents, living in God's personal Palace she had never even had a scratch on her silky skin but now she was feeling her skin tear apart along with every whip falling on her body. And all this because of whom? Because of the man she trusted and loved. Because of the man who did not trust her.
As they reached the last whip she had lost every bit of energy left in her body. She was still in a standing position only because her hands where tied to the poles. Her body had given up already. Her entire back was covered in blood.
At this moment for the first time in her life she hated her creation. Hated every quality she was blessed with, dispised the ability that made her the purest soul. Because she was not able to hate Lucifer. Yes, she was angry, upset and dissappointed. But she couldn't bring herself to hate him, despise him.
She had lost her consciousness half way through the whipping. She was just there, standing, lifeless and without any hope to live.
The crowd had fell silent seeing the girl so broken. All the people who were cheering for her to get punished were now feeling pity on her. Many had already left the place not able to see it anymore.
Lucifer sat still staring straight at his mate. His demons were completely silent because they could feel their mate's pain. The mate bond was punishing them too. Not physically but mentally, they felt it. They could understand that she had lost.
He exhaled slowly before looking away towards a guard.
Swallowing the lump in his throat he spoke,"Take her to my chambers."
Just as the guards tried to approach Atara, loud noise boomed throughout Hell. The ground started shaking and everyone panicked.
"We are being attacked! Poseidon and Zoles have attacked us with their army." A demon guard came shouting and the crowd panicked more.
Lucifer's dark wings came out of his back and his eyes turned a dark red colour.
He was going to fly towards the battle before his gaze fell on his unconscious mate. He flew towards her and picked her up in his arms. Ignoring the pain in his heart he flew her to their chamber and kept her on the bed. Taking one last look at her face he flew towards the battlefield.
He could see his demon army fighting with the army of Poseidon and Zoles. He knew the reason behind this attack. They had found out about Adheres and Atara.
He killed the soldiers that approached him in a snap of fingers.
"Poseidon! Zoles!" He called out their names making them turn to look at him. Poseidon killed the soldier in his hands and walked towards Lucifer along with Zoles.
"You Bastard! What did you do to my daughter?!" Zoles yelled before blowing a punch at Lucifer who successfully dodged it.
"Your daughter? The one whom you called the purest soul? She is a cheater. She has betrayed me with that...Adheres." Lucifer replied with hatred laced in his voice.
"Do you even hear yourself? It is you who have broken her trust. We know everything about your punishment. We just want our daughter back."
"Then take her back. I don't want to see her face ever again." Lucifer didn't realise his words at the time but he was soon going to regret it along with all his other actions.
Poseidon and Zoles glanced at each other before nodding.
"Okay then. Give us our daughter back and we will leave with our army."
Lucifer nodded before flying towards his chambers. He held Atara in his arms and brought her towards her parents.
They gasped looking at her state and rushed to take her from his arms.
"Atara! Atara wake up my daughter." They cried holding her. The father in them couldn't see her in this state. They wanted to destroy Lucifer for this. But they knew this was not the right time.
"You will pay for this Lucifer." With this warning they took the unconscious girl with them back to Heaven.
Lucifer felt his Demons howling in pain. He himself couldn't handle the pain of separation but stayed rooted to his place and behaved like nothing happened. The bond between them was making it harder for him already. And to top that, he had marked her which meant he was still going to be connected to her and by a more stronger bond.
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Six months later
Lucifer walked inside the dimly lit room. He was not planning to come here but something was tugging at his heart from so long and it had finally brought him here. These last six months were the worst of his life. All he had felt was anger and rage. Not a day would pass when he wouldn't kill someone. Be it a guard or a noble, he would execute people for minor reasons. He knew why he felt restless and why his mind was not at peace. He was away from his mate, with the mate bond still there he couldn't help but feel empty and sad. But that didn't change anything for him. He still hated her. Or maybe he was just angry. But his anger had cost him a lot of things. And he was yet to suffer the worst pain of his life.
"Mr.Dustan." He called for the man whose chamber he had entered. Getting no response he turned around to leave when something caught his eye. In a small cloth bag that hung on the wall, something was shining. He took the bag in his hand and removed the shiny object from it.
His eyes widened looking at the small object in his hand. It was an official stamp. It was Atara's stamp. Her sign which only she was supposed to have.
How did this come here? He thought to himself and started looking around Dustan's room. He searched the drawers and cupboards but found nothing that could confirm his suspicion.
He started looking under the bed and picked up the mattress in his hands and threw it away. Under the mattress was another bag. This one held some papers. He took out the papers and started reading them.
The papers fell out of his hands and onto the floor. He felt himself go weak in his knees. Those papers were a letter that Atara wrote to her parents. A letter which she had written in front of him. She was telling her parents how happy she was and how she had fallen for him. She told them about how he cared for her and loved her a lot. She him called him the best mate one could ever have.
He went blank as everything made sense to him. He had been tricked. Mr.Dustan had caused this misunderstanding between them. His breath was caught in his throat with realization settling down on him. He felt his chest tighten remembering everything he had done. He had ruined his own life. Blinded by his anger he had hurt his mate so much that now he was left all alone.
His dark wings came out of his back and he started shaking in anger. His red orbs had tears, tears of pain and anger. The letters in his hands caught fire along with the entire room.
"Aahhhhhh" He screamed looking at the ceiling. He felt himself getting shattered into pieces because of the guilt and sadness.
Lucifer stormed out of the room searching for Dustan. The guards and servants started running away, scared of the devil who was unleashed.
He was shouting the name of his culprit all the way he walked. Finally he spotted Dustan standing in the courtyard along some other nobles. They started running away too, looking at Lucifer's murderous demeanour.
"Dustan!" He shouted looking at the man who was shaking. He knew he was caught and that nobody could save him.
"Y-Your highness..." he said sitting down on his knees.
Lucifer clutched his hairs in a tight grip making Dustan wince.
"Why?! Why did you do this? What did you get by doing this? What wrong had my mate done to you?" Lucifer seethed, he was seeing red. He was thirsty for blood.
"I don't know what you are talking about, my king-" Dustan's voice stopped in the middle as he recieved a blow on his jaw.
"Do.Not.Lie." Lucifer growled. He was hating the nerves of this man to lie in his face.
"I-I wanted revenge my lord. My daughter got killed, they killed her. How could I ever accept the daughter of God's and Goddeses to be my queen. I know I have wronged you but I had my own reasons. And I never wanted you to accuse her of cheating. You yourself assumed things-"
"Enough! Revenge! Revenge! Revenge! Revenge is all you see. But my Atara had nothing to do with you and your stupid revenge. You are a sadist, a fucker who has destroyed something precious to me. After so long I had found something that I longed for. I had found my mate. I was living the happiest life ever but You! You destroyed it all. But more than you, I am hating myself. How could I not trust her? My Atara, My mate. I hurt her, I fucking hurt her."
"I proved them right. I proved her parents right. I became the worst mate one could ever have. She.. She hates me now." A tear escaped the devil's eye. He had lost her. The only blessing in his life, she was the light to his dark fate. But he pushed her away. He had ruined it with his own hands.
His looked down at his hands. They were covered in her blood. He remembered her lifeless form after he punished her. Her screams still haunted his mind.
With a roar of rage he twisted Dustan's neck and pulled his head out from his body. Blood splattered on Lucifer's face but he didn't care. He threw the head at one side and the body on the other side.
Looking up at the sky he let out a huge cry which made the hell shake, the sky started pouring fire on the ground. The universe was a part of his Pain, a witness to his suffering.
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AHHH! SO much in just one chapter. But the biggest twist is yet to come. I hope you all are excited.
Precap for the upcoming chapter:
"Where is my mate?" Lucifer yelled holding Poseidon's collar. He was fuming.
"We will not tell you. Wherever she is, she is in a safer place. She is safe from you."
"I. Will. Find. Her." Lucifer promised in a threatening tone.
He came out of the room and started walking towards the gate when a figure caught his attention.
She approached him with a paper in her hand which she passed him. Without a word further she walked away. Confused by her actions he looked down at the paper.
"The world of Mortals."