The Line Between Us

Scarlet

I woke to find myself shrouded in darkness and unable to move. Where was I?

I tried to look around, but everywhere I looked, there was nothing there. I saw darkness, but nothing more.

Tenebris, the land of darkness. It was one of the seven realms. Tenebris is home to dark witches and wizards and is home to werewolves and vampires. It was a place without sun, without any light. But why was I here?

The sound of a werewolf howling echoed in the distance, but other than that, there was no sound. After assessing the situation I was in, I tried to stand, but quickly realized that someone was on top of me.

"Ouch, what the fuck!?"

The voice came from the figure on top of me and held a hint of irritation.

"Well excuse me for trying to get up. I wasn't expecting someone to be laying on me!"

"Oh so would you rather be killed?"

I froze. His words struck fear into my heart and I grew panicked.

"Why would laying on me save my life?"

"You ignorant bitch, I was laying on you to hide you"

"Oh so crushing my already shattered ribs is going to help me now?"

"Well I'm sorry your stupidity caused you to run into a tree, maybe you should watch where you are going next time"

"And maybe you should watch your attitude"

I glared at the figure above me, but what I wasn't expecting was to see two glaring red eyes staring back at me.

My blood turned cold and my stomach dropped. Shadow-knight. Those eyes only belonged to one kind: the shadow-knights.

Shadow-knights are demons straight from Hell and direct descendants from Lucifer. They hold immense power and are trained in the art of stealth and killing. They are the most feared demons across the seven realms.

Shadow-knights are manipulative and deceiving. They can change form, much like myself, from human to their demon counter-part within a matter of mere seconds and they are able to change form at will.

Shadow-knights are trained specifically to hunt and kill anyone with the blood of Ezekiel. The creatures of Ezekiel are creatures of light. Shadow-knights are creatures of darkness and their goal is to eradicate all light in the seven realms. Shadow-knights long for power, so they often target the strongest of the light creatures; the archangels. The archangels have pure Ezekiel blood, and thus have immense power and importance in the Consilium Pacis.

My heart began to race and I began to panic. Was he here to kill me? What did he want with me? His eyes bore into my soul. They were the most vivid scarlet I had ever seen. It captivated, yet also frightened me. They held a dangerous beauty in them and like a moth, I was drawn to the flame.

I could've laid there for hours; the silence of Tenebris invited me to sleep and the steady heartbeat of the shadow-knight lulled me into sleep. As I drifted off to sleep, I felt the strong arms of the shadow-knight pull me close against his chest.