Daimon's Deal Ch. 03

First of all let me apologize for taking so long to update the story. I have used some of my own experiences with sleep paralysis, (which is real) in the story. I have been extremely busy with school, studying for the MCAT, and dealing with a breakup but I am back . I am also working on getting the other stores up to date so be patient. Enjoy!

Charlie laid on her bed, rehearsing in her mind what to say to Asura when she called him.

'I don't like this plan of yours," primal interjected her thoughts, ruining her concentration.

'Well, I don't want to just give it up that easily, ok. I want more out of this deal than just clarity and you bugging me," Charlie huffed.

'I don't understand what is so hard. Just fuck him tonight and then we will work together and get Drew,' Primal irritated replied.

'You know, for a wild and untamed thing you don't have much cunning as I thought you would," Charlie thought idly.

Primal stirred uncomfortably in the back of her mind, making her wince and the headache she began to feel. Primal then barked back, 'Don't challenge me if you don't want me to fully take control of the situation,'

'Oh but I am challenging you,' Charlie replied sitting up in bed. 'I want you to work with me to tip the scales even more in our favor. We are dealing with an ancient demon that has a wealth of knowledge to bestow upon us and we are only trying for so little,'

'Always the knowledge seeker, you can't pass up an opportunity for more,' Primal replied snidely.

'No, this is different. We make a deal, we bargain, but on our terms,'

'And what exactly are those terms, hmm...?'

'You'll see, but I need you to be on my side. I am in control of my body and you will be my partner, but you will not control me,'

Primal was silent and she/it pondered what she said. Before Primal could reply, Charlie closed her eyes and began to clear her mind, until she fell asleep. Years of experiencing sleep paralysis allowed her to easily slip into sleep and even initiate sleep paralysis, yet she never had a desire to do until now.

A slow vibrational humming began in her ears, marking the beginning of her sleep paralysis. Her eyes cracked open she looked around the dark room and tried to move, yet couldn't. Shoving back down the panic in her throat she slowly began to call out to Asura in her mind, picturing him standing above her. Invisible hands wrapped around her throat as she felt a weight being pressed on her chest, and when it became unbearable, she sat up, broken free of her invisible chains.

Asura sat in the corner of her room, his profile in shadows, giving his glinting eyes and eerie glow. Charlie suppressed the chill that went down her spine and opened her mouth, yet the words died on her tongue.

"So, the young one has decided," he said, his lips barely moving as he stood and walked over to the bed.

"I...I accept the deal, but on different terms," she faltered, her earlier bravado gone.

Asura paused in his journey to her, interest lighting his eyes.

"I believe the terms were set, Charlie, but I am curious as to what you want,"

Charlie tried not to react to her name on his tongue, yet couldn't suppress and small shiver.

"I will give you my virginity, but I believe that it is worth more than that. My virginity will be given to you only when you have fully and truly given me the confidence that I have asked for. Access to my Primal instinct is not enough, but I require true control over my primal instinct, not for my primal instinct to control me," she finished breathlessly.

Charlie could feel Primal so utterly still in her mind, akin to animals that lie in wait for their prey as they both watched for his reaction.

Asura looked at her, as if trying to figure something out.

"I have given you access to her, something that most humans today aren't even aware of is inside of them. Yet you dare ask for more from me. I could smite you as I did to countless others, I could...."

"But you won't, because you did a half assed job and you know it. You gave me the most basic of what I asked for and I am calling your bullshit. You gave me a wild animal with no reins to control. She will only submit to a leader that is worth being subordinate to and you will make me such," Charlie said with finality not blinking as she looked at him.

Suddenly Asura laughed, his hollow voice ringing into the night, "You think you can manipulate me. You are a mere mortal, a lowly one at that that is presumptuous only because she had one day of self-confidence,"

Charlie ignored the stinging of his words, and continued, "No, you will do this because what better do you have to do? Go on for the next eon and swindle countless more people into devious deals. I think you tire of the same old bartering, yet are so used to it, I doubt you possibly could even complete such an arduous task. This is not an overnight process, but I understand now that you just want to collect payment and move on. You have no real investment, no real involvement in the projects you initiate, you just blindly brush past the masterpieces you could have wrought upon this earth. Come then. Fuck me now so I can find a real demon to finish what you so ignorantly cannot finish," she scathingly replied.

Asura stalked up to her, and Charlie forced herself to hold his gaze and not flinch under his unrelenting gaze.

"The last woman who challenged me thus was able to start a war of a thousand ships with a mere glance at another man! You know not of what you ask, yet I shall pay up young one, do not worry. You will be the ultimate femme fatale when I am done with you and you shall have true reign over your inner animal and hold sway over men' hearts. You shall control your destiny and the world shall lay upon your feet like lamb to a slaughter, yet let's hold one thing clear. I am no man. And you will never bring me to my knees. You will submit to me, and only me, mind, body, and soul!"

Charlie looked away trying to escape his beautiful yet chilling face as he leaned closer with every word.

"Fine! I accept!" she screamed, and instantly a pain in her heart tore through her as she regretted her words.

Asura smiled a slow smile and grabbed her chin to look at him.

"I shall give you multiple lessons and each comes with a small price that is built into the lesson. You will learn from me as a pupil learns from a maestro and you will love every second of it. You shall enjoy the process of me destroying every inch of you and rebuilding you again. You will come to realize intimately that destruction is only another word for creation, for you cannot make something from which there is nothing,"

She pulled away from his grip, "When do we begin?"

"We have already begun and you have learned your first lesson and passed your first test,"

She looked at him confused, "I did?"

"You saw through the masquerade placed in front of you and called my bluff. Then turned the situation to your advantage and demanded your terms. It is called a power play and you have just entered the arena," Asura said self-satisfied.

"So you knew what you were doing this whole time?"

"Yes, but not everybody always have the intuition to see through. Most just put forth what they want and just take what they get. Lesson two, never allow your opponent to see your shock and confusion at their revelation,"

"But I am not at war with anyone, why must I treat them like an opponent if I only want to seduce this man?"

"He is always your opponent, everyone is. Life is about surviving for yourself, and you do for others only if there is some small benefit to you,"

"That's so callous and Machiavellian," she replied.

"Who do you think taught him," Asura said vaguely.

Charlie was silent and looked up when he walked away.

"When will I get my first real lesson form you?"

"I shall be back when the time is prudent, and we will go from there," he said.

Charlie felt her limbs go heavy and she fought to stay awake as her eyelids started to close. Her last sight was his face looking back at her with an unreadable gaze.

To be continued................