by King Ellie
“No!” Aides gritted through his teeth. He was angry at her choice of words, not even thinking about her telling him about his feelings. “I am nothing like those mortals who left you. I have always been by your side. No matter what! I took care of you!” His voice vibrated, bouncing off the walls.
Scarlett threw her head back as she groaned. What she didn’t know was that it was almost over. It was coming down, and the intensity of the pain was reducing.
“You don’t love me.” Scarlett said once more, “no one does, and no one ever will. All everyone has wanted to do is hurt me.”
Aides didn’t even think as he leaned in so close to her face. He stared into her eyes, wanting her to see him. Not those others just him.
“Who am I, Scarlett?” He asked her calmly.
She blinked, trying to look everywhere else, but he was so close that she couldn’t see beyond him.
“I don’t think I know that anymore.”
He lowly growled.
“You know me,” He said to her. “You’ve always known me. Who am I?” He asked her again.
“Aides,” She said.
He shook his head.
“No, who am I to you, Scarlett?” The intensity in his eyes let her know that he was serious.
“My soul,” Scarlett said, answering what he once told her before.
At that time, neither of them thought they would have formed this sort of weird friendship/dynamic between them, but they were here, and now they had to figure out how to be.
CHAPTER 5
Scarlett looked at Aides, she didn’t get it ever since he consumed her. She couldn’t get him out of her mind. He was a permanent fixture now. Before, she was very quiet with the way she felt about him. She thought him beautiful, gorgeous even, but it was hard for her to have to see him sometimes.
Lately, he was avoiding her, especially with eye contact. He protected her that was for sure, but he didn’t acknowledge her like he used to do. It was as if the moment she admitted to him being her soul, he was hesitant, but he was Aides, how could he be anything but pure perfection. He moved her in a home where he told her he was staying with her so that nothing could happen to her. He had a kingdom, but he was here, playing sexy bodyguard with her. It made Scarlett question every single thing.
Questions such as why didn’t he want her as much as she wanted him?
He was there at every turn for her and her like had grown into love, but she never saw the same in his eyes. Scarlett sighed, watching him as he stared out at nothing but the landscaping in the backyard. She knew it bothered him to be on earth this long. He never came to stay with her for longer than a couple of hours telling her that he preferred his kingdom over earth. He had everything he needed, so earth was merely a two-second glance.
She could handle everything by herself just as she had been doing so Aides could go back to where he belongs. The idea didn’t sit well with her, but she knew better than to keep something that wasn’t hers.
“You should go back,” She said to his back.
She loved the way he looked right now. His back to her as he wore a tee-shirt that clung to his body. The curves in his biceps stood out, and the flexing of his arms made his tattoos look as if they were dancing around on his arms. He had his hair up in a weird, messy bun which put his back more on display. His back muscles seemed to tense at her words; maybe he hadn’t known she was there watching him the whole time.
Aides turned and looked at Scarlett as she stood there in her black yoga pants and a gray cropped hoodie. He inwardly groaned at the sight of her. Her skin reminded him of a lake of pure dark chocolate that seemed to have no ends. Her hair looked revived from when she first appeared at Alcide’s house. Her hair cascaded down her back in unruly curls that framed her face. Aides couldn’t help it as his eyes trailed down her body. Everything about it screamed at him to look. Her ample breasts, her shapely hips, and thighs, the dangerous way her stomach wasn’t flat but complimented her body even more. He cleared his throat and looked up at her beautiful face that he was trying to avoid.
The way she looked at him, he could never miss it. He knew that she had always been in love with him ever since he became part of her life. At first, it was too weird to acknowledge her feelings, but now, everything seemed different. She was different herself as she looked into his eyes, wanting him just as much as she wanted him.
“No.” He said to her.
“What do you mean no? I can take care of myself. Plus, I can’t keep you here, I know you miss being back where you belong. Just go.” Scarlett said, not wanting to argue with him.
Instead of listening to him, she quickly turned away and walked off towards her room. She didn’t want him to see or hear how much she wanted him to stay with her, but if she had to, she could do this by herself. She had to get her life back from everyone that stole it. Just once, she wanted to live without feeling like death was knocking around the corner for her. She shook her head as she thought of her brother Tristan. He would always be a part of her. She sighed as she entered her spacious room and got ready to change. She was going to check out Arabella’s campus out because she wanted to start school.
Scarlett moved towards the grand walk-in closet, she still couldn’t believe how big this closet was. She looked around at the rows and rows of clothing that she had never had the privilege of having. She picked out something simple again, she shook her head at all of the extravagant dresses not knowing where she would wear them. She picked out some faded blue skinny jeans and a black tank top. Scarlett took her top and leggings off as she began to change, and she felt like someone was watching her. She turned around and gasped as Aides stood in the closet doorway. She looked at him as his eyes as they burned with lust while she stood there in her all-black bra and panties.
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Aides released a low growl that sounded scarier than anything else as he eyed Scarlett. She wasn’t hiding, nor was she running, she stood there as she stared into his eyes. He watched her as her eyes moved from his then took their time admiring his body. The lust in her eyes was evident as she bit her lip looking over the way his t-shirt hugged his upper body. Her perusing continued on as she continued lower. He heard her swallow as she saw the evidence of her standing there like that.
“Aides…” Her sweet voice called out his name, beckoning him to come closer, to touch her.
All sense of anything else was out of the window when his name escaped her mouth and entered his ears. He dropped his composure as he made his way towards her. Each of his steps echoing throughout the closet on the hardwood floor. He stopped in front of her and reached out, caressing her cheek with his hand.
“Say it again.” He commanded.
Scarlett couldn’t think straight as she felt the heat from Aides’ palm. She shuddered as his touch cascaded from her cheek straight to her womanhood. She leaned into the touch and whispered his name.
“Aides…” She said once more drawing him in.
Aides groaned as his other hand caressed her other cheek and he leaned down, capturing her lips in one of the most intoxicating kisses she had ever gotten. Scarlett strained her neck as she stood on the tip of her toes, loving the way his tongue snaked past her lips and explored her mouth. His hands moved from her cheek as it explored her body, hungry to touch every part of her. He grabbed her by her butt and pulled her up as she instinctively wrapped her legs around his waist. Scarlett lost herself when she felt his raging dick’s heat over his jeans and her panties right down to her core.
Aides moved them to a wall for support as he ground his hips into her opening, feeling the way the heat in her body overpowered his calling, begging him to join her. To feel the heat with his body. Her arousal crept up on him and wrapped itself around his neck, choking him with so much pleasure that he transformed in his full god glory. His entire body was on fire as the moment intensified. Aides mouth moved from her swollen lips to explore her neck. He buried his face in her neck as he inhaled her scent loving how s
he smelled like wildflowers. His right hand roamed until they reached her right breast. He squeezed loving how they almost filled his entire hand.
He moved back from her neck and looked down as his finger traced a line down, burning the bra cup in half. He smirked as her erect nipple beckoned for his touch. He licked his lips as he pulled her up a bit with one arm and leaned in as his tongue impatiently caressed her nipple. Scarlett moaned and wrapped her fingers in his hair. He knew that she was on fire, and so was he, but she wasn’t burned by his fire. He felt a breeze and a voice whispered in the wind, once you have her…she’s ours.
CHAPTER 6
Neither Aides nor Scarlett were thinking as they continued to take this time to devour each other. They didn’t realize that they crossed a line that they could never come back from. What was it that made them see each other much more than they should’ve. All this time that Aides was around Scarlett, he didn’t ever touch her in this way. He made sure to respect her. He wasn’t the type to make someone like him, it was pointless, yet it seemed as though whatever he thought he didn’t do still brought him to this moment in time.
He wanted to sink inside of her walls and take her, but something about the urgency in his movements caused him to stop. He paused for a breath, never taking in what it felt like to have Scarlett here with him. He should’ve stopped so that he could take in every different possibility of how this could change them both, but they threw all precautions out of the window as Aides kissed her again. The little clothes she had left disappeared courtesy of Aides’ power, he reluctantly pulled away from her lips. He stared into her eyes, noting just how much lust was in them. It resembled his, and before he could doubt himself for enjoying this moment, he asked her the one question that he knew if she answered it correctly, everything was changed.
“Tell me no, Scarlett. Tell me you no longer wish to be with me and that I’m going too far,” He groaned as she lifted her hips, grinding her pussy on his dick.
“Hades,” she called out his name, pronouncing it differently on purpose. “Make me yours. I want to be with you so bad, you don’t even know how much it would make me whole.”
Why weren’t her words giving him pause? Aides didn’t even hesitate as he placed his tip at her slick opening. Normally, he didn’t mind foreplay. He wanted to taste every part of her, but right now, he yearned to be inside of her much more than anything else in the world. When Aides slipped inside of her, he shuddered. Never had he felt like this before. To him, all pussies were the same. Pussy was just that… Pussy but something about slowly taking Scarlett’s virginity and even being given the honor to do so, made everything in him twist.
It wasn’t a twist of disgust but of pure, unadulterated raw lust. He wouldn’t teach her all the thing he wanted her to do with him now instead right now he would make sure she felt loved. Aides stopped mid-stroke. Did he just admit something to himself? He wanted to think on it, but Scarlett stole his thoughts as she moaned. He stared at her as he took his time with her getting used to his size. He wanted her to know that he hadn’t even put all of his dick inside of her, but that probably would’ve scared her. He tried to concentrate as he picked up on his stroke feeling the resistance from her hymen. He had to concentrate so that he didn’t transform into his godly being. If he did that, he’d break her. She wasn’t ready to be broken, or was she?
“No!” Aides cried out at his own thoughts.
He shouldn’t be craving to break her when she was already breaking. He didn’t want to be the one who made her go insane, but his body wanted to give her more. She could handle more; he just knew it.
“I know you’re holding back from me,” Scarlett said as her fingers sunk into Aides' hair. “No more.” She said as she looked him in his eyes.
He didn’t say anything as he shut his eyes, taking a deep breath in and pushed through, breaking her hymen. Scarlett whimpered, as she held on to Aides. Her grip on his scalp became tighter, causing him to get a headache, but he didn’t want her to feel bad, so he didn’t make a sound. He stared into her eyes, not wanting to break the moment.
“Baby,” he called out to her. He didn’t even think about how the dynamic just changed from merely calling her name to the term of endearment.
Fuck. I’m in love. Aides admitted to himself. I’d do anything for her if she asked me to.
This was what he wanted to avoid, but unfortunately, he refused to run away from this. He didn’t see the point of doing that as he continued to make love to her instead of what he usually did with everyone else. He did realize how great it felt to have her bare and feel every part of her in such a raw state. Usually, even if he could never catch anything, he opted for a condom, but he didn’t care for it when it came to Scarlett.
“Yes,” Scarlett moaned. Following whatever Aides was saying.
She held him flush to her body as hot tears fell down the sides of her face. These were tears of feeling overwhelmingly loved. Tristan’s words swam in her subconscious. It took her from this moment in front of her, and she was transported to her finding his body but then the next second, she was back with Aides as something she had never felt before took over. There was a build-up coming from the soles of her feet rising and rising up sending all sorts of tingles through her body as it hit her scalp. She threw her head back, holding on to Aides as she came so hard, she was sure that if she had a soul that belonged to her, it would now be his.
“I love you,” Aides said as he came.
He froze. Every part of him was filled with an icy chill not because he regretted it, but due to the vision he just had.
Everything paused for him as he seemed to enter a part of Scarlett’s subconscious that he knew for sure was supposed to either have been erased or hidden for life.
A younger Scarlett crouched down with Tristan in her arms. He was still bleeding out. Someone had stabbed him, and she found him there. Scarlett cried,
“Tristan, please… Please, don’t die,” she begged him. “I promise to be good. I won’t do anything you don’t want me to do. I’ll stay by your side, and I won’t be mad at you for wanting to be around those girls. Tristan,” She called out to him.
Scarlett pulled his body close to hers. She didn’t care that his blood was getting all over her, she just wanted her brother. Tristan hadn’t died yet as he took short, quick breaths trying to fight his impending doom.
“I love you, Scarlett, please… Be safe. Don’t trust anyone. Look at me,” Tristan had said to his sister after catching his breath. He wanted to give up as well, he was tired, and everything hurt.
He did what he could to keep her safe and teach her how to do it herself. What more could he do now? Especially in this state.
When Scarlett faced Tristan, it was as though he knew that Aides was going to find this hidden memory. He stared into her eyes, but he was looking Aides,
“take care of her. When you find this message, it means that I didn’t make it or you love her so much that you’ll see it anyways or both. Just know that my blood, angel’s blood will always protect her and hide her from certain misfortunes but not all. Her mother, Rai, she has a part of my essence stashed somewhere, I’ve seen it all, she’s going to hide her from you, but you’ll find her. Or rather, you have her now. I know you love her. It’s weird, but it’s pure. Keep her safe not just from her mother but your enemies too. They all want to kill the girl that belongs to Aides from the moment she was conceived in this world.”
Aides shuddered as he came to. Scarlett was staring up at him.
“Did you hear me?” Scarlett asked him.
There was a sad expression in her eyes, one that mirrored his but for different reasons.
“Huh?” Aides answered as he hovered over her.
“I said,” she started. “I said, I love you too.” She repeated, closing her eyes to avoid how shy she felt in this moment.
Aides chuckled, a rich deep chuckle as he pulled Scarlett in for a kiss that was long overdue for her response to his love. It
was crazy, he was in love. Hades, the god of the underworld loved something more than he had loved anything. Scarlett wrapped her legs around him, but Aides reluctantly removed himself from her as he started a bath for her in his mind. Scarlett may think that she was ready for another round, but Aides knew better, he would wait for her, but once she became in sync with him, things would change.
CHAPTER 7
Aides sat on his throne, he exhaled. Not liking that he was away from Scarlett, but he had to get to the bottom of this. He shut his eyes calling to one of the deadliest beings as he petted Cerberus.
“Yes?” Death answered
Aides slowly opened his eyes as his eyes met deep-set eyes that were the color of fire. Death looked at Aides waiting to hear why he called him out here. Death was about the same height and build as Aides hence why so many confused the two. What made them different wasn’t known to many. Death wasn’t disgusting to look at. If anything, death was so handsome, and it always got people confused. He was able to lure people in when it came time for them to give up their soul. Death wasn’t just some being, he was an angel, or should Aides call them they? They were what no one thought was real or a myth; Cain and Abel. Brothers trapped in one body having to figure out how to co-exist with each other as punishment for one killing the other. One could say that Cain shouldn’t have killed his brother or was that what really happened?
To the humans, he was a high-end model. One that was so beautiful, people wondered if he got surgery done for his face, but that was some perks included in being an angel. Right now though, he or they appeared to Aides in their true form. They wore an all-black cloak that protected him from being touched or seen in the underworld. Touching death wasn’t going to kill the souls here, but they would be further tortured.
“I have a question?” Aides began.
“I might have an answer?” Death responded.