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A growl of helplessness, confusion and fear made me struggle against the ropes, ignoring my pain. This was an absolute horror, because not only were they torturing me, but also my friends, and I couldn't tell which was worse. It was real, true agony .A flash of pure, raw anger surged through me."They are cowards..." I mumbled. I saw Mabrax turn his face rudely toward me, while Naamah raised her eyebrows to the sky. They have us tied because they can't free us.-That? Naamah snapped, with a hint of mockery as if that had seemed absolutely ridiculous. Do you think that if I untie you you will be able to defeat me?I forced myself to look at her.-Taste me…Of course not. He was aware that he couldn't fight her, much less Mabrax. He was aware of their supernatural strength and quickness, but the thought was that, perhaps, if they were focused on me, Dave and the girls would suffer less from their harassment and torture.I could clearly hear Naamah's irritated growl.—What are you doing
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A horrible sound. A loud bang, so forceful that it could have been lightning that fell from the sky, too close to the abandoned warehouse. For a stormy second, silence reigned after the echo he left.Until a scream that came from outside thundered throughout the place.—¡MABRAX!A hint inside me stirred violently when I recognized his presence.Part of me felt an indescribable wave of relief, because I could recognize that voice anywhere…, but it also gave me exceptional fear, since I had never heard him this angry before.I watched as Naamah broke free of Mabrax's arms, and began to back away."You said I wasn't going to come..." she muttered in his direction."That's what we were supposed to do," Mabrax muttered, his jaw clenching.The she-devil made a furious grimace, and pushed him furiously.—And what are you doing here then?!-Don't know!Another impact, which was also heard as if it were an irascible lightning bolt, echoed between the walls. The roof structure released a cloud
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A shiver of pure disgust ran down my spine.I was able to hear the guttural and savage growl that Azazziel uttered."Ah, ah," Mabrax murmured in an amused denial, but it quickly disappeared. You come closer and I kill her. If any of you dare to take a step, I will kill her, you hear?!Then, Akhliss's figure appeared in my field of vision. Relief and amazement ran through my system in equal parts, since – like Azazziel – two large dark wings protruded from his back, but different from his; Theirs were membranous and smooth like those of bats.His eyes were narrowed in a surprisingly stern expression, but nowhere near as Azazziel's, but more controlled. Almost analytical.—Do you really think it's worth it, Mabrax? —she asked him—. Is torturing that girl worth your death?-You're going to kill me? Mabrax asked. Are they really going to murder me just because of an insignificant human?"That's how you decided," Azazziel replied, without showing an ounce of mercy."You will risk your posi
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I looked up, confused and scared to death, and then I could see Claire a short distance from where we were, with an empty bottle in one hand. My fear grew to enormous levels, because I didn't understand what had happened. How the hell did she even get there?!Immediately, Mabrax and I moved a couple of steps, while he continued to grunt in pain. And then, without me being able to do anything to stop it, he raised one arm and hit Claire across her torso with such speed and force that she was thrown off of her. Her back hit a wall violently, and then ended up on her side on the floor. Her face twisted into a pained grimace.A horrified scream built in my throat, but I couldn't even utter the girl's name, when something else suddenly happened. Something I would never have expected and definitely not Mabrax either.It all happened too soon.The first thing I heard was a tearing sound, very close to me, and I immediately turned around and noticed the thick straight steel—long, shiny, and s
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I wasn't sure how I had gotten to Nat's house. I also had no idea why I was now lying in bed in the room Khaius had shown me the other time, the one where he mentioned that Nat wanted it to be for me. But it was the least of it.In those moments, that didn't matter.He could handle the bruises. I could handle the bruises, the unsightly scabs, and the wounds on my skin, and I was sure that if I'd had a broken bone, I could have handled it too. Not easily, of course, but I would have managed.However, with what Mabrax and Naamáh did to my friends, not with that. With everything they said to humiliate me and make me feel like shit, I couldn't handle that .I did not understand Mabrax's revelation, what he had told about me to that Asmodeus, because the moment he mentioned it, the demons around me became upset. And that only seemed to mean that, far from having freed ourselves from a problem, we had entered into a much bigger one.I couldn't handle the reality that I caused my parents'
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“But…” I cleared my throat and wiped my face with the back of my hand. I-I don't understand, how come...?-Oh look. —He raised her right hand and brought it closer to me. On her middle finger was a simple ring, silver, perhaps, that he hadn't noticed before. Jon etched some weird little drawings on this, on the inside. And as he described things, he told me that, if a time came when I thought it was necessary, that he should call him. Him or Azazziel. —Nat looked down again for a second and let out a short nervous laugh—. Your boyfriend scares me a little, and I swear I didn't want to call him here, but she... she was too worried about you and Jon.A strange pang went through me when she said "your boyfriend . "Something inside me warmed. Although I was aware that, like Azazziel with me, Khaius could not be capable of feeling love for her, a gesture like that gave me to understand that the demon actually did care about my friend. Even though he couldn't feel the same.I couldn't h
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-Are you OK? —Nat asked, now with a more cautious tone due to my silence."Y-yes..." I hesitated, and opened the door.She narrowed her eyes slightly when she noticed my face.-You need something?"No," I murmured, shaking my head, "I'm fine." Thanks, Nat.—Don't worry, I'm your servant now. "She," she shrugged. At least until you can walk alone.I gave him a smile, although I didn't feel the joy of it inside me. She helped me get back to the bed and lie down. I clenched my jaw as she tried to get into a comfortable position, but to no avail; There was no way I was going to avoid the pain.At that moment, the imposing silhouette of a person appeared at the entrance of the room, throwing me off balance. Only there, something familiar inside me stirred. My chest and stomach tightened, solely because of the wave of emotions that seeing him caused me.Nat smiled a smile that seemed forced, or perhaps nervous, and reached out to me to squeeze my hand."I'll see how Jon is doing," he told m
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Azazziel let go of my face and lowered his head. I saw him clench his jaw tightly.We fell into dead silence for several minutes, while I tried to calm my crying."I-I know that this doesn't really change the fact that they're gone..." I said in a thin voice, not knowing if I was saying it for him or for me. But how am I going to live with that?Regret, remorse , that was what he couldn't handle. They didn't deserve to be gone yet. Not that way.My lips trembled as I wrapped my arms around my own torso. At that moment, one of his arms surrounded my waist in a hesitant and—I dared to think—fearful gesture.In a surrendered gesture, I let my head fall on his shoulder, and then he hugged me tightly.“Forgive me,” he whispered, his voice unstable, hoarse, his lips pressed to my ear.I closed my eyes tightly, feeling a devastating and painful sensation in the center of my chest. Disconcerting , above all.Neither Azazziel nor I said anything else. For a long time, the room in which we wer
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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
