Dove's POV

I opened my eyes slowly, I could feel a hand caressing my arm. I looked up and saw half-naked Twilight looking down at me with a smile. He leaned in and pecked my lips.

"Good morning, kitten," he gently greeted. I hummed as I snuggled closer to him.

"I don't want to wake up," I mumbled.

Yesterday when I returned after meeting Lucifer, I told Twilight about my "trip", most of it was a lie and I left the part where Vinter was with me out. I don't want Twilight to have any wrong ideas about me and Vinter.

"Of course, you don't. You are getting pretty used to having me around, aren't you?" He spoke.

"What can I say? I can only sleep this peacefully around you," I replied. I feel at ease when Twilight is around.

"Why is that?" He asked.

"There is a sense of comfort in your presence, I feel safe when I am with you," I replied genuinely.

"I would love to stay like this for the rest of the day too, but unfortunately kitten, we have to go to work," he got up from the bed. I sighed.

"Yeah, I have to return the car to Micah as well," I grumbled. I lazily got up from the bed.

"I am gonna go take a shower," I said. He hummed.

After I was done taking the shower. I went to the kitchen where Twilight was preparing our breakfast.

"I can't eat breakfast today, I have to first go to Micah's place to drop her car, and then will have to walk to Hope records," I placed a peck on Twilight's cheek.

"Ah! That's bad. But do eat something on your way to Hope records. Want me to pack you some food?" He asked. I shook my head.

"I'm not hungry," I spoke he leaned in and kissed my lips.

"I love you, bye," he said. I grinned.

"I love you more," I replied. "Work well."

I left there shortly and got into Micah's car. I drove off towards her house. I dialed her number, and it kept ringing but she never picked up the call.

I frowned as I dialed her number again.
It ended with the same result as she did not pick up my call.

"There is no point. I am already outside her house," I mumbled. I saw a car parked outside her house. I raised my eyebrows.

I parked the car near her house and got out of the car. As soon as I reached the front area of her house, the front door flew open and Micah walked out with a broken expression on her face.

"Hey, I parked-"

"You traitor!" Micah yelled at me. Suddenly tears streamed down her eyes.

"Traitor? What are you saying, Micah?" I asked. She threw a bunch of photographs at me.

"You are the reason my mother is dead!" She screamed. I picked up the photographs and saw Bethany's dead body. She was shot in the head. So the sins did kill her after all.

"How am I responsible for your mother's death?" I tried to play innocent.

"Do I look like an idiot to you?!" She hissed angrily. She pointed at me.

"You took the sins help in getting my mother out of the prison, of course, they would kill her eventually. She is a murderer... but... but I didn't want her to die!" She broke down as she holds her head.

"Micah-"

"Don't touch me!" She smacked my hands away. "I am all alone in this world and it is all your fault!"

I sighed.

"Micah, you don't understand-"

"I don't understand?! You and your sins killed my mother, and you are saying I don't understand?!" She darkly chuckled.

"If the devil exists, I hope he gives you pain more than what I am feeling right now. I hope he takes away-"

I grabbed her jaw and slammed her head on the wall, not too hard, but still hard enough to startle her.

"Don't even dare to finish that statement of yours. Don't you dare to bring in the people I love, I will make your life worse than hell. The devil you are talking about is me."

"So I can't bring in the people you love, but you can kill my mother huh?"

"I didn't kill your mother, it was all planned by Lucifer. I just wanted information on how to break the soulmate bond. And you know it better than I do that your mother did not feel an ounce of guilt for what she did. People I love are completely innocent, they did nothing wrong. I support justice over any relationship, that is why my father is rotting in prison right now. That was the harsh decision I took," I said.

"You can hate me and blame me for what happened. But don't bring in people I love, just in case you don't remember. Let me remind you, I was the one who sent my old man to prison."

I harshly let go of her face as she rubs her face wincing in pain. I dropped the key on the floor.

"Who sent you these photographs?" I asked.

"I did," I heard a high-pitched feminine voice from inside Micah's house.

"Dear little Stanley, who would have thought you were acquainted with the infamous the sins?" Nina walked towards me. Her heels clicked on the floor. The sound is so annoying, it is pissing me off.

"How did you even get involved in all of this?" I asked.

"Ah! Let's see. I went to your juvenile center and met this old man... he said that he knew you, very well actually. He wanted to sleep with you, but one of the guards broke his legs I suppose. I asked him who the guard was who beat him, and he said he can't tell me that. I was hoping to find some sort of dirt on you, so when I shoved some thousand dollars in the old man's mouth, he told me that the guard he was talking about was none other than the infamous Leviathan. I even found out about your friendship with Micah Hall there at the Juvenile center, right Micah?"

She placed her hand on Micah's shoulder.

"I am sorry for your loss, Micah," she sadly spoke. As she smirked at me.

"But can you believe how lucky I got when my men found out about Bethany's dead body," Nina whispered in my ears.

"I informed Micah about her mother's death as soon as I could. Poor girl," Nina pouted.

"Why do you always play with people's lives, Dove?" Nina asked.

"The hell are you blabbering, bitch! What do you want from me?!" I yelled.

"I want to torment your life, I want your life to eat you alive. I want you to become a walking corpse! You killed my Jace, you took away my Vinter!"

"I didn't kill Jace and Vinter is 'my' soulmate," I pointed.

"You were still the cause of it! If only you never existed!" Nina retorted.

"If you already know that I am connected to the sins, then you must also know how dangerous I am. If you harm me in any way, things won't end well on your side either."

"I know it won't, but if I go down. I will make sure to take you down with me, Dove Stanley."

I chuckled and my chuckles turned into hysterical laughter.

"You are so naive, Nina. Do you think I will let you take me down that easily? I am not the same Dove that I used to be. You think you can use Micah to get me down on my knees?"

"Oh! She was just a trailer. There will be more... more and more... I will traumatize you for life."

She walked away waving at me.

"Sit tight, Stanley," she spoke as she walked outside and got inside her car.

I snickered as I saw her car disappear. Soon my giggles turned into cackling and finally, I found myself laughing uncontrollably. I sat on the ground laughing and holding my stomach, I could feel the sting of pain passing in my stomach cause of the laughter. Tears rolled down my eyes, but my laughter did not stop.

Does she think she can beat me this time?

I will devour her before she can do anything. I have the strongest weapon right in my hand.

"You are not human, Dove," I heard Micah's voice. My laughter died down. I looked around and stared at her with my lifeless eyes, I tilted my head.

"We ex-juvenile offenders were never treated like one anyway," I spoke.

"No! I am better than you!" Micah yelled. I shrugged.

I chuckled.

"Believe whatever you want to," I got up. "May your mother's soul rest in peace."

I didn't wait for any reply as I walked away from there.

"The clock is ticking, Dove! Your bad time has just started!" I heard her screams which I chose to ignore.

I went straight to the Hope records knowing well the only person I can tell everything about is Vinter. I searched for Vinter and found him in his studio.
He had his headphones on as he was making beats on his computer.

"I need to talk," I said removing his headphones. He looked at me surprised.

"Dove, I-"

"I don't have time. We need to talk," I dragged him with me to the rooftop.

"Nina knows," I said.

"What?"

"Nina knows now that I am connected with the sins, she is planning something very big, Vinter," I grabbed my hair in frustration.

"Don't worry, everything will work out. You have Leviathan, Aries, and Belphegor with you."

"No! That is the problem! They don't know everything. I did something, I don't know if it was the right thing to do or not..." I paused.

"What did you do, Dove?" He asked.

"I signed a contract with a government special agent named, Snow White. I will have to bring Lucifer to him and in return, he will not arrest any other sin since it was Lucifer who was manipulating everyone. Also, he will arrest Nina."

"Isn't that a good thing?" He asked. I shook my head.

"If I fail to do so, everyone's life will be at stake," I mumbled.

"Everyone?"

"You,... Twilight... Mammon, Leviathan, and Belphegor; everyone I love," I spoke.

"That was the dumbest decision I have seen you make, Dove," he rubbed his forehead.

"I know."

"How is that connected to Nina thing?" He asked.

"Nina said she will traumatize me for the rest of my life. If she does something to me before I can get Lucifer arrested. You all will suffer because of me," I spoke.

"Fuck! I don't care about me! But Twilight! He is innocent! He has got nothing to do with any of this! Why are you so reckless!" He harshly grabbed my shoulders.

"You think I don't know that!" I pushed him away. "Even after all these years, I am still that young dumb Dove!"

"That's not what-"

His cell phone started to ring. He lets out a small tch as he picks up the call.

"Yes, Mr. Joe?" He asked.

His eyes widened in horror as the cell phone dropped from his hand.

"What happened?" I asked.

He stared ahead blankly. So, I shook him bringing him back to reality.

"Vinter! What happened?!" I asked.

"Twilight..."

"What about Twilight?!" I asked. "You are scaring me, Vinter! What about Twilight?!"

"Him... and my father met with an accident. They are in a critical condition..."

This can't be happening now. Why is this happening now?

He was alright just a few hours ago. He won't leave me, he can't leave me. I want to spend my life with him, I will not let him leave me.

I grabbed Vinter's hand.

"Let's go! Twilight is going to live! I just know!" I spoke.

He will live...

He will live...

He will live...

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I loveeeeeeeee to inflict pain in my characters' lives... pain is necessary for the character development.