(Harper’s POV)Elias pulled the car up in front of what looked like a large stately manor. From first glance at the imposing structure, it looked to be three stories plus an attic. There were tall windows lining the front of the building, each flanking an impressive double door entrance, which was up a set of three steps. “Do you think it’s haunted, too?” Marcus said to me as he looked up at the place. I grinned at him. It certainly looked like the type of place to have a ghost or two.“Dude, we are not going in there,” Alex said. “Its ghosts or zombies.” I rolled my eyes at him. “You play too many video games,” Elias said, although his face said he wasn’t so sure either. We were all still gawking at the building when the great doors opened, and a woman walked out. She surveyed us all with varying interests, leaving me to last. When her eyes set on me, she smiled. She was a stunning woman. Her hair was red, and not ginger, but actually a deep fiery red. Her features were soft, almo
***Trigger warning*** Mention of Sexual Assault included in this chapter. (Alex’s POV)“Are you fucking kidding me?” I growled as he stared at my mother for the first time in almost fifteen years. “Hello? Is that all you have to say?” She went to speak, but I held up my hand to stop her. I couldn’t deal with this right now. I had tried to not let my mother abandoning us all those years ago affect me. I got that what was happening was hell. But why didn’t she take Louise, Jamie, and me with her? Why did she leave us with the monsters? My thoughts were swirling, and I was feeling like this big open room was closing in on me. I needed to get away from here. I needed room to think. “No, actually I don’t care. I thought you were dead.” I spun on my heel and headed for the door.“I was dead,” She called out behind me and I stopped in my tracks, “Or at least that was your father’s intention.” It felt like a bulldozer of emotion had hit me. I turned back around to face her.“What?” She look
(Harper’s POV)“So with the influx of what we can only assume are demon bloods around the edges of the territory, it only serves as confirmation that the seal is indeed broken.” I narrowed my eyes at Drake as he continued his flourish of a speech. I looked over at Aaron with a raised eyebrow and he chuckled.“More demon bloods confirm the seal is broken,” he said, and I looked at Drake again. “See how easy that was?” I asked, and he rolled his eyes at me. We had been looking over all the data that Aaron had gathered for the last hour. Elias was sitting in one of the leather chairs, reading through another book. His face was set in a frown that made me wonder what he was reading.“So these demon bloods?” I asked, and Aaron and Drake looked at me. “Are they dangerous? I mean, I know they are dangerous, but what I mean, are they gonna band together and attack the town?” Aaron shook his head. He searched the table for a book and passed it to me. He had marked a passage of the book.“In t
Harper“The who of the what?” I exclaimed. I stared at Aaron in disbelief. Was he joking? He narrowed his eyes at me.“The Four Horsemen are a-” he began before I interrupted.“I know who the Four Horsemen are,” I scoffed. “I’m checking I heard right. I mean, are you sure?” “As sure as I can be,” Aaron shrugged. “I can only go on with the information I have at hand.” He shuffled the papers around and then picked up his notebook again.“The demons are said to be born from the pure blood of Lucifer, and when all four walk the earth, then the war between Heaven and Hell will begin, and with the balance tipped in Hell’s favour, Heaven will fall.” Aaron continued to read from his notes as we all listened. “Word of the four demon bloodlines got to Heaven and to Rachel,” Aaron read.“The Angel who rejected Lucifer?” I asked, and he nodded. “There is more information on this in the books,” he said, and Drake scoffed. “Of course there is,” he said, and I turned to him. “This is the story of
Harper“But I don’t get it,” Katie said. “Why does it break the seals? What makes it different from what Lucifer did?”“Because Lucifer was impure,” Drake said. “His love for Rachel and his willingness to give up his throne was enough to spark humanity in him. We see that here with young Mr Owens and his friend.” Drake waved towards Elias who scoffed at the term friend. “I highly doubt that he is becoming more human,” Elias said. I saw something flash behind his eyes and he shook his head. “Are you sure?” Drake asked, “Just yesterday he said that he needed to protect Harper. That is hardly the mind of a demon.” “He did?” Brighid asked. She looked between Elias and myself with curiosity. Elias nodded in confirmation.“He also said that I couldn’t let him get to her in a dream last night,” Elias said. “How very interesting,” Brighid said. “The demon blood’s main objective is for their bloodline master to be set free. That is the only way for them to be also set free from the human r
HarperI stood outside a set of double doors fiddling with the cord that was wrapped around the stupid cloak that I apparently had to wear. Elias and Marcus stood next to me, flanking me. I felt sick with nerves and everything in my brain was telling me to run away. Well, almost everything. There was something deep inside me that felt pulled towards the entrance of the Sanctuary in front of me. That’s what Drake told me it was. A sacred space which could only be inhabited by the Warriors of the Divine Order. Drake had done his best to explain what would happen earlier, and why it needed to happen. He told me that the grace that ran through our bodies, that made us part angel, recognised each other because it was from the same angel. He said that individually we held a finite amount, one that would recharge slowly when used. But when we were all connected, then the grace was able to run in an infinite circle, and instantly renewable, much like it did in the angels. I still wasn’t con
HarperI felt the tingles spreading through my body as Drake lifted me in his arms. I tried to push away and stand but he held on tighter. “Hush now,” Brighid whispered as she appeared at the side of us. “You are going to be rather drained for the next couple of hours. The brand will be hard on your physical body.” I didn’t like it but I made myself relax in Drake’s arms. I felt a draft and looked up to see the doors of the sanctuary opening. The first person I saw was Elias’ worried face as he tried to push his way in. “What the bloody hell,” he shouted as Marcus held him back while two guards blocked the door. “I mean it Valcoin, get your hands off my mate before I rip them off.” Drake just chuckled and nodded for the guards to move so he could get through the door. I felt the change in the sparks as he handed me over to Elias. It was like Elias was hot while Drake was cold, or something like that. But both were home. I wrapped my arms around Elias’ neck and burrowed myself into
HarperMy eyes snapped open to darkness. I was back on the bed, but I knew I was still not alone as my eyes swiftly adjusted to the dark and the first thing I saw was a dark shadow towering over me. I lashed out on instinct seconds before realising that the shadow was Elias.“Ouch,” he grumbled as I knocked him off the bed.“Shit.” I jumped off the bed after him in panic. “Fuck, Elias. I’m sorry,” I said as I reached him. He chuckled in response and pulled me onto his knee while I tried to fuss over where I had hit him on the face. “Well, we know your reflexes are still all good,” he said as he nuzzled into me. I leaned into him allowing his sea salt and mint scent to wash over me and calm my rapidly beating heart.“I’m sorry,” I said again, “I just freaked out.”“What was it about?” Elias asked and I turned to look at him. “What was what about?” I asked.“The nightmare,” he said, “I woke you because you were distressed.”“Oh,” I fumbled for an answer. For some reason, I didn’t want