Be Careful What You Wish For: A Zombie Apocalypse
Chapter 204: The First Deadly Sin of Pride

Chapter 204: The First Deadly Sin of Pride

It was like my body was no longer my own as I reached forward and plucked the crystal out of Pride’s fingers. The demon in front of me was just as stunningly beautiful as Gluttony was, complete with the horns, tail, and wings. But instead of looking like a sunset, it was like I was facing the vast expanse of space.

His skin was black with little speckles of white shimmering just under the darkness, like stars in a midnight sky. Just like Gluttony, he had to hunch forward in order to fit into the room, but even with that position, he was majestic.

"How could you see yourself and not see how much Luci loved you when she created you?" I sighed as I shifted my eyes from the demon in front of me and over to the crystal in my hand. Like Pride, the crystal was black with white lights sprinkled around, looking like glitter.

I didn’t know what to do next, I really didn’t. Would Pride die without this crystal? And if he did, could I live with myself knowing that, at the end of the day, I was the one who killed Pride simply because I was bent out of shape?

But Pride was willing to sacrifice everything for my forgiveness to make things right. And I wasn’t about to turn up my nose at that type of sacrifice.

Then again, did I really know what to do with this crystal?

Fuck my life.

"Thank you," I said at last. The two words seemed to be so inconsequential compared to what he was doing for me. But I also didn’t know what else to say.

Cupping the shard between my hands, I pulled it in closer to my chest. "Whatever happens next..." I started before stopping. What could I say... that I forgave him? No matter what I said, it wasn’t up to me to forgive him.

It was just bad timing on both his part and Luci’s. I mean, 10,000 years of bad timing, but there is no forcing love. No matter how much you want to.

Within seconds of my hands touching my chest, I gasped as I felt the crystal melting and then disappearing. Where did it go?! I couldn’t have dropped it, right?

A soul-crushing pain in my chest let me know exactly where the crystal went.

My stomach dropped as I tried to open my mouth, but nothing came out. However, as fast as it started, the pain left like it was never there.

"Pride?" I asked, confused. It felt like I was too full... or I had spent too much time with Elizabeth. I could feel my heart pounding hard as if I had just run a marathon, and yet I hadn’t moved a muscle.

"This shouldn’t be possible," replied Pride, still very much in his demon form. However, the more that I looked at him, the more I could make out things I hadn’t seen before. While his skin had originally been a dark black, there now seemed to be different colors shimmering over him. Everything flowed around him, like he was a blank canvas before and now he was a true masterpiece.

"Want to tell me what is going on?" I muttered, really not happy. "Cause I have no idea what I just did."

"You merged us," replied Pride as he lifted his hands and inspected them like he had never seen them before. "I thought I was going to die, and yet you tied us together so tightly that I don’t know where you start and I end. I can feel your powers flowing through me... it’s like... you are right beside me."

"Probably because I am," I snapped, the panic I was originally feeling coming at me full blast. I struggled to breathe as my skin started to feel too small for my body. It was like, at any second, I could explode into a hundred pieces.

And I would not make a good Humpty Dumpty.

P.S..... who was the first one to suggest that Humpy Dumpty was an egg? Cause that’s not stated in the rhyme.

Any who... back to freaking out that I have now tied myself completely and irrevocably to a demon that may or may not like me.

Fuck my life.

"You are the most perfect creature in all of existence," sighed Pride as he closed his eyes and sank to his knees. "It was like I was seeing everything in black and white, thinking that was the way of the world... and you brought me all the colors of the universe."

Taking in another deep breath, he bowed down low to me, his horns very close to impaling me on their sharp tips. "I am the first Deadly Sin of Pride," announced Pride, and I clamped my lips shut so that I didn’t interrupt whatever he was going to say next. "I pledge my life, my loyalty, my power, my minions, everything that I am to the Queen of Hell, Hagatha Lucinda LaRue. I can be your sword in times of war, your shield when you need it, your strength when you are weak, and your support when you walk ahead. From this moment on, I am yours to wield as you desire, in any way that you desire. Will you accept me, My Queen?"

A million different scenarios flew through my head as his words seemed to penetrate deep into my heart and my mind. While I still felt overwhelmed, it also felt like I could take my first breath in forever.

"I accept you, the First Deadly Sin of Pride," I sighed, the words coming out of my mouth without thinking.

One of the knots in my chest from when Luci first told me her story was unwound as Pride stood up as best he could. "My Hattie," purred Pride as he reached forward with a curled finger. It was practically the length of my face and almost as thick, but the way he used it to stroke my cheek made me feel safe and loved. "My Angel."

"I am only willing to be yours since you have already declared yourself as mine," I replied, taking in a deep breath. "You are my Pride, my demon, my Dante. If you let anyone who is not me touch you, I’ll kill both of you. Do you understand me?"

Pride narrowed his eyes but didn’t say anything for a moment. "I would like to vow that," he started, making me narrow my eyes in response. "But what happens if both me and the reaper are fucking you from both sides, and we accidentally touch? Or if Gluttony is taking you from behind while Tank is under you, and I am fucking your mouth? There are way too many ways that I might touch someone else. So sorry... I can’t promise you that."