The Devil's Temptation!

Somehow, Anna had successfully managed to reach Roshan, but in the end, she received the arrow that wasn’t even meant for her, feeling the sharp thing pierce through her clothes and coming in contact with her skin.

It created a hole as it pierced a little deeper into her delicate skin, to the point she felt it strike her heart which made her eyes widen in reaction.

The man who had her in his arms as she still hugged him, felt his own eyes dilate momentarily as he saw the traces of blood that flowed from her back, painting her dress, then horrifyingly shifting his gaze to the arrow that connected with her skin, and it felt as though his own heart got stabbed after processing what just happened.

She risked her life to save him??!!

“Anna?” He pulled back a bit to stare at her face that was still contorted from the shock of being hit with an arrow.

He assumed all of this to be a nightmare, this wasn’t happening but after seeing the blood that escaped her lips and rolled down to her chin, the anger he had been holding inside of him were unleashed as his eyes turned into a molten red

Who the hell is responsible for this???

Fixing his livid gaze in the direction where the arrow came from, all he had to do was stomp one of his feet on the ground, in a way that spoke of his anger and a crack appeared on the earthly ground, and soon enough, it began to spread rapidly as the ground started to break with each spread it took, heading for the bushy path were the person responsible for this was hiding.

.....

Meanwhile Adryan, who was in a state of shock after seeing how ugly things went, lost the energy to speak and it finally dawned on him that he didn’t hit the demon, but Anna instead!

He instantly felt overcomed with a certain dread when he locked gaze with those molten colored red eyes, he thought he was staring directly at the devil himself and all his brain could process at that instant was to retreat from here.

“Run!”

He announced after seeing the deadly cracks on the ground that headed for his direction, but the cracks were spreading too fast for them to escape it, leading Adryan to sink his leg into the breaking ground.

CRACK!

His left knee broke under the pressure of those cracks and a scream of agony escaped him. Bryan and the other guard tried to get his leg out of the crack that held him tight, but they felt if they kept dragging him, he might just end up losing his left knee as well.

“Stop!” Adryan yelled in pain when he felt their help was doing nothing more but worsening his situation. His leg was trapped against the deadly cracks and he knew that demon was responsible for it.

Roshan actually had more in mind, to say he was furious was an understatement and he was beyond mad. As the cracks kept spreading, Roshan did something he never knew he was capable of doing as orange-yellowish light seeped out from the ground, but it wasn’t just any light.

It was fire, burning with a blistering fury as it escalated from beneath the ground

He wanted to annihilate the person responsible for hurting his Anna but immediately got distracted when Anna herself placed a hand to his cheek, drawing his attention back to her and when he looked at her face, she was smiling at him, despite the immeasurable pain she must be going through.

“Stop.” She muttered while shaking her head slowly, “don’t... do it.”

She sensed his anger, she saw it in his eyes and if he doesn’t stop, he might just end up bringing hell to the world which was the last thing she wanted, for the man she loved to give in to his darkness, and to her relief, he seemed to listen as his red eyes turned normal and the fire that was starting to spread against the cracks disappeared.

Despite being in his arms, Roshan felt his hold on her was weak, too weak and when he felt her slipping away from his embrace, he caught her once again and made sure he held her properly, kneeling to the ground while holding the half conscious woman close to him.

“Sss..Ahh!” Came the weak scream that left her lips when he gently pulled the arrow out, but the after effect had reduced the pain a bit, at least to a point where she can still speak.

“You’ll be fine Anna, just hold on a little longer, I promise you this.” He said to her, but was unsure of how long she could hold on. She had lost too much blood already, and from the wound on her palm, and to the wound in her back, if she didn’t get quick treatment then her chance of surviving was hanging on the thread.

He could hear the sound of her heartbeat, gradually starting to slow down in an alarming manner which wasn’t a good sign, and the panic in him was starting to intensify.

He wanted to get up when Anna’s hand clutched his shirt tightly, stopping him from leaving and when he looked at her face that was starting to grow paler, he could see in her watery brown eyes that she didn’t want him to go.

“S...stay, please.” She begged in a hoarse voice that weakened Roshan immediately and he stayed put. She didn’t want him to go anywhere, not at a time like this, and the security she felt in his hold was one she wanted to enjoy, even if it was for the last time.

From the look in her eyes, she looked more worried as she scanned him, only to release a sigh of relief after seeing that he got no injury from the arrow or anything, and that he was perfectly fine.

“You’re... you’re alright, right? Did you get hurt?”

“How can I possibly get hurt Anna?” His tone came out soft, yet sad as he touched her cheeks that were starting to get cold.

“You need help, I need to get help Anna, just....” He sounded so desperate that he couldn’t even complete his words. Can’t she see that he was making her run out of time??

“No.” She shook her head with the same stubbornness that hadn’t left her spirit yet, feeling her consciousness trying to slip away through her vision but she remained persistent, knowing she had a lot to say to Roshan.

“I...I can’t make it, I’m–”

“You’re not dying!” He silenced her with a sharp retort, not willing to accept the fate she had planned for herself.

“Roshan..” she smiled weakly, regardless of what he was saying to her and her chest heaved. She knew there was no time left before the darkness clouds her entire vision but she needed to make this moment memorable.

“Is Gemma alright?”

“She’s fine, and so will you but you have to stay with me. You didn’t have to take that shot, I could have handled it but..” he hissed, feeling his hazel-green eyes redden as his heart felt stabbed by her condition.

He just wanted to wake up from this and figure out that it’s a lie.

“I...” her breathing remained uneven as she forced herself to keep talking, fighting the deep sleep that was trying to pull her eyelids shut and she guessed it was true, that it is possible to sense death knocking on the door cause at this moment, her senses were already slipping away from her.

“Roshan I....I..” her cold hands reached to touch his face one last time, wanting to feel it, imprint everything about him in her head so she never forgets him.

“I love you Roshan.” She confessed, leaving the man who held her in his arms to blink in disbelief, and she saw the change of reaction in his eyes, leading her to smile faintly.

“I...I..” she abruptly paused, there was nothing that escaped her lips at that moment and to Roshan’s shock, her heart had stopped beating, and the hand that still touched his cheeks limply fell to her side.

Her eyes were currently sealed shut.

“Anna!” He shook her, but got no response from her.

“You can’t do this, stop playing this game with me and open your eyes, Anna!”

Still no response, all he got was silence, a silence that left his heart breaking with each passing second as the rim of his eyes devastatingly pooled with tears.

“She’s dead.” Came the grave voice of Azazel who stood at a corner, watching the scene with a sad gaze and when Roshan looked at him, Azazel barely knew what else to say to him.

He couldn’t even meet his brother’s gaze.

“She’s gone, I’m sorry.”