The Two Kings (Afterlife Saga) (16 page)

“How do you do that?” I asked trying not to sound like a five year old.

“I use
its
energy to do my will
.
” He said but when I frowned
,
he knew he would have
to give me a bit more than that.

“Everything has
energy
,
even though your eyes can't see, it is still there. Most of my kind can home in on some of these energies and once you get a feel for the right energy
,
you can use
it
, move it, break it, do anything you want with it.”

“So there are some things you
can’t
...um
m.
..home in on, is that right
?
” I pulled the covers under my arms and propped up on my elbow as I waited for his answer.

“Me?...
No
,
there is nothing that I can not home in on but that is only because I have extra gifts. But don't forget I have to be stronger than the rest or there is very little point of me being here. My brother and Sister are the same, they can find any energy but they can't hold onto it for as long as I can.”
He said this more as a matter of fact than sounding arrogant.

“Is that what you did with the cabin?” This memory instantly squared his features into hard lines.

“It was
,” h
e answered shortly, clearly not liking where my questions were leading.

“So things that big you can control?” I asked remembering the sight of the cabin that held me, being ripped apart by just Draven’s thoughts.

“My rage helps increase my powers as it is fuelled by my Demon side which is stronger in aspects of energy control
.
” He said this so matter of fact it felt a bit like an interview. 

“So there are limits?”

“It takes a lot of our energy when we use our powers and we need a lot of rest after so much
h
as been used. We need to regener
ate the power that has been transferred
.” Now I knew why Draven ha
d slept so much the night after
the fight with Sammael
, it
must have worn him out and of course there was the ripping apart of
all those Gorgan Leeches to consider.

“Of course
,
feeding from humans helps
.
”
This also sounded very matter of fact and if I wasn’t already getting my head around all this supernatural stuff, then running out of the door scr
eaming would have sur
e
ly accrued.

“Ok when you sa
y....feed, you do mean, on their
emotions...yes?” God I hoped so. He had told me about this before and when I first found out, I went a little crazy. He explained how Angels and Demons both feed
from human emotions to get their
energy. But some take it to the limit, keeping humans in extra happy or extra depressing states s
o they can keep absorbing which
ever energy they preferred. Draven had also told me how it wasn't always Demons that like the negative energy and Angels that liked the positive. Angels can sometimes be bad and Demons sometimes good. One thing that
he made clear though, is how no-
one, Demon, Angel or even Dra
ven himself could feed from me.

“Yes but of course, we do not eat humans Keira, we are not animals!” He sounded insulted but considering the conversation we had last night
,
could he
really
blame me? I may have thought this
way but I decided to keep my mouth
shut on the matter.

“Um
m
...
while
you’re
in the answering mood
,
could I ask another question?”

“But of course
.
” Ha
,
he won't be so forthcoming when he hears it.

“It's about Lucius
.
” The
re it was... the ultimate frown.

“Keira please, don't you think we have
spoken enough
about him
?”

“Well it
is better for me to be prepared.
I know you say he can't get me but I would still like to be well informed, just to be safe.” Ok this wasn't the only reason. After dreaming about him for the second time
,
I wanted to know if there was somethin
g more to his powers than other
Demons because usually when I had drawn wha
t has haunted my dreams,  this meant they couldn’t
come back. Like being locked out but with Lucius this hadn't happened. I didn't want to tell Draven that I had another dream, espec
ially not one where he had kissed me.

“What would you like to know?” He said sighing in defeat.

“Well I know it might be an obvious one but why isn't he called Judas?”

“Because he was renamed by Lucifer when he was reborn into his new vessel. His name means Light, I think this was the Devil
’
s idea of a joke, considering his body burnt in the sunlight.”

“Um, I think my joke
, about numbers
was better
,
” I said giggling at how lame of a joke it was but hey I had been telling it since I was six years old. He tickled me
,
trying once again
rather
to
distract me or get me to snort. Both I resisted.

“So he doesn't look the same...I mean as he did?”

“No
,
his body was beyond healing
.
” He said flatly.

“Ok
...
so does he have any special powers,
‘
cause that would be useful to know
?
” He was growing more aggravated with every question I asked. So I decided to add on a little extra to that question to butter him up.

“Because I find it hard to believe anyone could be as powerful as you
.
” It worked cause his frown was replaced with a smile and he kissed me but I kept my mouth shut
…
(morning breath)
.

“Lucius is like most with his powers
,
although he is an extremely skilled fighter. But what makes him stand above the rest are his powers of manipulation. He can control any mind, Demon, Angel and of course humans are as easy as breathing.”

“Can he even
control you?” I held my breath but Draven’s expression gave me the answer before he spoke.

“Yes...
but the stronger the mind the harder it is, usually he can control many minds at once but with stronger minds, like mine, Vincent and Sophia
’s
, he can only control one at a time. This m
akes him more vulnerable when against
numbers.”

“Has he ever done it to you?” I knew
I was stepping on thin ice, though
I really was boiling over with questions but I
also
knew he had his limits.

“
Yes once, and he was severely
punished, so he won't be forgetting it any time soon!” Ok this was
definitely
the limit as he was scaring me with h
is intense staring. I had got
the answer
s
that I needed. Now I knew why Lucius was able to access my mind unlike most. It was a
terrifying
thought!

Draven was still looking angry so I jumped on top of him and kissed him over everywhere my lips could reach. He liked this
and his mood quickly changed so we were
soon thinking about other things we could be doing other than talking. But just before he could kiss me fully I clamped my hand over my mouth.

“Oh no you don't!” I grabbed the throw at the bottom of my bed and got up to wrap myself in it.

“Where are you going...oh wait
...
girlie human things again?” I nodded and said
,

“Morning breath.
” And he laughed to himself as I walked to the bathroom. I also wanted to check on something else and was more than happy when it hadn't come yet. I brushed my hair and plaited it so it lay down my back. I also got rid of my bad breath and washed my face. I went back in and he hadn't moved an inch. The sight of him made me want to run over to him
,
just to get there quicker. He was stunning! The morning light from my window made his skin look like golden sand. His hair was wild around his neck and was
as
black as night. His shoulders looked huge and solid. I wondered how something so hard and powerful could be so soft to the touch. And I might add
,
very comfortable to sleep on.

When I was within reac
h he didn't wait for me to climb
back on top of him, he just grabbed me and put me there. The throw was on the floor and the covers only covered the lower parts of our bodies. He was
happy and in more ways than one.
Oh yes very
, very
happy...ooh
…
um. Hello Commander
Draven
!

We were just kissing and fooling around when all of a sudden he stopped and held me tighter.

“Draven what is it?” His face was stone and his head whipped towards the door.

“There
are other humans
in the house
.
” I froze as I heard footsteps on the stairs. Then it happened to
o quick
ly
for me to react properly
, my door opened and I screamed. I wasn't the only one!

“
ARRHHH.....
OH my god! Oh shit!
..
, I'm so sorry, I ..I didn't thi
nk...
”

“LIBBY!” I screamed as I fumbled for the sheets to cover us. Draven wasn't any help for laughing! Then it got worse as Frank burst into the room with a baseball bat in hand!

“What the...OH Shit! OH Man!” He turned around
covering his face with his hand
and dragged Libby from the room
,
as she was still apologising. Once they left I could hear them both crack up. I was the only one in the house not laughing as the bed still vibrated from Draven's outburst!

“I CAN STILL HEAR YOU BOTH OUT THERE!” I shouted angrily, causing the giggling to cease and footsteps to be heard down the stairs. 

I hit Draven
on the chest but it didn't have much of an impact, like trying to
break
rocks with a jelly
hammer!

“What's the use in having so many powers if you can't even prevent
that
from happening!” I
dram
atically pointed to the door. I
was so ashamed, thank God we weren't actually doing more than kissing, ok we were both naked but it could have been worse.....not by much
though.

“Do you want me to erase their
memories?” He asked still being highly amused.

“You can do that?” I asked being hopeful but Draven just smiled like he was teasing me.

“I can but I won't, this was far to
o
funny
to have
missed, for anyone.
” And once again it set him off. I got up and got changed quicker than ever before. I didn't w
ant to
but I knew I had to go down there first.

“St
ay here
!
” I warned and he nodded, still with a thick smirk plastered on his handsome face.

“As you wish
,
Vixen
.
” He
said, sounding like a genie.

Libby and Frank were still giggling about it
,
when I walked in the kitchen.

“Morning Kaz
!
” Libby said like it had never happened but it would have been more convincing without the bloody great
,
big
, childish
grin
she wore plastered all over her face.

“Stop that!” I said but as soon as Frank went back outside to get their bags from the car
,
she came over to m
e and put her arms around me to whisper
in my ear.

“
My, my
,
w
hat a lucky girl you are
… oh my
!” She p
ulled back to reveal a huge smile
. She of course was referring to the God like figure of a man lying upstairs in MY bed....
Damn
straight, I was lucky! I
couldn't help but finally break
down with laughter and lots of snorting! We were both in fits by the time Frank came back in.