Soul Contracts

Chapter 1.4 - Painful Reminders

Previously

Third POV

Lucifer understood what had happened. His grace had claimed the child. The Boy was his and no one, no one, would take the boy from him.

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Third POV

A few days after Acheron's 2nd Hell year, the lower demons were gathered around him as he played in the fire pits. He had developed a sort of immunity to the lower-level hellfire due to the grace bond with Lucifer. As he grows, the powers will develop with him.

The lower demons were watching him curiously while the higher-tier demons were busy with work.

Acheron just played in the flames without care.

Gazeth - Aurelia's torturer - made his way through the crowd of demons. He ignored the grunts of displeasure from the inferior demons. He was a mid-level demon so none of the lower ones overtly complained about his behaviour.

Gazeth walked through, past the fire pits, on his way to Aurelia's Hell chamber. In his peripherals, was the young boy that had been stuck in Hell. Gazeth stared at the boy for a moment as a wicked idea came to his mind.

Aurelia's torture was getting boring, he needed something to surprise her. He remembered her reaction after the baby boy had left her 2 years ago, it was sadistically pleasurable.

So Gazeth picked up the boy out of the fire and carried the child away with him.

Some lower demons looked worriedly at him, but he just smirked and carried on. He was superior to them so none of them questioned him, although if they did he'd probably burn them with mid-level hellfire.

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In Aurelia's Chambers

Gazeth opened the door and saw Aurelia sitting on the floor staring at the wall. He used his abilities to flash illusions of blood splatter dripping down them.

Aurelia screamed. Gazeth grinned. And the little boy fussed in his arms.

Aurelia heard the sounds and turned to watch the child in her torturer's arms.

Gazeth placed the young boy on the ground, out of reach from Aurelia, before he began taunting her.

"This little boy was able to survive Hell longer than your own daughter could survive you." He stalked around the two. "Just goes to show how bad of a mother you were."

Aurelia went to reach for the boy, but Gazeth forced her back into position using his demonic powers. He smirked at the way he moved her like a puppet.

"So weak and helpless. Couldn't raise your own daughter, I doubt you could have even gotten her to the age of one."

"My girl. My child." Aurelia thrashed. "Mine!"

Gazeth loosened his telekinetic grip on her once she calmed down, and he was behind her. He got down into a crouch and leaned towards her ear.

"You have no child. She's already dead." He whispered lowly.

Aurelia moved quickly, and in the next second, Gazeth had his head smashed roughly into the stone ground. She repeated the motion several times until there was a large pool of blood and a still body.

The boy started to cry from the loud thudding in the room. Aurelia smacked Gazeth's head into the floor a final time before turning around with blood on her hands and clothes.