Kasadya (Hellhound Awakened) (17 page)

“So what would you like me to do?” I asked, getting more pissed off by the minute. The more I looked at him, the more of the demon’s questions came to mind. So he wants to tame me, we’ll see. Two steps before me he stopped and looked at me, still not saying anything. Let’s test the demon’s theories then. I moved and transformed at the same time, and punched him full force in the face. His head went backwards, but he kept his balance. I moved slowly around him, circling him. He returned his eyes to me, and I could see that I hit a nerve. Bulls-eye.

“So, Chax. Tell me, what does it mean when they say a hellhound born?” I asked him sarcastically, circling him slowly, almost stalking him.

His eyes betrayed his surprise at my question. I turned quickly, ducking down and spreading my wings and taking him to the ground at the same time. I got back up and looked at him; he was up in a second and now beyond pissed.

“It means you were born a hellhound,” he replied, now moving in a slow stalk himself, countering mine.

“Really?” I asked, bringing my fist in for a blow. He used his arm to swipe it away, and grabbed me, locking me to the spot. I jerked up my arms, cutting him off me, and then head butted him so hard I saw tiny stars in front of me. He grabbed his head with his hands, so I slowly walked around him again, watching him.

“Is there something you forgot to tell me?” I asked. I’ll force it out of him.

He recovered and looked at me
.
“No, I don’t know where this is coming from, but you need to stop and think like a grown female for a change, not a spoiled little girl,” he replied, and I stopped dead in my tracks.

He thinks I’m a little girl, while others are grabbing me telling me I’m a trophy and stuff. So that’s why he wanted me to run to him, because he sees me as a little girl.

“You know, Chax, for someone that is supposed to be this so called
Dominus,
you’re pretty freaking blind!” I yelled at him, and moved in with a high kick. But he blocked it again and this time he punched me, and I landed with my butt on the ground. I was up in seconds, damn him.

“I see a little girl. Easy to sway or convince, and you’re playing right into it,” he replied, standing still and watching me.

“Whatever, Chax. But tell me, why wouldn’t you let me go back and defend myself?” I asked, stopping as well to look at him.

“You would not have acted with a clear mind, and you didn’t. You attacked an unarmed fallen, and he didn’t attack you back, not one time. See what happens when you react on your emotions?” he whipped at me.

He’s got a point there, but it still doesn’t change the question. “Are you trying to tame me, into something you want?” I asked him, keeping my eyes on his. His face doesn’t give him away; it’s his eyes.

And yip there we go, a slight movement in them, telling me that he’s holding back on something or lying to me
.
“I’m not trying to tame you; I’m trying to prepare you for service,” he replied, after a few seconds. He’s lying, it’s all over his face, the demon was right. How could I have been so stupid not to see this? But then again, I haven’t been around that long, and I didn’t really pay much attention to this guy. Still looking at him, I could see his eyes change again, and then he looked at me differently. Stepping forward, and now trying to circle me, he looked me up and down, and then locked-in with my eyes.

“Who have you been talking to Kasadya?”

“No one.”

He moved so his face was inches from mine. “You’re lying. Tell me who has been planting these ideas into your head, now,” he sneered, and man did he go all serious on that one, ending it with a growl.

“I said no one, now back off,” I whipped back and then turned around, about to walk away from this. No way am I telling him about the demon, that’s just too weird. Suddenly I was grabbed, then turned around my feet going out from under me, and Chax pinning me down to the ground.

“Who have you been talking to?” he yelled at me, his face very close to mine. The look on his face was the same as in the alley, so I swallowed a lump in my throat
.

“N…o o…ne,” I answered, struggling to get the words out. He leaned in more, now we were a breath away from each other.

“You need to start trusting me Kasadya, I’m your
Custos.
I will take care of you, and guide you in this life. But lying to me and trying to protect someone is not the way to go about this, tell me.”

I looked into his eyes, and for some strange reason my eyes dropped to his mouth, which was looking pretty delectable at the moment. I need to go see Maia, there’s something really wrong with my head. I lifted my eyes to his, and found him looking at my mouth as well. Okay now this is new. My breathing has started to pick up, and my chest was pushing against his; each time it touched his, goose bumps broke out over me. Okay I’m one sick puppy.

“Tell me the truth, I will help you. This is a dangerous world, and a small mistake like this can cost you a lot. Trust me,” he whispered, his mouth inches from mine, and I swallowed a lump again. Then I did something really stupid, lifting my head I kissed him softly on his mouth, he in return took the kiss and kissed me back. I opened up, wanting more, and he complied. The moment our tongues touched, and I really tasted him, my world went spinning and hit full supernova.

Kissing Seth was great and all, really great; but this, this was heaven. Releasing my hands, he pushed his arms under me holding me to him. I did the same wanting more, wanting way more. Our kiss deepened the moment I had my arms around him, sliding my fingers through his hair, and then my mind zoomed in on one thing. I want this; I want him more than I wanted Seth. I opened up my legs, wrapping them with his, and he ended up between them. He stopped and moved off me in lightning speed. He stepped back a few steps and looked at me, shock all over his face. I was breathing hard looking up at him, and feeling like my world was just stolen from me. Still looking at me his breathing was also hard, and then he turned around and walked away without a word.

I kept my eyes on him and didn’t move, feeling like a blade had just been stabbed through me. How could I have done that, he is involved with someone. Oh my soul and its freaking Kali! Oh man she is going to be so pissed about this. On the other hand, I was shocked at what I felt in his arms; more than I felt in Seth’s. I don’t have a lot of experience when it comes to guys, but I don’t think that was my imagination, how the hell did this happen?

Still lying on my back I shifted out and landed with my back on the floor in front of my new room’s door. The hallway was quiet so I just laid there thinking about what just happened. Was it just some kind of “do it and get it out of your system” thing or was it really what I felt? I sat up and looked at the long hallway. I need to go see Maia; I need to get my head checked out now.

So I got up and started walking through the house looking for Vulcan. No way I’m just shifting to her, I’ll just end up in more trouble. So I’ll find him and explain what’s going on and that I need to see Maia to get some help. The demon, my doubts, and now kissing Chax, there must be something wrong with me. I reached the corner leading into the lobby to make my way to the hallway that goes to Vulcan’s office, to check and see if he was in there, if not I’m going outside to the training and look for him; I want this done now.

I turned the corner and bumped into someone. Stepping back, I was about to say sorry then stopped dead. In front of me stood Kali, looking at me, but not really looking. Something’s not right. Did she already know what happened? Can’t be, I just shifted back from it, and isn’t she supposed to be in training?

“Kali, you okay?” I asked her, taking a slow step towards her. She didn’t reply and took a step to me, in fact she didn’t even register that I was there. Okay this is freaky, yeah sure she is one of the divas, but her expression is giving me the creeps.

“Kali, are you okay?” I said louder, walking to take a stand in front of her. Still nothing, and she took a step forward straight into me. I grabbed her arms and shook her a little.

“Kali, what’s going on?!” I yelled at her, my heart pounding from the creepy feeling I’m getting. Her eyes are open but it’s like she’s not there. She had a black eye from the day before, but it’s her eyes, they were not normal. My heart started pounding even harder. Still holding her, she suddenly pushed me away from her and I landed on my butt on the floor. She moved so fast I didn’t even have a chance to keep my grip on her.

She walked out the door, not even looking at me, damn now what? I stood up and looked at her as she reached the gate and turned left. I know I’m going to kick my own butt after this, but I can’t let her go off like that, so I ran outside and after her. I caught up with her and grabbed her shoulder to turn her around. The moment my hand touched it, I felt the air move and she shifted, taking me with her.

Chapter 12

We shifted into a room filled with very stylish furniture. Very modern, in fact like something you see in movies. I turned around to take in my new surroundings; well black and red was the theme, someone needs a decorator. Looking around I found a small lounge, a bathroom inside another door, and then behind Kali a huge freaking bed. Kali was just standing there, not saying or doing anything, so I moved in front of her and grabbed her by the shoulders. “Kali, what the hell is going on?” I yelled at her, and started to shake her real hard to get her out of this.

Nothing happened so I resorted to the last thing. Lifting my hand I was about to whack her back to real life when the air moved around us. I felt someone shift in behind us, and turned around to find my demon in an Armani black suit with a purple shirt, standing there smiling at us.

“Well now, two for the price of one,” he said and started walking to the left, looking at us with a grin.

“You’re not real; you’re just in my dreams,” I said, shocked that my nightmare was standing there in flesh and blood.

“Oh I’m real, my little hellhound, and as you can see not only in your dreams. But I must admit, when I placed my trance on your harpy friend to come to me, I didn’t think she would bring you with her. I was still thinking of ways to get you here, a hellhound being able to resist and all,” he said, walking slowly towards us.

What? She’s in a trance? That’s why her eyes looked like that. How the hell did he get her into a trance? His words in my dream came to mind “your mind is open to me”. Oh damn, Kali was dreaming of him too, and that’s how he was able to trance her. Of course, he even knew what was happening in my life
.
“Back. Off,” I strung out, pissed off that I even sat down and had a freaking chat with him. OMG, he played me into thinking Chax was trying to tame me and stuff. Stupid, stupid girl Kas!

“I’m afraid that is not an option. You see, my little hound, I have great plans for you. When I told you about the hellhound born power, I was telling the truth. According to our sources, a hellhound is ten times more stronger than any fallen or demon.”

“So what? I’m not going to participate in your plans. Might as well save yourself a death blow,” I slammed back at him. Plans for what?

Laughing he stopped and looked at us. “My little hellhound, you’re going to give me so much power. Harpy come to me,” he finished, and at the last word Kali stepped past me. Oh no! I grabbed her and pushed her back against a wall, locking her in with the wall and me. Turning my head to look at him, I kept her in place. “Let her go now, or I swear you’ll die in this room, right now!” I yelled at him pissed off, and scared beyond words.

“I see that you’re going to make this difficult little hellhound, so be it,” he replied, transforming into the demon I saw in my first dream and stormed for us. I released Kali, and met him half way; my arm drawn for the punch. A step before him, I brought my arm forward with all the force I could muster, only to see him dodge it and then his hands were on me, shifting us out.

We landed in a dark room; one could just make out what was going on in it. The moment my feet hit the floor, I brought my other hand in for a punch and struck home. His head whipped back and he released me. I moved away from him and transformed, ready to kill him. He rubbed his jaw, and looked at me, then smiled his fangs showing off.

“You have strength and wit, I’ll give you that. But I think you’re going to need much more to survive this, little hellhound,” he said with a smile and shifted out, leaving me alone in the room. I turned around to look at the room, looking for a way to escape. Nothing but solid rock walls greeted me, not even a bed or bathroom; damn this wasn’t a room this was a cell, freaking great.

Transforming back, I started to walk down the walls, placing my hands on them, trying to feel for some sort of an escape or weakness at least. Absolutely nothing. How the hell am I going to get out of this? I looked at the ceiling, solid rock there too.

Damn, damn, damn Kas you’re in big freaking trouble here, do something girl. I walked and felt around for hours, trying my best. Giving up, I tried shifting, over and over again; nothing. Exhausted and scared, I planted my butt on the cold floor. Oh Kas, what have you done? Why didn’t you listen to Lada and tell someone about your dreams?

If I told someone then they would have been able to help me. We could have found out that Kali also had a problem, what about the other girls? Oh my soul, if he could get his hands on Kali he could get his hands on anyone! Nanini’s sweet petite face came to mind, no not her, then Lada’s. I have to stop this, I can’t let him take them and bring them here, and I need to get not only myself, but Kali too, out of here.

How was it possible for a demon to reach our dreams in
Exsilium
? They never once told us that demons could do that? Hell, why didn’t they tell us, they could have prepared us for something like our dreams? We would have known that it wasn’t normal, and get someone to help us? Damn, they want us to serve, but they can’t even protect us in freaking
Exsilium!
Oh
,
they suck big time, wait until I get my hands on Chax.