Vraxlon's gaze bent down to the dagger on my hips, and even though he was busy picking up the gun and studying it, I knew I was just finding a pretext not to look directly into my eyes.
"I've been here," he said darkly. "In some of their lives, I've been here. I can remember that now."And you said that no supernatural creature could get out of here "Zombei, but my voice didn't have even half the humor I intended. "But if you're still alive, it's because it means you left."It is," he murmured, and only at that moment he decided to raise his black eyes towards me. "I just don't remember what the cost was for me to leave.While eating and drinking water, I found myself wondering if I would have risked my life for Vraxlon to return and tell the others what we found out. But if we had come this far, wouldn't he remember everything?By the way, why the hell would he forget everything that had happened, remembering only when we were about to do it all over again? Unless this was part of the prophecy, it made no sense that my memory loss affected them in this way. There was something implied. One part of this story didn't fit in at all."Did you notice that you blindly agreed to come to Purgatory with me, knowing that only I would be able to get out of here? "I asked, leaning my head against the nearest rock wall. The tips of the stones messed up my hair, but they didn't hurt me."There are things about Purgatory that not even I can know, majesty," he said, sitting in front of me, leaning against the opposite wall. The sound of the stones scratching his armor was like a crash. "But, yes, I would accompany her anywhere, without thinking twice."You know that, at this point, you can call me by my name, don't you? "I spoke laughing softly."Which of the two names? "He asked. "Your original name or the name of this new body?"I like the way you pronounce "Arianna" "I confessed. "But sometimes I feel much more like Elena."Elena "tested him, opening a smile. "I can get used to it."I'm going to make an effort not to die so I don't have to change my name for the sixth time," I just got, but I chose the wrong words, because of the way Vraxlon got serious and dark.Vraxlon looked away again and was busy playing with the beam of light between us to avoid saying anything. I finished eating and offered the water to him, who didn't accept it and said he was fine. So I kept the water in my backpack and relaxed my body against the wall.I must have simply napped or just blinked hard because I opened my eyes quickly when I heard a sound. An animalistic grunt that shook the stone walls around us. The sound of an approaching creature.The prince-warrior stood up immediately, wielding his sword. I took the backpack and took the dagger off my hips, wielding it as best I could. I hadn't even been trained to hold weapons.Vraxlon had tried to instruct me, saying that his sword was magical and he only needed a person to hold it, and she would do everything else, and that had already been a failure "The sword was too big and heavy for me to bear the weight. However, a life-or-death situation is necessary for you to learn to fight.I picked up the flashlight and stuck it anyway in my backpack, turning it off. Vraxlon approached to stand before me and groped on his back in search of my hand, I darkened him with my free hand and we walked together to the meeting of the hateful creature who seemed ready to tear us apart at any moment.The narrow path widened as we walked, and the sounds of the creature became louder and louder. I could see an opening between the stones, which was illuminated by what looked like a world with light and colors as if we had finally reached the end of that journey.I wasn't dumb enough to celebrate. I knew that if we had progressed, we would be halfway through or before it.The path opened up for a wider passage and was illuminated by archlets that rose against the stone walls. The place was circular, like an arena, and the walls rose to accommodate a small trail at the top and bent down in what should be the easiest way to the exit.However, in the center of the place, rising to observe who invaded the quiet of his home, was a creature that looked more like a giant man and had animalistic features. The animal growled hard, and the sound was like a blow to the head, it hurt deep in the eardrums."The only way out is protected by him. We can try to pass together, but considering that any injury in this place can be deadly for a human... "pondered Vraxlon, pointing out of the cave. "I can delay you, and you can get there without risk if you go on top.I meant I wouldn't leave him behind. But, knowing how Vraxlon could be protective enough in pretending he wasn't listening to me and acting as he planned, I just nodded and prepared to run, the dagger still in hand.The prince-warrior moved away from me and began to descend a bulge of stones that led down, in front of the human monster. The animal screamed with even more hatred, although it remained in the same place, aware that it would no longer need to advance along the mountain to devour us.I knew that the monsters of Purgatory could not be killed. But I imagined they could get tired. And I think that's what Vraxlon was thinking when he stood before the creature and raised his sword, warning her of what would happen next.Then the two got into a fight, the giant man raised his arms to try to catch Vraxlon like a toy, and the prince-warrior his sword, cutting off the giant's arms with a single blow from the powerful blade. The animal howled, even though he felt no pain, and his small eyes were filled with fury.I started to surround the space from the top, sneaking into the narrow trail around the cave. The trail ended right on top of the exit, so I would just need to jump and face whatever the ground was outside. I just hoped they weren't stones anymore, or I might as well hit my head.However, the biggest danger was in what I was doing at that moment since I needed to hold on to the wall of sharp stones and balance my tired feet on a path that was no more than a few centimeters so that only the tips of my boots could touch the trail. I held against the stones as if my life depended on that, and I was advancing little by little. At the pace I was in, I would need Vraxlon to cut the whole creature so that it could not reach me, and that was in fact what was happening.Even with each cut of the deadly sword and strong enough to cut the animal, another membrö always grew in place, making it incompatible. And he continued without the slightest sign that he was getting tired, although the princ
The prince-warrior held my hand and led me to the cave, acting with a lot of conscience and wisdom along the way. During all the time I followed him, I couldn't help but notice how restless and suspicious my soul seemed. I felt not only that I was willingly heading to death, but also falling like a fly into a trap.The cave was even colder and wetter than all the rest of the purgatory. Whether it was for the vegetation that covered the roof of the place, or for the trees that made shadows at the entrance, I would never know. However, I was very sure that my sneezing and itching in the throat region, which began to devastate me a few hours after we intended to rest, reminded me a lot of the eminence of a cold caused by the cold."Use this," Vraxlon suggested as he stretched a blanket towards me.The heavy fabric fell on me and crawled against the most boring stones inside the cave. I was sitting and wrapped my arms around my legs, leaning my head against my knees. Vraxlon sat next to
The prince of lust captured my lower lip in his and sucked very lightly, and, even with my eyes closed, I knew that the power in my necklace sparkled for a thousandth of a second, before it went out again.I opened my mouth to him and received him, corresponding to the kiss that at first had no softness, no affection, no calm, maybe he was feeling that primitive instinct to obtain any source of carnal heat, even if he had not been influenced by the magic of his eternal punishment. Maybe I was the personification of sin in your life, just as it was mine.The prince of lust quickly managed to release the top of my combat suit, exposing my seiös to the humid and cold air of the cave. One of his hands went up to one of my seiös, and his fingers played provocatively with the nipple that became stiff from the spot, while the other hand went up to my hair, pulling them lightly so that I would slightly tilt my head back.His lips took mine more deeply when I tilted my head, and I didn't even
And the tears that didn't roll down your face, rolled over mine. I cried as I wrapped his shoulders with my arms and moved my hips harder over yours. And I kept crying even when we reached the climax together. Because that was the last one. Because we were very close to my death. Because we knew that's where it all ended.And it occurred to me, as I rested my head against his shoulder and our moans gave way to breathless and choppy breaths, that the magic we had just created was enough to open a new portal and get out of there, or to defeat my enemy with full force. But if history tended to repeat itself, how could I die before I could open the portal for him Could it be that in my deathbed all the powers were released at once and that was what made Vraxlon able to return safely? But if it were so, now that he and the other sins were kept trapped around my life, how could I die and not him?All these questions kept spinning in my head as I ended up falling asleep once again. I was ful
"No one knows who spreads the stories," he said, tilting his head slightly to listen through the narrow slit that opened like the doors of the temple. Probably realizing that there was no sound at all, he was hemping his sword again. "Even because we've never heard of someone who could have left the Purgatory alive.And yet I was already sure at that time that I had visited that place many times in search of answers. It was as if I could remember Faye's voice, when we first met in this life, and she said that they could never prevent me from making the choice that would lead to my death because if the Oracle were responsible for writing my story, he would change every word and every line so that any of my paths would take me there. And, in fact, that's what was happening.No one would ever say that the same woman who entered hell without any power, without memories of her past lives, and who was determined to avoid her own death, would be the same one who now raised her chin and opene
It was truly an lobby, but no entrance doors. The only entrance and exit was the top of all that staircase on which we went down. Looking from below, it seemed impossible that I had gone down what didn't look like more than a few minutes. And going up would be an even greater penance. But I had no plans to go back the same way I arrived, and I took a hand on my chest to make sure to hide the shape of the necklace on my chest, even though I knew that the blue light still shone against the leather of my clothes.Not to say that there was nothing in that lobby, I can mention that there was only a small opening on the wall, which could be a door of the human standard size, but that there was only an opening. Even if I spied as much as my neck could stretch, I couldn't see anything from the other. It was as if a mantle was placed over the passage, reflecting the lobby and not its interior."Is she on the other side? "I asked Vraxlon.The warlord nodded.“Choose your questions well. And cho
"Tell me more about my powers," I asked.The oracle threw me a biased look, certainly realizing that I was collecting information without using any of my questions. And from the expression she made, I realized that no matter how great her satisfaction was in having visitors who were interested in knowing about her life in a very distant past, she was still well aware that we were only there to obtain knowledge."Is that your first question? "She said."Yes," I replied, crossing my hands on my lap. "What are the origins of my powers?“Her first incarnation, Arianna, was a Banshee. There are many concepts of what a supernatural creature of this type can do. In general, they are very beautiful and cruel women who deceive humans and kill them. There are human legends about Banshees, popular stories in which humans easily confuse them with mermaids, sea creatures who also feed on the charm provoked in humans. Banshees can also sing, and their singing can seduce and hypnotize, without the p
"I want to ask my next question," I said, looking back at the Oracle."I'm anxiously waiting for her," he replied in an ethereal and soft voice."You have said several times that there are great things waiting for me," I will dig, because the words suddenly became difficult to pronounce. "I want to know what these things would be."Be more specific," she asked, tilting her head slightly. The eyes narrowing towards me, in a slightly confused expression. "There are too many things waiting to happen. I can't concentrate on all of them to say. You will meet many people throughout your life. You will have more than a love shaking your heart. You will see people you love leaving your world and coming to keep mine company. I see each of your steps and I wouldn't find words to describe them in detail. Not everything that is written by Destiny can be said, otherwise the results may change. Be more specific about what you need to know."What exactly am I going to become? “I asked. "I learned of
He managed to get rid of the police officers who, after long minutes trying to shoot his body, had the brilliant idea of getting into a melee combat. He was the best at that. He was a warrior. He had been created to fight powerful battles and had become even stronger when he was sent to hell. He managed to beat all the humans who stood in his way, and scared the rest to run away and leave the confusion to those who tried so hard to prevent their Creator from winning.He fought with all his strength. There was magic in his body. He would be able to defeat everyone if he used his powers of illusion and confusion. He could make one kill the other, just with a look, with just a gesture of his fingers. But he needed to want it. That magic was rooted in that body, belonging only to that ancient and stubborn soul. He couldn't use magic. He didn't want to use magic. So he had to fight.The world was just a blur. Just an illusory surface of an ancient time. He looked at everyone, and couldn't
But it was a lie. Even if I made everyone freeze in time and stop killing and attacking each other, I would never do anything for Lucifer's prediction about the fall of humans. He knew that day would come. He was exiled for saying what was obvious, and the Creator was condemning everyone just to be able to start again. It was so unfair that it made me nauseous. I managed to get the elderly lady to be supported by other people, and I was able to keep moving through the mess and chaos. Zylah and Anne were at the doors of the cafeteria when I was coming back down the street. They should have gone there to pick me up or something like that. My friends didn't even say a word. They understood what was happening and how much I had already given me to try to change something.Chaos was a very small word to use. I would say that the city was more like pandemonium than it really was. The traffic was terrible, and it was night. There shouldn't be any traffic, but an accident caused us all to get
"What if you were alone?" Suggested Zylah, requests." Grandma used to see these things when no one was getting in the way. Or maybe it's the time. She was only shocked by whatever she had seen when it was already night and close to dawn. There is a question of schedules and moons in everything related to witches, maybe that's the problem."No, the feeling I have is that there is no one else on the other side, I mean, there is, but not the person who contacted me," I explained, again running my fingers through the mirror glass. The sound that my nails produced was uncomfortable, so I stopped. I had such a big suspicion of what that thing of having been contacted was about, I felt my heart so anxious and hurried to hear me saying the words. Only, looking at Miguel, I didn't have the courage to pronounce them. We had just reestablished that lost connection, he did not deserve to be removed once again for a silly guess. It was impossible for it to be Vraxlon. He couldn't be trying to come
There were no more pure souls in that world. There was no more hope that they would be assisted by archangels and that their destinies would be good on the other side of life. We, capital sins, condemn the humanity we intended to save. In the dawn newspaper, reporters were camped at the gates of the white house, waiting for the decision that would lead the world to its total ruin or that would give another day of salvation to everyone.I didn't feel any change in the world. I didn't notice if the magic of Tennebris or Octavius was falling on the earth again, so I started the work of wanting to open a giant portal and shove everyone inside it. I had created a kind of wormhole in purgatory, when Vraxlon's death moved me enough to feel all the hatred and want the world to end. Perhaps, watching the death of Miguel or my friends could awaken this magic of such a powerful storm."You have a sinister expression," said Zylah, snapping her fingers in front of my face. I blinked, she watched m
"Iraq is not that innocent," said Paul, in a gloomy tone. He glanced at the top of his back, visualizing the police station, and if anyone would be coming. Then he faced Anne again." Not everything was revealed to the media. There are many attacks around the world, so people are taking refuge. But this has been happening for some time. It is something we have been facing since the terrorist groups began to kill in the name of God. I mean, from their God. So, it doesn't surprise us that our generals and soldiers are tired. It's an endless war. Humanity has been killing itself for millennia."That's why he gave up," said Miguel, and Anne sighed. He always saw that children killed parents, that parents killed children, and that brothers let themselves be carried away by all kinds of capital sins. He always saw his children falling for the curse that Lucifer said would fall on their race."Let's not go into this subject again, because I really think that a God can prevent many things from
Anyway, that was the cue for Miguel to take charge of the problem, being now in such a solid and honest friendship with Paul "the human policeman he pretended to protect while he had been helping me for that whole life" that both did not let go in the moments when he was not in my house. I went to visit him at his work when I had a moment in my lunch break, and found the two confabulating as they hurried down the steps of the police station.Anne and Zylah joined me, since both were no longer having any concentration on continuing to work and were making excuses to leave early or even go. They had already understood that work would not change at all when we went down to hell. Miguel opened a very wide smile when he saw me, and hurried to kiss me. I went to heaven and came back due to the touch, but I looked in Paul's direction and he laughed."Are you the girl we arrested after robbing a blind old man?" Asked the policeman, incredulous. I was disconcerted. I hadn't met him until that
That explained a lot. Zylah's cat had shown himself to be very risky to see me in his owner's home. Maybe I wanted to protect her or I was just disturbed by my magic. I had never noticed her cats much. I just knew that they existed and did well without her. To be sure that even domestic and ordinary animals knew when the approach of a supernatural creature occurred, was a little disconcerting. I imagined how they all acted as they felt every new day that the infernal magic was covering the earth. Were they less oblivious than humans and did they know that the demons were just trying to help?"My grandmother was crazy," said Zylah, giggling." She used to say that on full moon nights, she had to cover the mirrors and glazing, because the portals to the other worlds opened. I remember being terrified one night when she ran into my room and slept with me. She didn't tell me what was going on, and I was very young, I didn't even ask. She was white like paper and wouldn't stop shaking. I re
"I worry, yes," I insisted, frowning my face." You protected me and kept me for several centuries. Maybe it's time for me to do this for you too.Miguel walked away a little, in order to watch my face. He opened a beautiful smile, which made me end up smiling too. His hands went up to my face, easily grabbing against his cheeks. He bowed slightly and kissed me. The touch was as intense as the first time, even though we hadn't even opened our lips. A lascivious flame went up and down my body, and when he walked away, I almost asked him to continue."I feel like you're moving away," he said."I feel the same from you," I say."I don't intend to stay away, I just don't want your friends to think I'm up to something against your life," said Miguel, frowning. I don't understand how they might think I would be planning your death. Does none of them, not even you, realize that I have always been willing to do anything to protect you? I would never have enough strength to cause your harm. I w
Tennebris undid his smile, although the effort not to continue attacking me was contracting muscles in his chin. The sin of anger sighed, then made an exaggerated flourish and straightened out again."No, Your Majesty. Of course not. What could a mere prince of millennia of existence, who fought alongside Lucifer, who was tortured and punished by the Creator, know about the dirtiest tactics of revenge or punishment? Nothing, of course. I'm just being inconvenient, as everyone has realized that I am."Yes, so be careful with what you say," I said, arching an eyebrow. My relationship with Miguel is nobody's business. We both already have enough problems in assuming this, we don't need you to put your finger on a relationship that won't change your lives at all.“The point is that it really changes, Arianna,” Octavius said, rising. I began to regret having gotten into the subject, or having had the brilliant idea of keeping two fallen angels for so long alone with newly exiled archangels