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.”

chest heaves as I try

you can call it that, shows she loved him

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

and want are

hand tightens

may be different, but this punishment is

turns to Selene and my heart aches

like this, and

The Eternal God replies arrogantly to

tongue, despite the

chance for a price… that means her freedom

doesn’t respond for

begins to circle her. “Grant her, her freedom, and she will stay in the Palace of Moonlight as

her, turning

come of

perhaps, but an act of compassion and kindness will not be forgotten… I

but I am also someone who was raised on earth. I will do whatever it takes and so I go

“Evangeline!” Zedkiel growls.

don’t get up, placing my hands

know her mother for long.” I say, closing my eyes as I touch my forehead

power emanates from the ground. The entire place trembles violently,

I exclaim, my heart thudding as he stares down

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

to something he didn’t want to agree

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 time is right… One chance …

away, and

Selene drops. Zedkiel is beneath her in seconds, catching her before

familiar… almost as if

washes over me, but I cannot

she begins to

one another before Zedkiel places her down and she stands, she’s taller than 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.”

and I find myself walking towards her without

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

open as a memory of long-ago flits through

(FLASHBACK)

need to get ready for school…” Mama says. The sun is shining brightly, casting a beautiful golden glow across

to her. She’s wearing her chequered pink and white apron with strawberries on it.

she works so hard to keep a roof over our heads. Her black hair is pulled into a messy bun,

smiles and looks down at me, despite how exhausted she looks. Her eyes and smile are full of

“I love you, Eva…”

love you

(END OF FLASHBACK)

heart thunders as I pull away and stare at her. “How

to last for many years, I made sure that there

have blocked out, but that one memory has awoken a

My mother loved me…

snaps to Zedkiel as I try to control my emotions and he comes over, wrapping his arms around me. Understanding what I need without

close. He caresses my back for a few moments before I turn to Selene, who

shown me… showed only despair and failure…

“Eshe?” I ask.