Mouthful Of Blood

Chapter 10

 Corbin rose to his feet and opened up the casket, he placed his hands onto Coles arms and gently shook him. "Cole... Cole!"

Cole sat up slowly his eyes opening as he focused onto Corbin, he gave a smile before lifting himself out of the casket and closing the lid behind him.

"Time to go?" Cole asked.

"Yep, time to go" Corbin walked out of the room with Lilan and Cole following closely behind,

"Are you nervous?"

"A little, luckily I'm with the all powerful Corbin" Cole said chuckling.

"That's not even funny" Corbin said pushing him and shaking his head.

Cole smiled as he gestured with his fingers almost pressing them together, "It is a little."

Corbin smiled back before shaking his head again and leaning his body into Coles, he took his hand into his, swaying it slightly. They walked out of the building and took off down the road towards the cathedral, picking up the pace the wind blew against his face, his curls fluttering against the breeze. The air was icy and the full moon lit up the sky like a beacon. A familiar vanilla scent pierce his nose as he drew nearer to the cathedral, as they approached, the front half of the once beautiful structure now lay in ruin, ash piles scattered around and the walls that still stood licked with black soot, pieces of glass scattered around amongst the heaps of rubble and debris as curtains lay strung up trying to conceal the inside of the now exposed building. They moved through the rubble towards the door at the back, it stood untouched by the flames.

"What happened here?" Lilan said.

"Oh er, Cole and I kinda set it on fire."

"What why?"

"I was angry" Cole said carelessly.

Lilan raised her eyebrows and smiled at him, as Cole shrugged his shoulders and pushed open the door, Corbin stepped in first and lead the way down a long corridor, it led to a room filled with coffin's embedded into the walls, a huge round piece of glass sat on the ceiling allowing the stars to be seen and the moonlight to illuminate all areas of the room. Cobwebs scattered around reaching every corner, stone benches lay among the back of the room which was shaped like a cylinder giving the space a tower like feel, Corbin soon realised that's exactly what it was, a tower that stretched up high, the longer he spent looking up the more off balanced he felt, as if he started to sway slightly nearly stumbling forward. A table sat across from the coffins with beautiful metal chairs tucked under it, vines caressing the metal legs and blush leather padding welcoming you to sit. A large coffin sat in the centre of the room with two small steps that went entirely around the coffin rising it up slightly making it sit higher from the slick marble floor. Cole closed the door behind them as Corbin took in a deep breath, the vanilla filling his lungs and oozing out from the coffin in front of them, this must be where the coven rest, I hope they didn't hear us, although maybe I do. he moved in close, stepping up the steps and pulling the coffin lid off, revealing Aura laying inside, her hair draped over one shoulder and her hands brought up into an almost praying position. She opened her eyes and set her gaze onto Corbin, her eyes gleaming at the sight of him, she sat up sharply and placing a firm grasp onto his upper arms pulling herself from the coffin, her breathing growing deeper as she stood admiring him.

"How is it you always find your way back to me?" She said, her fingers finding their way to his jawline.

"You! Take your hands off of him!" Lilan spoke up her voice like a tiny thousand daggers thrusting themselves into Aura.

Auras back straightened as she turned her head to face her, her eyes widening as she tried to move away only to lose her footing a fall back into the coffin, knocking it from its pedestal. A loud bang shattered through the tower bouncing off it's walls as the coffin made contact with the ground, Aura pulled herself up onto where the coffin had been and keeping her eyes fixated onto Lilan, she pulled Corbin slightly in front of her as she coward behind him.