unforgiven [private]

[Adofo]

Cole: Yeah. But....this doesn't mean anything bad right? Like....your parents still love me, right?

[Kipekee]

Zekyu looked down at her paws. "...you...Cole, you don't really know my parents. My father, of course, being the emperor of demons, is obviously faking the smiles and compliments, so I don't need to explain that, but my mother...she's a hitter. You know those really tiny scratches and holes in both of my ears? She gave those to me. She still nips and slices my sisters' ears, but I was her punching cushion back in the day because I wasn't well-behaved at all. She expects perfection from her soulmate's princesses and prince." A single tear slid down her face. "And after I pushed it too far...she made sure that I wasn't one of those princesses anymore."

[Adofo]

Cole: What did you do to push her over?

[Kipekee]

"I was mad." Zekyu sniffled. "I told my parents that if they were rulers, then everyone else was ordinary. I told them that they were low, that they were too good to be true. I didn't actually mean it, but it hurt their feelings. My mother was pissed." Zekyu lifted her bangs to show a big scratch that started at the top of her nosebridge that ended near the back of her neck. "She demanded that my father exiled me and disowned me, and that he should send me away forever. Some of your nightmare was true, Cole. Maybe not killing us, but me getting disowned...that was all true."

[Adofo]

Cole: Well......you think there is something we can do to make up for it? .....Like......what if we became demons, like them?

[Kipekee]

Zekyu shook her head. "No, we can't. I've been exiled from the spiritual realms, and when I die I will be stuck between heaven and earth forever. I will not be able to join you and the Great Kings because I will be trapped." She sighed. "Soooooo looking forward to it." Her voice was leaking with sarcasm. "But my sisters? They're still demons, and they have the gift of immortality. So does my mom, but she's not a demon, just the reincarnation of an angel."

[Adofo]

Cole: Have you.....ever just apologized? Not just say "I'm sorry." But say how sorry you are?

[Kipekee]

"I've tried...my mother is pretty unforgiving... My dad just doesn't care anymore."

[Adofo]

Cole: Come on.....I want to try....for you!
Cole ushered his mate over to her parents.
Cole: Hey......Zekyu told me about what happened between you three. I know you are still upset about it.....but Zekyu loves you with all her being! She regrets ever saying something so harsh to you. You think.....you can give her another chance to show you just how good of a daughter she can be? Please? If she can't make it up to you.....you can turn me into a demon.....and I'll be your personal slave for eternity.

[Kipekee]

Kipekee was sleeping, and Zavok was almost lulling off himself when they approached. He listened to every word that Cole said, crossing his paws neatly. "Demons are born of fire in the womb, little mortal. You would have to have at least one demon parent. We have heat, flame and darkness within our souls, which cannot come from adoption and cannot form from those tainted." He pointed his black and gray striped horns at Cole by lowering his head. "You see these, do you not? They do not form by mutation or random chance. They are embedded into my skull. They are as old as their carrier. They formed while I was still inside my fallen mother." He raised his head, meeting Cole's gaze. "They cannot just grow like a blade of grass. These horns of mine, they grew with me, as did many other things that mortals and angels cannot have."

Zekyu hid behind Cole, and Zavok didn't even bother to look at her, curling up beside his mate and drifting off to sleep next to her. The reddish-gray lioness nuzzled Cole and then turned to walk away.
"I told you it was useless." She sighed. "If only I could relive my life and take it back. But I can't."
She glanced at Zazz and Zor, who were grooming each other, purring contently. Zekyu sighed, knowing that she and Cole probably could never be like them. They were cheating on each other, she knew it. Zazz wouldn't be able to bring himself to cheat on Zor, and Zor was too depressed as it was.