The Demon Lord's Lover
Chapter 27

Dante's POV

Deep in the underworld volcano.

It’s fucking hot in here. “Adria! Do you have everything to get me the fuck out?” Adria comes running and then empties a bag of supplies. “Wait, you know this takes time.” I sigh. “Every second we waste here is another second he can get to her; I can’t let anything happen to h….” Suddenly I felt a pain in my head. Oh no, he got her. “Fuck! Adria, chant your shit faster. Draco got her, and I can’t get in touch with Leo.” Adria, in the middle of her chant, puts a thumbs up and talks faster.

Hours later, she is at the end of the chant, and I am finally free from the damn spell. “Alright, did you get a location on that bloodsucker and her friend Amber?” Yeah, I knew Amber wasn’t to be trusted; that’s why I never liked her, fucking lower demon. I knew if I told Naila, it would break her heart, so I did everything to keep her away.

“They are located to the east of your castle, I believe that is his new lair, but I cant sense either of them.” I nod. “He probably has his place protected or cast a spell on them cause I can’t communicate with Naila either, let’s get a move….” That’s when it happened; it felt like my heart was slowly being ripped out. Dante, if you can hear me, I want to let you know that I am sorry I had to do what was done. I refuse to let Draco get his way; please come quickly.

I heard her voice echo in my head. I knew she was in danger; I could feel her pain. “Fuck!…We have to hurry. Naila’s hurt…ugh!” I gripped my chest and ran full speed. I was unable to teleport because I was under a spell. After it is broken, it takes a while to be able to use magic again. Adria can’t teleport because she used up too much magic to undo the spell. I can feel her life slipping away.

“Adria, she…she...FUCK! She’s dying. Draco doesn’t need her dead; why is she dying?” I stop, I can’t breathe, no she can’t breathe, she is losing her consciousness. My chest is hurting so much, it burns. Adria stops by my side. “Dante, we have to keep moving, here...” She injects me with something, and I feel my power coming back. I grabbed her and teleported near his castle since I didn’t have a pinpoint location.

As soon as I reached the door, I heard it. “Amber, you fucking idiot! Why did you do this?… Fuck she isn’t responding….” Adria was next to me but started to back up slowly. “Find Leo and leave. You have exactly 3 minutes.” Adria injected herself and ran. Naila didn’t deserve this, fuck why, I kept her alive, I protected her. Oh, Xavier and Scarlet, I have failed you. She is gone…

The rage was resurfacing, except this was worlds worse than last time. I saw Adria and Leo left. I teleported into the room; there was so much blood. I looked at Amber. Kill! Her head exploded. “Fuck.” I heard Draco say he was trying to save her. Kill! In one swift motion, I moved my hand like I was flicking a fly, and he flew through the wall.

I kneeled and saw her lifeless body. I put my hand under her nose. Nothing. I scooped her up gently in my arms. “Naila, please don’t be gone. Please don’t leave me. I need you, baby.” I held her in my arms, and for the first time, I cried. I kissed her lips, begging for her to wake up. I bit my lip until it bled and kissed her, giving her my blood. Not enough. I then sliced my wrist, drinking and forcing my blood in her mouth. I kissed her cheek, her lips, her neck.

Leo and Adria came to me. “Help me, please. I can’t lose her.” Leo put his hand out. “We will go back to the castle with her, you have to deal with Draco once and for all, okay, she will be right there when you come back.” I reluctantly hand her to him and kiss her one last time. “Naila, I love you; please come back to me,” I whispered, then nodded to them. After they disappeared, I transformed into my full demon.

My horns grew on my head; my body became scaled and dark red. My claws grew at my fingertips. I gave into the rage; I was no longer myself, all I saw was red, and then I let loose. I was killing anyone that came in my way.

Draco was sitting in the middle of the dining room, sipping blood. He must know the end when he sees it. But because he was a vampire, he had to fight until the end. “Hello Dante, if it matters, my intention was not to have her die. I had no idea Amber would get jealous.” He finished his cup of blood. “Your words mean nothing to me, Draco.”

Draco then dealt the first attack, which barely grazed me; I dodged just in time. He then pulled his sword from under the table; he slashed this way and then stabbed that way. I allowed myself to get cut; a part of me wanted to die with her, fuck Naila. Suddenly I got kicked and flew backward. “Ugh! Shit.” Draco walks up to me. “You think you are the only one who is in pain because of her? You didn’t watch her grow up from afar. You didn’t even care about her until you were assigned to protect her!”

I then kicked Draco, and he fell back. I jumped for him and started punching the fuck out of him. I then stabbed him in the side with my claws, and he coughed up some blood. “You just wanted her for her blood. You wanted to use her to get to me.” I punched him again. “If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t have had to disrupt her life. She would have been happier not knowing me; she wouldn’t have had to fucking suffer!” I kept punching and punching until his face was barely recognizable.

Draco just laid there and let me hit him. “You never gave me a chance. You selfish bastard, I couldn’t get close to her without you yanking me away.” I go for another punch, but Draco holds my arm. “You never let her choose me. She couldn’t even…cough get away from you.” He laughed and sat up, “I didn’t kill her. You did.” I sit back. I killed her. “You are truly a mate killer.”

He’s right. I killed Naila; I didn’t let her leave my sight. But I loved her; she called for me when she was in trouble. I look at Draco. He is smirking at me. This fight has to end here, I grab his neck, pointing my dagger at his heart, and the smile falls from his face. “Draco, any last words?” He smiles. “My sword versus your dagger.”

We stab each other at the same time, I push my dagger hard, and I twist, pulling it out, then I rip his heart out, squeezing it until it pops. Draco’s body falls to the ground and turns to ash. I return to the castle and immediately look for Naila. Leo stops me, “Dante, you’re injured!” I glare at him, and he gestures towards Adria’s office. I open the door, and I see Naila on a bed. I slowly walk up to her, lay on the bed next to her, and pass out.