15 The imperfect replica

The darkness of the valley was disturbed for a second by the arrival of his glistening figure. The surroundings recoiled in fear with his coming. The serene night turned spine chillingly calm.

Lares entered his home and dropped on the bed. He rubbed his lips. He could still taste her. He did not know what had overtaken him tonight. He had prepared himself beforehand, but his weakness had resurfaced and destroyed his plans. He had intended to kidnap the girl and bring her to his custody to question her. But her seductive figure in the moonlight reminded him of 'Her'.

It had been a long time since he thought about her. But today all of his old memories came to life. Her thoughts made him weak so he had successfully suppressed them.

But today as he approached that silhouette in the dark, his mind told him it was her. So he went near her. And as he inhaled her sweet scent he lost control. He tried to taste her to know whether it was her. But he lost himself in her sweet nectarine. As he bit her, he sucked her assessing whether it was her, he lost whatever little control he had

As a result he took every ounce of her into him. He felt that he would lose her again if he let go. He only released when she gasped for air desperately.

But then the difference came before him. She was not her. Though her resemblance to her was very striking. But she was only a lookalike demoness waiting for his weakness.

This realization made him want to throw up. How could he kiss this witch. She was poles apart from his beloved.

After all his beloved was a highly talented, soft spoken woman with a heart of gold. She was the most wonderful thing that the universe could offer. And just her sight arose the flames of the deepest passion in his cold heart. He was ruthless but not when she was around. She was the heart that he lacked. And that's why he loved her so gravely.

But he could never confess to her. Even before their love story began, it had ended.

How much had he yearned to hold her, to embrace her, to kiss her.But his wishes remained unfulfilled. They took her away from him before anything could happen.

And that is why he would take his revenge.

He would fulfill his obligation to her by capturing and tormenting that evil lookalike of his beloved. After all she is the root to all his problems. A new plan started forming in his mind.