“Do they know where we are?” I managed to get out when we appeared in a dark cave. I was still surprised that Orchid came and got me out of there.
“No, I don’t think they’ll come looking for us either,” she replied “Not when Lucifer is about to be sprung in a day…”
I couldn’t believe how much time has flown by. Tomorrow was now or never; the war of wars. The possibility of the ending of all we know…
“I’m going to go get some wood and see if we can start a fire.” Orchid said getting up
“I’ll come with you.” I managed a whisper as I starting to stand up, but she raised her hand to motion me to stop
“No, not with the wounds you have. You’re no use at the moment….I’ll try to find something for your throat.”
One thing I did hate about my clan right how was their somehow endless supply of holy water. I remember waking up and one of the demon’s forcing it down my throat before Bresal jumped in and stopped him saying that they weren’t allowed to do anything until the queen said so. My throat still burned and when I spat a little blood would come out. My stomached churned even at the thought. I rested my back against the stone wall and looked up into its dark ceiling.
An image of Eve popped up in my head randomly. My chest ached at the thought of her walking away. She just walked as though I really did deserve to die…out of everyone, even Layla, I thought that she would be the one to believe me when I said that I only attacked that girl for Eve’s safety…apparently not. I know we had just split up but even then I didn’t just stand there when I saw that she was in danger…
I looked over towards the entrance of the cave that Orchid had left through. I hoped she would be alright by herself, I then smiled; she was probably more worried about me then I was her. Thinking about her being alone though made me worry. She was a rouge after all; she could get into trouble. I laid down on my back and stared back up at the ceiling while paying attention to all sounds; the dripping of water somewhere deep within the cave, the rabbits running away from a fox a few feet from the cave, the birds chirping…but no sign of Orchid…she must have transported somewhere. I sighed and thought what the others were doing, for some reason I felt bad for leaving them.
They were going to kill you a voice said they were just going to watch you die. If they find you they will not only kill you but Orchid as well. You have forsaken both of you.
I just want this to be over…I thought I just want everything to go back to normal…I don’t care about being with Evelynn- a sharp pain made my heart ache. If I wanted to get through this I had to stop thinking about her…forget her, she’s nothing but an unwanted obstacle in life. She would have never been a true mate anyways. She’s not even a demon. Does it matter though? I’ m not even a demon, I never was, not fully at least. It no longer mattered though. Sometimes I really think it’s just easier to be single, that way you don’t have to worry about someone else.
I shot up and grabbed a sharp rock when I heard footsteps “Are we really going to have to keep doing this?” Orchid let out a small laugh
I let my muscles relax “Sorry.”
She walked over and handed me a flask. I looked at her quizzically and she replied “It’s just some herbs and water I mixed up. I learned a little bit about plants when I was still human…” I took the flask when she handed it to me and took a sip of it almost spitting it back out. Orchid came over and tilted my chin up and helped me to force it down like a mother would make her child swallow medicine. I coughed a couple times and it felt like my throat was ripping apart, but as soon as I chocked down about half of the content I felt the pain lesson.
I could feel my wounds starting to heal as Orchid tended the fire. Along the way she had also caught a rabbit for us to eat. I watched as she skinned the rabbit and roasted it on the fire. I smiled; I remembered back in the old days where I would do the same thing with just Cerberus and me. I would always give him half of the rabbit since he always kept staring at me while I ate. I really missed that mutt at times.
Orchid looked back at me and laughed “What’s got you so happy?”
I looked up at her and returned the smile “Just a friend back at home.”
“Demon?”
“Hell hound.”
Her eyes widened “Really? I mean I knew they existed but I never actually have seen one…”
I laughed and “They make good alleys when you finally gain their trust,” I smiled “Mine took at least three years before he finally got used to me.”
She smiled “What’s his name?”
“Cerberus.”
“Ahh, I get it like the three headed dog in the Greek myths.”
“Let’s just be thankful in reality they can only have one.”
“No kidding.” She smiled•
After we had finished eating we were both exhausted. Orchid laid down on the opposite side of the fire and I told her I would keep an eye on it so she didn’t have to worry so much. I watched as the minuets passed by and neither of us had fallen asleep. Both of us were too tense; we could feel Lucifer’s presence become stronger. It was a good thing we had no real connection with him though. Orchid and I…well Orchid wasn’t always a rouge. I was still confused by how I had become one. Had it happened because of stress? I don’t think I was stressed out that bad…just angry….I closed my eyes and I felt someone enter my head and lulled me into a sleep before I could object.
I looked around and found that I was somehow back at the demon realm. No this was a dream, I wasn’t really here…I heard giggling and turned around just in time to see a white substance disappear around the corner. I ran after it but it kept disappearing before I could get to it. I knew it was a woman by how they kept giggling.
“Come on,” I breathed as I hunched over. I had taken to what seemed about a thousand turns in this damn maze. I saw a blur of white walk across the hall and ran towards it but where they should have been was only a dead end. I heard more giggling and turned around when I was pushed up against the wall. I tried to push the mystery woman away but they pressed their lips against mine. Their lips tasted like sour candy as I tried to pull away…but after a few more second I found my body weaken and I fell to my knees while they kept their lips still locked with mine. They then pulled away with their hands still on my face and I could see her eyes smile behind her mask. Her lips were a deep shade of red.
“As sweet as they used to be…” the woman smiled
I started to panic when I recognized those eyes. How in hell had Eliza gotten into my head and had enough power to take over and pry into my dreams?
She smiled “Do you want another taste?” as she said that she exposed her neck
What do you think I am? I growled I’m not a fricken vampire?!
“You seem to keep wanting it though…back at the hotel…the Society…”
I only tried to kill…what do you mean the Society?
Eliza laughed as she back up a little bit “They said it would never work but I showed them alright. Women are always right after all.”
What are you talking about Eliza?
“Let’s say you were my little experiment,” she grinned evilly and I still didn’t understand. she then rolled her eyes “I’m the one who made you what you are.”
My eyes widened in shock and terror. How could Eliza turn me into a rouge? When had she? If it was the same thing as turning a human into a demon then she would have had to give me some of her blood and even then it didn’t make since…there were two types of demons; a regular demon and a rouge. You were either born one way or the other…a demon couldn’t turn rouge and a rouge couldn’t turn back into a normal demon.
“You want to know how it’s possible…simple. I knew I could seduce you enough to get you not to even notice. I hide my blood from your sight as you kissed my neck. You never even noticed. I tried to do it the first time I caught you but Eve just had to come in at the wrong moment.”
Even so…it’s more than just having blood.
“You think that was a mistake when I mentioned Bresal’s name?” she laughed and I felt my anger flare; I stilled seethed at the thought of them going behind my back like that “All I had to do was get you mad enough, I had to push you over the limit while the blood was still in you. Since you were half demon I knew that that part would try to fight the change so I had to say something to get your emotions all mixed up and to their limit. That way the blood could easily take over the human part of you….”
It was all still so confusing. It was just maddening, improbable, impossible…
“Yes confusing I know, but I had to try my theory out. A demon can never be one of us…but if the demon was yet still human…even half. There was a possibility…”
Why? Was all I could say
Because I felt like it, I was tired of being made fun of for loving a Halfing. I mean come on! A rouge and a Halfing? That is just childish. The only reason I didn’t do it sooner was because I was too busy with other things…other people.
Go burn in hell I growled
“Soon my love…soon we all will be.”
The dream faded and I woke up. I could feel tears stream down my eyes in sadness and confusion of what Eliza had told me; it was just so much to take in. I know it probably wouldn’t seem like much to someone else but to me it was as if someone had dumped a boulder the size of a mountain right on top of me. First Eve tears out my heart out, then Layla stabs me in the ribs, then the holy water down the throat, and now this? What else do people want from me? My wounds had finally healed by now but I felt like I wanted to reopen them. That way I would know that I’m not just a hallow puppet that is used for other people’s use. I turned my head to see Orchid sleeping and the fire had long died out. I stood up and quietly walked over as I laid my jacket over her as her body shivered. I walked outside where the rain poured down lightly. I remembered the time where I had left Eve with Malcolm to only find her not long after crying in the rain. I remembered raping my arms around her and trying to calm her down when she looked up at me.
Will you ever leave me? She had asked
I never gave her an answer…not really. All I had to mention was one word in my speech for her to understand that if I absolutely had to I would…and that was what I was doing now. Besides, I will not stay for someone who does not want me.
She left you a voice agreed in my head Why would you waste your time on someone who would just walk away and leave you to die?
Seeing Eve give up on me like she made me wish that Orchid would have never come for me. I closed my eyes. I felt my throat tighten. A life without Evelynn was hardly a life at all. All the times she said she hated me finally started to sink in, I always just shouldered it off but I couldn’t anymore. My walls had come down and they were broken beyond repair. I clutched at my chest, if only I had stayed to have Layla rip my heart out for me. I could hear all their voices yelling and snapping at me in anger. They all had a right to hate me; in the end they knew all I would do was try to kill them. This pain…these feelings…it was worse than death. I picked up a sharp jagged rock and threw it back and forth. I could just end it myself. I have no future…I know where to strike without having to do it twice.
Just end it I told myself Do everyone a favor
I sighed and looked up into the sky…I fell down to my knees with the rock still in my hands. I held it so tight it cut into my skin. I couldn’t do it…I just couldn’t. I bent my head down as more tears started to form. My body started to shake as the rain poured down harder than before. In seconds I was soaked and I didn’t care. The rain washed my blood onto the group maxing it mix into the dirt. I slowly stood up and looked up at the sky while blinking out tears and rain water.
“Why?!” I yelled up into the sky “Why us?! Why not someone else?!”
Of course no one answered in reply though. I yelled out in frustration and threw the rock as hard as I could across the wooded area.
“Clement?” I heard someone ask behind me but I didn’t turn around
I felt her hand on my shoulder as my body shook “Just leave me alone…” I whispered
“Clement we can’t stay out here, we-”
“We what?” I interrupted “It’s not like it will do anything to us! We’re just immoral, unfeeling beasts!”
“I used to believe that,” she said slowly “but then someone came and saved me. A rouge just like me. We have proved everyone wrong about us.”
“No, they are right about us. Sooner or later we’ll kill everyone we love and care about.”
“Don’t tell me you actually believe that.”
“In a matter of fact I do. I used to hope that I was wrong but I guess I was asking for too much. Even if I don’t hurt someone there will always be people who think I will or will try to make me, or will just plain give up on me when I realize…that I can’t do this alone.”
“And you won’t,” she said sternly “you told me whatever happens you got my back. Well I’m going to do the same for you. For the sake of being able to see my brother even for a second I am sure as hell going to at least try. You say they’re giving up on you but maybe you’re just giving up on yourself.”
I looked down. I knew she was right but what are we going to do then? How can we make them see something that they don’t want to see in the first place? You can’t change someone’s beliefs, at least not easily “What do you suggest then?”
She went silent. Unsure of what to say “I don’t know…but let’s get inside the cave so we can figure something out. Please?”
I looked across the woods and then back at Orchid and nodded as I followed her back into the dry cave where she started up another fire. Even the warmth of the fire couldn’t comfort me though. I could feel my hands start to go numb as they started to heal again but I just picked up another rock and cut them again.
“What are you doing?!” Orchid cried out as she took the rock away from me
“Forcing myself to feel the pain I made everyone else feel.” I said flatly but made no attempt to grab the rock again.
That is when she slammed me down onto the floor with the rock in her hand pointing at my chest. My reflexes made me grab stop her wrist from going any further, but my heart wasn’t in the mood to fight.
“Think of how much pain people will be in when you’re gone. Did you ever think that hurting or even killing yourself would just make everything worse? Clement Evelynn loves you.”
“She has a pretty damn strange way in showing it.” I snapped
“I don’t know she’s just probably confused right now. Different people react to certain things differently, and killing yourself isn’t going to solve anything!”
I was silent in reply.
She sighed and stood up “Hate to burst your bubble even more, but it wouldn’t have worked anyways. I don’t know about you demons but I don’t think a jagged rock to the heart will do anything more than hurt like hell for a rouge.”
I knew she was right; it was the exact same way for demons. Maybe one of the reason I didn’t do it or maybe it was just something else. Who cares though?
“Besides if Layla and the group are going to win this war, like it or not, they’re going to need our help.”
“We can’t win this war Orchid…” I replied slowly
She shook her head “You see? Right there, again with the giving up.”
I stood up in anger “How do you suppose we will? Have you forgotten that we’re up against Lucifer and who knows how many rouges after he’s risen? This war was out of our hands long before we even knew about it!”
“Well then, we better get to Luke and them before that happens now won’t we? What's more is that we’ll have angels on our side; we have more help coming.”
I looked away knowing she was right, but I was too stubborn to admit it.
“Clement I know you,” she continued “Well I don’t know you know you but you’re defiantly not someone who comes to mind as someone who would just stand around and do nothing.”
Again she was right; all my instincts and beliefs told me that I had to fight, whether they were the demon part, the rouge, or whatever human there is left. Eve loves you Clement those words rang in my head like the bells of a church. Was it possible that somewhere deep down she still did? Then why had she walked away? Because she’s probably confused…I sighed and shook my head. I don’t know there just has to be more to it. I’ve seen Eve mad a lot of times but last time was different. I looked up at Orchid who was watching me and sighed “Fine, I’m in, but I’m not staying when this is all over.”
“I think you’ll think differently when it is.”
“Not likely,” I yawned as I stretched out my arms “but we’ll see.”
Everything went quiet then. Not even the sound of crickets or birds. Orchid and I stood up immediately and listened to the surrounding area….nothing. I felt my body shake and my stomach turn with the familiar feeling. Orchid must have felt it to because the next second a blade appeared in her hand just as another rouge appeared. I bent backwards as a blade swept out at me and another appeared. I dodged his blade several times and he thrust his blade only ending up embedding it into the cave wall. He tried to pull it out, but before he could I kicked him away and he fell to the ground. He got up quickly and rammed me into the ground as his hands wrapped around my throat. I gasped once and held my breath. I heard a chuckle over to my left as the rouge and I looked over. Gedeon stood leaning against the entrance “I thought Layla would have killed you two by now…I guess she’s weaker than I thought.”
“She’s strong enough to kick your ass.” I snarled
He grinned “Is that so? I guess we’ll find out when we meet on the battle field. On other matters what are the two of you doing here? What does Eve think about you two alone together?”
“We aren’t together anymore.” I managed to growl
“Hmm, that’s surprising since she followed you like a puppy. What happened? Did you get a little carried away with your temper again? It’s ok Cade let him go, he’s not going to try anything…not if he wants his ex to stay alive.”
Cade let go after a few second and backed up and I stood up “Why should I care if she’s an ex?”
“Ooo, she must have done something pretty bad to get you to say that, but I still don’t think you would just let that happen…unless she did the same to you,” He smiled and it grew when he saw my face “So she did! Oh Evelynn, Evelynn, Evelynn, Evelynn. That girl does amaze me so. I would have never thought she would let you die without getting in the way first.”
“Shut up.” I snapped
“So you want to tell Eliza herself to kill Evelynn? Unless you do still care about her.” he asked
“I don’t.”
‘Then tell that to Eliza.”
“No.”
“I’m afraid I’m a little confused then. You don’t care about her yet you won’t give the order to kill her…which is it?”
“Neither,” I replied “You don’t have to care about someone to protect them. You just have to know it’s the right thing to do.”
He sighed as though he was board “Fine I’ll just do it th-”
I slammed him against the wall “No you won’t.” I barked out as though I was giving an order
He grinned showing off his pointed teeth and pushed me away “You’ll have to choose one or the other,” he laughed “Here’s the deal then. Join us in the battle or I’ll have Eliza kill Eve and I’ll have my clan take care of your new little friend Orchid here.”
“Clement don’t do it!” Orchid managed to get out before one of the demons pulled on her hair to shut her up.
I looked from Orchid to Gedeon; I knew I couldn’t let Orchid or Eve get hurt but if I joined the rouge’s army then they could still get hurt….but could was the key word. If I could convince Gedeon to let Orchid go so she could get somewhere safe then she would be in the clear. Eve on the other hand always had the others by her side so it would be hard for them to get to her…
“On one condition,” I told Gedeon “you let Orchid go-”
“Dea-” He started to interrupt but I wasn’t finished
“and you will not touch or hurt her or her family.” I continued. Orchid objected but I ignored her “Do we have a deal Gedeon?” I asked him
He smiled evilly in reply “You have my word. Hans. Jacob, let her go. As long as her family doesn’t attack kill one of us then we will not harm them in any way. You have a rouge’s oath.”
I nodded and looked over to where they released Orchid. I looked at her sadly “I’m sorry.” I told her
She looked at me repulsed and then disappeared. “Oh one more thing…” Gedeon walked over to me “You’re going to have to kill Evelynn.”
Somehow I wasn’t surprised when he said that. It was rouge logic as I liked to think of it; to save someone you have to kill them. I didn’t mind though, I would do what I’d had to, to keep her safe from the other rouges….•
We transported back to their camp where I saw all of them celebrating their/our victory beforehand. Gedeon slapped me on the back “Enjoy yourself while you can. It might be you’re only chance.” He said as he pushed me into a group of rouge women.
I wanted to push them away immediately but Gedeon was watching so I couldn’t, but right when he walked off I pushed out of the group immediately. I walked over to the tents where I found a tree and sat in the shade. Back in the center were all the other rouges acting as if this was some college party. I had a plan to get to Eve but I wasn’t sure if it would work since it would most likely be that Layla would be near. If I could just get past her then everything would work out smoothly. If not I would have to deal with Layla then. My nerves hated the thought of going into combat with Layla. It was stupid; I’ve fought her a hundred times, one time I was almost killed, but now was different…our strengths were equal if mine not stronger (which I doubted). All I had to remember was that Layla’s fighting skill wasn’t based on strength but on technique. I would have to adjust to it quickly if I wanted the plan to work.
I looked over towards over to what looked like a big cage.
Must be used for prisoners I thought and walked over towards it.
As I walked over I realized that there was only one person in there…Luke. I looked around and saw no one nearby. I know I should kill him, then we wouldn’t have to worry about a war, at least not a big one. The odds were against me though because there was no weapon in sight. I sighed in frustration. The rouges are smart then I thought. Leave him alone but make sure there’s not even a damn rock nearby so someone can’t kill him. I walked over towards the wooden prison and watched as he paced the little space. I could see that he had a black eye and I’m pretty sure that a couple of his fingers were broken by the angle they stuck out in. He looked over and scowled at me.
“So what did I do this time?” he snapped “Is pacing a crime to?”
“I can’t believe they even keep you alive, being Lucifer’s pure blood or not.”
He took a closer look at me “Wait…I know you…you’re Ann’s son.”
“What’s it to yah?” I snapped
“Thought I’d recognize bad leadership when I saw one. Where’s the rest of your group?”
My hands balled up into fists. How dare he criticize me like that? I calmed myself a little bit down just enough to reply “We had a difference in opinion.”
“Is that so?” he smiled “What about?”
“Is it any of your business?”
“Nope, but I thought it’d be nice to ask, maybe give some advice”
He lifted his hands up in defense “Fine, fine don’t listen to me. Thought I’d try to be nice for once but I guess it’s no use.”
“Clement!” Barked Gedeon “Get your ass over here. We have some things to discuss before the war.”
I really hated following orders by a prick, but I’m just going to have to get over it. I glanced back at Luke who went back to pacing and followed after Gedeon like another one of his attack dogs.•
When Eve told me that Clement had lost her mind I thought of the worst. I ran back to the hotel and pushed passed a couple of people. I apologized to them as I kept running. I ran up the stairs only to be pushed into the wall as the demons ran back down the stairs. I caught Layla’s arm as she ran past.
“What’s going on?” I asked
She pulled out of my grip “Clement attacked a girl. Go make sure she’s alright.” She motioned with her hand
I turned my head in the direction she was pointing and saw the girl slumped against the wall.
“Layla I…” I started to say but she was gone. I walked over to her and crouched down. I almost had to look away when I saw the wound. Had Clement really down that? The first thing I did was check her pulse to make sure she was even alive. I could feel something beating so I sighed in relief.
At least he didn’t far enough to kill her I thought
I brushed her hair from her face to make sure there weren’t any more wounds and I ran to my room where I grabbed a washcloth and soaked it in hot water; I grabbed my backpack on the way out and brought it back to her. I could see her eyes flutter as she started to wake up and I put the cloth gently to the wound. At the touch of the cloth her eyes shot open and she tackled me to the floor with a silver knife in her hand.
“Hey, hey!” I yelled silencing our presence to everyone else “I’m just trying to help you!”
“I don’t need help.” She growled as we both locked gazes
My vision went blurry immediately and I felt her get off of me as she stood up. After that I felt her foot kick at my face and everything went black.Ã
The next time I woke up I was still in the hall. I got up groggily and looked around. I touched my nose when I felt soreness and I squinted in pain. What the hell was wrong with that girl? I was just trying to help. I looked around as I stood up but she was gone, but it shouldn’t have been possible for her to even stand up let alone just walk off with that much blood loss. I walked down the hall to see if she had somehow fallen down but she was nowhere in sight. I shook my head; I guess it wasn’t our problem anymore then. There was no sense in trying to look for her if she’s gotten so far as to get out of sight with that wound. Someone would surely stop her when they saw the wound right?
I walked back down to the lobby to find Eve freaking out as Abri tried to calm her down. I walked over to them as they both looked over at me. Abri gasped when she saw me. Was it really that bad?
“What’s going on?” I asked her
“They took Clement, but what happened to you?”
I shook my head “It’s nothing. The girl that Clement attacked wasn’t so hurt after all. She must have freaked out when he saw me.”
“Where is she?” Abri asked
“I don’t know, I woke up to find she was gone but what do you mean they took Clement?”
“It’s all my fault…” I heard Evelynn whisper as she looked down “They’re going to kill him because of me…”
“Why would it be your fault?” I asked her “It’s his own fault for getting himself into this mess.”
“Because I got him mad. I was the reason he attacked that girl…we have to stop them!”
“Why?” I asked “Eve if Layla and the other’s hadn’t stopped him he would have killed that girl.”
Before she could reply Abri stepped in “We’ll find him Eve, it’ll be ok. We’ll find him.” She said as she looked back at me “Go get the car.”
“And how are we supposed to find them huh?” I snapped “They could be anywhere! How do you expect we get there on time before they kill him? You know what? I say good riddance!”
“How can you say that?!” Eve yelled at me “How can you dare say that about him! You don’t even know him!”
“I know he's a prick,” I answered lowering my voice “He can be my best friend and I still won’t go looking for him. If his life means the death of others then I’m fine with him dying.”
“Fine,” Eve snapped “Then we’ll go without you.”
“Oh no you won’t!” I said blocking the door way
“Malcolm.” Abri said knowing that I was only making it worse
“Get out of my way.” Eve growled
“You can’t save him Evelynn,” I replied “You don’t even have a clue where to find him.”
“I have to try….” She whispered “Malcolm I remember you telling me about Amara…” I froze at the mention of her name. Memories of blood and her screaming came flooding back into my head. “You told me you tried to save her but you couldn’t because people held you back. Well you’re being those people right now.”
I looked at her in pain. She just had to play that card didn’t she? I looked down and stepped out of the way as she ran out the door to the car. Abri walked over to me “Are you alright?”
I stayed silent and ignored as I followed after Eve to the car.Ã
We drove down the highway in the car with the music low on the radio. Abri sat in front with me while Eve sat in the back. I knew this was a lost cause from the very beginning but I kept going only because Abri agreed with Evelynn. I started to get a huge headache then and my vision started to go blurry. I pulled over onto the side of the road.
“Why are we stopping?” Eve asked as I shut my eyes
“Malcolm are you ok?”
I had thought these headaches would go away after Gabriel’s and my bond returned, but here they were. Coming out of nowhere like before. I squinted my eyes in pain and clenched my teeth. I cried out in pain as I heard Abri say my name again. The next moment I was no longer in the car but in front of a small little cottage. It didn’t look like there was any civilization near it.
Someone has told me to pass on to you the location. Michael is going to be mad at me for this but he’ll have to just get over it. Keep driving north and you will find the cottage, but hurry.
Everything then blurred into a white haze and I was suddenly back in the car “Malcolm?!” Abri asked shaking my shoulder
I looked over and saw the car door was open. I looked up into Eve’s green eyes. I missed those green eyes, I missed Eve…the old Eve, but she was never mine to begin with “I’m fine,” I told them “…I think I know where to go…we have to hurry though.”
Eve nodded and got back into the car as I shut the door and drove back onto the highway and stepped on the gas pedal a little harder. Ã
When I saw the cottage appear I sped up and drove onto the side of the road. I stopped the car and Eve rushed out of the back. Abri yelled out for her as she got out and ran after her. I stayed in the car for a little longer.
Thanks I told Gabriel I don’t know what she would have done if we didn’t get here.
Don’t thank me yet…he replied but don’t mention it, I might not be on Lucifer’s side but that doesn’t mean I agree with everything my brother says. I’m on our father’s side when it comes down to everything…let’s just hope he’s right.
I got out of the car and ran towards the cottage where I found Layla Abri and Eve talking. At first I thought we were already too late by the look on her face but I realized then that that look wasn’t of sadness but of anger.
“What happened?” I asked them
“Clement escaped.” Layla replied flatly
“How?”
“Orchid.”
So the other rouge had beat us here. Probably a good thing to or otherwise we would have been too late, but this wasn’t good news “Do you know where they went?” I asked her
“No.” she replied and walked off
“Eve!” Abri said grabbed Eve’s shoulders “He’s alive! He’s ok!”
I could see relief on Eve’s face but I knew it wouldn’t last long, but I kept the truth to myself “Come on. Let’s get back to the hotel.”Ã
After we had got back to the hotel I was the one who had to explain to Zoe where everyone had gone off to, but she had news of her own.
“Gemma’s not dead.” She said
“What? But…how?” I asked shocked
“I don’t know, but she isn’t.”
I was at a loss for words. Should I be happy? Of course! That girl was like family, but how she was alive confused me. When I had first found out that she was dead I was heartbroken but now…
“What do you think?” I asked her “I mean…what happened to her then?”
Her face darkened then but before she could reply an older looking demon barked at all of us to get to bed and get some rest “We’ll talk later.” I told her as we both followed one of the many groups upstairs.
A half an hour in silence passed. The demons (my two new roommates) had fought over for the bed on the other side of the room until I just told one of them to take mine. I didn’t mind the floor much, my back could handle it. I finally started to doze off when I heard a humming sound in my ears…I stood up and it got louder. I made sure the demons were sleeping and crept over to the door as the humming got even louder. I opened the door quietly to find Abri, when we locked gazes the humming stopped. I looked back into the room and shut the door as I walked out into the hall with Abri.
“Thought I’d try something that Raphael taught me.” She smiled
I grinned “You know we shouldn’t be out here right?”
“I know but I couldn’t sleep…Malcolm…I need to know what you were thinking on the plane…”
“Okay….I was as terrified as everyone else b-”
“Not about the crash…” she interrupted
I looked at her for a second and then understood “Oh…that…”Ã
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