Kasadya (Hellhound Awakened) (21 page)

“Oh Kas, just kill me. I can’t live with this, please just kill me,” she struggled to say, her crying suffocating her words.

“I’m sorry, Kali, I can’t. I am so sorry for what he did to you, but I promise his head for it.”

“No, Kas. I can’t go back like this. Who will take me knowing what I’ve done? I can’t Kas, please.”

Don’s words came to me again. “
We all lose something in this war young one, some fall to the loss, but some like him rise above it and try to save others from the same fate. There will be a day when this fate will cross your path, when it does you would have to make a choice, fall and be concurred by it, or rise above it to do good for others.
” She has fallen. No, I can’t let her do this, she needs to survive or everything so far would have been for nothing.

“Listen to me! You are beautiful beyond words. Any male that gets your attention must get down on his knees and say thanks. No one, but no one, will ever know what happened here. When we leave, all of it stays here, got it,” I reassured her. I lifted up her face to look at her, she looked at me and nodded.

I’m going to kill him slowly for this; he most likely took something that was meant to be special and wonderful with someone you cared for, against her will. Yes, slow very slow, I’ll cut his throat inch by inch, and listen to his screams.

“Kas, I’m so sorry. I tried to speak that day and tell you to run, but my mouth would not move. I’m so sorry.”

“No, you’re not going to slip into that. I chose to help you, and you had no control. We do this together, okay. I promise, I’ll get us out no matter what,” I replied and she hugged me; I think we both needed that hug. It’s been a very long time since someone held me, and I’m sure it was even longer for her. This is very funny; we started off hating each other, and now we are sitting here hugging each other. This was a step worth taking, a rough one, and really bad, but worth it.

The mute guy shifted in, and Kali jumped out of my arms and backed up against a wall, frightened by him. I stood up and looked at him, taking a stand between him and her, blocking his view. He stretched out his hands to offer me some new leather clothing. I walked forward and took it, then took a step back
.
“Now leave,” I commanded, and he shifted out.

I looked at the clothes, nice black leather with a red shine, got to give it to the demon his style was improving. I turned around and looked at Kali, worried for her
.
“I have to leave for a while, but no one will come near you. In the closet, you will find some clothes if you want to get into something else,” I finished and walked to the bathroom.

“Kas you can’t go with them, it’s awful. You don’t want to see,” she pleaded, trying to stop me from going in the bathroom.

I looked up at her and smiled. “Don’t worry Kali, they won’t dare touch me,” I finished and patted her hand.

“I know Draco and the other guy talked a lot about you, said that you are the most powerful fallen they have ever seen, but it’s not that,” she said, and looked away, walking to the bed to sit down.

So they know I am a huge problem then, but what could be so bad? “Tell me Kali, I need to know what I’m up against.”

“They have clubs in the human world, and in these clubs very bad things happen. Human’s mix with them, as if they where gods or something, it’s very disgusting.”

“I heard Chax once tell Vulcan the same thing, but I need to go and see where I can find our way out,” I replied, and went into the bathroom to get dressed. She followed me in and took a stand at the door.

“Don’t trust Ballen, he’s like a leader or something. I also think he’s a
Chiddigul
, a very powerful one.”

“Oh I’m counting on that. I need someone else’s weapon to kill Draco, and get these freaking cuffs off. He might just have some lying around,” I replied and smiled at her the moment I was in my new pants.

“Look at you,” she said, looking at me her eyes wide.

“What, is something wrong with it?” I asked and looked down to see what the problem is.

“No, the pants look great, I’m talking about you. Your body, the way you speak and act around them, what happened to you Kas?” she questioned, pity in her eyes.

“I took the lemons I was given, and made them into lemonade Kali. Don’t worry; I’m still myself just way better. Besides, I needed to change to survive this,” I answered and then closed up the new top. Wow, this leather really looks freaking great.

“I just hope you know what you’re doing,” she said, then turned around and walked out. I only hoped I did, too. Well no reason to sit around and wonder. I need to get going.

I walked out and found her on the bed looking at the floor. Chax’s kiss came back to me. For months I have forgotten about it, but now seeing her, it was back in my head and I felt very guilty. Would he have waited for her? I really hope so; she needs some kind of stability when we get back. I walked over to get my jacket and flung it around my shoulders.

Hell, I wonder if Seth was still around waiting; don’t think so, don’t care. My life wasn’t fun and games anymore. I had a mission, and I’m not letting anything stand in my way. I also need to get info out of Draco to know how the hell he got into our dreams, so we can fight back. At that I stopped and looked at her again.

“Kali, in your time with Draco did you see any more girls from
Exsilium
?”

She looked at me shocked.
“No, there was no one else. Why? Did he take someone else too?” she asked, tears starting up again.

“Not that I know of, I just have to make sure. I need to find out how he got into our dreams to get us here, and then we need to find a way to stop more demons from doing it,” I replied, still looking at her sad face; the old Kali died here too. We both died the day we shifted in here.

“He was in your dreams too?”

“Yes, I thought I made him up or something, so I didn’t worry about it. But yeah, the moment I saw him standing there in flesh and blood, I did a retake on that. How long was he in yours?”

“From the first night in the house. I told my
Custos,
and between him and Chax they were trying to help me. But it didn’t work. Chax said that no demon could penetrate
Exsilium
that I was making it up from my ordeal. That it must be because of mama and papa,” she replied, her eyes drifting away at the mention of her parents. Poor girl.

Wait, Chax was helping her? “So you and Chax, you weren’t, you know, dating?” I asked, just to make sure.

“Oh dear heaven no, no one in their right mind will date him,” she replied, and looked at me disgusted. Oh my bad, well hell it looked like it. “What made you think that?” Busted.

“The day I found the two of you in the lobby, it looked like I was interrupting something romantic. Sorry, didn’t mean to think something like that.”

“Oh no, I understand. I was worried you knew about my problem, seeing that Chax was your
Custos
. He was trying to penetrate my mind, but he couldn’t. Then he accused me of consorting with demons and …” she drifted off. Okay, that wasn’t nice of him, and he could have helped her. Wait a freaking minute!

I hit pissed off again. They knew and could have helped! Instead, he accused her and left her to the demons mercy. Oh he is so dead! Good kisser or not, he’s dead. All this could have been avoided, we could have had a normal life, freaking idiot! Fuming, I started to pace the room, pissed off at him. Silence followed my pacing.

“Now you look like Nanini.” Kali broke the silence, and I stopped to look at her.

I stood there for a few seconds, and we both burst out laughing. Then the mute guy shifted in and we stopped. Time to get back to work. I need answers, and a way out of this hell hole, and I’m going to get it. I got myself together and looked at her. “I have to go,” I said, and walked over to the guy. Before I took his hand, I wanted to make sure they got the message. “The one that dares to touch her, or try to visit her when I’m gone, is dead,” I threatened, looking him in the face. He nodded and offered his hand to me; taking it I braced myself for the next step in my life.

Chapter 15

He shifted me straight into a club, metal music slammed into me and I looked around to take in the scene.

Yip, Kali was right, this is disgusting. Some demons were fully transformed and some were in a human form; and humans were drooling all over them. Girls and guys were dancing, kissing or clinging to them. Oh this just pisses me off, we have to go and serve a freaking eternity for this? Oh, I so hope they deem this human demons, I would like to take a few heads as trophies, stupid humans.

The mute guy pulled on my jacket, and I turned to look at him. He pointed up and gestured for me to follow him. I nodded, and he started walking so I followed. We made our way through the crowd, the moment a demon saw me it would retreat or growl.

Oh yeah. I like this. They are scared and they should be. The moment I get my hands on my swords I’m going to pick a fight; need something to work out my fury over Chax’s stupid move. We walked to a flight of stairs and the guy went up. Standing on the top were two guys playing bouncer. Oh please, like they’re going to stop me.

They open up and as I pass them, I stop and look at them, taking my time. I could see that they were not happy with it, one took a step back. I smiled and continued onwards, reaching a lounge where Draco and the so-called Ballen were sitting with a few girls, some demon and some human.

“Ah,
Bellator,
welcome,” Ballen said and gestured for me to take a seat. I looked at him and kept my stand, crossing my arms over my chest and giving him the F-you face. He smiled and looked at Draco, who jumped up and came walking to me.

“Take a seat hellhound; you don’t throw something back in his face,” he whispered in my ear. I stepped back and looked at him, a smile on my face; like that’s gonna happen.

“Come, hellhound, I ensure you it is quite safe,” Ballen said again, so I turned my eyes from Draco and looked at him. The human girl on his lap caught my attention instead, and I gave her a death stare. Stupid girl! Her eyes went wide, and she climbed off his lap, then passed me and said sorry. Shocked, I turned to look at her. Did she just think I wanted her spot? For heaven sake, get a freaking life!

Disgusted at the stupid girl, I returned my eyes on Ballen and saw that he was not happy with me chasing away his entertainment
.
“Take a seat hellhound, we had an agreement,” Draco demanded of me. I looked at him and gave him a look that had him stepping back, then walked over to the couch and sat down, dropping one arm on the couch back and crossing one leg over the other.

“That’s more like it! Such a fine creature can’t stand around and look like an ornament,” Ballen teased and gestured to a guy, who came with a bottle of wine and poured some into his glass. But it was not wine that came out of it, no it was a dark thick liquid, it was blood.

Oh that’s just gross. I kept my eyes on him for a while, to check out my new competition. So, this is
Chiddigul
? Doesn’t really look that bad, well in his human form, we’ll see what his demon’s form looks like. I turned my eyes back on Draco and found him staring at me, again. He does that a lot these days, creepy. “My weapons?” I asked him, remembering our deal and feeling a little underdressed without them.

“Yes, of course,” he said and nodded to the mute guy, who shifted out and in a flash returned holding a case in his hands. What, he keeps my swords packed away? The mute guy walked to stand in front of me and offer the case. Taking it from him I looked at Draco. This must be some sort of trap or something, don’t trust this freak.

“Another gift for your performance of the day,” Draco murmured and gestured to the case. Yeah right, we’ll see. I opened up the case slowly, just in case something was about to pop out of the thing, and found the two most beautiful swords I have ever seen; beating even Chax’s swords. Lifting one up, I looked at it and glided my hand over them.

“I had some words engraved on them, I think it fits you just perfect hellhound,” Ballen said from my right so I looked at him. So this was from him and not Draco, yeah there’s a catch coming I can just feel it. Returning my eyes to the sword, I looked at the engraved words starting at the base of the blade
Lux Mundi
, which means “the light of the world”. Okay, now that’s creepy, why on earth would he put those words on it? I was expecting something like pet or slave. I brushed my hands over them to feel the texture, and power slammed through my fingertips, almost burning me. The catch of course, they are charmed.

So I got two new swords, which if I get this right, can’t kill Draco or this creep. Well that leaves my hands for Ballen and another plan for Draco; oh I’ll find a way
.
“Gratias,” I said to Ballen, looking him in his eyes with one of my wicked smiles, but instead of retreating like Draco his smile grew. Keeping my cool I looked back at my swords. Okay, it’s official, something gives with this gift. I got up, and placed the two of them in the sheaths at the back of my jacket. Because of the charm they slid in perfectly and when needed, release just as perfectly, giving me the edge.

Now fully armed, I walked over to the railing and looked down, watching the stupid humans interact with these freaks. Some girls were kissing and rubbing the demons, some were sitting on their laps laughing, and guys were feeling female demons and kissing them too. Oh man, this is disgusting, stupid humans. Look what we do for them every day, trying to protect them from these things, and they throw it back in our faces. Ungrateful.

“Humans are such easy creatures. They just need to see something beyond their little minds, and they fall to the ground and marvel at it,” Draco said, coming to stand next to me. I said nothing, too pissed off at the moment.

“Are you sure that they are worth it?” he went on, trying to hold a conversation, but I’ll direct this into my favor.

“Tell me Draco, how did you get into my dreams?” I asked, my eyes still on the crowd. Silence followed, so I turned my head to look at him. He was standing there looking at me. “Oh come on Draco, it’s not like I’m about to tell on you. For that I need to be able to get out of here,” I teased, putting on a playful smile to break him. He continued to look at me, weighing his options and then returned his eyes to the crowd
.