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Gloom Chapter 27
"Mmm… Very good," I muttered doubtfully. So what are you going to order?"I want a chocolate-filled donut and a caramelized cappuccino."I widened my eyes as I wrote his request on my pad. How much sugar was he able to ingest? It disgusted me just imagining it."Okay, I'll bring it to you right away." And I quickly went to the bar area.I took two other people's order, until I was told that the goth girl's was ready. With the tray in hand, and taking the extreme care that I always felt I had to not hurt anyone, I went to the young woman who was still reading.This time he did notice my arrival and put the device aside, very close to me, while I carefully arranged what he ordered on the small table. My curious instinct made me divert my eyes to his tablet. Then a spark of recognition went through me, and immediately after, a feeling of terror.The upper corner, where the title of the book's chapter could be seen, read: Ars Goetia .My heart skipped a beat as I recognized the text. I ha
Gloom Chapter 28
"Do you wear contact lenses?"I frowned.-No.Her eyes widened more than usual, and with the makeup she was wearing, they looked huge."Do you have black eyes?" Her,” she inquired as she leaned back on the table to get a closer look at me. Her shocked tone caused a little more blood to pool on my cheeks."I-they're dark brown," I lied, and decided to distract her. And you, what do you do?—I work in a record and video game store. And on weekends at a fast food restaurant.I blinked. This girl never rested. Why did someone as young as her need to work so hard?-You live alone? I guessed her.He nodded."That's why I slave," she explained, as if she'd known what he'd thought.She was barely nineteen, why had she left home so soon if she wasn't studying?"May I know why you live alone?" I asked tactfully.Nat finished eating her entire burger before answering. I waited patiently."My dad died when I was eleven," she explained in a calm voice, her eyes fixed on the table. My mother was ve
Gloom Chapter 29
“Hey, I appreciate you not saying anything to Dee,” I said quietly, my face glued to the phone.David's brief nervous laugh came from the other end of the line.—Don't worry, I know our friend. She would have pestered you into telling her every detail, and, well…” she murmured, and a slight, yet overwhelming silence settled over the conversation for an instant. The truth is that I don't even know what happened to me.I held my breath.I had the need to tell him to rest easy, that I knew exactly why he still felt like he had been forced to do what he did. However, there was no way he was going to complicate his life like this. It was best for him that he was left with the idea that he had had some idiotic impulse triggered by hormones, or the spur of the moment."I already told you we don't have to talk about it," I replied with the most pleasant tone I could. Just… let's leave it at that.My gaze drifted towards the short girl in dark clothes, who was patiently waiting for me at the s
Gloom Chapter 30
My brow wrinkled.Suddenly, the fleeting joy that he had felt began to fade little by little.-Keep watching?-Oh yeah. And believe me, if you don't go and talk to him, I will.“ Um , Nat? Finally, she looked back at me. How is the guy?She looked back at him and seemed delighted to do so."Well, it's very tall. I bet I reach her belly button!-What else? I asked urgently."Look at him," he suggested.-Can't!Rather, he didn't want to. The terror of knowing it could be him overthrew any other feeling."Okay…" he murmured. He is dressed almost all in black."Do you have gray eyes?"—Woman, from here I cannot see if they are gray. Although I think you have them clear, yes."And her hair?"He raised his eyebrows as he narrowed his eyes."Oh, it's a mess, it's a little long." It's… gosh, what a pretty color. It's like mahogany. Will it be dyed?“ Oh shit …” I whispered breathlessly.All traces of the hot blush from a moment ago vanished completely.Ice flooded my system.-What do you have
Gloom Chapter 31
"You're an asshole," I mumbled."Thank you," he replied with a half smile.Nat's giggle distracted my anger and I glared at her. She slowly shook her head, looking at the ground, and she wanted to know what the hell she was thinking.Suddenly, surprise suffused her features, as if she had remembered something important.“Oh, Amy, here. Then she took the hardcover book out of the bag slung over her shoulder, and handed it to me.I didn't miss Azazziel's raised eyebrows at the title, so I hastily stuffed the text into my bag.The bus that would take her to work pulled up in front of us and Nat waved.“It was nice meeting you, Aiden,” she said, and I suppressed the urge to shudder.“The pleasure was all mine, Nat.I raised my eyebrows when I saw him wink at her. Her face became one of wonder, and for an instant he seemed to lose his breath. The only thing missing was to blow air with her hand.I almost rolled my eyes.When she came out of her trance, the girl managed to surprise me more
Gloom Chapter 32
But even so, I took advantage of his silence to finish speaking."He didn't look like a man," I explained, thinking back. He s-looked like a child, a small one. He arrived at the cafeteria with a man and a woman. He watched me for a long time, until he came over to talk to me. He wanted to know what I was, and he said that my soul didn't look like that of a normal human… And all those things you say. H-he wanted…” I swallowed hard again, to reduce the lump that nervousness had formed in my throat. D- he said my soul was the most desirable he ever perceived.His eyes narrowed suspiciously."He could read your mind?""No…" I hesitated. I didn't… dared to ask him. B-but I'm sure I couldn't.He nodded slowly.Then he took a step back and, his face uncompromising, his gaze traveled the entire length of my body."Did he do something to you?"An alien feeling—unknown, but I wasn't interested in understanding—squeezed my stomach at the intensity with which he looked at me."N-no," I muttered.
Gloom Chapter 33
Maybe I should have thought better before asking."The only thing I ask of you," he continued, "is that you don't even think about calling me stupid."—Not that I wanted to see you for pleasure.That got him a half smile, but he didn't answer.The stubborn bewilderment, the one that threatened to wreak havoc with my sanity, the one that had remained in me since I saw demonic pupils in the tiny face of a child, returned to hammer my head at that moment.A feeling of suspicion assailed me and that distrust that I always felt towards him invaded everything. Why wasn't Azazziel aware of what happened to the other demon?"So you didn't know what happened to me?"He raised his eyebrows condescendingly."Do you think he knew?""I just thought you were spying on me all day." I had thought that… you already knew.In a single second, a slight dizziness washed over me as I realized that, at that moment, in those torturous minutes in the cafeteria, I had been totally unprotected.The unknown demo
Gloom Chapter 34
The words resounded like a whirlwind in my head:"Because I wanted to. Nothing more than that. I always do what I want . "Why did you want? wanted what ? See if I kissed her back or pulled away from her? Or if she kept me still the same as with David? Did he want to see if the contact was painful? Or if sparks started flying and one of us caught fire?Or, simply, he wanted to verify that my self-control was not as strong as it seemed to be, and that deep down he did manage to make me weaken...No, no fucking way , the voice in my mind was determined.It was impossible. Not for someone like him.Not for something like him.I didn't understand the real meaning of his words, much less considering what the little demon had revealed to me that day and that he later confirmed to me. And it is that, if Azazziel really hated humans so much, why had he kissed me then?The vibration of my cell phone made me jump, although I appreciated the distraction. My thoughts had already begun to take