Incubus - Chapter Seven

I continued to look out the window of my third period class. It was raining outside today and it looked sloppy and messy. Trudy Gowens came up to me and looked over my attire, "Engaged at sixteen. Whatever does your parents think?" I looked back at her and crossed my arms, "As if it matters what my parents think. Don't you have something better to do?" She huffed and walked off. When class was over Casbell met me at our lockers, "Let's ditch school today and go do something fun."

I raised my eyebrow, "It looks sloppy outside and you want to do something fun? How and the world are you going to find something fun to do in this weather?" He smiled and pulled my arm, "It's fine come on." He led me outside and raised his arms up in the air. The sky cleared off and the sun shone brightly. I looked at him, "Since when did you actually become a weather man?" He laughed and kissed my cheek, "Well since about when I was born. My mother was an angel, Ana. She was born as pure as light and she gave me the power to change darkness into light. My father was an incubus and he seduced my mother. Thus, I was born. Someday you will meet them both."

I kinda just shrugged it off and the thought of my in-laws being angels and demons made me shudder a little. What made me shudder more was when we were outside and Lucifer showed up. He was in his usual black suit and leather shoes that were really shiny. I remembered shoes like that on my grandfather when I was little. When we faced him he first spoke to me, "You are absolutely glowing since our last meeting, Ana." I couldn't help but speak up, "Which meeting? The one where you entered my dreams, or the one in reality?"

He laughed, "Oh I'm speaking about the one last night. I can't help it Ana. You choose to be the bride of a lowly demon when you could have the king of them all. I could give you everything Ana." I glared at him as he stood there, "I don't want everything. I have what I want in my 'lowly demon'."

Casbell crossed his arms, "What do you want here Lucifer? I know you didn't come just to chat."

Lucifer looked over me and then back at Casbell, "You're right I didn't come just to chat. I came here because I had an offer to make Ana that she couldn't resist. I know her deepest secrets and desires. I come to offer her something." I sighed, "What could you have that I could possibly want?" He looked at me and smirked, "To know your real parents."

I gasped and gulped. No one had ever known that I had been adopted only my parents and myself of course. I was flabbergasted at how he knew such information. I looked at him suddenly caught in the moment, "How would you know my real parents unless they are subjects down there in your kingdom."

He clucked his tongue and snapped his fingers. Two figures emerged from the limo parked in the parking lot. One was a man, tall and dark haired with sunglasses on. The woman was tall, had dark hair, fair skin, and wore a slinky black dress. I gulped upon seeing the woman and realized my appearance was not much of a difference than hers. She smiled, "Hello, Anastasia. How are you?" She pulled down her sunglasses and her crimson eyes looked into mine. I bit my lower lip, "I'm fine thanks for asking. Who are you?"

The man came up beside her, "You do not recognize your own parents? I am Stephon and this is your mother Margaret. You are a demon, Ana. We've hesitated coming to you until now...you actually have met one of us and its almost your time to come out." I was suddenly angered. There were so many questions I wanted answered. I sighed, "So if you are my parents. What should I do? After sixteen years of living with mortals and thinking I was really their daughter until three years ago, why now? Why try to waltz back into my life?"

Stephon said, "Because we do not want you making a big mistake. Marrying the incubus is a mistake. We want the best for our daughter." I crossed my arms and leaned into Casbell. He put his arms around my shoulders as if trying to protect me, "That incubus you speak of is my fiance. How dare you speak of him like he is a nobody? You don't know me and as far as I am concerned, won't ever know me." I walked off and Casbell stalked after me. Once at Casbells Hummer I put my back pack in the back seat and got in. I slammed the door so hard it fell off its hinges. Stunned I looked down at it. "Oh my god! What just happened?" I turned frantically towards Casbell.

He laughed and looked at the door, "You just felt your demonic powers for the first time. Congratulations!" He shrugged. "It's no big deal if you're worried about the door. I can replace it with another one. No biggie." I sighed. It was all too much to take in. "So I'm a demon...and I've been one all along. You couldn't sense this in me?"

He shook his head. "No we cannot sense one another till you are actually a demon. I can sense your aura right now but it won't tell me anything. You are in your human form...and will be until your eighteen." I just nodded and sighed. I was scared. Lucifer still wanted me and my REAL parents wanted him for me. It wasn't right. I loved Casbell and the people that I had always wanted to be proud was far from it. At least the parents that I had known all my life supported my decision to marry Casbell.

Casbell drove us to the house and I got my own car. I drove us to the mall in the next town over and we went shopping. We ended the evening with eating at my favorite restaurant. When I went home I went into my room and shut the door. I switched on the light and gasped. On my bed was lying my adopted parents sliced up. It looked like something out of a horror movie. I cried out and called Casbell's name. He was there within seconds. He saw the scene and kissed my brow. "Shh, it will be alright."

I whispered. "They killed my parents! The only ones I have ever known and the only ones to support me and love me."

I didn't know what to do. The police came and did reports. I was numb from head to toe. They looked at me, "Is there somewhere you can go for the night?" I nodded. "Yeah I got somewhere I guess." Casbell nodded to them with a slight reassuring smile for me. When we got to his apartment he looked into my eyes, "I wish I could tell you everything is going to be alright but I can't promise that. I won't make false promises. I promised myself I would never do that to you. You can live with me for as long as you want to. I don't mind...we'll be married soon. I don't know how much longer I can wait to be married to you so that Lucifer will never be able to touch you..."

Lucifer's words rang in my head again, would there be a forever?