Demon Beside Me

Chapter 17

If it wasn’t over before

It all happened so fast. I wasn’t sure how Krad had gotten over to us so fast but as soon as he did Jake’s body was off of me and Krad had thrown him against a tree. Jake’s body hit the tree with a load sound that made my ears ring.

How in the world?

I stared at Krad not knowing what was truly happening. He looked at me briefly maybe trying to see if I was alright, I wasn’t too sure, but before I knew it he was right by Jake again. His arms came on Jake. He was hitting him.

Krad’s body was hitting him so hard. I wasn’t too sure if my eyes were seeing clearly or not. He was moving too fast.

I screamed at him to stop. I wasn’t sure how I was able to even find my voice. I let out another scream and he stopped.

Krad glowing red eyes turned to me. He looked angry and shocked all at the same time. He walked to me and stared over me as if he was trying to make himself realize it was me and not some stranger.

My heart was beating so fast. I wasn’t sure if I was still awake or not. I wanted to leave at this moment. I wanted to leave them both here.

I couldn’t take this.

Why was he staring at me like that?

He went down to grab me but I moved out of his way. I tried to crawl away from him and he just frowned at my retreat. He looked as if he wanted nothing more than to grab me and make sure I would never leave him again.

“What did you-how did you….?” My voice was only just above a whisper, but I knew he could hear me clearly. His face told me that.

“You were in danger so-”

“What you did… how you moved…..that’s not possible.” I said all at once. My eyes stared into his and I saw that they looked like they were turning back into their stormy blue color, but there was still a faint trace of red.

“I love you, and had to use everything in me, so he wouldn’t hurt you love.” He replied his voice easy, calm, even.

I didn’t like that. He was to calm and easy going about this for my liking, something wasn’t right.

“How did you do that?” I asked again, not liking his answer.

“I told you.”

His voice was light, too light.

My body was shaking. I wanted him to stop trying to avoid my question.

“Stop lying. You lifted him up as if he was nothing.” I yelled. “Nothing! like he was a feather or something. How did you do that?”

He chuckled. “I work out. See the six-pack dear.”

I was too angry too even laugh at the stupid joke.

“Stop playing around Krad. Tell me the truth.”

“What do you want me to say? Ok I am a human with superpowers and I can do things people only dream they could do.”

I stared at him. He was right that did sound stupid. That couldn’t be possible. Humans can’t do what I thought he just did. Moving fast like that and being able to pull him up like that. But he had done it.

What was I trying to get him to say? That he wasn’t human or something. I shook my head at the thought. I was really going crazy.

Maybe it was from working out or whatever.

My eyes went back to his and I sighed.

“Krad what you did-” I said trying to go back to what I had wanted to know at first.

“Saving you-you mean?”

I shook my head and glared at him. I tried to get up and he tried to help me but I pushed his hand away and nearly fell. My legs felt weak, but I had to stand I had to see if Jake was ok.

“What did you do Krad?” I asked him, walking over to where Jake’s body now was.

I looked at him and saw how bloody he was. I bit my lip to keep myself from screaming. I knew that he had to be dead. I didn’t even have to check for a pulse to know that. Jake’s neck was broken.

He must have broken it when Krad threw him at the tree.

My head began to spin. Darkness was coming all around me. It was covering me, trying to grab me, but I kept fighting.

I didn’t like this. I felt my heart beat faster, it was like I could not breath, like I was about to pass out. I didn’t know what was coming fast.

I wanted to die all of a sudden. No wait, I needed to.

People kept dying all around me. It was all my fault that these things were happening. My legs gave out on me, but before my body hit the ground, he caught me and just as I was about to push him off of me I let go to the darkness that was surrounding me.

I opened my eyes to the light. I didn’t know where I was or whose arms were around me, but I wanted to get up and move around. I needed to get up. I couldn’t lie still right now. Too much had happened.

My eyes looked up at the figure that was holding me and saw that it was Krad. He was looking at me with care in his eyes. He looked as if he was worried over me, something I wasn’t all together sure if I was happy about.

“Close your eyes love, you need your rest.” He voice was soft and caring.

I hated it.

With his words, all that he had done came rushing back to me in a quick wave that was over powering. I jumped from his arms and was glad that he hadn’t fought me on that- he must have know I needed to get up-and my foot hit down on the floor.

Looking around I saw that I was in my room.

How had he got me in here?

I turned to him and frowned.

“Get out!” I yelled at him with hatred and sadness in my voice. “Get out now!”

Krad didn’t seem at all shocked or angry at my tone or my words. He just stared at me as if I was getting tried.

“Sit down before you hurt yourself love. You wouldn’t want your parents to wake up would you?”

”Let them wake up! Henry can come in here and get you out with his gun!” I yelled back fighting the tears that where going to come down at any moment.

He still sat there not evening trying to move.

“Dear let’s not fight ok.” Was all he said as if he was ending the conversation, this made me mad.

“No, what did you do?” I let out feeling light headed. “No, I know what you did. You killed him Krad. You better be happy if I don’t call the police on you. You are a killer, now Krad a killer.”

His laughed but not a happy laugh that I loved. No this laugh was felled with angry. His eyes flashed red at me and he got up.

As he walked to me and I backed up afraid.

“I’m the killer.” He joked at me. “My dear, I seem to remember you being there for Kate, Stephenie, your-well you get my meaning.”

His voice was so cold and I felt tears coming down my face.

“I know I was!” I yelled, hating him and myself. “But you killed Jake Krad. You killed him. How could you?”

“He tried to hurt you and no one hurts what’s mine!” He grabbed me and I was to slow to move from his reach. “I love you so much. I can’t live without you and if that means breaking a few necks to keep you-”He laughed shaking his head. “Then I will gladly do it.”

“Krad.” My voice was a murmur a soft murmur that I wasn’t even sure belonged to me. “You can’t kill people.”

He just stared at me as if I had said something that he didn’t care about.

“My Diamond in the rough.” He said with a small smile across his lips. “Soon you’ll see, and we’ll be happier then even you would have hoped.”

“Krad let me go.” I said again not really paying attention to his riddle.

“No, let me hold you.”

He pulled me closer to him and I didn’t want to admit it but I loved him holding me like this. I didn’t want him to let me go, but I had to get him to let me go.

“Krad, I will scream.”

He smirked down at me and then laughed. “I love you.”

“Let me go.” I replied ignoring his words.

He seemed angered at that.

“You don’t love me?”

“Let me go.”

“Stop playing games with me.”

“Let me go.” I kept my voice firm trying my hardest to keep from letting him get to me. If I looked too deeply in his eyes I would kiss him and forget what I needed to do. “Krad I’m tired of this. Ever since I met you people have been dying, and I’m starting to wonder if it’s me or just you.”

His laugh was now loud, vivid, almost deadly. His eyes remained their stormy blue. He frowned at me and let his arms go down my sides.

“Diamond you are too perfect for even words. I love you so much.” His words didn’t really seem real almost as if he was just talking to talk.

What was he doing?

“Krad leave. We’re over. I don’t ever want to see you again.” I told him as I folded my arms for more affect.

He laughed yet again at me.

“No dear we are far from over. You are only beginning you see.” He said with happiness clearly written in his eyes.

“What do you mean?” His words made me feel weird almost as if I was missing something.

“Only two more love. Only two more and we’ll really be happy. Together forever.” I could tell he was choosing his words wisely, as if he might give something away.

“Krad get out.” I said not caring anymore. I even found myself hoping my step father would come into the room and say he would get his gun. “I don’t love you anymore.” I lied and saw him smirk.

“You’re lying. You still love me and you’ll soon love me even more.”

“So what if I do.” I told him trying to keep the emotion out of my voice. “I still want you to leave.”

I couldn’t let him know this was killing me. I wanted nothing more than to have him hold me close and tell me it would all be ok, but I could not give in to that feeling.

“Don’t worry dear. I’ll be holding you very shortly.”

I stared at him with my mouth open as he left my room as if he had never come in.

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