?Hound’s Duty?
⚡️Volume 2: The Badlands⚡️
?Written by Crownway Amef?
⚡️Episode 26⚡️
Ciara turned around and saw Lady of Will snarling and pacing to and fro. The ice packs fell from her and she became frozen at a spot.
She made sure Ferya couldn’t come for her after she had summoned her but now, seems someone has touched her magic book. She didn’t drink Violet’s blood so the cup of oath can’t even save her right now.
She took tentative steps back as Lady of wills advanced toward her.
She’s got too much will and desires to radiate from her which smells appetizing to FERYA.
“How did I miss such a delicious meal?” She spoke in her deep and shuddering voice.
“This is going to ruin everything! The lady set me up! For what?” She thought to herself.
Then she turn around and spun on her heels, running to the main mansion to check on her magic book. She knew no magic in her book can send her back but it can hide her scent at least.
She pushed open the big metallic gate that leads to the main dorms and she saw Lady Violet holding hands with a girl… a girl that looks like Haliah.
“What?!” She groaned.
“Well narcissists are too focused on themself to realize they’re being played,” she said with raised brows as she watched them disappear into Hades’ summoning room.
She heard Ferya scream from the hall and she knew she was coming for her so she veered off that path to go hide. A place full of crowds and other people with wills but can’t be much more than hers. Her wickedness is unmatched!
On her way back to the party, Anthony pulled her to a corner and shields her with his fiery aura which sends a burning scent into the atmosphere. It distracted Ferya as she screams in pain for losing track of her meal. She disappeared immediately.
Ciara was panting heavily and tiredly, her heartbeat was far from normal when Anthony saved her.
Anthony looked down at her face to see her shut her eyes tight and her body was cold.
He touched her slightly and she opened her eyes still in fear.
“You shouldn’t be scared of what you summoned,” Anthony said with a disgusted look and turned around to leave.
“Why did you help me? I… I had summoned her to hurt you” she said.
“Because I’m not like you!” Anthony said simply and it sure hurt her to the brim.
“None of this is my fault!” She cried.
“You should keep your voice low if you want to be safe” Tony warned.
“No! It is you that should stop being nice to me and making me weak!” She yelled.
Her voice attracted Ferya who seem to be close by and she pierced into her stomach from behind with her sharp claws.
She gasped and blood trickled down on the floor. Anthony was caught off guard and he could not warn her of Freya’s presence. Ferya clawed her skin horizontally from the back and her cloth got torn.
The moment, she removed her claws, a mark appeared on Ciara’s neck.
Anthony rushed over to catch her from falling and they both fell to the ground.
“You should leave… her… her main target is… y…you” she stuttered and blood soon start dripping from her mouth.
Lady of will struck Anthony with her venomous Claw but he was quick to switch to his ghost rider state and his fire burnt lady of will.
“You can’t kill her! You should leave please” Ciara sobbed.
Anthony carried Ciara and used his power to teleport into his own space and barrier. He became invisible and Lady of will can’t see him. She can only attack and kill him if he’s visible.
Ciara sobbed as Anthony laid her on the floor. Anthony removed his jacket to press on her wound and her tears won’t stop coming.
“No this won’t do!” He said and he turned her over to lay on her stomach. He ripped her top from the tattered pieces from Ferya’s claw spot and he was surprised to see more ugly scars on her back.
“Everyone knows I am evil, why are you nice to me?” She asked and Anthony snapped out of his thoughts.
Her lips are starting to get pale and the mark on her is glowing red, it’s only a matter of time before she will fade and be trapped inside a space.
“You shouldn’t talk much,” Anthony said and removed his shirt to cover her bare back before turning her around again.
Both his jacket and shirt are gone.
“Should I tell you a story?” She said.
She winced in pain when Anthony tied the jacket around her to meet the shirt.
“There once was a family of witches, just the couples and their 8-year-old girl. They dedicated their whole life to protecting the small town they lived in but their little girl had no powers. She was useless right from childhood,” She said then paused as tears streamed down her face.
“Save your strength,” Anthony said to her.
“No, It won’t change my fate” she smiled.
“One day, evil demons invaded the small town, possessing humans and their rulers. They turned to the witch family for help and they gave it their all to seal them back into the books. Until one day when one of the demons possessed the wife, from there she summoned another into the husband. The couples went crazy and evil. They were too exhausted to fight back against the possession because of the recent fight.
Rather than having the demons feed on their powers harming innocent people, they transferred their powers to the 8-year-old child, she became more powerful than most witches that have ever existed. But it came with a price, such a small girl, she was made to carry out a task beyond her age and understanding.
They bounded her with their last wish and asked her to be the protector of their magic book, the family heirloom.” She cried out when her wound pulsates.
“What did the couples ask of the little girl?” Anthony asked.
“To kill them with her own hands” she replied with a sinister laugh.
“She killed them, carried the family heirloom, and ran to the palace for help but nobody believed her.
The little girl was tortured with all sorts of things, hot rods passed over her thighs, her painful scream in the air as her legs throbbed. She was beaten, left to starve for days, and accused of being possessed but she never used her powers on them. She never fought back despite the unfair treatment until they sentenced her to death by burning.
On that podium of dry woods waiting to burn her into ashes, she was saved by someone who saw a purpose in her” Her voice trailed off as she starts to lose consciousness.
Anthony slaps her cheek lightly “Wake up! I’m not letting you die” he said.
“Why?” She laughed “I’m not a good person,” she said.
“You might not be a good person but the 8-year-old girl was, I’m saving the 8-year-old girl not you,” Anthony said.
He could tell from the story that the 8-year-old girl was no one other than Ciara and he saw some ghastly mark on her body while tearing off her cloth earlier to suppress her wound.
“I knew there was something about you the moment I saw you at Grey Orbit, we entered on the same day remember?” He said.
Ciara scoffed and pushed him away “I will handle everything on my own. You should go and save your friends instead! I know what you’re planning with him but trying to win the lady’s trust is no more useful for me. They are in danger,” she said.
“What do you mean?” Anthony asked.
“It’s 9 already. Lady Violet knew Haliah would come and she was already taking her to Hades’ summoning room. If she gives in, her demon side will take over and she will kill all her friends” she said.
“What about you? I can’t allow you to die twice” Anthony said as he caress her face.
“I am not your responsibility Anthony, I plan to get rid of evil along with me but I can’t… you should help your friends, they are weak on their own.” Ciara said in a soft tone, showing that she was losing consciousness.
The only way to save her is to kill the lady of will and all her victims would return!
“I need to find Erik, he said they have a plan,” he said.
He broke the barrier and carried Ciara in his arms. He took her to his dorm and locked the door tight before leaving to find Erik and the rest.
KIRA’s PREMONITION
“If you can hear me and you are acting like a coward then their death is on you! I’ll be very glad to know I was right about you, then I won’t regret all those times I pick on you. You owe me an apology for what you did in the car then cause you are the incompetent nonsupernatural here” Jeff yelled into her ears.
He’s been trying to talk to her since but there’s no change or even a bulge that she would wake up.
Kira seems to be the type that acts only when she’s pushed. On hearing what Jeff said, she got angry and screamed “I am not an incompetent fool”
Her Phoenix voice created a force that sends Jeff crashing into the wall and he groaned in pain.
“F*ck you, Kira!” He yelled.
To her unknowing mind of Kira, she didn’t know when she was transported back to the bloody scene at Hanson’s mansion.
She flinched on seeing blood everywhere and the scene she saw earlier. She closed her eyes to control her breath for a while and to filter out unnecessary voices that she’s been hearing.
She did just well and she can now focus on the scene before her.
She walked from one part of the house to another and then she saw a female grim reaper carrying a baby wrapped in a white shroud.
She had thought a baby died but she then wondered what a baby might be doing here in the mansion.
She moved closer to see that the grip reaper is the lady in Black. Their eyes met and she got scared.
Lady in Black raised her sickle in a defense pose to stop her from coming closer but Kira was determined, she didn’t stop in her tracks.
She was forced to reduce her footfalls only when she got a closer look and she deduced from the defensive stance that Lady In Black was protecting the baby in her hands. Milk was being passed into the boy’s system with a feeding bottle positioned on her chest area.
“What In heaven’s name is going on here?” Kira questioned.
“Stay back… I won’t allow you to hurt him!” Lady in Black said.
She wore a confused look and was about to make another move when a man walked right through her. She gasped and stepped back in fear.
It occurs to her that Lady In Black was referring to another person and she seems to be seeing one of her lives.
She’s a grim reaper that has lived for decades, killed countless times by the saviors (In one of my stories) but always undergoes reincarnation. The most loyal subject of Hades.
“You evil woman?! How dare you seduce my son and even birthed a son with his seed?” An old man said holding a sword of death.
“You can do wh@tëver you want but please don’t harm my baby. This is the only thing that can keep him going for life without suffering a cruel fate.” She pleased.
“Surrender yourself and drop that sickle to the ground, I killed my son when he tried to host a devil’s advocate and now I will kill you and that d@mn baby,” The old man said.
“I didn’t Brë@štfeed him with my poisonous milk because of this, please don’t make me do anything to you,” she said.
“Does your evil lord knows you’ve failed him? A demon copulated with a human! I must stop such a great disaster” the man said and charged forward with his deadly sword.
Kira was dumbfounded and her knees turned to jelly, she fell to the ground covering her mouth in utmost surprise.
Lady in Black had a child?!
