Into The Devil’s Heart

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Audrey stood in the middle of nowhere, she couldn’t identify where she was and how she journeyed into a place as void as this. The only thing she could relate to was how dark it was, it was like there had never been a spark of light as the smell of darkness wrecked the entire place.

She turns around in fear and walks in the dark with lots of struggles hoping there will be light at the far end but all her struggles are futile as she seems to be rotating in the same place.

“C-cannon?!” She calls out to the only person she can think of, trembling in fear. She freaks out when she’s in darkness and it scares her. The last thing she remembered was her sleeping in Cannon’s chest and… The rest seems to be a mystery.

“Please, save me” she cries in desperation believing he will come for her.

Just then, she heard a scream that left fear creeping into her heart and bones. Sacred, she called out, “Hello?” But there was no response.

“Who is there?” She called again, whoever was there never responded but the groan never stopped. She could feel her heart twisting in pain as the agonizing scream was heard.

After a while, there was a little spark of flame. It wasn’t bright enough to drive away the darkness but it was enough to send her an invitation.

She found herself moving, following the spark of light. Her curiosity was at its peak, everything was happening so fast. She is yet to understand how she came into this dungeon-like place and now, she is heading to a place she can’t tell if it’s her dome or saving.

The walk was long but she got there after a long struggle. When the light was shown a little bit brightly, a man was seated on the floor crying out, he seemed to be in pain.

She takes a few strides closer, trying to get a better view of whosoever is there. The closer she went, the more that someone became visible and he looked like someone she knew. someone she was willing to die for…

“C-cannon?” She calls, almost yelling. She didn’t have the luxury of time to think as her feet carried her running to where he was but just a few steps to where he was lying helplessly, she got knocked off by an invisible something.

Her determination to get to him was strong, she stood up and tried again but only ended up on the floor. “Cannon?” She calls out crying.

“I am here, ” she stretched her arms only then did she discover there was a barrier before her, an invisible barrier.

“Can you see me? I am right here, what’s happening? What happened to you?” She found herself crying calling out to him.

Cannon turns around as if he heard her call, her heart breaks into a million pieces at the side of blood oozing out of the large and deep wound on the left side of his face.

“You can heal, right? It will heal, heal yourself please” she urges in tears. It was freaking scary how he did nothing and the wound wasn’t healing either.

“Heal yourself please, I’m begging you” She falls to her knees hitting on the invisible wall.

His loud agonizing cry left her weeping in sorrow and agony. Who will do such a thing to him? Why wasn’t he healing? Why did he look so helpless and lonely?

“I’m over here, right here but I can’t get through” She tried to locate an endpoint of the wall she found none.

“heal yourself please,” she begs, ” why can’t I get through? ” She yells in anger and distress, ” Who did that to you?” She trembles in anger but the sadness in her heart and face makes her even more helpless.

“Bunny, bunny? ” Cannon calls out, shaking the fragile things beside him. He didn’t know what happened as he heard her yelling and crying out loud.

Audrey’s eyes snap open, the first thing she checks on is him as she grabs his face, checking every part of his body where she sees wounds. When she found none, she g

throws herself into his arms, letting it all out.

” Don’t die please, be with me forever… Don’t leave me alone” she begs in between her sobs.Exclusive content © by Nô(v)el/Dr/ama.Org.

“I will never leave you, I will practice hard so I won’t be a burden to you. I will help you fight, don’t leave me, please ” she continues talking in tears.

” And if you want to die, take me with you. I will go with you, anywhere” she continues.

Cannon was perplexed by her sudden cries and speech, he pulled her away at arm’s length and made her look at him.

” I am not dying, no one can kill me,” he said in all confidence.

“Yes, don’t die… Stay with me, we can leave forever ” She agrees and hugs him. He is the only treasure she’s got left, how can she let it go? Watching him struggle to his death scared her to the bones even though it was just a dream.

” I don’t want it to come to pass, I don’t want to” She shivered in fear as the image came flooding her mind once again.

” Believe me when I say, I can’t die… No one, or rather, nothing can kill me. Devils are beings destined to live for eternity. Hush it now” He caresses her back to ease her pain.

” And worry not, it will never come true” he assures her.

Audrey nods, trusting his word. “I love you,” she said in a soft voice. Lately, it’s becoming a thing for her to voice out her feelings without holding back. She doesn’t know why and doesn’t care to know why.

She positions herself on top of his thigh and hugs him even tighter. She doesn’t want to let go, not now, not ever.

It took lots of strength to pamper the crying bunny, Cannon wasn’t used to such but then, he found himself doing it for it. It is only she who is capable of making him do the weirdest things ever.

“Where are you doing too?” She asked, blinking at him with sad eyes.

“Outside,” he said shortly. Not able to understand what’s happening to him anymore, he wishes to be left all alone but she is as stubborn as a church rat.

“Can I come with you?” She asked.

“No!” His response was bland.

“Why?” She asked sadly, her eyes almost teary.

“I want to be alone” He didn’t have the time to beat around the bush.

“I want to be with you,” she cries.

“Stay inside, you need lots of rest. Your meal will be coming in soon” He turns to leave but she grabs him by the hand.

“I don’t want food, I want you. Staying by you makes me full and satisfied” she explains, hoping he lets her hope along.

Cannon stares at her in silence, his heart swells at her words and he is about to give him but then, he catches sight of the mark on her neck.

The image of him drinking her blood came flashing in his mind leaving him terrified, there was no way he would stay with her without not desiring to drink from her and he was scared he might not be able to let go this time.

“Stay!” His voice was deep and authoritative. Sweat forms on his face, he is facing it again. The inner battles with his demons.

“Why? Why can’t I join you? It’s not like I will run away ” Audrey complains. She doesn’t like the fact she only gets to stay indoors and is allowed to go out at his command.

Cannon hit her so hard that she went flying behind, thanks to the bed, she didn’t injure herself.

“I hate repeating myself, when I say stay, it means Stay and never you talk back at me” His voice was deep, deeper than his usual tone, and scary. It was like he wasn’t the one talking, something else was talking through his body.

Audrey stared at him in disbelief and surprise, his eyes were of neither gold nor bloodshot red but rather, it was a mixture of red and black. The veins popping out from the side of his face made him look even scarier and for the first time since she got to see him, she was scared.

” I-i just want to be with you” she cries, struggling to rise off the bed.

Cannon on the other hand was no longer himself, at that moment his demon had taken full control over him. Being the real him, he hates disrespectful people and Audrey did not make the situation easy to deal with.

Audrey stood up, and even in fear she tried to reach out to him. “Please, don’t push me away” she begs, her voice soft and soothing as tears stream down her cheeks.

His eyes slowly started returning to normal until there was nothing left but his dazzling gold eyes and the veins on his face faded away alongside.

He stares at her for a long time before turning and leaving without a word.