The Wings of Heaven and Hell (The Arcadian Steel Sequence Book 1) by L. M. Peralta

Author:L. M. Peralta [Peralta, L. M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-11-22T06:00:00+00:00

BOB drove me back to Nash’s house. As the car idled outside the garage, I asked, “Why did you show me that?”

“I wanted you to see what it’s really like down here,” he said. “You got to see what very few people do before they have to choose. You got a chance to see Hell the way Lucifer runs it. What Nash has, he had to screw someone over to get it, maybe even a lot of people. You shouldn’t be so worried about him.”

“I’m not fighting angels until he comes back.” My voice was firm and didn’t waver. Did Bob think he could get me to stop caring about Nash?

Bob shrugged. “I tried.” He flashed me a mouth of white teeth. “In Sheol, you have to look out for number one. Sometimes that means destroying parts of yourself. The part of you that has loyalty to Nash is going to get you in a lot of trouble. I suggest you burn it away before your whole being is in the fire.”

I reached for the handle.

“Just remember,” he said. “In Hell, a man chooses himself over everybody else.”

I opened the car door and slammed it behind me.

Later that afternoon, I went to Nash’s library. I scanned the books for any titles that might help me to find out more about the Circles. I found one titled, Seven Princes, Nine Circles.

I opened the book. I wanted to know everything I could about the Ninth Circle. Maybe I could help Nash and the others out.

I found a brief description near the beginning of the book. The Ninth Circle was reserved for those who committed treachery. It is divided into four rounds each beneath a frozen, icy lake. The worse the sin, the deeper the tortured are buried.

I leafed through the book to find a more detailed description. My fingers flew from page to page as I searched for words that might be relevant to my search. I stopped when I turned the page to a picture of a large fly with bulbous red eyes. The caption read that this creature was Beelzebub, one of the seven princes of Hell, right-hand man to Lucifer herself. He is the demon of gluttony.

The words of the woman in court came back to me. “Bub…it’s closer to his real name.”

Beelzebub. Bob?

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.