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.”

I

crime, if you can call it that, shows she

the air as he turns sharply to me. “Blinded and weak. We are gods.

and want are different

hand tightens

be different, but this punishment is indeed cruel.” Zedkiel

God simply turns to Selene and my heart aches thinking, this is

being treated like this, and Raziel… he’s stuck on earth…

The Eternal God replies arrogantly

bite my tongue, despite

a price… that means her freedom

respond for

will be limited… after all, she is no longer a goddess, but simply an immortal. A shamed one at that…” He begins to circle her.

her, turning to face us and smiles

freeing her, nothing will come

forgotten… I ask you, as her daughter,

goddess, but I am 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

“Evangeline!” Zedkiel growls.

placing my hands on the ground

had the chance to know her mother for long.” I say,

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

exclaim, my heart thudding as he

not…” He says quietly, a blinding white light fills the room, the sound of chains clanging at the

agreeing to something he didn’t want to agree to at the start…’ Zedkiel

ultimately succeed… One chance is what I shall give you Goddess Evangeline… use it well…” The Eternal God’s voice makes the very ground beneath me tremble, before he begins to disappear from sight, but his powerful voice still rings around us, echoing in the distance “Remember, I shall return to collect when the

voice fades away,

pillars and Selene drops. Zedkiel is beneath her in seconds, catching her

face looks so familiar… almost as

washes over me,

to stir. Her eyes open

I am, she looks young and she’s beautiful with grey eyes and a dusting of freckles just like my own across her nose. “Evangeline.” She says

I find myself walking towards her without any

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

fly open as a memory of long-ago flits through my

(FLASHBACK)

Mama says. The sun is shining brightly, casting a beautiful golden glow

exclaim as I hurry over to her. She’s wearing her chequered pink and white apron with strawberries on it. I wrap my arms around her slender waist, thinking she’s lost so much

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 was in yesterday

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

“I love you, Eva…”

you

(END OF FLASHBACK)

and stare at her. “How is it

“I couldn’t leave you both completely… even if my essence was not enough to last for many years, I made sure that there was a part of me in the mother figures you have had over

but that one memory has awoken a storm

My mother loved me…

control my emotions and he comes over, wrapping his arms around me. Understanding what I need without

back for a few moments before I turn to Selene, who

snippets that Eshe has shown me… showed only despair and failure… I am proud of you daughter…”

“Eshe?” I ask.