"We all had a long day. Rest here for the night and by tomorrow morning, I assure you that you will be reunited with Saskia".
Vesper wanted to object, she wished to see Saskia now! But before she could even speak, Khalan already began talking.
"You need to rest" she was calm, hoping she would understand. "I trust Nathan and I believe he would bring Saskia to you. For now, you have to rest and wait for her okay? You would not want her meeting you like this?" She pointed at her tired eyes due to lack of sleep and stressed face entirely.
"Alright, I understand" she finally gave in.
Lucifer had brought back Vesper to the mansion alongside himself and Khalan. After her descriptions, she understood that the girl Vesper was looking for was the same one Hal had brought to the mansion earlier. So, he decided to bring her home with them, make her comfortable while he finds Hal and makes him bring the girl back so they could both reunite.
"This place looks so beautiful" Vesper was in awe, looking at how beautiful the place was now that she had finally agreed to stay the night, her mind was relaxed and she now put her attention into something else. It was a house built like a castle and although it had a hint of darkness here and there, she understood totally (it belonged to a demon, what did she expect).
"Thank you so much sir" she bowed down to greet him in appreciation.
"Oh come on Ves" Khalan was not comfortable with all the formalities between them. She had been addressing him as sir all the way here and he never for once called her name.
"His name is Nathan" she blurted, holding unto Nathan's shoulders and giving him a light beat to show that he did not bite. "You can totally call him Nathan" she smiled cheekily.
"Of course you can Vesper" Nathan supported, surprising both Vesper and Khalan herself as they did not see it coming. Not just did he call her name for the first time, but he also agreed to her calling him Nathan.
"Ok then…" Vesper began calmly. "Thank you so much Nathan".
"You are welcome. Now stay here with Khalan, she will show you around and help you settle in properly. You totally have nothing to be scared of, you can trust me. I will leave you two now and like I promised, your friend will be here by morning. Take care". After his last words, he walked towards the front door and disappeared immediately he walked out of it after closing the door behind him.
"He will bring her back, I promise" Khalan held her hands, lightly squeezing them as she saw the utmost concern on her face.
"Thank you so much Khalan" she said in an almost whisper.
"No, I should be the one thanking you for this instead" she flashed the jewelry set before her, looking at it with total admiration.
"You really love it" Vesper chuckled.
"Of course I do!" She proudly declared.
"Come now, come with me to my room and help sort my newly bought items" she pulled her hand out of excitement, dragging her upstairs to her room. She had never had a friend or even a fellow girl around and now that there was Vesper, she could not help but feel this joyful.
"Okay. Okay. Easy Khalan" Vesper laughed, totally understanding her excitement as she followed her closely so she does not loose the arm Khalan was pulling on.
**** Early hours of the next Morning****
"Is she going to be okay physician?" Hal's voice tremble while he spoke. He held unto Saskia's arm lightly, crouching beside the bed where she lay while he watched her breathe slowly.
"She just fainted due to loss of blood but I have stopped the bleeding since last night so she is going to be fine. All she needs is only good rest sir" the man before him spoke confidently, giving Hal some kind of relief.
"I will take my leave now, I have other patients to attend to".
"It is alright physician".
"Just allow her rest properly and she will be very okay".
"I will" he nodded.
"Good then. Bye, good sir".
"See you around".
After their conversation, he fully returned all his attention to Saskia, kissing her knuckles and wishing within him that she wakes up immediately.
As he stared at her sleeping face like he had all night, he could not help but question his own sanity. He still could not understand what it was about her that totally drove him insane and made him show her this much care and attention. Most especially, the way his heart wrenched durring the time he saw her hurting, and the way he ruthlessly took care of the baron's slaves, not necessarily because his nature was ruthlessly, but because he wanted to make them pay for what they have done to her. Also, how could he forget how he let the girl who shot him with an arrow go. His heart was literally pierced and even though he healed easily, it still hurt and no one who has ever hurt him has lived to breath the next second but he let her go like it was nothing, prioritizing the well-being of the dying girl in his arms at that moment with the only emotion he felt through out his being being fear. Fear, he thought she was going to die and he was really scared of loosing her. For as long as he could remember, he has never felt fear in his life before but during that time, that was all his senses could perceive, rendering his loftiness and ruthless useless when it came to his concern about this girl.
After going through that happened over and over in his head, he came to just one conclusion but was still unsure, judging from the fact that she was a human. Or could he be mistaken?
"On what circumstances will the demon king's right hand man abduct a helpless weak human girl?" Lucifer's voice sounded rather calmer than his words but nevertheless, Hal was still startled. He was too withdrawn to his thoughts that he could not even sense his lord's aura on time.
"My lord" he quickly bowed to him.
"Who is the girl Hal?" Lucifer refused to covince himself that Hal would just abduct Saskia so he wanted to hear from him first, starting from his relationship with her.
"My lord…" Hal hesitated a bit, not knowing if his next words were real or false. The signs showed that they are but its possible was rather far fetch. However, he still decided to be plain with his lord. If there was anyone who could help him understand the situation better, that would be him.
"She is my mate".