Chapter 8 IT WAS YOU

• A bucket of water was poured over April's head, it had jolted her awake so rudely and without warning that her entire face was still dripping from the cold water. April opened her eyes, she saw her hands and legs were chained and she wasn't in the store room, where she was looked like a dungeon, a dark cold dungeon.
• Shocked at receiving such treatment, she struggled to free herself from the chain but felt sharp thorns piercing through her skin. April whimpered in pain as she stared at the chains with sharp thorns used to chain her.
• "I'd advise you not to struggle to free yourself unless you want to get hurt." She heard his cold voice echoed in the dungeon as he took a seat watching her as she whimpered in pain. He seemed to find pleasure in seeing her in agony.
• "The next time you try to run away from me, your mum and your best friend, Mandy or whatever she calls herself would also be punished."
• April felt her knee weakened as she heard his threats. She knew this man was not bluffing, he was capable of hurting the people close to her but why? Why was he doing this to her? Why was he being so cruel to her? What did she do to deserve this kind of treatment?
• "You're a monster, you disgust me." April cursed with so much disgust. She hated him, no, she loathed him for treating her this way. Locking her in a cold room and chaining her like a slave, she hated him for that.
• Damon scoffed as his lips curled into a savage smile. "I don't think you have any right to call me a monster judging by the thing you've done in the past."
• April let out a weak sigh as she rolled her eyes. He was at it again, talking about the things she had done in the past. What exactly did she do in the past that made him despise her? What past was he even talking about?
• "Past? What exactly did i do in the past?" She sneered. "What on earth did i do to deserve this ill treatment? What exactly did i do wrong to deserve all these?" Her voice echoed in the silent dungeon as she let out a loud, doleful wail.
• A long pause of silence evolved the dungeon as those two persons kept glaring at eachother. If looks could kill, they both would have been dead by now. Seconds ticked by but still none of them uttered a word causing the already quiet dungeon to become more quiet that they could even hear eachother's heart beat.
• "You want to know the reason why I'm being cruel to you?" His deep voice echoed breaking the silence.
• April's eyes which was filled with hate and disgust widened a little when she heard his question. She had been dying to know the reason, the reason why he was treating her this way. She really wanted to know the reason why he was after her life. Even though she wasn't expecting much from him, she still hoped he revealed the reason why he was hellbent in killing her.
• "Three hundred years ago, a powerful witch waged war against the vampires." He started, with his gaze glued on her. April rolled her eyes as she wondered how this story related to the reason why he was cruel to her but yet, she still listened as she might get a clue from his story.
• "She killed thousands of vampires and also......." He paused in his explanation and tore his gaze off her as he looked down staring at nothing in particular. For the first time, April saw him struggling to utter a word, he gritted his teeth as if this was a conversation he had never wanted to have and that made April curious, she wondered what it was that made this demon this way.
• "She killed....." He paused again, struggling to control the rage that was boiling in him. "......She killed my wife and cursed me." He said, in a steady whisper, that was no more than audible.
• April could feel the sorrow and bitterness in his voice but she still wondered how this story related to the reason he was after her life.
• "You must be wondering how it all relates to the reason why I'm cruel to you." He said in his usual cold manner that made April wonder if he was the same man who sounded sad some seconds ago.
• April couldn't help but bit her lower lip as her curiousity was getting the best of her. She was eager to know the reason he was after her life, the reason he despised her so much. And just as if the demon sensed how curious she was to know the reason from him, he paused for a long while. She clenched her fist as she felt like punching his face and make him spit out everything to ease the suspense she was feeling.
• "It was you, Margaux." His lips twitched as anger overflowed his eyes.
• "The witch who cursed me three hundred years ago was you."