The Devil's Lover: The Wish (25 page)

“
I am not trying to win
this fight,” Michael landed on the ground. “I only need you to stay
still long enough for us to transport you to Heaven.”

“
Michael! I cannot leave
this Earth!” Lucifer shouted. He was still trying to break free
from the spell when he realized Michael's true intentions. “Kali
will die without me!”

“
Again, I apologize,”
Michael said as he opened a gate from Earth to Heaven.

†††††

“Mother!” Trent screamed out as he
held onto Kali tightly. His blue eyes frowned with a screen of
tears. “Mother, please be strong!”

Kali didn’t understand why Trent was
screaming. She just stared at him.

“
Please stay with
me!”

“
I’m right here, Trent,”
she said to him. She placed his little hands on her coral cheeks so
that he could feel her. “I’m here.”

“
No! Don’t go!” the boy
was still screaming. “Mother, please stay strong!”

Kali suddenly collapsed onto the
ground. Chevalier caught his breath, dropping to kneel by her side.
He gathered her in his arms. “Kali! What’s wrong? Kali, wake up!”
he looked up at Adria, “What’s wrong now?”

“
Lord Lucifer is no longer
on Earth,” she said. “I can’t feel his presence
anywhere.”

†††††

Acelin winced when he saw Kali faint.
He placed a hand over his chest. He couldn’t understand it. What
was this feeling? Why did he have this feeling whenever he saw her?
Who is Kali? Who is she really?

“
I told you it is too
late,” Arvin said. “It’s already begun.”

“
It is not too late,”
Acelin said. “I will go to Heaven to rescue Lucifer.”

“
Don’t go,” Arvin said.
“You’ll just be wasting your time. Lucifer will find his way out,
but not until I see my plan through.”

“
I must.”

Arvin glared. “I despise her. I
despise her so much I want to crush her with my own hands.
However…it is more enjoyable to watch the life drain out of her
each passing second.”

Arvin laughed and disappeared into the
shadows.

“
Do not blame me for your
fate, Arvin,” Acelin said underneath his breath. “You’ve
underestimated what that woman means to Lucifer. He will never
forgive you no matter how much time comes to pass. Arvin, if she
dies, you can neither have my forgiveness nor my pity when Lucifer
strikes you down.”

Chapter 27: For
Mother

Chevalier kissed Kali's hand while she
lay still on the hospital bed. The doctors did all sorts of exams
on her, but they couldn't find what caused her to go into the coma.
Trent sat on the same chair as Bi. He stared at his mother with
intense focus. He was waiting and anticipating for his mother to
wake up.

Bi held onto Trent's hand to comfort
him.

"Why is this happening, Adria?"
Chevalier asked. "Why is Kali like this?"

"Lucifer is no longer on
earth.”

"You said that already, but what does
it mean?"

"Kali drank Lucifer's blood,” Adria
began to explain. "It is both a blessing and a curse. A mortal who
drinks the blood of a demon may never enter Heaven or Hell, and is
forever bound to the demon she drank from.”

"What is wrong, then?"

"I'm getting there,” Adria responded
to Chevalier’s impatience. "In order for the mortal to stay alive,
the demon must stay within the same realm as the mortal he fed.
Lucifer is no longer on Earth. That is why she is like
this.”

"Why?" Chevalier asked.

"Because a demon's blood is like a
one-shot drug… I don't know how to explain it in terms that you
would understand, Chevalier. It’s a very powerful drug that takes
over the body. Kali can't live without feeding off Lucifer’s
energy. It's a physical addiction that can never wear off. Once she
dies-"

"That is enough,” Chevalier
said.

"You may not want to accept it but she
is dying, Chevalier.”

"
I said that is enough
!" Chevalier
shouted at her ferociously. His anger made golden eyes glow like
fierce fire.

"Don’t you want to know what will
happen if Lucifer doesn't return in time?" Adria asked. “So...you
could be mentally prepared.”

Chevalier rubbed his face with the
palms of his hands. "Where is that devil?” he asked in an extremely
agitated voice.

"In heaven,” a voice answered
him.

From the shadow of the wall, Acelin
stepped out into the light.

Adria bowed politely to
him.

"Who are you?" Chevalier asked. He
spread his arms in front of Kali protectively.

"I am Acelin,” he replied.

“
He is one of the three
demon lords under Lord Lucifer,” Adria made the
introductions.

"Your name is Chevalier, isn't it? I
need your help.”

Chevalier blinked, a bit
confused.

"Lucifer is imprisoned in Heaven,”
Acelin explained. "I need your help to rescue him. Adria, you come
too,”

Adria nodded obediently. "Yes, Lord
Acelin.”

"Why would you want to help us? Aren't
you a demon? Don’t you want to see Kali dead?" Chevalier
asked.

"I am a demon, yes,” that part of the
question he admitted.

Acelin brushed by Chevalier and came
to Kali's side. He picked up a lock of her hair and kissed it.
"Wait for me, beloved. I will bring him back to you.”

Adria gasped at the realization that
Lord Acelin was in love with Kali! What were the odds? The two most
powerful demons in the realm of Hell were in love with this human
girl!

Trent suddenly fell from the chair he
was sitting on and collapsed onto the ground. Adria, Chevalier and
Acelin ran to him. Adria picked him up and cradled him in her
arms.

Trent walked on a narrow
path. He had no idea where he was.

Trent watched as the
darkness that surrounded him melted. He was standing on a narrow
path of stones. Below the narrow path was a sea of boiling lava.
Trent looked up and saw a very young and handsome man about
eighteen years old. He looked very similar to his father, but Trent
knew he wasn't Lucifer. The man standing in front of him was
himself.

"It was you who summoned
me?" Trent asked.

The young man
nodded.

"Are you my
instinct?"

"I am,” the young man
spoke.

"Why did you call for me?”
Trent inquired. “Our father specifically ordered you to
sleep.”

"I cannot sleep now,” he
said. "Mother is dying. Father is nowhere to be found. I cannot
sleep. I need to protect Mother.”

"I want to protect our
Mother, too,” he said.

"Do you want to save our
Mother, Trent?"

The boy nodded.

"Let me take over,” his
instinct said to him. "Just for now. I will go back to sleep when I
am no longer needed.”

"Our Father has repeatedly
told me not to trust you. You are my demon. The only thing you want
is control.”

"Our Father hates me and
he loves you, but our Mother loves us both. If our Mother dies,
there will be no one left to love me,” a lone tear fell from his
emotionless eyes. “I cannot watch her die! Do you want her to die,
Trent?"

"No! I will not let that
happen!" Trent retorted.

The young man came to
Trent and embraced him. "Let us save her together, Trent. Let me
out. I can save her, brother. Let me.”

“
You better not be lying
to me,” the boy warned. “If you cannot save her like you promised,
I will make you pay.”

He shook his head. “Only
Mother loves me. If I lose her, I would hate the world very
much.”

A strange, blinding silver aura
surrounded Trent's small body. The light expanded until it reached
the shape of a full-grown adult. The light started to dim. Trent
gasped for a deep breath of air as he regained consciousness. He
opened his eyes and revealed a pair of glowing blue eyes. He slowly
sat up by himself. His platinum hair was longer than the length of
his body. Trent brought his hands up in front of his eyes and
stared at them. It was a pair of hands that belonged to an adult.
Trent smiled. His smile got brighter and he started to laugh. He
looked down at his body, completely undressed, and stood
up.

The nurses gasped when they saw a
strange but beautiful naked man walked the hallway. Some were
staring at him, while others called the doctors. They wondered if
he was a mental patient on the loose.

Trent stopped at Kali's room. He had a
pained expression when he saw her unconscious on the bed. He came
to her side and looked down at her.

"I've finally met you, Mother,” he
said. "I have always heard your voice. I have always loved to see
your face. You have such a beautiful smile. I was never able to
touch you,” he reached out to her face. "I wanted what he had for a
long time. I wanted to touch you. I wanted to feel your warmth. You
always embraced him. I wanted to feel your touch so much that it
hurt. I can feel your love, Mother. You were the only person who
loves me in this whole world,” he bent down and placed an imitated
kiss on her lips. "That is why I never want to go back being
Trent's shadow.”

He picked her up in his arms and stood
straight.

The doctors and nurses ran into the
room.

"Put her down,” the doctor said.
"Please tell me your name. Are you a patient of this
hospital?"

He lowered his eyes, deeming him
unworthy of his reply.

"Please put her down, she is in very
bad condition!" the doctor said.

"No. I will take her with
me.”

"You can't.”

His beautiful blue eyes glowed. The
glass on the windows behind him shattered and flew toward them. The
glass penetrated their flesh and blood began to pour from their
wounds.

Chevalier and Adria ran into the room.
Adria protected Chevalier and herself with a force
field.

"Lucifer?" Chevalier was mistaken at
first, "No, you are not Lucifer!"

"Correct,” Trent replied. "I am not my
Father.”

"Father?" Adria take a closer look at
him. "Trent? Is that you?"

Chevalier looked shocked. "How can
that be? Trent is five years old. This person is an adult, that’s
not possible!"

"It's not Trent,” Adria concluded.
"It's his instinct.”

"His instinct took over?" Chevalier
turned toward Trent. "Put her down!"

"I do not want to hurt you, my other
Father,” the instinct said to Chevalier. "You were kind to me
before I was born. Please stay out of my way.”

"Where are you taking her?"

"I do not know,” Trent replied. "Where
Father cannot find her.”

"Trent, no, whatever you are, put her
down!" Chevalier said. "Don’t you understand that she will die if
Lucifer cannot find her?"

"I do not want to return her,” Trent
said. He looked down at her face. "Father doesn't love me. He hated
me. Only Mother loves me. I cannot lose her.”

"What is he saying?" Chevalier asked
Adria.

Adria frowned. "I don’t know.
Instincts are supposed to have two purposes and two purposes alone;
survival and sort to gain complete control. This instinct is acting
according to his own reasons.”

"Huh?"

"Remember your instinct, Chevalier?
See how different it sounded from this one?"

Chevalier nodded. The two were worlds
apart.

"Father only has to be on Earth for
her to live. He will return, but I do not want to give her back to
him.”

"Why?" Adria asked. "Why are you doing
this? What do you have against Lucifer?"

"I truly despise him,” Trent said. A
set of black wings sprung from his back. The feathers were neither
black nor white, but glistening silver. "We are both his sons, yet
he only loves the other me.”

Finishing his sentence, he flew out of
the window, carrying Kali in his arms.

Chapter 28: His Other
Son

Above the Heaven's clouds at the
mountain’s peak, Lucifer was held captive on the Cross. His arms
were spread to the shape of the cross as thorn vines wrapped around
his body. His blood flowed from the wounds that wouldn’t heal. For
the last several hours, he had been trying to break free from the
spell that bound him to the cross. Lucifer cursed under his breath
at the humiliation! Who would have thought that there will be a day
like this for Lucifer?

Michael appeared out of the clear blue
sky. His wings folded behind him as he landed onto the
clouds.

“
Let me go, Michael!”
Lucifer demanded.

“
Unlike you, I am not my
own king. I cannot do so until the trial is over. "