His Dark Obsession by Moonlight Muse

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There’s no light, and even with our vision, I cannot see anything.

This place is indeed empty.

I tighten my hold on Zedkiel’s hand as we walk through the emptiness, side by side. The only sound that I can hear is the Eternal God’s footsteps ahead of us and our heartbeats.

My aura is radiating off me, but it is just swallowed up by this place. Almost as if we could scream, but it would not travel.

“Kind of extreme, to put her in a place like this for simply falling in love.” Zedkiel remarks.

“She broke a divine law.” His cold reply comes.

Zedkiel is about to reply, but I give his hand a gentle squeeze, and he frowns.

‘He’s arrogant, and he grates on my nerves.’

‘He is a God. Perhaps the power has gone to his head.’ I tease lightly. Zedkiel smirks but says nothing for a few seconds before he kisses me.

‘Well, if you let that god stuff get to you, you know I know of a good way to punish you, take you to heights past heaven and then right down to earth.’

He murmurs through the link before kissing my neck.

My cheeks heat up, my stomach fluttering at his words, and I rest my head against his shoulder.

‘I’m tempted to misbehave just so I can experience that.’ I reply with a smile. He yanks me close, kissing me hard. I kiss him back quickly before moving back, feeling the glare of the Eternal God upon us.

‘He’s just jealous.’ Zedkiel remarks through the mind link.

I smile as we continue, blushing once when Zedkiel squeezes my behind.

After a short while, the Eternal God slows a little and whispers a few words in a language that even I don’t understand, and since being here, I have picked up on a few different tongues, that have come to me with ease.

A flicker of embers appears in the darkness before two towering stone pillars begin to materialise, set twenty metres apart and tower far up, disappearing into the darkness above.

I step back, watching as the engravings covering the pillars begin to glow.

Thick chains materialise, pulled taught and I turn sharply to see that in the middle of the two pillars, is a woman, suspended far up.

Her head is hanging, her arms stretched painfully on either side as the chains wrap around her arms. Her long silver-white hair covers her face, and she’ s wearing a white dress that flows to her feet.

My heart clenches at the state she’s in, and I am shocked at the fact that this is how she has been for thousands of years…

“How cruel.” I can’t help but say, my heart thudding.

“Punishment is not meant to be easy. Falling in love with someone she should never have fallen for, is the cause of this… remember that.” The Eternal God says coldly. “The price of love… it really isn’t worth it.”

as I try to calm

acceptance of her crime, if you can

air as he turns sharply to me. “Blinded and weak.

want are

hand tightens around

but this punishment is indeed cruel.”

and my heart

treated like this, and

The Eternal God

bite my tongue, despite the rage I

us a second chance for a price… that means her freedom too.”

respond for

immortal. A shamed one at that…” He begins to circle her. “Grant her,

stops next to her, turning to face us and

come of it.” He tells

will not be forgotten… I ask you, as her daughter, please forgive her sins and requite

also someone who was raised on earth. I will do whatever it takes and so I go down on my knees and lower my head to the

“Evangeline!” Zedkiel growls.

my hands on the ground

her sins and have mercy on this child who has never had the chance to know her mother for long.” I say, closing my eyes as I touch my forehead to

wave of power emanates from the ground. The entire place trembles violently, and I jolt upright. Staring up at

thudding as he stares down at me, his

says quietly, a blinding white light fills the room, the

that he is agreeing to something he didn’t want to agree to at the start…’ Zedkiel murmurs, making that same sense of unease fill

shall give you Goddess Evangeline… use it well…” The Eternal God’s voice makes the very ground beneath me tremble, before he

fades away, and then

from the pillars and Selene drops. Zedkiel is beneath her in seconds, catching her before her body hits the ground.

familiar… almost as if I’ve seen her

nostalgia washes over me, but I

to stir.

she stands, she’s taller than I

stretches her arms out to me, and I find myself walking towards

her arms around me tightly. I close my eyes, her scent fills my nose

as a memory of long-ago flits through my

(FLASHBACK)

to get ready for school…” Mama says. The sun is shining brightly, casting a

over to her. She’s wearing her chequered pink and white apron with strawberries on it. I wrap my arms

would be tired, she works so hard to keep a roof over our heads. Her black hair is pulled into a messy bun, and she’s still wearing the clothes she

down at me, despite how exhausted she looks. Her eyes and smile

“I love you, Eva…”

love you more, Mama!

(END OF FLASHBACK)

I pull away and stare at her. “How

I made sure that there was a part of me in the mother

blocked out, but that one memory has awoken a storm of

My mother loved me…

emotions and he comes over, wrapping his arms around me. Understanding what I need

as he holds me close. He caresses my back for a few moments before I turn to Selene, who stands there watching us, a

have grown, over the years, the snippets that Eshe has shown me… showed only despair and failure… I am proud of you daughter…”

“Eshe?” I ask.