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My eyes widened.— What? I muttered. The blood drained from my face as I realized why I seemed to know him. There were certain features of him in my father's face, especially in the part of the nose and eyebrows. Suddenly, I felt a little dizzy. D-did you find it? B-but how…?"I have my tricks," he answered quickly. And I can't reveal them to you.I thought she had smiled, but she wasn't looking at him, so I couldn't be sure.-AND? I whispered fearfully. I looked up, undecided if I really wanted to know. Is…is there something out of the ordinary about him?His spirits seemed to drop with a single sigh."No," she replied, her lips tightening.That answer surprised me perhaps more than it should, since in truth a fraction of my mind had related that, finding him, we would find the resolution to all this matter. And that, finally, the enigma would end.Apparently, I was wrong.-Nothing? My voice dripped with some of my disappointment."Nothing," he replied under his breath, radiating a h
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The names of the parents of said children were Evelyn and Frank Masters.My hands began to shake. The rush of my breathing brought out the huge panic that seized my entire system, and I felt a light cold sweat break out on my forehead."Did you know anything about this?" Azazziel asked in a low, hoarse voice.I slowly shook my head, unable to take my eyes off the crumpled piece of paper."My…" I cleared my throat and took a breath. My parents never told me about this.“I need to peek a little deeper into your parents' minds. She” He reached up a hand to touch the paper with a fingertip. That seems to be a suppressed memory.I frowned at him."Are you asking my permission?""I'm letting you know," he replied without getting upset.I tensed my jaw."I don't want you near my parents," I warned, but my voice didn't have the strength I wanted.He shrugged nonchalantly."Well, you leave me no choice."-Why are you doing this? My breath hitched harder as I crumpled the piece of paper between
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Suddenly, his angry expression had softened to such an extent that I couldn't recognize the new expression on his face. I swallowed hard, not understanding why seeing him like that caused an uncomfortable tightness in my chest. Then, I was able to register how the immense confusion that I felt formed like a heavy whirlwind inside me.I didn't understand any of this. What was she supposed to have come for? Just to fuck up the night? Let's see how much we had been able to find out on our own? To tell me about Joseph or what happened to me? Or did he want…?I took a deep breath, and took advantage of the courage that still overwhelmed me to try to be honest."I-it's not the same because…" I muttered with a shaky voice. Because you make me nervous.Bewilderment took over his features for a second, but then he silently denied again."Of course," he said with a wry laugh.I nodded, staring at him, in an attempt to make him believe me. Although, judging by the hostile look he gave me, it did
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I turned on my heel, again without saying goodbye or thinking of any last words. Either way, I was sure he didn't care if we didn't have a good send-off, or if we ever saw each other again or not. So I shouldn't be interested either. I would see later the way to get him away from my family, and to protect them. There had to be one. If I needed to mop the floor in my house with holy water so he wouldn't come near, I would.Even at my distance, I managed to hear his voice."Amy…" he murmured, but I forced my legs forward, paying no attention to him, "do you want to know why Mabrax called me a freak ?"I stopped short. Something in my chest reacted the wrong way. Ignoring the warning screaming in the back of my mind, I looked over my shoulder at him.I hadn't managed to get too far away either, although there was a slight possibility that he had followed me, but I didn't think about that. My thoughts drifted in the tentative direction of curiosity."Are you serious?"A tired sigh made he
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I swallowed. Apparently, there was something else to add to the list of skills that I was totally unaware of, and that didn't benefit me at all.It wasn't pity, or maybe it was, I wasn't sure. With the destructive and relentless sea that my feelings had become, wreaking all kinds of havoc inside me, my resolve was drowned without the slightest chance of salvation. Like my sanity.“Look,” I said on a defeated sigh, “if you want me to help you again, it has to be only on my terms.His brows drew together, but then he seemed amused." Your terms?" she scoffed."That's right," I replied without hesitation. Never, ever hang me again, got it? The amusement drained from her expression as soon as she heard that. I want you to continue to keep your distance from my family. I'll help you figure all this out, but you're not going to involve them. I don't want them to ever find out about the existence of demons. I paused briefly and he narrowed his eyes, but he remained serious. You have to stop
Gloom Chapter 113
"Find out everything that happened the day you were born," he said suddenly. I looked up and he seemed to notice something abnormal in my countenance, so he reluctantly added, " Please."The latter was somewhat funny to me, but I forced myself not to laugh and nodded."I will," I promised. He stared straight ahead, resuming his haughty face as he squared his shoulders. I watched him for a couple of seconds. Know? I've known more about you in these two weeks from them than during the time I've been with you.-I imagined it. Her.” He rolled his eyes, irritated. They are idiots."Khaius is a little distracted," I added.“It was something I was risking. He let out a short breath. But I know he wouldn't hurt a human like you."Is it special or something?"He frowned."In his own way, yes.""What about your nov… Akhliss?" I corrected myself.He frowned almost dismissively."That was careless on our part," he said angrily, still not looking at me. He learned of your existence through my slip
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I shook my head when I stumbled, the product of not paying attention to my walk."Why does it seem like... you changed after the fight with Mabrax?" I mumbled, not looking up because of the shame I felt.It took him a minute to collect his thoughts. Or decide to be honest."You said I ruined your life," he said under his breath.I felt disoriented. I had to force my mind to evoke every memory of that day, until, at the moment when my own words echoed in every corner of my head, I revived the image of the moment when he had a hand squeezing my neck."Oh, I…" Another wave of shame and guilt washed over me. N-it wasn't… The situation…"I think that's partly true," he interrupted me. In a way, it's true, even if I have nothing to do with your abilities. While I assume I find it fun to torture you psychologically, my intention was not to devastate your life, not to the point where you begged me to end it. Her.” She shrugged, but she didn't want to look down at me. Although I suppose it was
Gloom Chapter 115
I bit my tongue as I looked with surprise—and revulsion—at the new uniform that had just been delivered to me, the one we were to wear starting the following week. My stomach clenched at the thought of wearing a skirt to work, especially for someone as prone to falling in public as I am.I put the clothes in my bag, sighing, not even wanting to imagine what I would have to deal with for the rest of the day. My only consolation was that the next day I rested. Generally, Sundays still counted as my "normal" day, my quiet day. The demons also seemed to give me a break, since they didn't dare show up at my house.I wasn't in the best of spirits, not after the conversation I had with my parents the night before. I couldn't help but shuffle around the cafeteria, because it had occurred to me that I didn't want to spend time finding out about what happened the day I was born.I started the conversation before they went to sleep, on the pretext that I had Googled my own name out of curiosity
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And the edge of the weapon slid across my skin. I felt the pain as my flesh split open, but I didn't waste any time. I held my hand in the air, over the small mound, so that the drops of blood would fall on it. I stood up and appreciated what I had done. Everything looked like a mess, not at all neat or orderly. It looked like the strange things that weird cults did, it looked like the kind of thing I would never have done before. Then I would take care of cleaning… If I managed to get out of this successfully.I swallowed hard, before taking the book in my hands. My heart pounded against my ribs, but my breathing was slow and labored.«In this way, I invoke you, Demon Alocer, master of black magic. I conjure you. Come and manifest yourself here and now, within this temple that I have prepared for you . They were the words that the book indicated to be able to call him, the appropriate ones to invoke the demon. She wasn't sure I could do it well. I read the inscription, first in my mi
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Nat put his weight on one leg, tapping his foot on the ground. She was still waiting for my response."I have an interview on Monday," I told him, and I couldn't help but smile.Her eyes widened, surprised. A pang of nervousness went through me just remembering it."Oh..." he whispered in surprise.We went our separate ways, I stayed on the couch while she went upstairs and stayed upstairs for a while. When she returned to the living room, I raised my eyebrows as I took in the tight, shiny black dress she was wearing, paired with smoky makeup and tall boots that reached above her knees.She stood in front of me and turned around so I could see her completely.-You can see it well?"Oh, yes," I agreed. I cleared my throat, reflecting the enormous surprise that invaded me. So... you're going out, huh? —I prayed that the enthusiasm hadn't come through too much in my voice.This was the opportunity I had been waiting for for weeks.He nodded smiling.“You should go with me,” he said, a ne
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I pursed my lips and felt like hitting myself. Nat gave a light, gentle laugh."It's true," I agreed quietly, avoiding looking at him."Your dog is great, girls," he said with a certain touch of emotion that seemed childish to me, "he looks like a real wolf.""It's yours," Nat said, pointing his thumb at me.—Do you mind if I pet him? —Dave asked me.Alexander gave a guttural snort and stepped away, hiding behind me."He's not very friendly," I murmured, slanting my lips apologetically, and he nodded with a slight grimace of feigned horror. He turned to take a look at Diana, who still hadn't finished shopping, and he looked at me again. Her dark eyebrows drew together in a clearly confused expression."Excuse me," he said, flashing a nervous smile, one of those so typical of him, "I think it will sound silly, but... do we know each other from somewhere?" “I feel…” He pursed his lips. I feel like we've seen each other before.The serenity disappeared from me as soon as a strange pang c
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My mood was not the happiest no matter how much I tried to change it, mostly because of Nat, since lately she was very determined to scold me if she saw me sad. And she didn't do it in a kind way, since she always related my despondent state to the fact that we had already spent a little over a month without knowing anything at all about the three demons. She got angry when she saw me down and she said that she couldn't be like this, not because of them . Likewise, he also took the enormous job of making sure he never left me alone anywhere.Sometimes I caught her staring at the ground or into the distance while we were doing something, and I knew perfectly well that she was thinking about Khaius. However, when she realized that he was looking at her, she would quickly start talking about whatever. I never saw her cry, apart from the first day when she decorated the kitchen wall with coffee, as if she wanted me to believe that she got over it very easily. But she knew her too well, a
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-Are you ready? —Nat asked me.I looked at her with a sunken brow.-You are?She pursed her lips slightly. I saw that the clenched fist she was holding in the air trembled a little."Of course," he answered, but he knew her well enough to detect a note of hesitation in her voice. Come on, at the same time.I nodded.I also extended one arm in front of me, holding the leather bracelet that I once acquired for ordinary purposes, like any other person who buys jewelry, but that I came to use to summon nothing more and nothing less than a true demon.We counted to three out loud, but the first to open her hand was Nat. I noticed her fingers part to drop the rune-engraved silver ring that Khaius had given her, so she could summon him whenever she wanted. A second later, I imitated her and, with my heart hammering as if I were the one who was going to jump from this tremendous height onto the pedestrian bridge where we were, I noticed a dizzying sensation in her stomach.The high meters of
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And if my feelings were, then so was Asmodeus and his promise to see us again.I looked at my hands, which now looked as ordinary as they had always been. At this point, after experiencing for myself the kind of things I was capable of, and even though it seemed uncomfortable, strange and improbable, I had to consider the possibility that maybe I wasn't human. Not at all. But if I looked at it from another perspective than I had done this time, maybe that wasn't the most important thing. Because how different could humans be from angels and demons? If we were all originated by the same being, were we deep down so different from each other?The difference was that we had a choice. I could choose.I clenched my fists tightly as I stood up and, taking a deep breath, squared my shoulders.The obsession that they always had, the doubt of my origin, that which dominated them so much was really not interesting at all. For me, not anymore. Because what did matter was what he could do with thi
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I didn't realize that Alexander had followed me into the room until I heard his moans. The pitiful sound he emitted managed to bring me out of the rage I was immersed in, and he made me open my eyes. Then, a gasp of pure shock and horror left my lips.My fingers opened and dropped the flower I was previously holding, now in a strange, misshapen and blackish shred from which a row of gray smoke seemed to be coming out.But what…?Even with my eyes filled with tears, I was able to see the faint trace of what appeared to be real smoke emanating from the palms of my hands. I didn't believe it. It couldn't be possible. Either my own sense was deceiving me, or in the end I did end up losing my mind.However, the image disappeared from my sight as soon as panic overwhelmed me.The active part of my brain made me react and I stood up. Out of pure instinct rather than anger, I stepped several times on the black flower from which a faint smoke was emanating. A strong smell burned my nose. The s
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I left the room and closed the door carefully, slowly, with a lump forming in my throat. Then, with a heavy heart and low spirits, I walked to my bedroom. Even without having entered, I already knew that I would feel much worse.I would have loved to be able to walk into my own room and be calm, to feel like I was in my personal refuge, somewhere protected and safe from the world. But it was not like that. My chest squeezed violently when I looked from the threshold at my unmade bed, my old desk with my laptop and a couple of books scattered on top, the closet, a couple of clothes thrown away and everything else, as messy as it always used to be... I hadn't even made it a month outside, but it felt like years had passed since I last set foot here. Everything was just as I left it, nothing had moved from its place.So when my eyes eventually came across the nightstand that sat on the side of my bed, I froze. I felt a stream of ice run down my back. And, in the next second, a gasp escap
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It didn't take long when, immersed in my own bubble of silence and anguish, I managed to hear Anthony's footsteps down the stairs. I closed my eyes tightly, not feeling ready to face him or face whatever he wanted to say, and I stayed very still. However, not a single word came out of his mouth. He just approached and sat down carefully and silently in a corner of the sofa where I was, next to my head.Anthony didn't learn much; In fact, I didn't tell him anything at all. I didn't have to give him any explanation, he didn't make an effort to find out what he had done those two weeks that I wasn't home. My brother didn't scold me for crying, he didn't tell me that he was an idiot for trusting the wrong guy, nor did he make fun of me like he used to do with every mistake he made. He just ran his fingers through my hair for a long time, like my mother used to do with us when we were children and needed her attention.That gesture alone was enough for me to start crying uncontrollably, so
