#lilith!rey

“Which do you prefer studying, your books or me?” he teased.

Rey immediately shot back, her retort rolling off her tongue with practiced precision. “You bore me.”

The prince feigned hurt, clutching the spot of skin above his heart. Between long fingers, Rey caught a glimpse of dust rose shot through with silver - his nipple piercing. She unconsciously began chewing her bottom lip at the sight.

“Now, we both know that’s not true. Don’t we, Rey?”

Back on his wickedly handsome face was that damned smirk. The onyx of his pointed necklace gleamed in the bright firelight of the torches, drawing her attention once again to his toned, scarred chest. Rey rolled her eyes, glueing them back to her book so as to keep her gaze away from him. Try as she might, she could not deny her carnal attraction towards the prince.

“Tell me what you want, Kylo, and then leave me alone.” Her tone lacked its usual spitfire, replaced by coolness and boredom. Rey hoped to wound him in a different way - she wanted to be left alone.

“I just wanted to see my favorite protector. See if perhaps she had bored herself silly yet with all this paper surrounding her. Honestly what is the appeal of history, let alone human history? They’re so beneath us, Rey.”

She saw in his eyes a brief flash of anger, his fingers clenching against his biceps so hard they would form bruises against the pale flesh. A thought popped into her head at the sight of such anger: why does Kylo seem to hate humans so much?

Leaning back in her chair so as to have a better view of her significant annoyance, Rey said, “I simply find them interesting. I’ve spent the most time with them due to my power, I’ve lived among them for centuries at a time. They are just...fascinating.”

“Even when they continue to lose fear in us, murdering so many demons that there are now but only a handful of our kind left?” Kylo’s voice burned with righteous indignation with his question, his body leaning towards Rey’s chair. Her spine reflexively straightened, her chin tilted up and into his sneering face.

The prince continued, “We shouldn’t study these dull creatures, we should be striking them with fear. To remind them of their place in this universe, exactly where they stand: on the bottom. These weak sacks of meat and bone are not interesting, Lilith. No, they are beneath us and must remember that. We use them for our survival.

“This is why I suggest we also use this little field trip as an opportunity to strike some fear into the hearts of humans. So that we may not die of fear starvation. Would you be willing to cause some chaos with me, Rey?”

The way he breathed her name, wrapped in promises and temptations, caused her rigid spine to shudder with pleasure. It was tempting, his offer of chaos and fear. Rey was beginning to feel herself weakening - it had been some time since someone feared her. She knew the king and the prince would be fine far longer than any other demons; they were the most feared, the most well known.

However she did not wholeheartedly agree with Kylo’s perception of humans. Yes, they were technically beneath demons, but Rey recognized the rather dependent relationships demons had with humans. While they would all die without human fear, those in the realm below theirs would not be affected by their extinction.

Biting her bottom lip, Rey looked into his glowing eyes. His relaxed cocky attitude was back, the casual smirk once again gracing his face.

If he does this while I am there, I can control how much damage he inflicts upon the human world. I am hungry; the chaos will help Kylo calm down as well, perhaps help him change his view on them, Rey pondered.

She weighed the pros and cons of Kylo’s plan a few seconds more before her steel gaze bore into his own.