Lilith POV
“What do you mean it's gone?” Issac screeched.
“When we got there it was gone, the bodies, the portal—”
“What bodies?”
“Vampires, but when we found them they were two days old, so I knew they would turn into dust the next day,” Stefan explained.
“Why?” I questioned,
“The bodies were right in front of the windows, and they are big enough to reflect the right amount of sunlight,”
“That's a thing? Vampires and sunlight?” I asked.
“Yes, immediate contact with sunlight, could kill a vampire, however, if the vampire is already dead, it will take three days for the body to degenerate,” Isaac mumbled.
“But why was a cult of vampires there in the first place?”
“I think before he died, Lucifer gave them a spare key or a way to access the room, usually when but this is the puzzling part, vampi
Lilith POVThinking about it, I just realized, he says he knows nothing, but who pays him, the better question is, how does he get the booze?Backing away from him, my heart ached, just when I was starting to think of him as one of us, a friend, but now he is a potential suspect,“Answer me, before I rip your head off,”“Lilith— come on, don't you trust me?”Looking into his eyes I could see his innocence, he was just a kid, but after what happened with Thomas, I know I am a poor judge of character, and I know Azrael and Eve can make a killer out of anyone,“Just answer the question, Max,” I whispered, looking away.“I don't know ok, everyone gets paid the same, I go in and find an envelope with my name with money in it, as for the booze, it's always there if I sold a whole bottle of bloody mary today, tomorrow it's refilled, so— I don't
Lilith POV“What is she doing at the sanctuary?” Stefan questioned,But I didn't know, I knew nothing, but I could tell that something was right, I could feel it,“I am— not sure,” I whispered,“Ok, so let's all go, it's probably a trap,” Max sprung to his feet.“Not so fast, you and I are staying, we need to have a chat about who your father is,” Isaac grumbled.“But how do we enter the sanctuary, no demon can pass through its gates,” Stefan mumbled,“I don't know that either,” I mumbled.“Ok, I say we go at nightfall, when we get there we figure out a way in,” Stefan suggested.“Guys, I have to bounce,”Max stared at his phone, “Regardless of everything that is going on, I have to keep the club afloat, so— just stay safe and come back in one piece, will ya?” He smiled at me,
Lilith POV“Mom— you're the Oracle?” My lips trembled,“This is your mother— the one you grew up with here?” Stefan gazed at me.“I don't understand— and Dad?” I pressed my lips into a thin line.“He is a warlock,” my mother smiled, “I know you have many questions, but please my dear, walk with me,” she stretches her hand to me,“Madam Oracle, we— don't understand,” Stefan complained.“You can call me Catherine, and you don't need to understand Stefan, what's done is done... If we may me, Lilith and I must talk, it's a conversation I've waited on for years,” She grumbled,Strolling up to her, she whirled around descending slowly into the darkness, catching up to her, we were now aligned with each other.“I've practiced for this moment for a long time and I still don't know what to say, She mumbled,“How about
Stephan POVOver at the apartment, Lilith and Mel share, I was packing some items Lilith might need on the trip, “That's a crazy idea,” Isaac complained, “Eve will have her head if she steps into Hell unprepared,”“Well, she already decided, there is nothing I can do about it,” I lifted my hands starting at an elegant black dress, it was nice.“But you know its madness, Stefan, this is what Eve wants, she's breaking her, so killing her would be easier,”Folding the dress, I stuffed it into the bag, glancing at him, “Yea, well Lilith want to end it, look around Isaac, Eve has us cornered, the best to we can do is surrender and hope for a miracle,”“She will die—”“You almost die! And we brought you back, and her best friend is somewhere, out there losing her mind and you want Lilith to just let her die?” I snapped.“Many have died before, and many will die
Lilith POVWalking alongside a riverbank, I was barely keeping up with the brothers they were way ahead of me, and they weren't slowing down,“This is how you treat visitors?” I spoke loud enough for them to hear,“Sorry—we were just discussing, we got carried away,” Damon apologized,“I can see that, but we've been walking for what seems like hours, where exactly are we going?”“We have to walk until we find the ferryman, or he finds us, it's our only way across river Styx,” Stefan mumbled,Looking at the river, I noticed something odd, the water wasn't clear, it had a dark shade of grey, and it didn't have a flowing sound like it did before, it was quiet, way too quiet,“What is wrong with the river, I've never seen— or heard a river tide in silence,”“What you heard before was water, but the further
Damon POVI should have known, of course, it had to Cerberus, he will always be a sneaky dog, who is loyal to nothing or nobody but himself, I honestly wanted Stefan to kill even though they would have thrown him in Tartarus for fighting outside the ring, even Hell has rules.“Lilith, he is no cab driver, he is a demonic dog who drives everyone around him to outrage, he strikes off chaos, and he isn't sure whose side he's on,” I snapped, sickened standing in his presence.Rolling his eyes, he flashed a radiant smile, making a mockery of my solemnity, “Why is everyone thinking I am on a side these days, I am rooting for Hell, I love my home and I want what's best for it, and trust me— it's not Eve,”“Then why did you try to sabotage us... Lying to steal our coins, that was low, Cerbi,” Stefan glared
Lilith POVStanding at the entrance at the field of punishment, hearing the everlasting screams coming from the perishing souls, made me nervous, swallowing the mass of fear in my throat, I fondled the hem of my shirt. I wasn't a coward, but I was scared and if this place brings out your worst fear, then maybe me going in there alone wasn't the right choice.“Lilith— hold up for a second,” the brothers jogged up behind me,“My mind is already made up... I am going in there, so please— don't try and talk me out of it,” I growled.“We know— and that's why we are going in with you, no soldier gets left behind... Remember?” Damon smiled, caressing my shoulders, “And there isn't a fear in this entire realm that will allow me to watch you go in there alone,”Internally I smiled, I was blushing even... maybe, he wasn't perfect, he has some jealousy traits that need to be worked on but who
Stefan POVI stared at the carter, I couldn't believe that she jumped in, I knew that coming here was a bad idea, nothing important was here, it was our fear that lured us in, maybe one of many tricks Eve has tampered with, my eyes were burning from the smoke, glistening with tears but I wasn't from the smoke alone, I was crying... I was crying for her. I don't know for sure if she was dead, but it was a pretty damn good guess that it's the possibility that she was, but none of us wanted to say it,“Do you think she is—”“If you say what I think you're about to say, then you will be the second body going down in this hole, the difference between hers and yours, is that you won't be so willing, and I'll just throw you in my fucking self,” Damon glared back me, still looking down in the void, his eyes were red, and I knew it wasn't the smoke too, it was because of tears,My lips parted but
Damon POVClutching onto my sides, I felt pain, the kind of pain I have never felt before. It runs deep in my veins, it was like someone was breaking all of the bones in my body. She was dead... My mate, Lilith, is dead. Everyone stayed quiet as Eve inspected her lifeless body, kicking her in the ribs."The anti-Christ is dead," she threw up her hands in victory, the crowd later joining her,"What an antichrist she turned out to be," she joked, chuckling as hoisted her foot on Lilith's lifeless body,Glancing over to my brother, who was sitting a few feet away from me, he wasn't blinking, he was in so much shock, he didn't see what had happened, she is gone... She is gone."Let that be a lesson to anyone, who tries... Or think they defend me and rule this kingdom, I dare them to try... Because what happened here today was a ray of faith," she pointed the tip of the top o
Lilith POVTightening the straps around my legs, Damon gazed into my eyes, Stefan was looking through the window at the rising sun. We all knew that in a matter of minutes I will be in the ring with Eve, facing my fate, a fate that was stolen from me before I was even born,"Guys..." I mumbled, "listen— if I die out there promise me, you will never stop fighting, someone has to stop her,""And you listen to me, " Damon grip my shoulders, "You will not die, you have been fighting silent battles since your a child,""He is right," Stefan mumbled, our gaze shifting to him, "Eve might be stronger and quicker but you're smarter... You're the anti fucking christ and you will go out there and you're going to kick her ass,"Smiling, I lowered my head, playing with the hem of my warrior's uniform,"But still there is a possibility that I might—"
Damon POVBuckling my shoes, I looked over at the bed that Stefan would have slept in, it was perfectly made as if he didn't sleep in it last night“Lilith—” I whispered as she whined, complaining and studying her appearance, while the maid behind her ties the crisscrossed strings into tiny knots,“You're training me to fight in this hideous dress? The built-in corset is squishing my organs together, What chance does Eve have of killing me herself if I suffocate,”Eyeing Lilith, she was outfitted with a red dress, puffy at the hips, with high perky breasts at the top,“Thank you for your service," I nodded to the human maid who wore a knee-length black dress, and a mesh veil over her head, covering her face. She must be mourning the loss of someone, a relative— or maybe she's a widow,Bowing before Lilith, she hangs her head low, brushing past
Stefan POV“And why should we trust you?” I inspected this Aaron closely,“You don't have to, but trust me... U need an inside man, especially one like me, I am closer to Eve than you think,” Aaron muttered,Why Eve guard want to help us, I thought, I found it a bit shady, unless he wants something for himself,“And what's in it for you?" I narrowed my eyes, watching him.“I told you... I want—”“Stop bullshitting, tell us what you want,”Walking over to one of the windows, he looked through it, watching the soldiers down below, “Tell me, Stefan, your time here as a warrior was it— fun?”I did know what he meant, being a warrior come with a lot of responsibility, and the only way you could be free from it is the change of leadership, I am starting to understand his motives now,“You want out?”
Lilith POV“Finally, we meet face to face... Lilith,” she whispered, her fake British accent roared realm, disturbing the quietness,The dim light from the gate's lamps shined on her, revealing nothing but true beauty, she was gorgeous. It's her, I thought, the same woman I've seen in my nightmares. Wearing a white dress that clung to her body, perking her breasts closer to her collar bone, the long slit on both sides running up thin thighs, exposing her bikini area, easily, I recognized her bright purple eyes anywhere, they were an exact match to mine, dyed in artificial ginger her hair was cut short, the ends were bluntly chopped, resting stiffly on her shoulders, and though the natural dark roots were visible, it wore it well.“That's rather absurd because I wish I could say the same,”Pulling a blade from a scabbard off one of the warriors, I could see
Damon POVWe continued our journey in silence as nightfall approaches, Lilith, and I was ahead of Stefan, who was carrying the bag and also reading through the book of prophecies,“Guys... It says here that will be a time when it's going to rain blood,” Stefan cried out behind us, “I hope that is after we get old and die, I don't know about you guys but I have had enough of this heroic stuff, our kids should take over,”“We are demons brother, we don't get old and die, ninety-nine percent of the time our kind is assassinated,” I yelled back at him,“But still... Raining blood? Isn't that a bit excessive?”“I think it's speaking metaphorically, it's portraying a war,” Lilith shout back at Stefan,“You may have a point,” Stefan agreedIt's the first time since Lilith spoke since we go out of the fields of punishment,
Lilith POV“Kill them,” a soft voice echoed in my ears, “They betrayed you... They can't be trusted,”I am not going to die for a bunch of people I didn't even know, did my mother know of this, was she in on it, if she is then she put on quite a show about how she loves me when all along I was being raised like a swine, only to be butchered in the end.“I didn't come here to die... I am sorry but I can't...” I sobbed uncontrollably, pinning the brothers over the edge of the volcano, I knew that I allow them to fall inside, they would survive,“Lilith listens to me, it's all a trick... It's the hollow of fears, it got to me... And now it's getting to you... it's getting to all of us, just let us go, and lets us talk about it,” Stefan pleaded.“You're lying!” I barked, how could it be a tr
Stefan POVI stared at the carter, I couldn't believe that she jumped in, I knew that coming here was a bad idea, nothing important was here, it was our fear that lured us in, maybe one of many tricks Eve has tampered with, my eyes were burning from the smoke, glistening with tears but I wasn't from the smoke alone, I was crying... I was crying for her. I don't know for sure if she was dead, but it was a pretty damn good guess that it's the possibility that she was, but none of us wanted to say it,“Do you think she is—”“If you say what I think you're about to say, then you will be the second body going down in this hole, the difference between hers and yours, is that you won't be so willing, and I'll just throw you in my fucking self,” Damon glared back me, still looking down in the void, his eyes were red, and I knew it wasn't the smoke too, it was because of tears,My lips parted but
Lilith POVStanding at the entrance at the field of punishment, hearing the everlasting screams coming from the perishing souls, made me nervous, swallowing the mass of fear in my throat, I fondled the hem of my shirt. I wasn't a coward, but I was scared and if this place brings out your worst fear, then maybe me going in there alone wasn't the right choice.“Lilith— hold up for a second,” the brothers jogged up behind me,“My mind is already made up... I am going in there, so please— don't try and talk me out of it,” I growled.“We know— and that's why we are going in with you, no soldier gets left behind... Remember?” Damon smiled, caressing my shoulders, “And there isn't a fear in this entire realm that will allow me to watch you go in there alone,”Internally I smiled, I was blushing even... maybe, he wasn't perfect, he has some jealousy traits that need to be worked on but who