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Gloom Chapter 18
"You say that you... are here? With us?"And what, on top of that, we didn't even notice them?"Several, many of us, coexist on this filthy piece of land, just like you," he explained, smiling mischievously. You have no idea how many other demons might be in the same place as you.I clenched my fists, fighting the panicked tightness in my chest.A tense silence settled between us. He stared somewhere outside my window. Suddenly, his eyes traveled to my face and he nodded in my direction."Who did you inherit that eye color from?" she inquired.I blinked, because his question threw me off balance.“Uh…” I clenched my fists, puzzled as to why that was important. it's a little hard to explain.He raised an eyebrow."I think I can follow you," he replied pedantically."I'm just not sure. I shrugged apologetically, but saw him wince in annoyance, so I hastened to continue, "It's possible that my father's biological father."— Is it possible?"I've never seen it." And my father doesn't reme
Gloom Chapter 19
A light laugh, full of mischief, welled up from him.But I do it all the time.I narrowed my eyes. At this very moment, his wickedness did not cause me the slightest fear. On the contrary, she was totally enraged. She felt her face red with anger. She wanted to pour a pail of holy water over her so that she would feel a bit of the pain the girl had felt.But, much to my chagrin, I knew I couldn't. I knew that I had no chance against him, and that all I would get would be for him to hurt me.I pursed my lips, glared at him, and crossed my arms, knowing there was nothing I could do but try to appease my anger. Despite my outburst, however, Azazziel seemed amused by my reaction. His stupid smile hadn't faded from his face. I pursed my eyelids, and did breathing exercises to lessen my anger. I just prayed that the stranger was okay and that whatever he did to her, it wasn't so bad.I opened my eyes again, just a little calmer. I took a couple of steps back, trying to impose enough distanc
Gloom Chapter 20
I bit my bottom lip, debating whether to do it or not.« He will discover you ». She warned the voice of my mind. I clutched the wad of green paper in my hand hidden in my apron pocket and looked around for Jade." He could get angry ." She continued the small, nosy voice.I frowned. Was it wrong to help an acquaintance without saying anything? Jade and I weren't very close. In fact, if it hadn't been for the fact that Diana had approached her the day before to ask why she looked so stricken, I still wouldn't know. I was never good at starting conversations, especially those that could be delicate.I saw my partner serving a young couple at one of the tables near the entrance to the cafe. She didn't make an effort to show them a good face, and I figured it was due to the same situation she was going through. She had seen her like this all week and wished she could help her, somehow. According to what Diana had told me, Jade was having financial problems since her son's father was supp
Gloom Chapter 21
"It's a less bad way of telling me I look dead," I said. But at least I don't need glasses to see well."I still see without them," she defended.She took them off and hung them at the neck of the white T-shirt she was wearing, but her eyes narrowed almost immediately. Of course, the change wasn't much, since the glasses didn't have enough magnification to distort his brown eyes. She wanted to tease him about the slight red mark that her glasses had left on the bridge of her nose, but at that moment Diana appeared and hung from her neck to kiss her on the cheek."Dave!" She greeted him enthusiastically. Twice in the same week? Are you going to die or what?"I'm finally a bit free," he replied, giving a dramatic sigh.-We have a date? Diana looked at us suggestively."We're just going to see a movie," he replied, and that comforted me. Do you want to come?She stared at him, as if wondering if he had become stupid."I can't," he lied in a tone so natural that it made me envious, "I pro
Gloom Chapter 22
“Thanks for everything, Dave.-Did you have fun?I nodded, with a genuine smile. Unloving person that I was, I always had a hard time saying goodbyes.So I went over to him and awkwardly hugged him. He returned the gesture in the same clumsy way I did, and I found myself feeling comfortable with the hug; the heat of his body, his normal build, without marked muscles or anything like that, a soft body… More human . Nicer. David wasn't famous for being very tall, so I easily rested my forehead on his shoulder.When we walked away, we were both smiling. But, at that moment, something changed in her face. His sweet and kind gesture, the one that always characterized him, darkened and, for a second, I couldn't recognize the boy in front of me.At that very moment, David took my face in his hands and pressed his mouth hard against mine. Surprise paralyzed me. I began to feel how his lips tried to move frantically over mine, without getting a response from me. My first instinct was to stay s
Gloom Chapter 23
I saw the anger take over his expression."I don't want your fucking apology," he snapped back. I need to understand how the fuck you are so damn immune to all my abilities.-Don't know! And I wish I knew so you'd get the hell out of my life once and for all!He looked at me with narrowed eyes for several seconds. I was not able to add anything else. I caught a glimpse of how she clenched her fists at her sides, and how anger had slightly stirred her breathing.However, suddenly his frown slowly dissipated.-Know? she asked, a half smile spreading across her face. If I kissed you, I bet you that you would really enjoy it.My eyes widened.-That…? I mumbled, stunned. A light laugh came over me, pure bewilderment."I'm not kidding," he insisted. I could make you feel things that no human ever could.I blinked, because I couldn't believe the thread the discussion had gotten off track. I shook my head, too confused.-Are you kidding me?Shrugged."Aren't you curious?" —She raised an eyebr
Gloom Chapter 24
" Stop, Amy ."The little voice in my head was heard far away and weak. She knew that she had to stop, that she had to fight him. But for some reason, I couldn't stop myself.He released my hands warily, as if expecting my removal, but I didn't pull away. I wanted so badly to touch his hair to see if it was as soft as it looked, but instead I balled my fists into the thick material of his jacket. He released my hair, put both hands on the small of my back and pulled me even closer to his body. An unknown and strange sensation invaded me completely.As strange as it was, right now I couldn't find any vestige inside of that fear that I had always felt towards him. As sick and twisted as he could be, right now I felt… safe in his presence." Stop, dammit ." He insisted on my conscience. " He doesn't like you. He just wants to get his pride back, and you're making it so easy for him."I repeated that last thing to myself like a mantra.It was true. He was only doing this because he couldn
Gloom Chapter 25
The sensation was already beginning to irritate me. A couple of weeks ago, I had been terrified by this feeling, but now it just annoyed me.I looked around the entire length of the Monette's Coffee table area , while trying to serve the public as normal, hoping to find the origin of the individual who was watching me. I looked for the demon that I hated so much among all the clients, but I did not find it. I remembered the first days when I was filled with fear and paranoia because of him, and a knot tightened in my stomach.The feeling was so familiar to me by now that I was more than aware it wasn't in my head. The suspicion of danger, the frigid atmosphere and the feeling of being watched were enough for me to know that he was close.Although she couldn't see him anywhere.I gave an irritated sigh. At the request of Paul —the only waiter, since the rest of us were all girls—, I concentrated on ordering the newly arrived merchandise, taking them out of the boxes and arranging them