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And it wasn't just because I was more than sure that something bad was about to happen to me. It was because she had gone to that place in vain. Hythro lied: they weren't being tortured, they didn't even know I was in that place. Wherever they were, they had no idea of my whereabouts. The realization that I was a complete idiot who took risks for nothing hurt even more than Naamah's blows.The anger at myself was such that the desire to cry was unbearable.The end of the tunnel, even though I had no idea what it would be like, left me stunned. I opened my eyes wide, because I would never have imagined that.I wasn't sure if I wanted to go back the way I came, or if I wanted to stay there.There were no longer underground passages, nor rooms with torture instruments. All that disappeared. We entered a space that seemed to be a formidable cave of such abysmal dimensions that I could not see where it began and where it ended. A stone path that looked like a bridge separated us from som
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At that moment, Hythro released me.My heart skipped a beat as I looked up to survey the area I had been taken to. It was illuminated by a huge, complicated but elegant gold-colored chandelier that hung from the top. The bricks in the room were the same faint reddish tone as the rest of the castle, that didn't change. There were many pillars connecting the roof to the floor.But, without a doubt, what caught my attention the most was what was in front of me, several meters away: what, from my perspective, seemed to be an excessively large seat for one person. In the first second, I thought it was nothing more than an unaesthetic throne, made up of countless light gray spheres. But when I took just a few steps closer, I realized that the spheres were not the same size or shape. I lost my breath the moment I realized that it was a throne made of skulls.I immediately backed away until my back hit the wall. Then, an alien whisper of anguish was heard in my ear, and in the next second, tw
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Suddenly, a familiar burning arose in the center of the hand Asmodeus held, and began to spread up my arm. A gasp escaped me the moment I saw the spiral of black thorn-shaped lines that were drawn on my skin.His eyebrows rose slightly. "I see..." he murmured with a hint of amazement, with those crimson eyes fixed on the black mark on my arm. So she made sure to mark you as hers. He's more cautious than I thought.I wasn't sure why, but his words made a flash of anger ignite in me. However, the brief mention of him caused a lump to form in my throat and I withdrew my hand in one swift movement. I took a step back, feeling my legs grow weaker.The glowing eyes of the demon in front of me traveled to my face, inspecting it for a few eternal moments. It wasn't until that moment that I became fully aware of a strange, new energy that I was able to appreciate. The energy that Asmodeus emanated was heavy, cold as ice, just like that of the rest of the demons he knew, but somehow it was
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"He's been running a few errands for me," he replied calmly, his crimson gaze returning to my face. I needed to keep him busy.I looked down, letting out a tiny gasp. Realization took over and he felt a wave of relief; but, at the same time, that he tortured me with remorse. With the regret of having agreed to be here, of having gone through all that shit to get to them."So... none of them are in danger," I muttered, looking at my pitiful reflection in the smooth, clean, black surface of the floor.A painful stab of pure pity shot through the center of my chest. Pity for myself, because if it really was like that, that meant that I had entered a labyrinth of corridors and strange rooms, to end up in an underground cave, inside a gigantic demonic castle with nothing but one of the Kings of Hell …for nothing .Still, that stupid part of my mind that couldn't stop worrying about others was relieved by that possibility. That they were safe."You would have to define danger ," he said
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A shiver ran down my spine as his red eyes locked onto my face again."I already told Mabrax, Naamah, and all of you," I replied in a small voice, overcome by a flash of terror. I don't have the slightest idea.-Oh yeah. “Mabrax ,” she muttered and rolled her eyes. I almost forget it. A demon of my own level died because of you.The stern look he gave me sent a pang of panic through me."H-he was the one who attacked us," I said hurriedly.—And that's why you had him killed? He gestured with the hand he was holding the glass towards one of the black doors. Is that why you disfigured the face of my favorite succubus?I swallowed hard.—That wasn't what..."It doesn't matter anymore," he interrupted me. However, you will realize that you must pay for all the scandal you have caused in my Circle. You can't come out of this undefeated, Amy. It's just a reckoning. "She," she smiled brighter. You understand, blood for blood.My lungs failed me and suddenly just breathing was hard work.-Wh
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The demons looked at each other in mild confusion for a second. However, they nodded silently and proceeded to bow slightly, as if making a slight bow towards him. Then they turned to leave and close the door behind them… But not before taking one last look at me.A harsh moan escaped Khaius's lips and my attention returned to him.—W-what… are you doing h-here? —She asked brokenly, with difficulty. He put a hand on mine, perhaps to remove it from her face, but instead he just kept it there. Something in my chest hurt again seeing him so hurt and vulnerable. “You-you have to…” A choked sound escaped her and she couldn't continue. He lowered his face slightly and spat some of the black liquid onto the ground.I bit my lower lip hard, ignoring the pain, since finding him in that state hurt me almost as if I had suffered his wounds myself. I brushed the wet strands of hair from his face, and he shook his head in a slow, weak refusal. He stared at me for a second and said something that,
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"Let me go," I whispered, feeling pathetic and cowardly. But by that point the certainty had already settled in my head that I couldn't do anything against him. That the demon in front of me was much more powerful than I could imagine. P-you can be sure that I am not a threat to yours. I will not be the slightest impediment to your objective. I haven't been in all this time, why would I be now?Asmodeus's eyes narrowed, but he once again maintained his previous serenity.—Unfortunately, I am unable to trust you, Amy. "I cannot know whether or not you are our enemy, whether you are any impediment to our victory against the angels, at least until I know what you really are," he said, and I felt my chest tighten with the pain and disappointment that this It meant: there was no way Asmodeus would let me get out of there alive. After appreciating my reaction for a couple of seconds, he added, “Tell me, did you see anything in the tunnels Hythro made you go through?”The sudden change made
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"Silence, you fool," Asmodeus replied sternly. The black limbs that had trapped me earlier sprouted from the reddish bricks of the wall, surrounding Khaius' wounded torso and arms. He tried to put up resistance, but he was so weak that he did not succeed, and he ended up trapped between the wall and the strange and fearsome elongated hands.I looked back at Asmodeus and shook my head.—I'm confident that it's not possible for you to be immune to everything. "Let's see if..." he murmured, ignoring my pleading gesture. Do you know what he was before he was King, Amy? I was an incubus, one of the first that existed.He took my face in his hands, preventing me from making any other movement to free myself from him. A grunt of protest left me. His large hands cupped my cheeks firmly. The ardor of anger, coupled with the immense fear of the moment, increased so much that it caused me uncontrollable confusion. I stared into the blood-red hue of his eyes, in a vain attempt to look defiant.At
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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
