She Belongs To The Devil

Damien was expecting his mother to come and tuck him in the bed as usual. However, she didn't come.     

At first, he thought that Theodore hadn't left the mansion yet so his mother was taking some time. However, even after waiting for what felt like hours, there was no sign of his mother.     

"I think I should go and look for her." Damien slid out of the bed and tip-toed towards the door.     

However, before he reached the door, he suddenly jerked and stopped on his way.     

"What if Prince Theodore told mom that I made Ariel fall from a great height? What if she didn't come to see me because she is angry with me?"     

Damien pursed his lips and frowned.     

"Er… I think I should sleep quietly. I won't talk to her unless she talks to me. That way, I don't have to get scolded by her."     

Damien turned on his heels and then walked towards his bed.     

But again, he remembered something else.     

"No! What if she found out that I almost bit that maid? If she finds that out then I will get into big trouble."     

It was not that Damien had never hurt anyone before. He would hit, bite, gnaw, kick, and do everything that he could to bring down some demons at times. Not that he would do that to any demons. He would do that only to those who would try to insult him for being a baby.     

And even when Damien wouldn't be wrong, in his perspective, he would get scolded by his mother.     

So he was afraid that his mother would scold him again for trying to get into a fight with others.     

Damien drooped his shoulders and quietly crawled back to his bed.     

However, once he got himself tucked in, a very distinct taste lingered in his mouth. It wasn't the taste of the juicy steak that he ate at Alan's place, nor was it the taste of sweet honey.     

But it was the taste of sweet and aromatic human blood.     

His mouth salivated while he recalled licking that maid's warm blood. And his stomach growled a little. It had never happened before.     

He wanted more. He wanted a lot more of that metallic taste.     

And he suddenly felt like going back to that maid and demanding that she gave some of her blood to him.     

No. He didn't want to demand it. He wanted to dig his fangs into that maid's neck and get a warm sip of blood.     

His urge kept on growing until he felt some tingling sensation all over his body. Damien recognized this sensation. It had happened when he was inside that shadow portal.     

Because of the darkness, Damien hadn't realized that some dark mist had started to form around his body.     

"Damien, are you asleep?"     

Suddenly, Damien heard his mother's voice and he was startled out of his dazed state.     

"I'm about to sleep." He tried to sound sweet and innocent.     

Lilith walked inside Damien's room and sat on his bed. She was carrying the box that Lucifer had gifted her.     

"How was your visit to the Earth Realm?" Lilith tried to sound natural instead of making Damien wear those 'ornaments' out of the blue.     

"It was amazing. I ate so many types of food. I traveled in the kya rage. I played with Ariel, Ramon, Niylah, and Joyce." Damien excitedly briefed the highlights of his visit.     

And he widened his eyes and said after jumping up on the bed, "Ariel grew her wings today. She has a pair of very beautiful white wings. She looked like a perfect angel with those cute wings."     

Lilith couldn't help but smile after seeing her son's excitement.     

And she thought to herself, "I wonder when I'll get to see that cute baby again."     

Damien kept on going on and on for quite a while.     

And after he was finally done explaining everything he saw, ate, and did, Lilith opened the box while saying, "Damien, I especially made these for you. Do you want to try it?"     

Damien peeked inside the box and saw the inhibitors.     

The unsuspecting child thought that it was a wonderful gift from his mother and readily agreed, "Yes, I want to try them on."     

As instructed by Lucifer, Lilith made Damien wear those inhibitors on his wrists as well as ankles.     

Damien shook his wrists as if he was wearing some bangles. But he was surprised when those 'bangles' did make a sound even after striking against each other.     

"I like them," he declared.     

Lilith smiled because her job became easier. She didn't have to convince him or forcefully make him wear them. "Then you can wear them on from now on. I have put a lot of my love in them so they will protect you from harm."     

"These are protection charms?" Damien asked with a smile.     

Lilith nodded and replied, "You can say that."     

"Okay, Damien. You should go to sleep now," Lilith tucked Damien into his bed.     

And as usual, Damien turned to face away from his mother while Lilith used a soothing magic spell to massage Damien's back.     

Damien would instantly fall asleep after that gentle touch from his mother.     

But today, even though he closed his eyes and even when he was receiving a soothing massage from his mother's hand, he couldn't fall asleep.     

A lot of things were playing in his mind like a series of flashbacks.     

And one thing kept on itching his heart.     

"Mother," Damien turned to see his mother's face and then asked, "Why don't I have a father?"     

Lilith's face suddenly stiffened upon hearing that question from him.     

This was the first time Damien had inquired about his father. Else, he had always believed that his mother alone had given birth to him. He had never thought that both father and mother were equally necessary to give birth to babies.     

As he was mainly surrounded by succubi who just knew their mothers and not their fathers, Damien had thought that having only a mother was a very natural thing.     

However, after his visit to the Earth realm, he realized that mothers and fathers came in pairs. He realized that normally, kids had both of their parents.     

Lilith smiled and answered her son while trying to sound as natural as possible, "You don't have a father because you have a mother. You can't have both of them."     

However, Damien wasn't easy to be fooled. He argued, "But I saw on the Earth realm that most of the children have both father and mother. Why don't I have one?"     

He especially felt the absence of a father figure after meeting the kind-hearted Alan who selflessly took care of him and after meeting Theodore who scolded him and enjoyed teasing him.     

Lilith heaved a deep sigh and tried to think of a way to dodge the question. She didn't want to let Damien know that his father was an Earthling and a narcissist vampire. However, she couldn't come up with a believable lie.     

Damien was quick to read the sad expression on his mother's face. And he speculated, "Is my father already dead?"     

Lilith abruptly got up on her feet and shouted at Damien, "Stop it already! I told you, you don't have a father. You just have me. Don't ever ask this stupid question about father again or else I will never let you visit the Earth realm. I don't need you learning stupid stuff there."     

Lilith turned on her heels and stormed out of the room.     

She didn't want to break Damien's heart by revealing that his father was indeed dead already.     

In the end, she ended up scolding Damien so that he would never dare to ask about his father again.