The Reaper Saga [Book 1-3]

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DARKNESS

If I wasn't so sure that I had lost it before, the predicament I was in should have been a warning sign.

Someone was clutching my throat in a tight grip, cutting off my air supply. I thrust my hands out to grab whoever was above me but they pinned my wrists to a shackle which I didn't even notice being there before.

"Did you really think you can escape your destiny?" The person holding me whispered against my ears. I couldn't see who it was as they had a mask on but I could swear on my grave that the voice was a woman's.

Little soul? No, this woman's voice was deeper. 

"Destiny my ass! I'm going to kill you once I break free from these shackles." I hissed, more annoyed at the fact that I could not figure out who this woman was.

"You can never learn, can you? Very well. For now, see your future play out." The woman let out a giggle where I was forced to see someone else drag my wife to throw her in front of me. Fuck, I was hallucinating. I had to be. 

"Look at him, sweetheart." The woman goaded. "Don't you think he deserves punishment for what he did to you?" 

No. No!

Anyone but her!

Emie looked up from the ground, meeting my gaze with hatred. "You had your chance but you let Demos take me." 

In a second, there was a knife in her hand, courtesy of the masked woman. I tried to scream but nothing came out of my mouth. Without warning, she pressed the knife on her neck, cutting, deepening it more as the seconds went by. 

Why was she doing this?

Please stop!

"You didn't keep your promise." My head whipped around at the new voice. Zedkiel. Before I could sigh in relief, my old master ripped his own heart out.

What the-

A scream tore from my lips. I pushed against the shackles like a crazy madman but it didn't break. What the fuck was happening right now!? Lana and Mikhail both stared at me in pain. "You betrayed us."

"Your recklessness destroyed us." Turning around, I was horrified to see all the Volkios gathering around to set Allegra on fire. Her scream filled my ears no matter how much I tried to block it out.

This wasn't real. It couldn't be.

"You let them take me back to Hell." This time it was Zach who was in chains, taken away by the hellhounds.

"You let us fall. Now, it's your turn."

Then I was free-falling with nothing to hold on to.

I jolted in my bed, a scream barely escaping from my mouth. What the hell was that about and why was I here? I remembered getting my neck snapped by a crazy vampire so why on earth...

"Who died?" An annoying voice smugly asked just as I was preparing myself to seek therapy. Looking around, I found Zed hogging one of my chairs, looking like he made himself comfortable there for quite a long time. Well, I will be dammed.

"Am I still dreaming?"

"You dream about me?" He let out a holler, making me scoff. My master could be so childish at times.