23- Exorcist.
Arianna POV.
“I think I’m being hunted, it started in my dreams, then in real life, and I want it to stop” I say feeling made of stone, the pain in my heart had me standing strong when all I want to do is fall to the ground and cry, I don’t want to ever feel like this ever again, but here I am, asking my family for help.
“Hunted Arianna? What are you talking about little bat?” Uncle Dante asks, there was the questioning of me being a little right now but I wasn’t feeling little at all, I felt big, big Arianna was feeling too much pain to allow little Rina to come out.
“Yes, hunted uncle, I believe a demon lord been hunting me,” I say in a cold voice, cold enough to match his heart and aura. They all shared a look, they knew something, they all felt something, it wasn’t just me who knew something was wrong, but it was papa to talk first.
“The aura we felt in the office,” he says, it didn’t happen that long back.
“The one they chased off from the empty house,” dad says, I had no idea what empty house they are talking about but it seems to be important for them right now.
“The aura, Dante, I believe she’s on to something,” papa says, of course, I was on to something, but I need them to believe me and do something back.
“New York is Ebony’s territory, I can send her a message, but if she’s in hell, it might take some time to arrive over to her,” Uncle Dante says, finally they are going to call someone.
“I’m not leaving my daughter in the danger of a rogue lord around,” papa says holding me, trying to shield me from any threats.
“We can cast a protection spell on her until Ebony sends us a reply to how to sort this though,” uncle says, any threats that are demon related we have to call the demon in charge to deal with it, priest exorcism is all a lie.
“That’s fine with me, but get the protection on her soon,” dad says, I agree with him, I don’t want to see Scar nor hear his lies.
“I’ll work on it right away, but Arianna, why didn’t you tell us earlier?” Dante asks me, what should I tell them, I believed him, I wanted to fall in love with him for real but then found out he can’t love me? That love is forbidden to lords, I decided to lie.
“I thought he was my imagination” I lie through my teeth, feeling pain course through my body, I loved him, that’s the thing.
I got away from my uncle interrogation, with the excuse of me needing to rest, a new protection charm was cast all over me, I didn’t want to stay alone, instead, I went on the search of Andy, he always makes me feel better, and the way he demands ice cream is just iconic. I sat with him in our playroom, neither of us was in our little space, me from being hurt, and Andy for some random reason.
“You okay Ari?” he asks me, sounding innocent even out of the headspace.
“No, Andy, it hurt” I cry out, crying into my hands, I felt him pull me toward him, letting me cry over his shoulder, I needed to cry, I feel so hurt, this was just the worse kind of torture.
“Don’t… cry…” he says sniffling, I looked up at him to see him crying along with me, I wiped my eyes clean pretending to be okay now even though I wasn’t I lied and said I am.
I bottled my pain inside, my dreams were Scar free, I didn’t dream about him, but I had nightmares, I felt the emptiness inside my heart, inside my chest, I missed him but couldn’t mention it to anyone else, I couldn’t say I was in pain or hurt, I hide it all watching the world move around me.
Ebony’s answer took forever, she said she’ll be coming by our place to check on what’s going on, from one lord to another, they have this weird political thing between her and my uncle, good thing I’m not the lord of this house.
I felt Scar trying to reach me, I felt his presence, couldn’t see him, couldn’t dream of him, but I knew he was there with us, I knew he could see my pain, I just hoped he’d know he’s the one who cause me all this pain. And once Ebony is here, she’ll kick him out forever, he can go back to hell where he belongs along with his master, I’ll wait until I die before I endure this hellish torture.