What will happen when Death comes for Aurora?
Not to claim her soul or her life but for her to become his bride...
There is something you should know about her, Aurora is not exactly the shy-marry-just-for-so bride.
What in death's name is going to...
So I am such a sucker for animals! I love Dogs and cats and parrots and horses! Ughhh I love them allll! So above is a picture of what my Cerberus would look like. I do not own the picture, rights go to the rightful owner. Did you know that Cerberus is the Latinized form of the anicient greek word 'Kerberos'.
Last night I did not sleep very well. The bond was twisting and turning. Neither Lily nor I had tried to reach out to each other until last night when I did, only to come up against a block. I could not reach Lily and caused me to stay wide awake. I did not want to go to Death because: 1) I did not know where his bedroom was and 2) I would definitely get lost in this place. However it was not only my lack of contact with Lilz, but that woman and Death was additional reasons that I couldn't sleep. I did not know why the hell that man and his woman would bother me! He needs to get out of my head! I went through my mornings' routine, and set out to find Death. Much like yesterday, there was no body in the castle. Seriously! Three people cannot be the on only people living in this huge ass place.
My feet carried me back to the library. I was very surprised I remembered where it is. Much like last time, the doors opened to my touch and I immediately went to my corner. What stopped me in my tracks was the very big, black wolf staring right back at me. This dog had three freaking heads and towered a whole feet or two above me! And he was sitting down on his hind legs (a/n like the photo). The middle head stared started at me while the two heads to the side just looked me at the corner of their eyes.
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I gulped and just stood still, usually I love dogs but this was no ordinary puppy, he was a hound of the Mortem Realm. I passed something on them in the book yesterday but I did not stop to read it as I didn't think I would see one any time soon. His eyes were silver and pierced through to my heart. He was beautiful in a scruffy way and my body fought the urge to engulf him in a big, fat hug. >.< He tilted his middle head and my feet shuffled closer to the silent animal. Somehow his aura reminded me of death, but so much more naive in a sense. Now standing right in front of him, he bent his middle head down to eye level as we held that eye contact for a while. I raised my hand, cautiously placed it on top of his head, unable to break eye contact with this beautiful beast. Suddenly I heard an annoyed huff as the two other heads pushed towards me as if attempting to get a pat. Giggling I gave into my urge and tried to engulf them in a hug. The key word there was tried as they were too big and I couldn't give them all my love.
"You're too big," I pouted at the animal.
They whined and suddenly black smoke engulfed us, obstructing my view. Suddenly I was knocked over by a furry body. Oh my goodness, he transformed into a smaller, regular sized adult black wolf! I giggled and hugged him with all my might when I heard whining coming from my right. I turned to figure out the sound was only to find out there were two freaking small black, wolf puppies looking at me with sad puppy dogs eyes. I looked at them with round eyes! What?! How?!
"You told him he was too big so he reduced his sizes and split his heads," a voice sounded from the left.
A black hawk that freaking talks! Seriously? The author is making this sound like some kind of magical Disney book. Putting that aside, why is everything black here, seems like Death was obsessed with the color.
"You're very rude, miss," came from where the hawk was but in his place was a silver haired, terrifyingly pale young man, "Before you ask, yes I am that hawk, he is my true form."
Honestly I was not even surprised any more. I mean I had a half demon best friend, a grandmother with special and angel blood that also runs through my veins and THE DEATH took me as a candidate to be his bride. Yep, my life was bizarre and unnatural to say the least.
"And you are?" I asked the young man.
"The name's Arzul," he bowed annoyed, "The boss has chosen me to be your protector."
I nodded and asked, "Does he, well they have a name?"
"Their true form is called Cerberus," he stated, "Separately the big one is called Kerberos, the small pup with gold and silver eye is called Shyama and the other pup with the snake tail is called Skia."
Snake tail? Two colored eyes? What? It was only then did I really pay attention to the pups who seated in front of me with their heads tilted. The guardian master would be so ashamed of me because I was always suppose to be aware of my surroundings and I was distracted by puppies. Ugh! They are my Kryptonite! Cerberus huh? That was the Latinized version of Kerberos which meant spotted and the big one did not have a spot on me. I was laughing in my head. Skia was Greek for Shadow and Shyama was Sanskrit for The Black. They had such beautiful names.
"I'll nickname you Sky," I kissed the pup with the snake tail and turned to the one with two colored eyes and kissed him, "I'll call you Shy," and then the big dog (puppy in my eyes!) with a hug, " You shall be called Kai."
All three dogs jumped up and attacked me with lots of doggy kisses. I changed my mind! They were nothing like the brooding brute. Arzul did not say any more and just transformed back into a hawk as he sat quietly in the corner of my little hideaway. It was not long til I was drifting away into a sweet sleep as I cuddled with the two pups and Kai enlarged his form a bit and curled himself around me, letting me use him as a soft, warm pillow. I missed my best friend and my family was the last thought that ran through my mind.
"AURORA YOU BETTER WAKE YOUR ASS UP AND STOP THIS BLOODY ANIMAL OR ANIMALS I DON'T FREAKING KNOW!" I heard shouting and my pillow was vibrating causing me to snuggle into the it.
Suddenly something very hard made contact with my head causing me to shot up from my comfy.... wolf? It took a couple seconds to fully wake up only to realize Kai and the pups were now back to his full true Cerberus form as red began to leak into his silver eyes as he growled at Lily.
"Oh it's only you Lilz," I murmured and started to lie back down on the dogs furry body.
"Don't go back to sleep you idiot! You're always like this when you wake up! Your brain never works properly!" my best friend barked at me only to have Cerberus bark back.
"Shit LILY!" as it now really hit me ,"It's okay baby boy, she's a friend."
I ran to my best friend and hugged her with all my might. She responded immediately as I stuck my head in her neck. Suddenly Cerberus started to growl and he came between us and pushed Lily away with his head. Was he... jealous? Lily and I watched watched each other and giggled at the glaring animal. It was then, I started to feel a tad bit content. My best friend was here, there was finally something familiar in my environment and our bond cracked and whipped around, spreading excitement and contentment through us both.
So this one was a bit late! Sorry once more today has been a bit filled with horrifying surprises! I am in a bit of a somber mood so I'm tryna get into the vybz to write in a little romance into the next chapter so you guys have that to look forward too!
Stay in tune for the next chapter, I can promise some upcoming romance between Death and Aurora as well as a little drama and action!
