Virgo's Vigilantes (The Zodiac Book 6) by Paul Sating

Author:Paul Sating [Sating, Paul]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Paul Sating Productions
Published: 2021-10-25T16:00:00+00:00

13

Underworld, Fifth Circle

"Well, look at it this way. You didn't kill anyone this time," I teased.

"I didn't kill anyone last time either," Ralrek said.

"Only because we made you open the gateway in the sanctuary," Bilba said.

We had traveled to the Fifth Circle through one of Ralrek's gateways. Since Bilba's frightening training session with the incubus, he made Ralrek practice often, at least once a day. Over that time, they'd trained in smaller and smaller confines until Bilba was convinced Ralrek could contain his spell. He reported Ralrek was getting stronger and more accurate with them.

I wasn't so sure. This gateway was three times larger than required, but Ralrek at least had enough control now that he could open them in the hallway in my apartment. The first few times he tried that, he nearly burned holes in my walls, and that was after hours of practice. Now, he was adept enough to open them sideways so they ran down the length of the hall, and held ample control so it didn't rotate and bring the entire apartment down on our heads.

We'd even traveled through the gate and into Eve's Sanctuary without launching cataclysmic events around Hell.

Being back was surreal. I hadn't seen this garden in a long time. Too long. So much in my life had changed since the last time I stood in this tranquil realm. Now, I couldn't help but soak in everything around me. It felt right being here. Who knew if I would ever get another chance to enjoy it. The Council had left me alone, as Lucifer's laws dictated, since winning my freedom, but I trusted them as much as I trusted Beelzebub to babysit any of my future offspring.

Eve's Sanctuary. Home. My real home, at least to me.

The way the air smelled. The rustling of reeds in the pond. The familiar warmth of the Hellfire. The way a cloud of harpies flitted in the canopy overhead, chirping insults as they flew in the gloriously azure sky. All of it, so familiar, so comfortable. This was my home, but it was also a place where I wondered if I was still welcomed.

We'd find out soon enough.

"Let's get going," Ralrek said, clapping his hands together to close his gateway.

He was getting cocky, too adept at managing the gateways already. Before long he'd have another reason to brag. Lucky us.

"No time like the present," I said. We strolled out of the garden, taking time for me to breathe in as much of Eve's Sanctuary as possible. Then it was through the packed streets that led back to my childhood home.

Everything along the journey to my old stomping grounds looked the same. The Fifth was as loud as ever. Incubi and succubi filled the streets, dragging pouting implings. Chimera carriages, the few that dotted this part of the Circle, rumbled past without regard for anyone. Vendors shouted the benefits of their wares. Imps raced up and down the narrow pathways playing tag, bumping into older demons, oblivious to the nasty looks shot after them.

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