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Gloom Chapter 175
—But how can I live knowing that you saved me, and that now you pay the price? —Her voice broke at the end of the question, and I caught her shaking her head in a slow nod—. How could I return something like that to you?"I don't need you to give it back to me," I assured him in a tone just as weak and low, "nor do I need you to feel indebted to me.""But..." he gasped, bringing his eyelids together again. Amy, for all the… You dared to summon a demon just to save me! —She exclaimed, surprising me and forcing me to look at her again—. And that damn marked your..."Wait, wait," I interrupted her, making a gesture with my hands. Suddenly this, the unfathomable anguish and clear guilt that he seemed to exude for me made sense. A muffled sound erupted from my throat when I finally understood it. Do you think that I...? —I shook my head—. No, Claire, it wasn't like that.Claire looked up and scowled at me, more confused than ever.-What are you saying?I bit my lip, not sure how to continu
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She stared at the floor for a minute, looking thoughtful. Then, she looked at me with a different feeling, one I didn't make out.—And you've dealt with all this alone? —She inquired. Her question made her feel a strange weight in her stomach. I didn't say anything, but my silence was enough for her to know that it was true. Because…? “She,” she slowly shook her head. Why didn't you tell someone?A brief laugh assailed me.—Claire, did you tell your mother that a demon had taken over your body?"Yes," he replied in a bitter tone. And he took me to a fucking psychologist."Exactly," I murmured, grimacing. How could I talk about this with anyone else? Do you know what it could mean for anyone to learn that demons and Hell really exist?His lips pressed together into a tight line. She gave a sigh that didn't seem to calm her at all."This is so fucked up," he muttered.I nodded my head. That was undeniable."I don't want you to feel indebted to me," I said. As you see, this goes beyond w
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He couldn't affirm that there were true feelings within them , no matter how much it seemed that way.It was raining when I left Claire's house. However, the precipitation was so light that my clothes were barely damp when I arrived home. I had little time for serenity. Just an hour later, and while watching television with my parents on the couch, I was able to recognize an icy presence that manifested itself in the residence.A chill ran down my spine when I managed to distinguish who it belonged to.Immediately, I almost ran to my room, the precise place from which the energy emanated. I had to accept that I wasn't that surprised when I saw her, but I did notice a strange flutter in my chest that I didn't want to interpret.Akhliss was lying freely on my bed, spread out comfortably as if it were hers, with the red-eyed puppy—who was supposed to be in the yard—resting on her stomach while she petted him. I couldn't tell if her rude intrusion into my room made me happy for not having
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—Shit, it's true! —She interrupted me, opening her eyes wide and raising her eyebrows in an exaggerated expression of feigned discovery—. It's true that I can't feel the same thing that a human feels, I'm practically like an empty sculpture that doesn't conceive a single fucking feeling. But don't worry, after all, I am a demon without a single trace of goodness .An unknown shadow crossed his gaze as he said that last bit. I looked at her strangely for a few seconds, while her expression changed to an impassive one. Suddenly, as realization finally settled into my brain, a wave of anger filled my system.I didn't need her to say anything else to understand that she had eavesdropped on my conversation with Claire."Will you stop monitoring every damn thing I do?" —I mumbled through clenched teeth, in a tremendous effort not to raise my voice.Akhliss took a deep breath and stood up, setting the puppy down on the bed. He looked up at my face and I saw something very similar to anger th
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"Akhliss..." I mumbled, but I didn't know how to keep my anger down. The way her face had altered, how real the feelings were on her face... They almost managed to convince me that none of her words were lies. "I d-don't know what to think anymore," I admitted with a gasp. I feel like everything they say and is written about you is bullshit."And it is," he replied, still not looking at me, as he paced slowly around my room. It's all bullshit, because they have very broad and specific information, but they still maintain other wrong questions. Humans know so little about us, and assume anything too easily…” She walked over to my desk and ran a hand over it, examining my belongings with a thoughtful air. And the worst thing is that they blame us for their own mistakes. You guys are bad too. They use the stupid excuse of "The devil got into him" to commit the most terrible acts. And yes, sometimes it's true, but most of the time we don't even try. Among you there are also liars, pedophi
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Far from feeling distressed by what he said about him, I was stunned. Impressed as hell. Well, yes, I also had a slight pain in my chest, and I was affected. But more than anything I was confused by the other thing. I needed to know exactly what he meant.I dug my nails into my palms, and walked towards my bed. I sat on the mattress with some nervousness, positioning myself closer to her. Akhliss didn't look at me, instead he tilted his head further away from me, moving his chair a little in the process.She wasn't sure her intention was sensible. But she was talking without her even having to make an effort, and she seemed to be being quite open. And, beyond mere curiosity, she had a strange feeling inside me that demanded I know about it.“Azazziel said your son's death was his fault,” I muttered cautiously, trying to be as tactful as possible. He didn't know how much this matter affected Akhliss.I felt him tense up completely, as if just hearing that was something unpleasant. I fe
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I pursed my lips, immersed to the core of my mind by his own memories. By that point, Akhliss had her head bowed and her eyes dull, fixed on the ground; He no longer showed the excessive anger he had just shown, but now he looked so dejected that I appreciated in me the strong instinct to say anything to make him look the same as always again."But, of course, that only persisted until he matured and no longer needed anyone to take care of him," she explained, her voice no longer strong. I spent many years subjected to the ordeal that his death left me with. But it had to continue existing, however it could; hurting to try to feelsomething; taking away people's energy for the sheer pleasure of it; causing disasters for fun... When this thing with you started, something that I wouldn't know how to explain to you seemed to emerge from the deepest hidden place in me. And although I know I made mistakes at the beginning, immediately it was as if... whatever that was, I lived with the perm
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But then, his body vanished into the air with the speed of a blink.An almost painful chill ran through my system, from my hand to my feet, as I stretched out my arm to try to prevent his departure. The tips of my fingers felt the trail of dark smoke that left his body before it vanished, so cold that it was as if it had been ice vapor.The weight of his words fell on my shoulders the moment I was alone in my room.I remained still for several minutes, stunned, with my breathing a little accelerated and my mind completely blank. Knowing absolutely nothing what to think about tonight. Without certainty about who was right, who was the true martyr, or who felt real pain. Convinced that Claire was right, but also disturbed by Akhliss's confession.And also full of nostalgia, because something inside me told me that maybe I would never see her again.I was vaguely aware of sitting back up in bed, because my body was acting on its own, without receiving commands from my brain. My thoughts
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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
