Demonata #10: Hell's Heroes by Darren Shan

Author:Darren Shan [Shan, Darren]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

“Help us,” I plead, locking gazes with the troubled-looking girl, letting my face soften and become more

human. “If the three of us unite, we can kill him.”

“I came back!” Kernel shouts. “I didn’t need to. But I returned. Foryou. ”

“To kill me,” Bec says sullenly.

“To rescue you,” I disagree. “You haven’t passed the point of no return. You can be one of us again. It

makes sense to stick with your own. No matter what you do, you’ll never be a demon.”

“No,” Bec says. “But I’m not really human either. I’m an agent of Death. I’ve passed beyond the ways

of the living. This is all that’s left for me.”

“No!” I cry. “You can—”

“My people are dead,” she interrupts. “Those I owed loyalty to died many centuries ago. Bran was the

last. You’re not part of my world. I’m tired of trying to do the right thing.

When my soul didn’t pass on, I

unleashed Death. In a weird kind of way, I’m its mother. Now I need to fully pledge myself to it.”

Bec stretches out a hand towards the Board. It flies into her fingers and glows. Lord Loss sighs happily

and rises above Shark and the others. As he floats, he waves at the walls around us and they dissolve,

the strands of webs unraveling and dropping, revealing the areas previously walled off.

There are humans in the rooms around us. Thousands of people, standing frozen in place, eyes blank,

arms by their sides. For a few seconds I think they’re dead, but then I see their chests rising and falling as

they breathe in unison.

“This looks ominous,” Timas remarks.

“The Board!” Kernel yells. “Their souls are in the Board.”

“Neatly tucked away,” Lord Loss says, moving closer to Bec, a perverse smile lifting the corners of his

mouth.

“Wait,” I gasp, seeing the dark intent in Bec’s eyes. “Don’t do this. You’re still one of us. Beranabus

would hate you if he saw you now. Those are real people. There are children…”

“You’re all children in my eyes,” Bec says quietly. “I’ve lived for more than fifteen hundred years. Even

your eldest are babes to me.” Her face hardens. “And it’s time to put the babies to bed.”

“No!” I scream, feeling the bonds between us snap forever, seeing the last trace of humanity blink out of

her eyes. I try to stop her, to jump and knock the Board from her hands. But Lord Loss waves and

subdues me.

As Kernel lurches forward and Shark struggles with the snake… as Kirilli stares at Bec and a frown

creases Timas’s forehead… as Moe writhes blindly on the ground and Lord Loss floats next to his

protégée and nods encouragingly…

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