Chapter 124: Left

Aqua lived in the Demon's Castle in disguise. She walked around like a cold hearted  Demoness to blend in and often faced Volca. Volca would walk over every time they met and talk to her, stabbing Aqua with words, who in return wouldn't say back much, to not attract peoples attention. 

"Are your happy now?" Volca asked her, with an expression of mockery. "Enjoying the lonely life are you?" She tried to burn Aqua with her words pointing out about her family's tragedy. 

"I see, but your attempt to make me angry isn't working out Volca," Aqua compromised and walked away. She had a lot going on inside her head, and holding the puzzles together. 

"Wait how could that be?" Volca stopped her. "I know you well, and your face is very much effected seeing me," 

"Leave," Aqua said and walked away.

"Don't ever think that I would give upon him," Volca shouted out. "Even if I to take some serious dirty steps, I wouldn't mind, ever," 

"As you wish, good luck," Aqua wished her and left the place, feeling utterly silly. "What a confidence? Of all the people in the world, why does she want my man?" She said out a little loud. 

"What did you say?" Huo appeared out of nowhere. Aqua jumped in shock and her hear skipped a beat, preparing to attack back. "Don't punch me, it's me," Demon King said quickly before the attacks landed on him.

"Oh god," she said placing her hands on the chest. She was wearing a pretty whole and maroon gown and tied her hair up with a maroon ribbon. 

He leaned down to her level and gave a quick peck on her lips and cheeks. She pushed him away looking around to see if there are any eyes watching them closely. 

"Don't do any stupidity," she said as she took several steps away from him. 

"Why are you uncomfortable?" He asked her.

"I do not wish to get caught ay any cost,  she said.

"Why would anyone catch you when the King is here?" He questioned her."Am not just anybody, see that way, don't compare the situations and do calculation on your own," he replied. 

Aqua smirked and kept walking. She stood on top of a cliff, with the view to the dessert. And that became a place, she visited everyday of the month she stayed at the castle. To ease her unsettled heart. There were nights she wept when Huo'er was away at work She was not okay. Aqua stood there, looking at the never ending desserts, with a veil on her head, burke, revealing only he eyes. She had maintained the identity in the palace well as well as those who were too scared to leak the news against of the consequences they will have to meet. King Huo became ruthless regarding this matter and for Volca, she was yet to do something harmful waiting for the right time. 

Whanever Aqua stood at the cliff, she gazed at the sky, looking for the signs of return of her parents, she had said to Huo'er about her thoughts  but he suggested about staying safe inside the castle while he let out his trusted guards to enquire about the whereabouts, it was no good. Aqua did not wish to stay any longer. 

She was hugged from the back one day. "Tell me what can I do for you," Huo asked her, seeing her in a very depressed state. "Talk to me, just don't avoid me or grow silent, I know it's wrong to ask you to be cheerful, but I will, please be cheerful, this sad gave doesn't suit you," he said. She smiled at his words. 

"Really?" she asked looking at him. Her eyes grew wide at the sight of his face. She titled her head towards his palms as he touched her cheek and closed her eyes. 

"Don't worry, we will find them, we will find all of them, I have a strong feeling that somebody is helping them hide well," he said and leaned his head on hers.

"Are you thinking what am thinking?" She asked immediately. She looked at him. There was in both their eyes. He nodded. 

"Then we must go at once," she said recalling what she had seen in the hut while she was at the mountains, the day she fought with her Master Bo Hai. "I know exactly where to start," she said and held his hands. "There was a map I saw in there, and a piece of information written on it," she said.

"And where is that place?" He asked her, eagerly. 

"A place I know too well, a place father always visited, the place we trust the best," she said looking away, walking towards the edge of the cliff, as the sun set. 

"The Beast Kingdom," Huo declared feeling sure about it.

"Aniyo, aniyeyo Beast Kingdom," she said.

"Then?" 

"I will tell you soon, let me confirm first," she said facing him. "It's not because I don't trust you and all, there is one more thing I need to confirm," she said.

He did not say anything, he was upset but he did not care to express it. "Tell me when you do find it," he said and let it go. Aqua nodded and made the deal with him. She had different things in her mind that she didn't wish to disclose, which would lead to offending him. Huo sensed the dangerous thoughts running inside her and tried his best to keep up. He didn't wish to let her slip through his fingers again.

Aqua was sure about the involvement of other Realms, it made her feel confident and brave, to fight more, she grew stronger as each day passed and she wished to meet all the people who were involved with her parents' death. She just wanted to know who helped and who backstabbed. Aqua decided to meet everyone one by one and make them pay for their mistakes. She clenched her fists. A little too much that her nails wounded her palm and bled a little. 

Huo noticed that and walked closer and put his arms around her, standing together, watching the sun setting, sinking into the sand dunes, slowly, as the twilight spread everywhere, the sky turned pink and purple, and winds got colder. He was afraid of losing her again, and more importantly she losing her real self. Revenge was all she had in her mind. And it was not hiw Aqua used to be. The little changes started making her turn into a person she never was. And he did not want that. The new Aqua would be the threat to the whole universe and Huo could see that clearly, recalling everything that happened in the execution platform. The way she turned herself into releasing most of her powers. Untamed. He touched her fists and she relaxed instantly. He took them and kept them on his chest, and rubbed the blood of her palms. 

"Do you remember that night?" He asked her out of the blue ooking into her alluring eyes. "The first time I set my eyes on that mole on your..." he paused and whispered in her ears. It tickled her ears, as well as she turned coy all of a sudden. She nudged him and laughed. 

"You are a pervert," she laughed. 

"What? Didn't you enjoy that night?" He asked her. He was referring to the their time at the tree hut after escaping from the castle when Volca bought him to the castle with cuffs, presenting him to Late King Dritan. 

"What if I say I did?" She asked him.

"Then am good at my job," he said with satisfaction. 

"And what if I say I didn't?" She teased him with questions. 

"Then my work is incomplete, and practice makes a man perfect," he said and lifted her in his arms almost immediately. 

"What? Hey, Huo'er," she said surprisingly. He placed her on top of the rock and crashed his lips on her wildly. He kissed her deeply. He did not stop, he had a sort of hunger in him, for her. His hair stroked by the wind. He touched her face and out the other hand around her waist, pulling her closer, pressing him against her. He sensed her heart beat against his chest. She responded back just like him and she was smiling. He at that moment apparated straight away to his bedroom. He shut the door, carried her to the bed. He settled her down on the bed and moved closer. He first took the cloak off her. And then slowly he moved to the hanfu, he ripped them open, he had no patience and he threw them away. Then his fingers untied the knots in her lingerie. He took them off and had her naked in front of him. Then he eyed the mole she had on her swell of her breast. He kissed there. 

She laughed a little. "Pervert," she made fun of him again. She hid her thoughts well, letting him make love to her. 

He undressed quickly. And as always she was mesmerised by the view in front of her. She grabbed him. He leaned down and kissed her lip and laid her back. He kissed her everywhere and Aqua clutched on to the quilts tight. Huo had never done this much to her but this he was showing her more. He kissed her down the navel, and Aqua let out a moan in pleasure. And soon, when she was ready, he entered her. "What would you say now?" He asked her. She bit her lips to not make sounds. 

It lasted for the whole evening. Aqua laid in his arms, watching him, admiring him, as he fell asleep. She noticed tiny scratches on him arms. She blushed. There were also hickeys over the neck and chest. "Damn, " she thought and smile tracing her fingers over it. He was in a sound sleep that he noticed nothing. Aqua took this chance. She got up from the bed after planting a kiss on his forehead. She put on the clothes and stood there watching him for the last time. "I love you and I always will," she said and she apparated. She disappeared.