CHAPTER XXIX

"Are you okay, Chief?" Keira asked him when he entered the hall, terribly pissed.

"I no longer want to follow his orders! Hell, I wish Lucifer dies!" he said full of anger. He even throw an energy ball on an empty space just to release his fury.

"What did the Lordship do that made you this mad?" Keira asked.

"Everything he does makes me mad! If only I could kill him!"

If it wasn't for the pact they made with Lucifer, he could easily snap his fingers and kill him. But his powers won't work on the devil himself. He made sure that the leaders of all domain in hell won't betray him.

"Stupid fucking pact!" he murmured and threw another energy ball.

"There are ways to kill the Lordship without using your powers, Chief," Keira told him and he couldn't help but hissed.

"Tell me, and I'll do it!"

Even though Raguel has a right hand, and he trust his life with Zanilla, Keira is the only demon he trust when it comes to his personal feelings. Keira, the demon seer, is the only one who sees him battle his own demons.

"An heir..." Keira said grinning.

"We're not allowed to sire an heir," he said to her but Keira grinned even more.

"Because?"

"Because Lucifer say so. And what would my heir could do to Lucifer?" he asked, confused.

"Chief, you know I was one of the first seer in heaven, right?" she said that made him curious.

Keira was an Angel seer. But when angels fall, including him, Keira fall, too, even though she's done nothing. She just enjoyed the bandwagon.

"Stop with the mysteries, Keira. Just tell me," he said impatient.

"Ever heard of Nephilims?"

"Yes. An offspring of an Angel and a human. So?"

"They were an abomination that's why Angels killed them even before they were born..."

"I know. I was once tasked to killed a woman because she's carrying a Nephilim."

"But how about a demon sires an heir on human, ever heard of it?" Keira said that caught his attention.

"Keira, we're Incubus. My kind lies upon sleeping women and sometimes impregnating them..." he said rolling his eyes on her.

"Yes, but no one is ever born, right?"

"No one is ever born alive because their mother dies before they could survive..."

"Wrong. Because Lucifer orders to kill them!"

"WHAT?" he yelled that almost quake the entire hall. "And I am hearing this just now?" he said with rage.

"Because Lucifer is threatened. If Nephilim is an abomination to heaven, a Cambion is an abomination to hell."

He stared at her, probably Keira has already read his mind.

"Find a woman to carry your heir. Someone who is pure soul..."

"Pure soul," he repeated, grinning. Suddenly, Raguel was filled with excitement.

"Where do you want to find a woman?" Keira asked.

"My company, of course,"

***

Raguel ordered Zanilla to consolidate the list of all the human employees of Abyss. As he was scrutinizing every profile, one employee caught his attention.

Name: Araceli A. Felices

Section: Finance

Department: Accounting

Position: AR/AP Officer

Date Hired: May 10, 2016

BASIC INFORMATION

Address: San Roque, Daraga, Albay

Age: 20 years old

Birthday: June 12, 1995

Religion: Roman Catholic

Height: 161.5 cm.

Weight: 110 lbs.

Blood type: AB-

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Primary: Sunshine International School

Secondary: Sunshine International School

Tertiary: Divine World College of Legazpi

ELIGIBILITY

-Career Service Professional

-Bookkeeping NCIII

AFFILIATION

-Member, Singles for Christ (2016-present)

-Member, Youth for Christ (2010-2015)

-President, Daughters of Mary Immaculate (2010-present)

He was grinning while reading her profile. She's pure soul. He could feel that. His eyes fixed on her picture.

"Nice to meet you, Araceli," he said.

***

Raguel seldom uses his human form, and only if he's needed on his company. But for the first time, he enjoyed being Thorn Valverde. He was on his office with Keira while approving some business deals his unit heads proposed.

"Tomorrow is her birthday," Keira said to him.

"I know," he answered briefly.

"Are you gonna visit her in her dream?"

"Yes,"

"But Chief, just remember, do not see her in your human form. It's best I you're not attached to her," Keira said that made him look up to her.

He smirked, "I'm not planning to be attached to anyone, Keira."

"I know. But Araceli is beautiful. Aren't you attracted to her? Isn't that why you chose her?" she said, taunting him.

"I chose her because she's pure soul. I actually don't care about her," he hissed but she just chuckled.

"If you say so,"

***

It was past midnight, Araceli's birthday when he visited her in her dream. It was the first night he made love to her. The first time feel so right that he decided not to impregnate her, yet. He wanted more. He wanted to visit her again.

Every night he's visiting her, he was, unknowingly, getting attached to her. Too much that he tried to see her in his human form.

At the elevator was the first time he laid his eyes on her. She's so beautiful that he's tempted to touch her. And even though the demon seer keep on telling him it was a risk, he still does it.

Being Thorn Valverde has been the most rewarding feeling he ever felt. And even though he keep on denying, he knew he's falling again. So hard that he's regretting what he's done to her.

He don't want to use her. He don't want to corrupt her. He can, but he won't. No, because he loves her now.

So he stopped visiting her in her dream. He even stopped seeing her as Thorn. He thought he could move on. But every minute is a torture. So he came back, ready to tell her the truth but she saw him with his demon form. The way she stared at her, she was angry and scared. And it couldn't be more heartbreaking seeing her like that. Her eyeing him full of judgement feels like his second fall.

And even though he's afraid to follow her, afraid that she'll push him, still he'd fight for her. And when she chose him over the guardian angel, he knew what he wants. He knew what to do.

He won't impregnate her. To hell with Lucifer. He could bear with his eccentric evilness, but he couldn't bear the thought of Araceli being gone. He just want her and her wholeness. So he made a decision. No Cambion to kill Lucifer. Just him and Araceli.