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.”

heaves as I try to

of her crime, if you can call it that, shows she

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

and want are different things!”

tightens

may be different, but this punishment is

Selene and my heart aches thinking, this

she is being treated like this, and Raziel… he’s

Eternal God replies arrogantly to

bite my tongue, despite the rage I

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

respond

but her freedom 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. “Grant her, her freedom, and she will stay in the Palace of Moonlight as my mother, not as a goddess.

to her, turning to face us and smiles

nothing will come of it.”

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

do whatever it takes and so

“Evangeline!” Zedkiel growls.

up, placing my

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

ground. The entire place trembles violently, and I

exclaim, my heart thudding as he stares down at me, his face

quietly, a blinding white light fills the room, the sound of

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

law… We shall see who will 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

away, and then he’s

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

so familiar… almost as if I’ve seen her

wave of nostalgia washes over me, but I

she begins to stir. Her eyes open slowly and instantly they

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

and I find myself walking towards her without any

tightly. I close my eyes,

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

(FLASHBACK)

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 around her slender waist, thinking she’s lost so much

course, she would be tired, she works so hard to keep a roof over our heads. Her black hair

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

“I love you, Eva…”

you more,

(END OF FLASHBACK)

stare at her. “How is

for many years, I made sure that there was a part of me in the mother figures

one memory has

My mother loved me…

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

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

me… showed only despair and

“Eshe?” I ask.