The Devil's Lover: The Wish Read Online Free

a last minute sort of thing.”
    "Hello," he took her hand and kissed
it in a polite gesture, "you must be the Kali Hana’s talked about
so often.”
    "Yes, how do you do?” her attention
was still distracted by the young man from earlier. She could see
him from the corner of her eyes. There was something about Lucien
that was both familiar and intimidating at the same time. She was
sure they had never met, or if they had, it hadn’t been in a
classroom. With an aura like that, she would remember. Without a
doubt. 
    "You’re staring, again," Hana
whispered, shaking Kali by the shoulder.
    "I'm sorry, what were we talking
about?"
    "Never mind," Hana wrapped her arm
around her date. "Velox and I are going to dance. You should get
something to eat.”
    It wasn't a bad idea. She hadn't eaten
anything since she’d arrived home. As she made her way to the
buffet table, she noticed everyone's attention was pulled to the
tall young man dressed stylishly for the occasion. He had a
charisma that seemed to stir up the crowd. They could only stare
and admire his jet black hair and amber eye, which appeared almost
golden. As her eyes moved up to his face, she nearly choked on her
drink.
    She hadn’t even recognized him! The
sky must have fallen, because that's what it takes to get him into
a suit, she thought. The crowd slowly and steadily moved aside to
make way for him.
    "You look really good, Chevalier," she
complimented him as he stopped before her.
    “ You noticed that just
now?” he laughed softly.
    "You are also conceited," she
playfully pushed him back.
    He took her hand in his, his other arm
wrapping around her waist. He led her onto the dance floor. "Just
follow my lead.”
    "You didn't have to come.”
    "I didn’t want to let you go alone,"
he confessed.
    "I would have gone home, anyways,"
Kali gestured toward Hana and her date.
    "I'll be your ride home, then," he
said as he pulled her closer, "right after this dance.”
    “ I’m glad,” she said. Her
smiling eyes looked up at him. “You’ve been avoiding me for the
past couple of years, even though I live in your house. I thought
you didn’t care about me anymore.”
    “ I wasn’t avoiding you,”
he denied. “I’ve been so busy working. We’ve never had to chance to
talk much.”
    “ Don’t lie to me,
Chevalier,” she accused. “You have been acting distant for years
now. When I still lived with my grandmother, you visited less and
less frequently. I thought you were busy, but ever since I moved in
with you, you’ve been acting strange. I’m actually surprised that
you even touch me now.”
    He frowned. “I don’t like your
accusations.”
    “ They’re not accusations,
and you know it,” Kali sighed. “I don’t know what I’ve done to
upset you. But… it feels nice.”
    "What does?"
    "Even though you distance yourself,
you always look out for me,” she smiled. "It makes me want to get
into more trouble.”
    He looked uncomfortable at her
compliment. "Kali, I…"
    "Kali, may I borrow your partner?”
Hana interrupted. "You don’t mind, do you?"
    Kali looked up for Chevalier's
permission. His face was visibly red from embarrassment. "I don’t
mind,” she backed away to let Hana sidle up to
Chevalier.
    As Chevalier and Hana danced to the
next song, Kali slipped out onto the balcony. She could breathe
easier when she wasn’t surrounded by prying eyes. Taking in a
satisfying breath, she noticed the beautiful full moon on the
cloudless sky. It seemed so much closer to her than usual, and
there weren't any stars in the sky that could outshine
it.
    "Who is it?” she immediately spun
around, convinced someone was approaching. He stood only a few feet
away. His raven black hair blended in with the cloudless night, and
he wasn’t wearing his glasses anymore. She could see his eyes very
clearly now; they were intense, almost mesmerizing. Her eyes
usually trailed to different parts of the face to the most
noticeable features, whether it was uneven