The Reaper Saga [Book 1-3]

CHAPTER 36 [EDITED]

VERMON

I stared at her lifeless body lying on the floor.

I didn't want this. I didn't want to see her face free from any emotion. I only wanted to scream, I wanted to let her know that she got it all wrong. I had a plan of my own but all hell broke the moment she took her last breath. The heavy gate opened with a crack and the screams coming from everywhere were the only logical explanation that all creatures wanted to escape from hell.

I looked at Zach to see that Sage had already freed him from his bind. Sage was nowhere to be found which could only lead to one thing. The bastard was running for the earth. Zach looked murderous as he marched toward me.

"Look after Lana." I made him pause. "I can't answer any of your questions right now."

I tried to take a step forward but Zach grabbed my shoulder in warning. "And, where the hell do you think you are going right now! She needs help."

Dammit. Time was running out. "No, she needs your help. I have to finish what Sage started. We can't have the gate open for longer."

I didn't know if Zach understood or not but he didn't question my insanity anymore. Instead, with slight care, he tried to heal the blood that was coming from her. When I knew that she was in good hands, I left to kill Sage. After running around several hallways, I was near the gate but stopped short once I heard something strange.

"Vermon, wait!"

Turning around, I looked at Zedkiel in disbelief. Where the hell did he come from?

"What happened?" He searched my eyes for something. "What the fuck happened!"

"I-I had the dagger and she-" I paused when Zedkiel let out a bitter chuckle.

"You think you were the only one? I have seen the same fate happen to another Deshayes. But I need you to focus on Sage right now."

I didn't know what to think about that. "Thank you for coming here."

"No need. Besides, I brought some help from the Volkios. Tip for the future: don't kidnap a Volkios's beloved. Valentine is searching everywhere for Ivy. The others will retain as many hell creatures as they can."

Even Valentine was here?

"Ok, fine. Let's just find him."

And find him we did. Along with at least a hundred creatures crawling all over the gate, fighting with each other for a little taste of earth.

"Watch out!"

Zedkiel pulled me out of the way as several daggers went over our heads. I immediately threw up a shield so the daggers bounced off the shield and I shot them right back to their original throwers. Blind rage was making me see red. It took every ounce of my self-control to keep me from flinging them off after what they did to Lana. They even used Ivy to threaten me. My fucking sister.

"You see him?" I asked Zedkiel when I heard a low growl. We both looked around as the place looked like a madhouse with people running and tripping on their feet. Suddenly, the entire place shrewd in darkness as one of the creatures howled. The familiar sound made tingles down my back. There was no doubt that it was Sage. I couldn't see anything anymore.

"Vermon! Where the hell are you?" Zedkiel yelled out with panic but I ignored him. I only kept my attention to where the growling was coming from. I tried to scatter the darkness but it kept regenerating. I had almost reached Sage when something bit my leg. I didn't have time to scream but I did however gave a kick to whatever it was. I looked down, noticing Sage on all fours staring at me with an unreadable face.