The Demon's Soul

"Sweetheart, are you fine?" I heard my father ask me worried, "Canrart told me you guys were attacked by a group of crossbreeds."

"Yes, dad. Are you busy?" I asked him.

"No, why?"

"Is it true that I’m his fiance?" I asked him taking a seat on the bed, "I mean Luke’s." He was quiet for two seconds and I heard him sigh.

"I don’t know how you found it but it’s true, Lilly. I know your upset and angry about it, let me explain," I heard speak through the phone, "When we realized about you being the demon’s soul we called a meeting with all the kings. Luke had come instead of Canrart then and had taken interest in you before he even knew about your soul. Luke didn’t want to rule even though he is elder to Canrart. The day he returned back, he made an agreement with Canrart once you were of right age he would take you as fiance and the throne."

"And you just agreed?" I asked disbelieving what he said.

"No, Lilly there’s more to it," my father said, "You were having these visions when you were small. These visions were of your previous life and it was terrible to see you like that, that was how we got to know about the soul. After a few weeks, Elvis said there was a way to erase it and that was tying your blood with a royal, which actually has few criteria."

"What do you mean?" I asked confused.

"There are only seven direct royals in this dimension. The demon king, Regorzil and his sister Diane. The dragon king, Weshes. The vampire king, Canrart and his brother, Luke. Lastly, the witch King Elvis and his twin Elise," dad explained, "The same-gender cannot be tied, Regorzil and Weshes were out of the question. That left three of them-Elvis, Luke and Canrart. Before we could even think about it, Luke had volunteered to be your keeper. A keeper is someone you are bound to, who will love you and kill someone if needed if he or she has to protect. The situation was inevitable Lilly," my dad made me understand, explaining it.

"What about that person you planned to marry me off to sending me on a date?" I asked him remembering the incident. If I was supposed to marry someone, why would they set me up with another? I just didn’t get it.

"We wanted to see if you would accept if something like that happens, not that we were going to get you married to him. It was just a test, and we knew the boy had another love interest," I heard him chuckle.

"It’s not funny dad," I complained.

"Honey, listen to me and listen well," my dad said seriously now, "I understand it’s not easy, especially after what’s happened in the past four days but Luke is right for you. Ace was not in the picture, he wasn’t supposed to be, Lilly. There might come a day where you won’t be able to trust anyone but you can always rely on Luke because as strange as it sounds, you both are destined for each other."

"I-I..." I was speechless. There were no words forming in my mind or mouth.

"Don’t worry, honey and Elvis said your mom is showing positive signs in the operations that are going on," he said changing the topic, "Whoever attacked her missed the actual place where her heart was. Your mother had shifted her heart long back to the other side which protected her." Wow, I had no idea that was even possible.

"How long will it take for mother to recover?" I asked him.

"At least two months according to what they have estimated. Don’t worry, Lilly she’ll be back with us," he assured me. I heard some voices from his end and he spoke, "I’ll talk to you later honey, take care. Love you."

"Love you too, dad," I said hearing the click sound from his side.

I kept staring at the floor thinking about what dad said to me. Was I ready for this? No, but the things were already set in motion years back. Luke was my keeper and fiance. In the back of mind, I could feel my thoughts coming up telling me that love would find me instead of me searching. Shaking my head and pushing those thoughts away, I got up. For now, I needed some food and sleep.