greatest accomplishment, my castle needed to make that statement and to all I was destined to rule over. Personally, I fucking hated the charade and every fucked up part that came with my rule in Hell. Of course, I had joked on many occasions with Amelia about my palace here but looking at it now and I couldn’t help but wonder what she would have thought should she be standing next to me. I mean it wasn’t exactly the ‘welcome home, honey’ one would have hoped to present to their intended Queen but then again, I wasn’t exactly your poster boy for a conventional relationship.
I turned and looked back at the Forest of Echoes, known as such due to the unique rock formations that are scattered throughout the land. These cluster of rocks created an amplified effect which meant that voices carried throughout the forest, undeterred by the trees that should have prevented most of it from travelling that far.
No, instead it created a warped, ricochet effect making those that were new to these parts believe they were surrounded or that the forest was alive with the voices that were actually their own. Of course, if you weren’t far from the rocks then those voices could be heard with more clarity. But that was by the by, for there weren’t many that ventured too far in Hell from what they were comfortable with. All but the bounty hunters who had to be fearless to choose such a profession in this dark realm. But then again, it was one that paid well for there were always those who were escaping the wrath of some Lord or King. As for Lucifer, the King of Kings, well then no one escaped him, other than that of his own Queen soon after she was first brought to Hell. And I should know seeing as I was the fucker charged with delivering her!
At the time I didn’t know which emotion Lucifer felt more, being utterly enraged or being shockingly impressed. However, that was one time where he broke all his own rules and actually went to the mortal realm to retrieve her himself. This was a time I had no choice but to remember, seeing as I was the unlucky fuck who was charged with ruling in his place for a short time, one unfortunately not short enough.
But that was then, and this was now, for it seemed the tables had turned and I was the one now hunting my Chosen One…yet a-fucking-gain! Honestly, at this rate I was half tempted put a leash around the girl’s neck so she couldn’t wander too far, seeing as she couldn’t be trusted not to make foolish mistakes!
Gods, I was fucking furious with her!
It seemed to have been one after another since seeing her that day at the museum and the only one I had approved of had been when she tricked Dante and slipped past his surveillance. Because that had been the only one that had brought her directly to me and what marked the end of years of self-induced torture. Of course, everything after that point had been a combination of street smarts, dumb fucking luck, bad judgement, and even worse rash decisions made on the backs of heightened emotions. Emotional minds, which if you asked me were the worst fucking time a person could make decisions ruled by fear, pain or heartache.
Cold, hard, and calculated was what made a person survive in my world, and Amelia was none of those things. Yet, here she was, in a place she had only read about in books. Books that right now would have been useful for only one thing, keeping warm when needing to start a fire! Because even though in the mortal world she had been on the run, this was far from needing to be street smart and savvy. And despite needing to give her credit where credit was due, for she had not only managed to escape me, but she had done so without getting herself hunted down by those that wished to use her against me…This was a different league of survival.
Fuck me, but thinking back to when she had even gone up against a gangster and his gun happy band of fuckwits was a discovery that had made me proud. And to have even come out of it with the boss actually respecting her, was nothing short of impressive…of course, he had been at the wrong end of the barrel at the