The Demon’s Bride

As Redrick's eyes flared in anger, he raised his hands that caused the ground to break in. Elise felt her feet sinking inside the ground, she reached out her hand, letting Jett to help her to avoid from falling inside the cavity that Redrick created.

But as her feet arrived on the stable ground, Redrick's hands had reached forward to her neck. Elise who was startled by this instinctively raised her elbow to the angel's face, causing him to grunt in pain and stumble backward.

Although Angels were much resistant to physical pain inflicted by human, Elise was no longer human as more of her demonic blood begin to learn its existence, enhancing her power. Redrick fall behind and having the upper hand, Elise didn't stop, she used her shadow to bound the man's hands and torso with her shadow and before he could try and break it of, she created two sharp icicles with her shadows to bind Redrick by his shoulder to the largest tree near them.

"Why?" Elise questioned. She didn't need to ask to know that it was also Redrick who had orchestrated the grand plan of making Lucifer as the scapegoat of killing Seraphim. If this was hatred against demons, she could comprehend the twisted reasoning for Redrick to do what he did to Lucifer but lady Lucy? She didn't do anything.

"There's something you are hiding from me," Elise uttered as she stared back aggressively at the angel who had returned her gaze with the same rage-filled look. "Lady Lucy had stepped out from Hell nor is she interested to have anything to do with Hell or the demons. She only wanted a peaceful life!"

"If I tell you, you would also need to die," Redrick answered. His tilted smile was far away from how Elise remembered him used to be.

Elise, however, didn't lose in sending the man her disgusted look on her face, "Weren't you planning to kill me?" Seeing questioning won't give her answer, Elise reached out her hand to touch the angel's shoulder in one instance, she heard incoherent whispers around her ears. There was a lot of screaming and screeching ringing her head. She steps back wobbly, holding to her head as pieces of memories rushed into her mind.

In between all the discordance, Elise saw Lucy who was in shock as she watched Redrick standing. His hand had pierced the chest of an angel who had stood in front of him. Lucy shook her head, quickly coming to the angel's side before her eyes staring daggers at Redrick as she confirmed there had been no more breaths inhaled or exhaled by the other angel.

"How... how can you do this to your own friends, Camael?" Lucy questioned in disbelief, taking her steps back as she saw Redrick taking one step forward. Her rejection caused Redrick to frown.

"Demons should never be allowed to roam free and he who had allowed them to leave in the mortal world deserve what had come to them!" Redrick yelled at her back and Lucy frowned. She closed her eyes tightly as she watched the dead angel continue to bleed out, his body turning colder and colder.

"You don't understand, Camael, not every demons are evil and not every angels are innocent. Each person has their own qualities both good or bad. He had chosen to let the demons leave and let them strive a life in the mortal world because those demons wanted to a live a life free of all the evilness. They have tried to pushed themselves out of the wrong path and choosing the right one and he..." Lucy's eyes fell on the angel who was now dead where tears come to settle on her eyes. "He had supported and blessed them on their path. There was no reason for you to kill them!"

"Can you say, Lucy that these people hadn't killed a single soul?" Redrick demanded for answer, his eyes flaring with a deep anger.

"People can make amends, Camael!" Lucy pushed herself off the ground as she looked at Camael, "What had happened to you? You were not a person who would kill anyone on your sight but now... Camael, isn't allowing humans to change a lesson taught and adopt by all angels in Heaven? I haven't been there but you were the one who taught me that. You taught me, Camael that regardless of who my brother is, I am who I am and you befriended me for that."

"But things changed, Lucy," Camael's eyes shot up to her, "The damned demons, the same demons who had killed my dearest friend! Those people were the same creature as your brother, those demons!"

"You are unreasonable," Lucy took three steps back. She couldn't believed the changes which happened on Camael, "Guivene called me today here as he wanted to helped me. He was the only person who would lend help to me in such an urgent time, regardless of who I am and whose sister I am... just like how you were in the past. He was one of the kindest angel I have met but you have killed him. This should be stopped."

Redrick frowned on what Lucy was trying to do when his eyes noticed her hand that tried to pull the locket she had on her neck. Seeing the locket, Elise remembered what locket it was. It was the same locket Lucifer told her was created by Raziel, her maternal grandfather. However, on a closer look it had different design, notably the large crow emblem which had been engraved on the locket's case.

Alarmed, Redrick pulled Lucy by her hands. Lucy had to stop touching her locket to avoid being caught by Redrick however in the next second, the angel pulled her by her hair, causing her to fall forward with his harsh pull.

"No one should stop me. Not even you, Lucy," warned Redrick when he noticed torches running around the houses. The people were screaming incoherent words the most notable one were: "Kill the demon worshipper! Kill her!"

To Redrick, the villager's arrival to kill Lucy on the stake was the perfect opportunity for him as he didn't have to kill with his hands. Lucy was alarmed seeing the racket made by the villagers who screamed for her name, calling her demon worshipper, and their rage expressed by their demands on how they should quickly put her on the stake.

"Remember this, Lucy," warned Redrick to Lucy as their eyes met, "If you show me your silence, I will spare your son. But if you once call your brother's name. You should see him on the stake next to you and I will be watching your every movements." Redrick pulled a rope from his hand before tying it around Lucy's wrists. "We could still be friend if you had helped me instead but it's too late. Be careful with your choice, Lucy."

"No, Camael! No!" Lucy's loud cry, pushed back Elise to see on Redrick who now stared at him. The memory she read was the same memory that happened just a few hours ago before Lucy was brought to the stake.

"You are worse than demon, Camael," Elise's eyes quickly deepened in the hint of redness as she glared at the angel, "You are even worse than any other demons in Hell."