Immortal and The Seven Deadly Sins (Book Three in Angels, Gods & Demons series)

9.

Daya

My shoe almost tripped against the stone pavement as Wrath's strong hand kept tugging at my arm and dragging me around after him like a little pet, my feet hurting and my body still weak after what I had endured only a few weeks ago.

"Wrath, please," I begged as I couldn't go any longer, clutching onto the sleeve of his shirt in a futile attempt to slow him down.

"It's Warren, remember? And quit your whining, we're almost there," He rather annoyingly bit back, my gaze lowering to the concrete sidewalk before shifting to look around at the tall buildings and spacious green lawns surrounding them.

"What are we doing here anyway?" I weakly asked as I warily gazed around the human neighbourhood, strangely feeling so scared and uncomfortable at the thought of being so close to humans, even though I had never even interacted with one, from what I could recall...

However, Wrath did not answer my question and only kept forcibly tugging at my poor arm, coaxing me to follow him whilst the rest of our brothers ildly followed us.

I kept stumbling after him for a couple of minutes longer, until he abruptly stopped, making me lightly slam against his tall frame as I had noticed too late the sudden halt in his movements.

"S-sorry..." I mildly stuttered, rubbing at my forehead as I peered up at him, only to notice that his attention was now averted to a large house-looking building, the said place crawling with humans inside and out as the music loudly blared, drowning out their chatter and excited screams and whistling.

"What is this?" I asked Wrath as my gaze then fell upon the three oddly familiar symbols attached right over the center balcony, my mind however seeming to block whatever knowledge or memory I had about them.

"This, dear little sister, is going to be our new home," He answered with a mischievous grin as I turned to peer at him, noticing that malevolent glint in his amber eyes as he intently gazed at the unsuspecting human beings.

I let out a shuddered breath, already scared of what could possibly run through that dark mind of his. Even if he was my brother and I loved him like it was requested of me, he sometimes frightened me to no end.

My lips parted with a surprised gasp as soon as I felt him once again tugging at my arm. And before I could even blink twice we were already standing at the entrance of the large mansion filled with humans, some of them giving us strange looks as they casually passed by.

I unintentionally let out a small whimper and pressed myself against Wrath's muscled and warm chest as a human male had passed by too close for my liking, immediately hearing my brother's light chuckle, followed by the feeling of his arm protectively wrapping around my waist.

I reluctantly rose my sight to meet his, noticing that crooked smile spreaded over his godly features.

"Don't be afraid, little sister. They're harmless," He simply said, tucking a loose red curl behind my ear.

I definitely believed him. But for some reason, something at the bottom of my conscience kept telling me to stay away rather for the humans' sake than mine.

"Come on. Let's do it," I suddenly heard him say as he intently gazed at the sea of humans filling the spacious foyer, noticing how that humane deep brown in his eyes once again shifted to burning ember.

"D-do w-what?" I mildly stuttered with a hint of fear lacing my tone as I could feel Wrath's hand taking ahold of my arm right before he started to boldly advance through the mass of humans whilst our brothers closely followed, flanking our sides.