Chapter 348 - Her plan (1/2)

The darkness was sinuous, pulsing with movements and emotions completely its own. The churning swirls moved in a pattern that defied logic, mesmerized the eyes, and was so unfathomable as to drive one mad.

The same could be said for the creature that slipped out of it. Around the creature was a faint nimbus of nothingness, a small gap created by the actions of the darkness curling away from the creature.

The creature was too beautiful to inspire such fear from an inanimate object but it did. The form was statuesque, lithe, and pleasing to all the senses. Every inch of skin was luminous with a skin-deep shimmer, every inch built to lure, to seduce, to befuddle the mind so much that it missed the form underneath.

Underneath it was the form of a predator, the mannerisms of a killer's sheathed in languid elegance. But many will die never seeing it, blinded by their senses even as they bled to death.

The night was desolate and empty, a scene that could be anywhere in the world and the creature was comfortable in it, resplendent in its natural habitat.

A cruel smile crossed those beautiful features while the shimmer beneath the skin began to glow until it resulted in a blinding burst of light.

When it was over, nothing remained except the darkness, back to its natural form.

She traced the human skin with hands that were tipped by vivid pink claws that almost perfectly mimicked her true claws. Except they were softer and prettier and sadly shorter, nothing like the purposeful weapons she spotted in her true form.

She inspected her glamour, happier now that she didn't have to look sickly or weak. Weakness disgusted her and she had tried so hard to not betray her innate nature, there had been barely perceptible slips but if the humans noted it, they had an explanation for themselves.

She scoffed, a sound that was impossibly loud in the silence of her room, but no one was there to hear the sibilant sound filled to the brim with malevolence. No one to see the healthy pink skin fade off to be replaced by something too beautifully bizarre to be conjured by the human mind. She was a terrible beauty and she knew it, her smile was filled with too much certainty, her eyes too jaded.

Humans were detestable creatures even half-breeds but earth was such a fascinating, absolutely chock-full with demons who preferred it to the dark pits of hell; the humans were the main lure though.

So much to indulge, so much to see, so many beautiful games to play. So many people to manipulate, to toy with and eventually break in any manner she wished.

She'd enjoyed fooling them so far, she had gotten so secure in her plans that she didn't even bother looking in the mirror anymore to keep an eye on him.

It appeared that asleep, he wasn't as aware as he always claimed to be. That information curled her lips in unholy mirth. She had teased her boundaries and found them non-existent.

She felt confident that she had all the time in the world, as soon as she got Lei Zhao out of the way she would easily take her revenge.