CHAPTER 5 :: SON OF FIRE AND SHADOW

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Beneath the tall Shahapura woods Alaric sat waiting for the other Draeyer brother. His long silver hair covered his eyes of tears, tears for his lost mother. Sworn to his mother, Catherine, the witch from the high specter family who not only gave him his name but also his brother's life, he wasn't able to save her. His malediction of infinite life was well stirred with his guilt of losing his mother.

With the raging winds came his footsteps, heavy and slow, dressed up in the black, he had his hand on the sword hanging to his waist. Walking through the old dead leafs of the trees; he had spent his childhood playing with, he was finally at the end of stall of his times with his brother. Elijah, the lone warlock, who was an equally proficient swordsman, had promised his life to the people who saved him.

Alaric's smiles of reunion were soon dusted down after hearing Elijah. ''The last blood of Saphore still lives" these words from his brother had left Alaric to dead. He had never thought of it, thought of the child's survival never even stood at him, after all Alaric was the one who threw the child in the burning black blazes, that were strong enough to gallop whatever neared them, but this child has survived.

With spitting anger and shock he was ashed to ask, "But I myself" took a long pause of disbelief, but he knew, if it's Elijah, It has to be true."Rituals failed but how could have he survived the fire, he should have burned."

Elijah had no answers, 'A Hades surviving the flames of inferno', it was unheard even by two Draeyer Brothers, who have lived Six centuries of their life only hunting down their blue blood enemies.

At the dusk of his mother's life Alaric had made a promise to himself that he would kill every last of Hades, he took it on himself to eradicate the life sucking beasts off the face of the lands that were so dearly loved by his mother. He soled out his life just for the purpose of avenging his mother, and along he sucked his brother into his path of destined grave.

Elijah was a man of honor and morals. And this time not by choice, but by the blood and the bonds, he had found his honor in his brother's revenge.

Before Alaric could ask his warlock brother to kill their last surviving enemy, Elijah lodged another of their worry, "I shall not be able to kill him" and as to further explain himself he hung his head down as if in apology, " he no longer posses his soul."

This child would have been truly remarkable in the eyes of Hades, if any had survived, but to Draeyer brothers his abilities just summed up the signs of miseries that were fore coming for them. First the survival from blazing flames and now his dispossession of his soul, these were unknown even to the oldest journals they have had their hands on.

Other than Alaric all the witches and warlocks, who could perform the soul reaper magic had the power to kill the Hades, but all premised on the Hades' competency of siphoning the spiritual pressure of other beings, principally the Valiylars.

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