The Demon’s Soul - Chapter 43 Background story- Part 1

“What?” I asked Luke as my head reeled due to shock.

“Your father sacrificed you to exchange lives with your mother’s because he loved her too much to let go and used the forbidden magic to get her back. Before you turned to a demon soul this was your family Lillian,” he said taking the book from my hand and turning two pages to show me a picture. It was a picture of the man’s family whom Luke said was my father and my mouth went dry when I saw myself in it, with my hair braided. There was a younger boy in the picture who was standing next to me with a wide smile on his face, “That was your brother…you guys were very close. He was a little brat.”

“Is he alive?” I asked Luke and he shook his head, “You told my father performed forbidden magic so was my family descendants of the witch clan?” I asked as questions raised in my mind.

“No he isn’t and your family wasn’t related to a witch’s family,” was his short reply as he closed the book and threw it on the couch. He then continued, “It’s been a long day and we need to go to visit different dimensions later this noon, so let’s get some sleep, Lillian,” he said.

“Different dimensions?” I asked him with my brows furrowed.

“First we’ll visit the witch’s kingdom to ask Elvis about your visions, at the same time you can meet your parents who are there. And later we’ll go to the dimension where humans reside,” he explained. I nodded my head as I felt a yawn slip pass my lips.

When we went back to the room I was scared to sleep alone, Luke had stayed even though he wasn’t sleepy. I had pulled up the covers up till my nose as I slept while Luke sat on the chair in front of the fireplace, reading a book. At noon, both Luke and I headed to Presaxil, the witch-kingdom. As it was a bright sunny day unlike the journey I had before entering the vampire kingdom, there were no crossbreeds in sight. Luke had loaded the guns with silver and it was accompanying us sitting in the back seat.

One problem would simmer down and another arises. First Ace wanted to kill me and now my father from my previous life was haunting. Life sucked, with huge capital letters, I thought.

“Are you alright?” I heard Luke ask me.

“Kind off,” I responded to him.

His eyes were on the road when I turned to look at him. He was wearing a black jacket and was chewing a mint gum. Sometimes it was hard to believe Luke was the actual heir to the vampire throne, I mean I hadn’t seen or heard a king chewing gum listening to a nineties song but then this was Luke we were talking about.

“I know I’m handsome and all for you to keep passionately staring at me,” he said, his lips curling up into a grin, “But if you continue doing it I might think you’re drilling holes into me.”

“Why didn’t you take up the throne before?” I questioned him.

“My hands were full when my dear father wanted to pass his reign and crown to me. I wasn’t in the position to take up the responsibility and Canrart was the more apt choice when compared to me at that moment,” he said while his fingers tuned the music.

“What did you mean when you said you weren’t in the position?” I asked him and he turned the music up making me cringe.

“Whoops,” he said decreasing the volume, “I wasn’t in the mood,” he deadpanned and I didn’t press on the matter after that.

“Luke, can I ask you something?”

“Anything darling,” he responded.

“Tell me the story before I became a demon soul? I remember seeing the name Knight somewhere in the book this morning. Did you know me back then?” I asked him and saw his features soften.

“Yes, I did,” he answered with a smile that didn’t look mischievous or mean, but a genuine one which was faint on his lips, “Your family lived in the demon kingdom, your parents weren’t rich but neither were they poor. Your brother and you were the only children they had. You were five years older to your brother, Kayden.”

“What was my name?” I asked him curiously.

“It was strange how your mother gave you the same name, Lillian,” he said making me raise my brows at him. My name was Lillian in my past life too? I saw the gates to the witch mansion opened by itself, to let us in.

“And?”

“And the next episode will be aired when we are going back from the human dimension,” was his reply as he stopped the car in front of the mansion.

When we got inside, Luke and I were greeted by Elvis on the way to the hall. I went to meet my parents who were in the first-floor room while Luke and Elvis went to talk about something. Once I got to the room and opened the door, I saw my mother who was awake talking to my father.

“Lilly!” my mother exclaimed surprised to see me. My guess was Luke didn’t inform them I was coming. I went towards where she was and hugged her closing my eyes. She was alive thanks to Elvis and his powers.

“I thought we lost you,” I whispered and she chuckled as she patted my hair.

“I’m fine, honey,” she said pulling back to kiss my forehead, “I’m glad you’re fine. Elvis has made sure I don’t get out of the bed and have enough rest.”

“That’s because you need rest,” my dad pipped in and saw my mom roll her eyes at him.

“Yeah, right,” she responded.

Dad had later gone to talk to Elvis and Luke, giving mom and me some time alone. She asked me about school and if Luke’s family was treating me well. I noticed the dark circles around her eyes as we spoke, her body was still in the process of recovery.

“I heard from Elvis that you were going to marry Luke,” she said looking at me with a concerned look, “Do you want more time, Lilly?”

“It doesn’t matter, mom. I’m going to end up as his wife so why not get over with it,” I gave her a half smile.

“I’m sorry, honey you had to find it out that way,” mom apologized, “He’s the one for you, love. When I say that I don’t mean in terms of a soul mate because we don’t live in a world as such and we need to find it by ourselves.”

“How can you say he’s the one then?” I questioned and saw her gaze at the wall ahead of her.

“There are no perfect soul mates but there’s something called destiny. You both are destined to,” she then placed her palm on my cheek and spoke softly to me, “Lilly, my lovable and adorable daughter. Life is not easy and especially yours with so many things going on, I understand it’s difficult to trust people around you when everyone wants your soul but there are people whom your heart will want to trust. Don’t be scared to take a step forward because of your past experiences, and remember your dad and I will always be there when you need us.”

I smiled feeling my eyes water at what she said and looked down, blinking my eyes so that the tears would dry up, “I’ll remember that mom,” I replied, “Did you know that I’m attending a local school that has vampires in it?” I asked her changing the subject. The rest of the time we spent catching up with each other.