Demise's Desire by RA Winter

Author:RA Winter
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: myth Romance, mythology romance, Zeus Romance, Greek god romance, god romance, fantasy romance, death romance
Publisher: RA Winter
Published: 2022-10-22T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

DEMISE QUAKED AS THE gigantic hand curled around her. Aiden’s screams mixed with her own. The Hecatoncheire pulled them into the air, a mile above the ground and looked at her with his two hundred eyes. A hundred mouths broke into toothy grins.

“What have we here? Food?” His bellowing laugh slivered down her spine from the echoing sneers of so many lips. Each breath pushed her further into his calloused dirty hands.

Aiden waved in the air a few hands away. The Hecatoncheire dragged them closer until all she could see was a wall of identical heads and faces. Each one held a different expression, and none of them bode well.

“Please,” Demise begged. “Release us.”

“Ha, ha, ha, ha.” His whole body bounced. “No one leaves Tartarus.”

The Hecatoncheire, swept his arms wide, flinging Demise against the monster’s grip. The world whirled by. Fire rose from the land nipping at her heels. She was held so tight that she could barely wiggle.

The giant jogged, covering miles in seconds. They followed the castle walls until they came to the entrance. Tall pillars ran the height of the building. Massive gates of andradite, a substance harder than diamonds. Nothing could cut through the stones.

Above the building, an iron turret rose up into the sky. Clouds gathered over the building; lightning flashed inside. The wind whipped at her face.

Aiden yelled. She couldn’t make out the words above the wind and the cries of the tormented. The sound crushed her spirit almost as much as Despair had.

The Hecatoncheire shoved the gate open with fifty of his hands. The slow creak and screech reminded her of fingernails on a chalkboard. It raked through her spine, giving her the shivers. What she wouldn’t give to be back above ground, safe in the other realm giving souls a moment of happiness.

Demise had no idea what this world would do to Aiden. How could they escape from here? She closed her eyes, called Death and waited for an answer. Perhaps she could save them.

There was no answering tickle, no flashing of Death in the vicinity. Perhaps she couldn’t hear her here. Demise suppressed a sob. How could she save Aiden now? What about the souls of Kayla and Benny? Would they end up here, forsaken and forgotten? No, they would be worthy of Elysium, if she could find one of the judges.

The squeaking of the doors stopped after an eternity. Aiden’s features had calmed, which she hadn’t expected. He should be screaming his head off, begging to leave. This had been a fool’s errand from the beginning.

The monster turned and closed the door. Another eternity of waiting, then the clang of the lock sent a shudder through her. The heavy door jamb fell into place. Demise had never been so scared.

Clouds pulsed with lightning above. Thunder rumbled and shook the castle. A world in a never-ending night of storms and torments.

In the distance, a winged Fury swooped down, cobras and asps wound around her body. In her hand, a long leather whip that she slashed at the hordes of the damned souls below her.

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