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“Are you talking delirium?” “Yes. When you succumb to those demons, you become vulnerable. There are five realms, one of which seeks out these vulnerable souls. It’s called Eradyę. Imagine your world, but through a much darker lens. A land of death and destruction.”
“Given my voracious appetite when it comes to you, Miss Ravenshaw, I’d advise against touching me that way.” His voice carried a husky rasp of desperation. “Unless you’d prefer this pretty dress of yours in shreds on the floor.”
you are my Heaven and Hell.”
Sex with him was never just sex. We made love as war, a battle of giving and taking.
Met’Lazan. Humans, hand-picked by the heavens who were bestowed powers beyond the confines of mortal medicine. And they were believed to have been the ones instrumental in the resurrection of Messiah. Apparently, they possessed the power to invoke angels and demons, but could not use their abilities to heal other mortals.
“Vinculum. What is that, exactly?” “There are certain animals of this world who have an awareness, so to speak. They are familiars. Birds and cats are most prominent, and ravens, in particular, have the ability to slip into the world of the dead.”
“I speak the truth. Nothing more than a mortal. I am from an ancient line of the Dra’Akon.” “Who are they?” “Hunters, borne of the gods, but fated to suffer pain and die as any human.”
“A human. Ancient gods decided that neither Heaven, nor Hell, should hold such power. So, they granted it to a neutral source.” Like it was a nervous tic of his, he leaned forward again, searching the sky overhead. “Unfortunately, most Met’Lazan don’t even know they possess the power of the Omni. It isn’t apparent to them until they are summoned to speak.”
“You said the Met’Lazan is a human soul. What else can you tell me?” “Not much, I’m afraid. Just that they tend to be female. And that they are born in times when evil stands to threaten the realms.”
‘A woman’s heart bears the fire of warmth or scorn,’ his mother had always said to him, and as a result, the baron had grown to appreciate and respect the feisty ones. He admired their strength and tenacity and had never felt intimidated by them.
I buried my face into the pillow and screamed. Screamed for the baby I would never cradle in my arms. The clean and innocent scent I would never breathe in. I screamed for the smiles and giggles and tiny handprints drawn on walls. I cried for the quiet nights whispering to Jericho as the baby slept between us. For never seeing him hold his child for the first time. I cried for every lost moment fate had stolen from me.
“I am a coveter of pain, who loves most when something is taken away. My mother. My father. You. And now the baby.”
“Hit me, Farryn. As hard as you can.” The anger swelled inside of me all over again. “Stop it. Stop it!” “Think of what was taken from you!” He grabbed tight to my wrists and gave a slight jerk. “Come on! Pretend I’m the thief. Your thieving God who took from you. I am the one who has forsaken you. Hit me!”
“Don’t you dare feel remorse. You just showed me the pain inside of you. Your pain is my pain. When you suffer, I suffer. These hits are nothing to the ache in my heart.”
“Farryn is the Met’Lazan.”
“So, my father cannot claim her soul? He does not own it?” “No. He can, however, keep her imprisoned, so I suggest we get to Infernium posthaste.”
“Are you telling me Lustina was sent to Infernium after her death?” “I believe she was, yes. But it was not the blood moon prophecy which killed her. It was Bishop Venable.” “Yet, she died on the night of the blood moon.” “Merely coincidence.” He lowered his gaze from mine, the sight of his sudden discomfort setting off alarms inside my head. “She was with child.”
She’d told me to protect the girl at all costs. At the time, I’d thought it was simply her affection toward Lustina which had prompted her to say so. “She knew she was Met’Lazan,”
“Yes. For years, your father tormented her to get her to confess. He fed off her vitaeilem and subjected her to unspeakable acts of cruelty, and still, she refused to divulge the name of the girl she’d been sent to protect.”
one cold thrust of a blade, I stole her laughter, her tears, her memories. I stole everything. Just like that, she was gone.
“You are not alone. I will come for you in the darkness. And I will bring you back into the light.”
“I shiver when I look at you. Because every cell in my body knows you are the only creature capable of destroying me.
When he pulled away from me, two fangs hung beneath his top lip, dripping a shimmering silver.
