SIN OF PRIDE
Ryder was urged to write a letter about one particular dream. He wrote what he can remember, but the identity of the person is still unknown. Now, not only that he saw his death but also his sins of desire to reach the top of the cult, to be below no one.
"Ryder, it's time," said James.
The other members each held a weapon. Sophia has chains, Ryder has a knife, Hope carries stakes, and Lazaro wears a prosthetic arm with a sharp end.
Some time later and they found themselves in the middle of Takipsilim's forest, where the Reaper's lair lies.
Ryder and the group each chose a room of the Reaper and Ryder chose Anonymous'. It did not take them long to get inside because most members of Anonymous are already at the palace adjacent to the lair.
"You!" Ryder pointed the knife at Anonymous when he entered the room. "A letter is addressed to you!" he threw the purple envelope, written was "Sin of Pride".
Anonymous clapped. Once. Then again. He clap with every step while slowly going forward. "Congratulations! But can you kill me?!" he laughed.
He slowly took off his mask and the cloth covering his face. Ryder wasn't shocked to see who it is, but infuriated. "BROTHER!"
"NO! I'm the Angel of Death!" his face changed to that of Ryder.
"You can't trick me, Rychard!" Ryder looked sharply into his eyes. "Brother! There still is a chance. We don't have to do this!" he held the knife loosely.
"Who told you that I am your brother?" his face changed again, he looks like Victoria. "What if I am your mother?" then changed like Rycardo, "or your father?" he shifted looking like Camila, even copying her voice when he said, "You just don't know, my love!"
Ryder pulled his hand, made him hold the knife and placed it in his neck. "If you aren't Richard, then kill me!"
His hand started to shake while his face changed many times, as if uncontrolled. Ryder felt him gripping the knife tighter, it slowly pierced through his skin, but then he looked away and let go of the knife. "Go! Just go and leave me here!" he said, regret in his voice.
"Bro, we can still live a new life," he offered his hand, "Come with me."
He couldn't look straight at Ryder but he was slowly getting his hand near. Someone suddenly spoke. "You are all talk, I'm bored!" he yelled. Something then banged against the back of Ryder's head that sent him unconscious.
SIN OF PRIDE
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SEVEN: Cursed Souls
Mystery / ThrillerCOMPLETE Sins are like curses that leeches on its host until all life remaining becomes a rotten vessel. Ryder knew these sins well and have seen how it ended lives. His clairvoyance never led him successful on saving the lives of people he dreams o...
