Gates of Hell by Zoey Woods

Author:Zoey Woods [Woods, Zoey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-06-09T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

My mom snapped her fingers and Elion appeared between us. “Remember you promise, daughter.”

Before me, the angel appeared in a flash, laying on his side. His wings trembled, his face so pale I thought he was dead if he hadn’t moved.

“Elion!” I dashed to his side. Son of a bitch! Father had punished him and Elion still had the demon claw mark across his chest. “Heal him.”

Mom smiled eerily. “That wasn’t part of our bargain.”

An insult burned on my tongue but it wouldn’t do any good. Mom was just as self-righteous as Dad. I’d forgotten how she could be as ruthless as him. She didn’t think I could save Elion, but I would prove her wrong.

There was a pop in the air and I didn’t need to look to know she’d vanished out of Sheol. Everything I’d done had ended us up right back in the shithole. Worse. Now I had even less time to get Elion cured before the demon poison killed him. Then Mom and Dad would get what they wanted…me.

“Come on,” I grasped his arm. “We’ve got to get you to Lucifer’s medical chambers.”

Which meant navigating through Lucifer’s palace without being caught. Nothing like impossible odds.

Wait. There was something I could do that would buy time until I got to Lucifer’s medical supplies. The gate was a type of energy portal and time warp. If I could get Elion there, it might just give him enough of a buffer to enable me to steal the medicine.

Elion would have to be part-fallen angel in order for the gate not to kick him out immediately. That meant converting him. He’d never agree though. Not without me being able to show him the positives of how Lucifer once tried to make Hell into a new paradise—one that would revel our father’s Garden of Eden on Earth.

“Elion.” I gently brushed golden hair out of his eyes. “Do you trust me?”

He cracked open an eye. “Not really.”

“No, I mean, I need to leave you at the gate…between the gates…so I can grab the cure for your demon mark.”

“I’ll be fine.” He groaned, trying to sit up and fell back down, his face pale.

“Just promise me you’ll wait inside the gate vortex until I get back.” I bit my lip, unsure if this was the right thing to do. What other choice did I have? If I lugged him along with me all the way to Lucifer’s medicine, we’d both be caught.

Elion gritted his teeth and stood, his body hunched over. “I’m going with you.”

“You can barely stay upright.” I crossed my arms over my chest. “It’s too dangerous to bring you with me.”

But the set of his jaw already told me that he would try and follow me. Crawl even, if he had to.

“Fine.” I grunted, placing my arm around him to help him walk. “But I am so not saving your ass again after this.”

He chuckled. “You know you want to keep me around.”

“Why in Hell would I want to do that?” I shook my head but inside my heart felt like someone plucked a string in it.

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