The Essence Of The Darkness
EOTL eps 28: Killing Souls

The coolant in the hotel room was set at a fairly low temperature. If only Sera's body hadn't been covered by that thick blanket, she might have shivered in the cold. While Xavier's body that hugged him tightly behind, inevitably Sera admitted enough to help maintain his body temperature. The man was hot, the heat radiating from the man was automatically absorbed into Sera's back because it was so close that the man was behind him.

Sera was really uncomfortable with this position. He lowered his head and looked at the sturdy arms encircling his waist. His forehead then frowned half confused when he realized that something felt strange and wrong.

For some reason the embrace was so tight, it was as if Xavier was holding onto him.

Sera also sensed that Xavier's body was so attached behind his back as if they had to share a narrow spot to lie down. In fact, the hotel bed is very large, even enough if used to sleep by the two of them without having to touch each other at all. But, at this moment, Xavier instead hugged her in a lying position tilted like a pair of spoons that were arranged in the same direction and the man urged her until Sera was completely lying on the edge of the bed. Sera's position was really pushed on the edge of the bed, so if she tried to move forward just a little, she would definitely fall.

Sera moved her hand, trying to let go of Xavier's arm that was wrapped around her waist, but her efforts were futile. The embrace was gripping, so tight that it was hard to let go.

Actually, what's wrong with that guy?

Sera's reflexes looked back, curious about Xavier. He immediately realized that the man's face was so close to him that Sera's face almost stuck to touch the man as she moved her head back. Sera's heart was pounding, but he tried to turn his body around, just to be able to turn his head properly so that he could see the man clearly.

Then Sera was stunned as her mind translated what her eyes were looking at.

Xavier's expression seemed to be in pain.

The man was sleeping soundly with his eyes closed tightly, but the frown on his eyebrows was very deep, even with his lips frowning, making anyone who saw him immediately think that the man must be having a very bad dream.

Sera of course knows exactly about Xavier's horrific past. For some reason, his heart was suddenly touched by a streak of pity that made him gulp and undo his intention to wake the man up and force him to release his tight hug from his waist.

Now Sera understood why the man had pushed her to the end of the bed. Even he understood why Xavier was clutching him so tightly, as if he was the only one holding him so as not to fall slipping into a terrible abyss.

Xavier's…. Seems like he's still having nightmares in his sleep, every night….

As humans who both have a bad past in torment and haunting trauma, little Sera understands about the nightmare. He himself still experiences it often. In fact, at times, it was Xavier who appeared in his nightmares, chasing him to kill, while adorning a hideous sweet smile. However, if Sera is to be honest, most of her dreams are filled with the wrathful and creepy figure of Samantha Dawn, using her body as a samsak to satisfy her unburdened hatred and grudges.

Sera let out a long sigh, confused by the turbulent feeling in her soul. This man who hugged her should be the source of her trauma. But for some reason now, as this man hugged him as if Sera was his savior, he suddenly felt a strong urge to help and strengthen the man.

Is this feeling of misery that makes Sera feel weak towards this man? Or maybe because Xavier had killed Roman and Anastasia Dawn, Sera felt free from the demands of revenge that were placed on her shoulders, so that she did not see Xavier as an enemy anymore?

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“Good morning.”

A raucous voice greeted Sera in the morning, making Sera blink her eyes in a semi-conscious state. He then felt his body being pulled back to his back, then a sturdy body encircling above his body, feeling warm and familiar in a dangerous sense.

Sera instantly opened her eyes wide as a warning alarm went off inside her head. Unfortunately, when he regained his full self-awareness, it was already too late. Xavier had already lowered his head on it, brought his face closer quickly without giving Sera a chance to turn away, then fused their lips in a passionate kiss too deep to be pronounced as a good morning kiss.

Free Sera tried to struggle, because the man fraudulently put all his skills and experience to master Sera, making the head of Sera who had been clear again misty, foggy, it was filled with a strange sensation that made his heart beat uncontrollably.

Xavier's tongue and mouth skills that explore and tease his lips as if sending invisible strength to squeeze his lungs, until his breath that was held back by the heat of the kiss became more stingy. The sensation of the fusion of their equally sensitive lips, creeping twinkling all over the surface of his skin, so that all Sera could do was clutch her hand to the shirtless back of Xavier, holding on to the surface of his hot skin as if that was the only way to keep Sera from sinking completely in Xavier's seduction.

Lack of experience makes Sera easily conquered, especially when she is faced with expert men who intend to taste. Drifting in sensation, Sera's eyes begin to shut, making Xavier groan, then deepen his kiss, wracked by the desire to have.

Luckily, Xavier's self-control was strong enough. Although Sera felt clear evidence of Xavier's undeniable desire amid the tight touch of their skin, the man apparently managed to hold back, lifting his lips from Sera's lips, then looked down and looked at Sera in a mysterious smile that chime with gentle eye-light teasing.

“It's great to be able to taste you in the morning. You taste so sweet and delicious..” Xavier whispered with his lips still attached to Sera's lips, his tongue gripping slightly, tasting with a stain. The man half-arched his back, while his head moved down without permission and his lips explored, gently tucking the top of Sera's chin before then sliding up slowly, peeling the side of Sera's jaw and anchored near her ear, it bit gently while exhaling its hot breath intentionally there.

Sera gasped as she felt the fine feathers all over her body react, sending out a rumble that could hardly be borne by her sane mind that was struggling to escape from the bridle.

Reflexes, his hands that had been holding on to Xavier's back were released immediately, switched to infiltrate between their bodies, then he used it to push Xavier's chest away from him. His thin arms channeled an energy completely burned by his remaining strong determination to break free from the man.

Xavier shook his head, but his head lowered, staring into Sera's pitiful-looking hands as she tried to push him to no avail. The man even teased, putting himself between Sera's legs intentionally, making Sera squeal, then set her legs uncontrollably, desperately trying to kick her away from her body.

This time, as if already satisfied with teasing Sera, Xavier raised his body that was originally trapping the female underneath, his lips covering a smile as he finally shifted himself to sit on the edge of the bed.

Xavier's eyes were still watching Sera blatantly, while Sera herself turned her face away with red blushing cheeks, ashamed of his weakness and unwilling to see Xavier's body wearing only plain black pajamas hanging low on his waist.

Xavier looked at Sera fixedly, then grinned.

“You look very attractive when you wake up. With disheveled hair and wearing my shirt. If only I hadn't promised myself to keep your chastity until I married you, maybe I wouldn't have been able to stop touching you and leave us stranded on this bed all day Xavier uttered his sentence in a real sensual tone, while his eyes skimmed through Sera's body insolently, making Sera instantly bow and realize that her leg was exposed without cover.

Reflexes, Sera immediately bent down to reach for the blanket that was lying on her feet to cover herself, but her movement was lost quickly to Xavier. The man thinned his lips as if he was laughing at Sera's awkward demeanor, then grabbed the blanket and closed it to Sera's previously exposed legs.

"Aren't I supposed to thank you for being a real man?" Xavier asked, with the clear intention to irritate Sera.

Sera hurriedly straightened her back in a sitting position on the bed. He then raised his chin haughtily in response, refusing to say thank you and instead looking at Xavier with a hateful look.

The urge to challenge this man and eliminate the insolent smile plastered there, made him pull out a question sentence without a second thought.

“You are really overconfident. ‘Kesucian' you say? Where do you think I had no experience with other men before meeting you?”

When the question was finished coming from his lips, Sera realized that he had thrown gasoline onto the flame that should have been safely hidden in the husk. As Xavier's eyes narrowed and his facial expression turned indecipherable, it was then that Sera realized that she had pushed herself inside the flame until it was burned by the lick of her tongue.

“I investigated you, Serafina Moon. And my investigators are very detailed in giving details of the findings, so that if you've been touched by another man, I'll know every detail. I can confirm that your experience with men is like the experience of a cat sent to the last month being let go. You're confused, direction-blind and don't know what to do.” Xavier thinned his lips and looked at Sera sharply. “But, if you are going to argue with me again, then I will not refute you or serve your desire to argue this beautiful morning. Although your chastity is not really a problem for me, I will definitely know the truth sooner or later, later on the first night of our marriage, right?” xavier's question is a rhetorical question, the kind of question that doesn't need an answer because it sounds like a promise.

"You shouldn't still be continuing your plans to marry me! Didn't you kill Roman and Samantha Dawn? You... You should have killed me too so that all things related to past grudges are resolved, right?" Sera spoke her mind back without a second thought, then trembled in fear then when she realized her mistake.

Sera was as if asking to be killed with that sentence. What if Xavier embodies his words literally and decides to kill him?

It's not that Sera is afraid of death. No, he was already ready to die from the very beginning of approaching this cruel man. However, there is a father who must be ensured his safety first. And also, there's Aaron.... Aaron has been a savior angel to him in his past sufferings, now is the time for Sera to return the favor.

"You're blanching." Xavier reached out his hand, deliberately ignoring Sera's gasped body as her fingers gently touched Sera's face. The man rolled his fingerprints gently, rubbing the surface of Sera's skin with a light movement of cotton. "Are you afraid I'll kill you?" tanyanya.

Sera's eyes instantly flashed as she expressed her heart truthfully,

"I'm not afraid of death. I was just..," Sera's voice came to a halt as Xavier rolled his index finger to clench his lips and make Sera unable to speak.

"You're not gonna die. I don't want to be left alone. I'll make sure Babwa you'll live on. Unfortunately, your life will be spent tied to me." Xavier looked at Sera with a ruthless look without mercy. "In happiness and sorrow, in hatred and in love, it makes no difference to me. Your life story will only end at one conclusion: Serafina Moon will become Serafina Moon Light tomorrow morning." Xavier spoke meaningfully, his hands without permission grabbed Sera's fingers, brought her to his lips and kissed her meaningfully.

The heat of Xavier's lips made Sera instantly pull her hand violently from the man's grasp. He even folded his arms around his chest to protect himself from the slightest touch Xavier had done without permission.

"Is that the freedom you said you would give me? Marry me forcibly and force your will on me?" asked Sera in a cynical tone.

Xavier tilted his head and smiled. "I freed you and myself, by breaking the grudges of both our pasts, uprooting them to their roots. Now, you feel light without a burden, don't you? No one is forcing you to take revenge on me again, is it?"

That's what Sera felt last night, and she can't deny it. But that doesn't mean Roman's death and Samantha Dawn freed Xavier from his past sins, does it?

"If you think the death of both of them will make me deny you my grudges and hatred, then you are wrong. After all, you're still responsible for what happened to my father and my mother" Sera accused of being hateful

Xavier laughs. "Are you so petty as to look for the scapegoat for your family's plight that it blindly imposes it all on my shoulders?" Xavier stared at Sera viciously before throwing a piercing sentence that instantly stabbed the woman's heart. "Your father received money for the work given to him. My instructions were just kidnapping, then taking some photos of Anastasia to defame her good name. Baron Night had a very conservative view on women, he would definitely forbid Akram Night to marry Anastasia. My orders were just that, and Salvatore Moon received a lot of money for such a simple task. Unfortunately, even for that halmeh assignment, your father failed to do it."

Xavier stared at Sera with a dropping look mixed with disdain. "He was weak and could not resist his men harassing, raping and beating Anastasia until when she woke up, she lost hope and committed suicide. If so, are you still shameless? Blame me for your father's incompetence?"

Sera paled, her lips trembling with various emotional upheavals, anger and humiliation that flooded her uncontrollably to the point of almost exploding.

"But if you don't tell my father to kidnap Anastasia Dawn, none of this will happen! My father was imprisoned for life, attacked and beaten in prison to complete paralysis and my mother committed suicide because she could not bear it all. While you.. while you were free, you lived happily without any impact from the cursed event!"

"Life happily, you say? Did you know that I...." Xavier stopped his words and immediately clenched his hands to hold back. The shadow of Baron Night's expulsion upon him, Akram Night's absolute hatred for him and his mother's crying embrace at the time of the painful farewell crashing from the past and appearing instantly in Xavier's mind, are, the mask of his smile almost collapsed. Fortunately, he managed to control himself immediately. "Whatever it is, you and I are related to each other in the past. Your present self, formed because of me, and vice versa. That's why this marriage is the best way for you and I to serve this punishment together."

What kind of absurd reason is that? Sane people marry out of love and the need to be alone. But, Xavier instead offers marriage to serve the punishment together?

"I don't want to marry you!" Sera exclaimed quickly, her eyes bought full of challenges that unfortunately had no impact on Xavier at all.

"There's no choice for you. Voluntary or at gunpoint, tomorrow you're married to me." said Xaier firmly.

"Forcing a woman who doesn't want you to be your wife. Is that not the same as murder? Because, killing does not only have to finish off the body. When you install the will of a woman, that's when you kill her soul" Sera sighed bitterly and half reproachfully. "I hate you so much, Xavier Light. You're an unscrupulous criminal who kills people, then puts a smiley face with innocence in your heart. I promise, if you keep pushing, then I'll make this marriage hell for you."

Xavier narrowed his eyes viciously at Sera's words, but his mocking smile showed that he was sticking to his plan to marry Sera tomorrow.

"As long as I've lived in hell, increasing companionship will surely be nice." Xavier clutched Sera's jaw, then planted his lips there in the form of a kiss full of dominance. "Your body is mine, Serafina Moon. If you want to shut down your soul, then shut it down. All I need is your body to temper my physical desires. You will be the cup to sow my seed. I will make sure that my children will be born from your womb."

Sera widened her eyes, looking at Xavier with a horrified look mixed with suspicion.

"You want my child so badly. Actually, what are you up to, Xavier?"

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