Saving Blitzo

Chapter 11: The Moment

Loona didn't know what was worse. Knowing that one of your best friends' mother was behind your father's kidnapping or said friend's reaction to the news. The hellhound didn't know what to think or even say when Stolas told them the truth. Naturally, Octavia fell into hysterics, and Loona wanted to comfort her friend, but seeing her and Stolas hugging each other in heartbreak made the hellhound realize this wasn't the time.

"This is so fucked up," Loona said, running her paw through her hair. Millie was nodding in agreement as the two ladies waited for Stolas to return to his office. Moxxie wanted to join as well, but Millie threatened him to stay put in bed for a little longer until he got the full all clear. "I mean...I know she didn't like Dad that much but...to do this?"

"Demons do crazy things," Millie said, shrugging. "Trust me, I know from experience."

"...I'm still going to kill her," Loona growled, claws sharpening. "I don't care if she's Octavia's mother. I'm going to rip every feather off of that bitch before I have her for dinner."

"I would ask that you leave my wi-Stella to me." The girls turned and saw Prince Stolas walk inside silently. His face was stoic, but his trembling hands made it clear that he was a whirlwind of emotions on the inside. Walking up to his desk, he waved his hand, and an illusionary map of the entire underworld appeared before them. "Now that we know that Stella is involved in Blitzo's kidnapping, I am going to assume her family is also involved as well. Natasha, her mother, is so old school and elite that she makes half the nobles in Hell look like generous nuns on Christmas Day. She looks down on the lesser hellspawn and sinners as if they were bugs not worthy of being under her foot. Her son, Alexander, is just a toady who follows his mother's wishes like the good little boy scout, but he's weak and pathetic in the end. Regardless, they have money and influence due to being a Fallen family with Goetia blood in them."

"Why the fuck did you even marry into that family?" Loona asked, eyebrows raised.

"I had no choice. My parents arranged it based on an alliance we had during the Eldritch-Devil War thousands of years ago. Stella shared her mother's traits, but she was more modern and merely desired to keep our kinds separated and segregated rather than enslaving or wiping them out by the thousands like some of the more extreme types. Over time, she became less like her mother and more like her own person to the point where I thought we had some kind of connection, especially when Octavia was born. I know she worried about our status with my constant dealings with lesser demons, but I thought she'd never go so far as this," Stolas said, shaking his head.

"So, what now? Do we raid her house or something?" Millie asked.

"I already sent my shadow guards to the main house under the guise of wishing my wife to return," Stolas said, crossing his arms as he looked at the map intently. "But she wasn't there. Neither were Natasha and Alexander. Meaning, they must be at another family estate." He waved his hands, and four locations began to glow on the map. "I've never been privy to know where they are exactly as Natasha wasn't a fan of me either, but I know of the general locations of where they are."

He began to point to the four locations. "They are either near the capital region, somewhere in the Lost Paradise Province, near Firebrand City, or in the Apollyon Desert Region. Also known as-"

"Abbadon's Corner," Loona whispered as she remembered her father's words on the call. Slamming her paws down, she pointed at the glowing desert and shouted, "Here! This is where they are!"

"How can you be sure?" Millie asked.

"Because on the call with the kidnapper, Dad mentioned it was almost as bad as Abbadon's Corner! That's where we went on vacation one time, and it sucked bad! I remember it because that's where I got the worst tick infestation on my ass!"