Lucifer King

On My Knees

"I'm on my knees while I'm beggin', Cause I don't want to lose you" -Beggin', Maneskin

Warning! Slightly steamy chapter ahead!

※ Eliana's POV ※

"Eliana?" I heard a knock on the door and then Dante's soft voice, calling my name from the entrance of the small cabin. I looked up at him with the same apathetic look that I had for the past two days.

I haven't slept for at least 48 hours, waiting patiently beside the bed where Lucifer was sleeping. The uncomfortable wooden chair that I was sitting in was causing a bearable pain on my entire back, but I didn't pay attention because my heart was shattered inside my chest. The ever-growing feeling of loneliness and despair was getting more and more painful, putting me in a constant state of numbness.

"Eliana..." He sighed as he saw me still in the same chair, in the same position with the same devastating look. I brought my gaze back on my sleeping mate, watching his chest move slowly as he breathed. "You need to rest. You need to eat something... Your body is screaming for your attention, you are in pain..." Dante said as he moved closer to me and placed a gentle hand on my shoulder. His calmness didn't phase me anymore. Not after the chaos that erupted in my mind when I saw Lucifer falling from the sky.

I moved my head, nodding 'No' to him.

"At least talk to me! You haven't uttered a single word since we healed him" He said, his voice sounding desperate for a small fraction of my attention. But I couldn't bring myself to speak or move or eat. I just wanted Lucifer to wake up. I needed to know that he was okay, my heart needed to know that he was okay.

"Eliana, I'm serious. Your body is failing! You need to sleep. And I'm not going to let you destroy yourself like that. Not after I finally found you." He said firmly, his serious and commanding voice coming to the surface. I sensed his worry coming in waves and passing through his hand and on my shoulder. I shuddered and pushed his hand away from my shoulder.

There was silence for a while but I could hear his breathing getting heavier by the second. Suddenly I saw him coming in front of me and placing his hands on my arms, picking me up quickly. He brought me closer to his face and looked at me with an angry expression, his yellow eyes piercing through my sad ones.

"I promise that if he wakes up I will immediately wake you up. Now, please go get some really needed rest! I won't say it again!" He said and slightly shook me with his hands. My body was limp against his tight hold and I could feel my eyelids drooping.

"I can't..." I whispered at him. His eyes widened once he heard my voice. "I can't leave him," I said and glanced back at Lucifer's expressionless face.

"I don't know what's your connection with Lucifer King, but I think I can guess," Dante said with an indifferent voice as he started walking towards the door, dragging me with him. I started protesting but I was too tired to make him let me down.

"Dante, no... Please let me stay with him"I protested and grabbed his face so he could see me.

"Eliana, he's going to be okay! I'll stay by his side, and if he wakes up, I will send Gabriel to wake you up. He would want the same thing... probably." Dante said, clearly confused and worried.

"When," I said bitterly and he stopped in the middle of the room, looking at me as I gripped his arms tightly.

"What?" He asked me softly, his eyebrows furrowing.

"When he wakes up... Not if..." I whispered harshly and moved around, trying to make him let me go. "Now let me go! I'm not going anywhere until he wakes up."