Within The Ash

Chapter 71

Edan sat beside Clay and removed his hair to reveal the fang marks on his neck and than lifted her arm sleeve to reveal the same one on her wrist once the vampire had set the food down and left.

Clay opened his hands in front of me to show the vision of his passed life he lived when he was alive.

Edan and him shared the same life and the very same fate.

I watched as a vampire stormed into their room and grabbed Edan by the arm dragging her to the center of the room.

Clay got up from the bed and rushed over to her but another vampire stepped in front of him and threw him across the room where the sound of his bones could be heard snapping into pieces with the fall.

Tears swelled up in Edan's eyes as she watched the vampire who threw her brother pounce on him, sinking his teeth into his neck. The other vampire grabbed Edan's head and forced her to watch as the other vampire took gulp after gulp of his blood.

The vampire who drank from Clay than held Clay's head to the side forcing him to watch as the bigger vampire ripped Edan's clothes off and violently raped her. Edan's cries filled the air and the horror that emitted Clay's face was something unforgettable as he was forced to watch the rape and the death of his sister.

He than grabbed Edan's wrist and sunk his teeth into her tan skin. She threw her head back in pain and twitched underneath the large vampire as her eyes rolled in the back of her head. She moaned and gasped in pain as her skin slowly turned a lifeless shade of white. The vampire on top of her lifted his head and wiped the blood from his mouth before laughing and sighing a breath of relief at what he had just done.

Both her and Clay laid lifeless on the ground and the vampires carried them out the door and to the pond in the back of the castle.

They threw both of them in the same pond as if they were trash and walked back to the castle as if what they did was something they did for breakfast every morning.

The vision he showed me dissipated with the closing of his hands and he spoke again.

"Our bodies are nothing but bones within the lake behind this same castle" He said as he glanced down at Edan who's face was covered in tears from the memories of their violent death.

Clay wiped her tears and held her close.

Lucifer's POV

Zero walked off away from the others towards the river that sat in the distance. I followed behind him and spoke only when we were away from the others.

"The boy is a fucking trouble maker and will only get us killed man" I said as he dipped his head in the clear water, only wetting his hair before he pulled out a used bar of soap that hes been carrying for months now. He turned his head far enough to where he was eyeing me from the corner of his eyes. His now wet hair hung over his face and dripped on the dirt he knelt on.

"He seemed to only be wanting attention, hes a child and we are adults" He said as he rung out the extra water from his hair with his hands before standing up and shaking it out like a dog.

"Its up to us adults to take care of the children and its up to us men to protect our women" He continued as he took his shirt off and began washing it in the river. After he was done he stepped into the water and began washing his body while at the same time washing his jeans at the same time.

I sat criss cross in the dirt by the bank of the river.

"I just think we need to be careful is all. The fact that hes a run away from the town that we were almost executed in, is a giant problem"

Zero glanced at me from where he stood in the water.

"How so?"

"Well, because his parents are probably still looking for him. And if he has caused trouble with different tribes, there's probably leaders out wanting his head on a fucking stick. I know from experience that these people out here don't take kindly to trouble making dick heads" I said only shooting my eyes in the boys direction as he yanked the girls hair from behind as some kind of annoying prank.

Zero chuckled and rung the water from his shirt until he was only damp before pulling it over his head, letting it hang from his neck as a necklace.

"I think if the forests wanted him dead, he would have been dead long before he ran into us. Besides, I honestly think you have put enough of a scare into him to make him stop the dangerous things hes said before. I think hes a child who likes childish pranks"

I rolled my eyes and shook my head.

"I think hes a god damn sadist in the making" I mumbled under my breath as Zero laughed loud enough to make everybody's heads turn in the distance.

"Yea? You're the biggest sadist I've ever met my guy" He laughed with a wide smile.

I stared at him through my eyebrows and raised one eyebrow only slightly puckering my lips.

"I am not"

"Bro, you tied him to a tree branch and told him you were going to sacrifice him while having no intent to actually do so" He said as his smile grew wider.

"Yea, he was fucking annoying me" I said returning the smile.

"That's my point tho man, your intent was to see him suffer, you took joy in his pain"

I rolled my eyes again and smiled. "I didn't actually hurt him, hes a fucking pussy and made it seem worse than it was. The scratch I put on his face was no bigger than a damn paper cut and is probably gone by now"

He glanced over across the river at Violet and Lauren who bathed together about 40 feet away from us. He didn't seem to care but I could tell he was wondering why they were suddenly spending time together, but quickly shook it off as nothing before redirecting his attention back on me.

"My point is, we will be fine. I will teach him how to fight and if he causes a threat ill break his fucking neck and be done with it" He said with no emotion as he walked back over to the spot we woke up in seeming to want to give Violet and Lauren privacy.