The Devil's Advocate (Hell's Angel Book 2) by Zahra Stone

Author:Zahra Stone [Stone, Zahra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Arcane City
Published: 2021-08-09T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

“He’s here? In Hell?” Ashliel’s voice was barely a whisper. “How? And where? Like, is he in the rock?”

“Shh.” Placing both my palms against the rock wall, I closed my eyes and concentrated. “There’s something here.”

“God?” Ashliel asked.

“No. I can sense him, but there’s something between him and us.”

“The rock?” Ashliel gestured at the wall as if the answer was obvious.

“No, Ash. You don’t think God could move the rock on his own? There’s something else. Something powerful.”

“Oh. Yeah, right, makes sense.”

Ignoring her, I continued to stand with my hands against the rock face, pushing my energy into it, feeling it rebound at me.

“Stand back.”

I waited until Levi and Ashliel had stepped away, then swept my hands through the air, red magic swirls sparking from my hands. The rock face began to crumble away, the clatter of falling rubble echoing throughout the chamber. Coughing, I waved the dust from my face and tucked my nose into the crook of my elbow to stop from breathing it in.

“It’s a door,” Levi said when the dust had settled. “A pretty impressive-looking one, at that. Is it made from steel?”

We all moved closer to examine it. It had to be at least ten feet tall and five feet wide. On the inner border was a plain raised edge framing the door. In the center, there was a symbol—a dragon within a circle. There was no handle. But more of the fabric I was sure belonged to Dad’s robe poked through the edge, caught between the door and the frame.

“It’s a seal.” Ashliel was running her fingers over the dragon symbol. “I’ve heard of them but never seen one.”

“A seal?” I reached out and touched the door, running my hands over it.

“Seriously, Lucy, did you not read the instruction manual for this place?” Ashliel tossed her flaming hair over her shoulder, her face revealing her exasperation.

“Of course I read it.” I couldn’t lie. I had read it—once when she’d first put it together for me. But did I remember any of it? That was the question she should have been asking.

Because the answer to that was no, I did not. I’d been too busy managing the day-to-day of Hell to remember all of its little intricacies and nuances. It seemed Ashliel hadn’t forgotten any of it, though, and that was why I hired her in the first place—and loved her for the friend she was.

“Remind me,” I prompted.

After blowing out a breath, she spoke almost without breathing. “There are four seals, each represented by a horse. The white horse will release the white horseman, who symbolizes pestilence. He will rain down disease and plague on the earth. The red horse will release the red horseman, who symbolizes war. He will unleash mass slaughter on the earth. The black horse will release the black horseman, who symbolizes famine. The earth will starve. And finally, the rider on the pale horse will bring death.”

“Wait,” Levi said once she’d run out of steam. “So what you’re

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