“He can fucking try!” Then I grabbed one of the wrists that was free enough from the mangled body and to prove my point I held it out, forcing it into the portal. I did this knowing it wouldn’t last long being imprisoned between the two worlds.
“AAAHHH!”
“NNNOOOO!”
“GGGRRAAAGH!”
“Now tell me, what fucking realm took her?!” I barked at them the second I pulled it back, ignoring the stench of burnt flesh from what was left of their meaty hand. I let them go and watched with a sliver of satisfaction at the way they cowed back away from me. But the sight of them scrambling was only wasting my time and stoked the fury inside of me,
“TELL ME!” I roared making them flinch as one.
“She is on the edges of your realm.”
“The Kingdom of Blood and Death.”
“Ssshth othnkn yyyonn.” I frowned at the one unable to speak and cocked my head his way.
“He said that she is searching for you,” the brother said in response to my silent order and the moment he said it, I couldn’t help but flinch myself, doing so enough to close my eyes as the pain of that statement lanced through me. My girl was looking for me and I was fucking here! I let my anger snake through me, feeling the demon side of me rippling against my skin at the thought of what could be happening right now.
I would fucking kill anyone that touched her and rip Hell in two to find her! I would destroy all that Lucifer had built and tear his world apart if I found anything had happened to her! For that was my vow!
I turned around to face the portal, and paused when the Keepers shouted out for me, sickening me with their continued loyalty after what I had done to them. For even now I wanted to do more…much, much more.
“My Lord! The Tree of Souls…”
“She is the key, don’t forget that!”
“Mybbkbdke!”
I snarled, letting my fangs grow again in length at the same time the full change in me swept through my vessel like I was being stroked by the Devil’s hand. A caress that caused a crackle of pain I was not only used to but welcomed as I was about to step back into my natural domain. It was akin to being injected with some kind of demonic serum, as I could feel it surging through my veins as it filtered through to every cell in my body. I clenched my fists and looked back over my shoulder at yet another one of Lucifer’s sickening failures.
Then I told them before stepping into Hell…
“She belongs to me…and as for the Fates…”
“Fate, can go fuck itself!”
8
Bound to Realms
The second I step into Hell I found my first breath one that instantly eased my demon. However, it was a relief that was short lived, as any hope that I would find my Chosen here waiting for me was dead after a quick scan of my surroundings. But then this wasn’t exactly surprising as I knew what Amelia hadn’t known when stepping foolishly into Hell. Firstly, portals into another realm didn’t work like she thought they did and secondly, time passed differently depending on where in Hell you were. It was like time zones when travelling the world, only here it was dependant on the level of Hell you found yourself in.
An hour topside could equal to days here, or even months the deeper you went. It was the same for each of the many realms the supernatural beings that didn’t belong to Hell or Heaven called home. For the fabric of time was an entity all by itself when stepping from one world into another. The realm of the Elementals especially, for this was where most of those that were not quite demon and not quite angel resided. There were many races of creatures that were derived from both sides of Heaven and Hell, creating subspecies whose origins blurred the true lines of descent. Pip for example was an Imp and was known as an Elemental being who descended from the Hell side of life. However, it was obvious to say that she most definitely preferred to live topside with human life than with that of her own kind.
Not that I blamed her, as many parts of their world was like stepping back through time. Or in some realms like being caught in some technological cross over between modern magic and steam