Ember just laughed a little bit and shook her head its okay I'll clean it up later. " she stood up with him making sure he could stand "I'd like to help you clean up Nathaniel, " she walked over to some book that had been laying across the room and looked them over before setting them on a nearby table until they could go on the book shelf "he's tf he one you warned me about isn't he when I first got here? "
Nathaniel started at Ember, watching his blood soak through her clothes. “Are you sure? I don’t want it to stain.” He mumbled. He held his head with his left palm, a severe force pounding against the containment of his skull. “Alright, you can help me. Just don’t over do yourself. I don’t want you getting hurt.” He looked warily over at the broken bookshelf as the weight snapped it further. Nathaniel wiped his bloody hands on his clothes, trying to avoid getting it on the books. He picked a couple up, checking them over, and placing them on his desk. “Yes Ember. Many believe him to be yellow-eyed, but he’s a purple-eyed demon who talks through his teeth.” Nathaniel crinkled his nose. “There are many demons I must warn you about. I may be their ruler, but I cannot control them. Well— I can, but I don’t unless necessary.”
(Im sprinkling little references to Supernatural lol)
(Omg I noticed that!! ☺)
She nodded and smiled at him "yes I'm sure it just the tank top I slept in last night" she finished cleaning up the books on the other side of the room and brushed her hands off on her pants and looked over at Nathaniel "I'm not pregnant ya know I think I can handle a couple books on the floor. " she was joking with him of course hoping to at least get a smile out of him she could see the discomfort on his face and she was a little worried about him, she nodded at what he said about the demons "so what exactly is the deal with Azazel anyway? "
Nathaniel shook his head. “If you insist. Where are you even getting those clothes? I’ve never seen them around.” He tried to set the shelf, but it had been broken in half by the force of his body. Shit. He ripped the wooden shelf out of its case. The king was now holding the two halves of the shelf and books fell on top of the others. “I swear! That idiot threw me into the bookcase after he got mad I snapped one of his books in half. Now, look at the state of his bookcase!” Nathaniel was stressed. Between the hunters, Ember, his demons, and Haiti, he couldn’t keep up. He picked up each book that had spilled, checked them over, and place them on his desk. He cracked a smile for Ember’s sake. “I know, but these books will numb your soul.” He picked up a few of the scrolls, placing them on another adjacent shelf. “Azazel—“ Nathaniel paused. “Thinks you’re trouble. He wants to torture you and then kill you. He’s a mischievous demon who feels like he’s been wronged by your presence. And ever since you been inflicted with my blood, you’ve changed. He wants to manipulate you, take advantage of your sins.” He turned to Ember. “He’s a scapegoat demon, after all, Ember. He wants you to confide in him, to take the absolve to manipulate and break. He’s not nice.” Nathaniel lifted a stack of books and put them on his desk. “But neither am I.”
Ember looked up from a stack of books she was looking at "I found them in my room in one of the dressers…" She turned her head when the books fell a small part of her thinking if was funny but not wanting Nathaniel to get mad she spotted a couple more books on the floor and went to pick them up so she could put them on the desk with the others when he told her what the books could do she quickly put them on the desk and wiped her hands on her pants as if that would do anything and looked up at Nathaniel letting out a small chuckle "ya know I think you've got it from her with the books I'll just be here for moral support" she walked over to where he was standing and leaned against the wall watching him as he spoke to her about Azazel "yeah why would I be trouble I've done nothing to you or anyone here," she paused for a minute when he said that Azazel wanted her dead and her blood went cold how long had she been alone with him? Would she even be alive right now if she had listened to him? She shook the thoughts from her head and brought herself back to reality "well your nice to me" she mumbled quietly to herself
Nathaniel looked Emebr up and down. “I’m not sure who those belonged to. Maybe one Lilith’s little— hellspawn. See, the Fae bring me sickly human children. I make them strong by turning into demons and give them to Lilith. Therefore, instead of killing little ones, I force her to take care of them.” He rolled his eyes, making a sour face. “All though, she likes to believe she’s in charge of the hellhounds.” Nathaniel neatly stacked the books by size, watching Ember freak out after telling her what the books do. “Alrighty Ember, suit yourself. I personally don’t really have much of a soul to numb.” He went over to picked up the silver knife by the hilt, placing the knife on his desk. He longingly looked at Ember, goin hover to her and giving her a big hug. He rest his chin on the top of her head. “He thinks you’re a spy of the hunters. He thinks you’re going to kill us all. But I’m not going to let that stupid demon hurt you, alright? Never listen to him, no matter how urgent the situation might be. You could wind up dead.” Nathaniel pause, letting go of Ember. “Of course I’m nice to you. Why wouldn’t I be nice to someone I liked?”
"Lilith? Who's that? " ember raised a brow at Nathaniel as he spoke of her, annoyance written all over his face as she smiled a little bit she looked up at him as he stared at her and her eyes started to glow like before once he was in front of the and they were hugging she could feel her heart beating in her head as her eyes started to glow brighter along with the flesh on her cheeks which started to turn a brilliant shade of pink and it only got worse when he pull away to look at her "y-you like me? "
Nathaniel went over to organize his desk. Knives all over the place, books stacked to the ceiling, misplaced papers and spilled pens. “Lilith is—one of the first. She is one of my more complacent demons. She’s an important advisor of mine. But she’s also annoying and thinks she can do whatever she wants. It’s like a teenage girl.” He shook his head, placing some of the displaced demonic knives back in their holders. The walls were decorated with not only maps, but demonic weapons as well. Nathaniel glanced back over in Ember’s direction, watching her face heat up and flush. The king finally showed some display of having a crush. His face flushed with a bright red, covering up his freckles. His heart beat rushing in his ears. Nathaniel looked away and busied himself with his books, placing various titles on other available shelves adjacent to the broken one. It was a temporary fix. “Yes, Ember. Hasn’t it been obvious? I thought it has been.”
Ember chuckled a little "yeah I can understand the teenage faze we've all gone through it" she noticed the small blush on Nathaniels face and it made her smile she moved a strand of hair out of her face and walked over to him "I mean barley? It was and it wasn't if that makes any sense? "
Nathaniel shook his head, putting his pens back in their holders. He pitifully tried to stack some books on top of others, but they came crashing down. He sighed. "I'm never going to get this cleaned up. Not after that bitch knocked me into the bookshelf. My head still throbs from that." He pressed his hand to the back of his head, briefly closing his eyes. The glow of the study illuminated his face, making it look cleared. He reopened his eyes, the blue glowing in the light. Nathaniel slammed his hands down on his desk, annoyed with his situation. "Yeah, but Lilith is as old as time. She shouldn't be in a teenage faze. But she struts around the place like one. I get tired of it." The blush on his face got stronger with each passing moment. His hair fell into his eyes, trying to not look at Ember directly. "I— said I was going to marry you. And I gave you a kiss. Am I really that bad at dropping hints." He turned around, looking her in the eyes. "Do you like me? And do I have permission to kiss you?"
Ember just looked at him with a soft and stacked the books up again after they fell and moved his hair from his face "just calm down your not gonna be able to do anything when your this frustrated. " she paused for a moment thinking about what he had just asked her and she nodding "of course I like you and it's not that you weren't exactly obvious you were back and forth between… Well crazy and flirty it was confusing, " and there it w as the question that finally almost made her faint as her eyes gave a quick facts glow and she had to grab the desk to study herself "i– yes… Yes you do. " her face was bright pink and she eyes were glowing bright as she stared at the man In front of her
Nathaniel closed his eyes, taking deep breaths. The stress was catching up to him, and he needed someone to confide in. His hands were still firmly pressed to the desk, the scar on the left of his face twisting as frustration caught us to him. "I can't calm down! Everything has just been—bleh lately." He stuck his tongue out, crinkling his nose. His body twitched, and he grabbed a book, nearly threw a book at the broken bookcase. What stopped him cold in his tracks was Ember's words, but his grip on the book was tight. "How come you never really showed? You avoided eye contact, didn't speak to me, nothing." Nathaniel pause. "People do call me a psychopath for a reason, Ember." He rolled his eyes. "I switch moods very quickly. But, I've been trying to control myself. It's not easy." He turned to face Ember, his cheeks and ears flushing a vibrant pink. The king of all hell leaned down and kissed Ember softly, his arms around her neck.
She just smiled at him and shook her head I avoided eye contact because of these" she said while pointing at her eyes "they glow whenever I look at you now and it makes me blush because I can feel it… It's not that I didn't like you I just didn't realize that I was starting to fall until now. " she was going to finish talking but then in the blink of an eye Nathaniels lips were on hers and his arms around her she felt the same dizziness again but it wasn't as strong anymore before she knew what she was doing she was letting out pheromones that smelt of honey lavender and vanilla her eyes fluttered closed as she began to kiss him back she had butterfly's in her stomach she'd never done anything like this before but here she was and the strange thing was she wouldn't trade it for the world she was exactly where she needed to be
Nathaniel pulled her closer, indulging in the kisses before pulling away. His face glowed a bright shade of pink, his heart beating against his chest. "I like the amber glow. It is very pretty and brings out your other features." He stifled a little laugh, cupping her cheek with his hand. "You never realize you're falling until you hit the ground. And I- you—we've hit the ground together." The faint honey scent hit him, mingling with his scent of lilies. "You do now realize there could be a future between us, yes?" He smiled, his scar pulling at the edge of his mouth. "Because I like you quite a bit, enough for me to say it is true love." Black wings manifested from his back, fluttering in time with his heart beat. "I think it is time to go to bed. I have had enough of this book cleaning. I'll continue later." The king held onto Ember, keeping her close, before he let go of her and sauntered to the door of his study. Wrenching it open by the golden knob, he stood in the doorway, peering at Ember out of the corner of his eye. "Are you coming? Or do you wish to remain in my study?"
Ember stood there quietly for a moment a bright blush on her face as she stared at the man in front of her in awe she smiled when he had Vocolised the fact that he had fallen for her… Just as she had fallen for him she couldn't believe it but had she actually fallen in love with the king of hell and he her? It didn't matter at this point she was happy and healthy and nobody was going to take that away from her she found love for the first time ever and it was the most intoxicating feeling in the world she held him close to her it was amazing to give in to her feelings she had felt this way for a while she just didn't want to admit it to herself "yes I do realize that but what would come after… Marriage? She stood there for a moment or so enjoying the scent of lilies that followed the honey pheromone until Nathaniel spoke and walked to the door " she looked at him as he spoke and she quickly nodded "oh um yes I'm coming sorry"
Nathaniel had slowly been falling in love with Ember, ever since she made her promise. It was difficult to tell because of his brash nature. One minute, he was killing everything in sight and the next he was flirting. But despite his harshness, the king did have a softer side. He reserved it only for those he bonded with, love, and close to. Others knew his barbaric nature and tended to receive no mercy. The blush on Nathaniel's face started to fade, but his flappy wings told Ember he was still in his love trance. In honest, he wanted to kiss her again, making it last longer than it did. He knew he'd find the person to jump start his dead heart, and there she was, a werewolf. "I'm glad…" He paused, looking at her with raised eyebrows. He had a future in mind, but didn't want to force it. "Whatever you plan, dear. I'm not going to force into anything. We could live happily ever after, killing hunters and taking over the world." Once Ember left his study, he shut the door tight, locking it with a skeleton key. He headed down the hall and entered his room with the big round bed. Since he'd been in here last, the glass had been cleaned up and all that was broken was replaced. Nathaniel stood in the door, "Goodnight Ember, may you have a good night's rest."
Ember made her way to the Hall way that held both Nathaniel and her room and as she was following behind him she couldn't help but replay the events that took place in the study her cheeks just barley holding their blush and she looked up at him "well I don't exactly want to plan out our entire future that's extremely…. Boring I do know that the hunters need to be stopped and I'm more than willing to help just as long as that's all were doing I can't just kill innocent people I hope you understand that I just can't bring myself do do that the last time it happened.. It was an accident it was a child I knew her she trusted me" he voice broke for a moment before she regained her posture and continued walking until they got to their rooms "goodnight, Nathaniel I'll see you tomorrow. " and she stepped into her room closing the door gently
The king smiled and shut his door, going to flop on his big, round bed. Stretching his wings out, Nathaniel wondered if he regretted his decision. No. It was the right choice. He now had a chance at building a family. Family that wouldn't disown him. He turned onto his belly, trying to drown out the thoughts so he could sleep. But sleep never came. He sat up, tearing off his blazer to see if it would help. Nope. Crawling under the sheets? Nada. He didn't understand his troubles. Nathaniel's lips tingled, and suddenly it clicked. I'm not that type of demon. He reminded himself, shoving his face into his pillow. Eventually, he had fallen asleep, having sweet dreams rather than his typical nightmares. Another cycle had ended, and he blinked open his eyes, thoughts flooding back to the prior night. He swore he could still smell the scent of honey.
Nathaniel lifted himself out of bed, his wings dragging behind him. He didn't have the energy to lift them up. Crossing the hall, he reached Ember's door. As he was about to knock on the door, he felt something cold run down his chin. Placing his hand up to his chin, he recognized blood once more. "I thought this was over. I thought my price was over." He whispered, alarm written all over his face. "Is it because I killed a piece of you?…therefore, killing a piece of me." His voiced trailed off, worried about these revelations. The demon wiped away the evidence that he was spilling more blood. He couldn't go around bleeding out of his mouth. Swallowing the rest of the accumulated blood, he knocked three times on Ember's door.
Ember had flopped down on her bed after changing but just like Nathaniel she had trouble sleeping but it wasn't just because she was thinking of Nathaniel images of her being tortured by Azazel flooded her mind making her far to paranoid to close her eyes she'd never really thought about him hurting he when she was around Nathaniel but when she was alone she was fair game to whom ever that could get their hands on her she tossed and turned all night before finally falling asleep waking up what would have been a few hours later by a knock on her door and she woke up just enough to shout "come in unless your gonna kill me then no thanks! "
Nathaniel pushed open the door, holding his head over his mouth. When he removed it, nothing looked out of the ordinary. His behavior had gotten strange over the past few days. "Nothing to worry about. I'm not going to hurt you, Ember." He smiled softly. "Why would you say something like that? Nothing is going to kill you." He had his hand behind his back. An anger wail echoed throughout the hall, and he looked behind him. The true Nathaniel leaped onto the other, knocking him down onto the ground. He ripped Haiti's knife out of the demon's grasp, blood pooling out of his mouth. Nathaniel punched the other in the face. "I'm going to chain you in the pit, Azazel. You should have never be able to walk free!"
Azazel's disguised dissipated, revealing the purple-eyed demon. "Aw, no, I was caught. Pity me, sire! I'm just a poor corrupted soul!" He sneered in Nathaniel's face. Nathaniel smashed Azazel's face into the ground.
"You shouldn't have stabbed me!" Nathaniel hissed, summoning his scythe. He sliced into the demon's stomach. Azazel screamed in agony, but the wound regenerated. "You have killed my trust." Nathaniel punched Azazel in the mouth once again. "I can't kill you now, but know your place in the pecking order—Azazel." He paused. "Or I won't hesitate to rip your heart out next time." Just as Nathaniel was about to puncture his claws into Azazel throat, but the scapegoat demon vanished in black smoke.
Nathaniel stood up, brushing himself off. "Bitch." He mumbled under his breath. Looking over at Ember, he walked over to the side of her bed and sat down. "I'm—sorry."
Ember saw Nathaniel and began to sit up smiling softly until she heard the screams and saw the blood 'Azazel' he knew where she was why did he want her so bad why was so much going wrong she screamed when she saw Nathaniel get stabbed she had no idea what to do she was sitting there as pale as a ghost she watched as Azazel's blood spilled over the floor and that that's all she could see was blood everywhere when the demon vanished she just started at the floor even when Nathaniel came to her she couldn't move this was twice she could have been killed by Azazel would hi keep trying to go after her? She sat there in silence shaking slightly as she looked before her "d-don't b-be"
The wounds on Nathaniel’s body stitched up quick. He wiped the blood way, pulling Ember into a tight hug. “Azazel will never be able to hurt you, Ember. He’ll no longer be a problem, I promise. It’s just me and you for now. Okay?” He pressed a kiss to her forehead, pushing hair out of her face. “He’s a very bad demon. We all are, I suppose, but he’s pure evil.” Nathaniel cupped her cheek in his hand, leaning her head up to face him. His eyes glowed like the fire that consumed him. “Everything will be okay now— I hope.”
Ember clung to him Instantly burying her face in his chest nodding her head at what he said never really answering him she feared if she tried to speak she would cry either out of fear for herself of for Nathaniel she sat there for a minute looking up to him "what if he comes back Nathaniel if he would've killed you.. He would've killed me and what if next time you're not around like yesterday head had two chances at my life already. " her voice quiverd as tears started to form in her eyes she was terrified no doubt about that but it wasn't just because she could die if something were to happen to ember what would Nathaniel do..?
(First day of school sadness 😔)
Nathaniel was shocked by how—attached to him to was. Her instantly clinging to him sparked something in his brain and he slowly patted her on her back. He messed with her hair slightly, running his fingers through it. Holding her face up, he looked deep into her amber eyes, watching the tears form. “He won’t. I have a special ability so he’ll never come back to hurt you. Azazel is somewhere very safe.” He winked, unsure if Azazel had ended up where Nathaniel assumed the demon would teleport off to. Nathaniel wiped away the tears pressing at her eyes. “Two chances was too many. He won’t be back and he certainly cannot kill me, dear. I’m too strong for that.” He pressed another kiss to her head before coughing into his hand. “I need to get Azazel’s blood off of me. It doesn’t go with my outfit.” Today, he wore a a red tailcoat with black floral accents (Reminiscent of victorian style formal wear). Beneath, he wore a purple dress shirt with black dress pants. Azazel’s blood however, was a very dark purple.