There weren't any incidents since then. Rumors would fly around that the palace had been busier than ever since they are trying to get to the bottom of this. Despite being powerful beings, they still thread cautiously since nobody knows just what Matthew had prepared.
"I know it's not my place to ask but... Why are you here again?" Gideon watched as the prince of this world is eating the pastries he had intended for himself.
"Do you keep forgetting that the deal was for me to visit here so I can check up on you?" Kaiden raised an eyebrow.
That deal was that he is allowed to stay at his home now but he will be sent a guardian to observe his actions. It just so happened that person was the Prince and he brought paperwork with him. Intending to work here while he observed Gideon.
"I know but I thought I was already cleared of suspicions?"
"You are, but your condition is still unstable. Although there are guaranteed to be Half-Demons and Half-Angels... none of them showed the same symptoms as you. So who better to take care of you than me?"
All that's missing is for Kaiden to declare that he's the perfect mixed race. Gideon couldn't help but roll his eyes and he turns on the TV to skim through channels. While he was doing this, he can't help but think of what Kaiden said that there's bound to be others like them. But the only reason why they're refusing to step forward is because of the treatment they will receive.
Angels and Demons still have some bit of reservation towards one another in the Capital. But in other areas, especially in the west where they were raised, Demons still looked down on Angels. This ended up making the term "treat them like angels" have another meaning... "Treat them like trash".
Only Kaiden was excused from this treatment since he was the prince. Anyone else would be subjected to harsh criticism since they will be forced to take a side. And not only that but it is not guaranteed that everyone will treat you nicely even if you did choose a side. Take the original Gideon Lemery for an example. Since he didn't know exactly how to use his Angel side nor did he have any interests, he chose to hide that. That is how the original Kaiden used this to his advantage to take revenge for the suffering he had gone through before it was revealed that he was a prince.
Gideon suddenly stopped on one channel where they had been discussing the incident during the winter ball. They explained the incident but you could tell that they left out a lot of information. It was either they didn't know or they chose to omit it.
"Even the first woman who caught the prince's eyes met a tragic fate during this incident" the news anchor wept and the other one next to her patted her shoulder.
"what?" Kaiden looked up at the tv.
The images of all of the people that passed away showed. It was indeed Aleia, one of the female protagonists. Gideon felt guilty because not only did he take away the supposed "bed scene" of the protagonist but it might have led to her death as well. Would that mean, if Kaiden had not saved him then their positions would be switched up?
"There were so many casualties... I didn't expect her to be on that list as well" Gideon blurted out and he noticed that Stephen's image was shown briefly. He sighed sadly remembering him.
"Do you know her?" Kaiden asks him since he noticed that Gideon suddenly felt down.
"No, but I just feel like it's a shame since you did like her"
"Who said I liked her?"
"What?"
Kaiden didn't like Aleia? But that was the female protagonist? He even asked her for a dance so how could he not like her?
"But you danced with her?" Gideon repeated what he thought and Kaiden had a confused expression.
"Just because I danced with her, does not mean I like her. I just needed to keep up my image since it was the winter ball... Why does it matter to you if I like her?" Kaiden moved closer to Gideon and Gideon slowly backed up in his seat until he had no space to retreat from.
"You're close" Gideon says
"were you upset because you thought I liked her?"
What?
Why would he be upset?
Rather why should he be upset? He just felt like he was stealing spots that were originally meant for those women and indirectly causing their misery with his included.
"No, why should I be?"
Kaiden backed up, looking a bit unsatisfied with the answer that he received from Gideon.
"I just thought that it was a pity for her to die so soon. Who knows, you two might have hit it off" Gideon muttered as he fixed his posture.
"What's with you trying to insist there's something going on in-between me and a dead woman?"
"I'm not! I was just exploring the what-ifs. Why are you upset about this?" Gideon suddenly turned the questioning to Kaiden.
"You really... never mind. It seems like you're also fine today, I'll see if I can visit in another day" Kaiden gathered his things and stormed out of the place.
"What's with him? is he on his period or something" Gideon comments when Kaiden had left.
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That night, Gideon suddenly woke up in pain. He once again felt the cold floor and could not see anything. Was he having the same nightmares again? Well, now he can expect that the original version of Kaiden would appear in front of him to berate him.
But there was a difference this time in this dream. This time his lower body hurts like hell and he could barely move.
"Oh, you're still conscious after all that?" Kaiden suddenly spoke out in the darkness. And with a snap, a few lights opened but it was still dim.
There was another difference now, Kaiden was not outside the prison cell. But he was also in it while squatting down to observe Gideon.
"I guess you really can't fuck a succubus to death now can you? or is it just because those soldiers are too weak?" Kaiden took out some gloves and wore them before touching Gideon's face. He moved his face around to observe his tired face when he noticed the other guy still up down there.
"Who knew you'd be happy to see me" Kaiden mocked Gideon's erection.
"Well you already got cleaned up so I guess you're not that dirty to toy with"
Kaiden pulled Gideon close to him and kissed him. Although it was forced, it definitely had more skill compared to the first time Kaiden kissed him. He could taste some blood and that could be because Kaiden his mouth to open and even bit his tongue. Despite this, Gideon could melt in this kiss and he leaned forward to drown in this more. Sensing this, Kaiden suddenly pulled away from the kiss.
"You're getting a bit too greedy now don't you think? I'm only trying to help you out since you can't exactly do that when you're this weak" Kaiden moved closer to Gideon and placed him on his lap to make him lean on the prince.
Was it just because of this dream that Gideon felt delirious as if he was actually there and experienced the fatigue that the original went through? And besides that, why did the original Kaiden do this to him? Was this another one of his tortures? But this didn't seem to be like one...
"Don't expect that I'll do this constantly since I still want to kill you" Kaiden clarifies and used his left hand to touch Gideon.
"hngh!" It must be that this Gideon was still sensitive from the previous punishments that even a simple squeeze in his inner thighs was enough to give him pleasure.
"Such a perverted person... The more you act like this, the more I forget that you're a guy since you act like a slut" Kaiden murmured and used his free hand to push Gideon's face towards him to kiss him.
Kaiden began to fondle his dick. He wasn't quite sure if it was because of that or it was because of the kiss that he would moan. Everything felt good but it was too good. It's like he could lose his mind if this continued. Kaiden pulled away from the kiss and left Gideon with his mouth open. He wasn't in the right state of mind. Kaiden raised an eyebrow seeing this expression and fastened his pace in giving Gideon a handjob.
"I'm a-about to-" Gideon moaned out as he felt like he was about to climax any time soon and Kaiden still remained silent.
When Gideon finally came, he was out of energy and he fainted in Kaiden's arms. The prince who had been quiet the entire time took off his gloves and his jacket to make a temporary bed for Gideon. He placed him down there and sighed.
"If only you didn't do those things" He said out of frustration.