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Chapter 2 - Prologue:-

— Lucien's POV*

They say devils don't feel.

That we exist only to take, to destroy, to tempt.

They're wrong.

I felt everything the moment I saw him.

Not because he was strong.

Not because he was brave.

But because he was breakable — and still walked into the dark.

He didn't see me at first.

But I saw him.

Soaking wet. Tired. Human.

The kind of boy who would stop to help a stranger bleeding in the rain.

The kind of boy who'd touch something he didn't understand.

And call it kindness.

I could have disappeared.

I almost did.

But something in me — something old and cruel — stayed.

Just to see what he'd do.

And when his hand reached out to me…

I knew.

He thought he saved me.

But I let him.

Because I wanted to know what it felt like —

to be held,

to be chosen,

to be claimed.

Even if it was just for a moment.

He doesn't know it yet,

but the second he touched me…

He stopped being free.

And I stopped being merciful.

He called it kindness.

I call it the beginning of his undoing.

ps:- hello everyone welcome to "The devil I held" I hope you find this novel worthwile.

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