Kasadya Hellhound Twisted (22 page)

“Amazing,” the female angel whispered, moving to look at them.
Michael came to stand before me and looked at my face.

“Have you ever seen this before?” he asked someone. I looked around trying to find the person.

“No, this is a first for me,” the female answered.

“A transfer maybe,” Jophiel pitched in.

Michael shook his head. “Evil cannot transfer to good, good to evil but not evil to good,” he replied, turning to face Raphael who was still just standing there speechless.

“Um guys, you are freaking me out,” I stated, moving my feet with nerves.

“Raphael,” Michael said loud to get his attention. Raphael shook it off and looked at him then back at me.

“Defined,” Raphael uttered almost so soft I didn’t hear it. Defined? What the hell does that mean?

“Impossible, it can only happen with angels,” the female angel said.

“That is the only explanation I can think of. Look at it, just like with us, she conquered an enemy and received divinity,” Raphael countered her statement. Okay, I think this is the part where I quietly slip away unnoticed.

I turned back to normal and regarded them. “It cannot be,” Jophiel said, looking at Michael who was standing there and contemplating the idea. They all looked deep in thought and I was about to shift out of there when Michael lifted his head and looked at me. Crap.

“Go back to Exsilium and tell no one about this. We will first seek guidance to determine what transpired here,” he said, looking at the rest. I took that as my cue and shifted to my room. I glanced down at my hand, which was still holding the swords and covered in blood. I hope this defined thing wasn’t another bad thing on my list.

Placing my swords on the table, I went to take a hot steamy shower. My muscles ached and pounded from the fight. Finally finished I got on my PJs and walked back to the bed. I stopped and looked at the sun shining brightly through the window. Crap, sleep is going to be over quickly. I’d better get some in before anything else happens.

C
hapter 14

“Kas, come on girl you’re late!” Kali yelled at me, snatching me from my wonderful dream of a normal life. I sat up with a groan; I needed to get some more sleep in. It felt like my legs and muscles were fighting against me.

Dragging myself out of bed, I walked over to the closet and stared at it. What to wear, what to wear. Well option one, jeans and a tank top, two would be jeans and a short T-shirt. Where did the days go when I didn’t give a damn about what I wore? With a sigh, I grabbed a pair of jeans and a short pink T-shirt. Slowly, and with much difficulty, I got into them and started doing my hair. Braiding the even longer than usual mane, I looked at myself in the mirror.

Wow my eyes looked like death, huge black tire tracks were below them making me look like some sort of addict. I let go of my braid and rubbed my eyes. Yeah, as if that would work. Giving up I moved to the bathroom to brush my teeth and wash my face. Slowly making my way downstairs, I heard the group talking in the kitchen and turned left to join them. I was
starving and I needed a huge jug of juice. I found them all cheery in the kitchen talking about the fight. Yeah already forgot about that. I looked around but there was no Chax or Max. Good I was so not in the mood.

“Morning,” they greeted me. I replied with a short nod and made my way to the fridge. Opening the door I looked at the contents, which was more than normal. It looked like a store had been emptied into the thing. With another groan I grabbed a bottle of juice and made my way to the counter to sit down. It felt like bricks were tied down to my feet, making it agonizing to walk. Finally my butt hit the chair and I worked the top of the bottle trying to open it.

“What happened to you?” Lada asked, her eyes huge. I caught her out of the corner of my eye, I was still trying to open the damn freaking bottle. What did they do, like airlock the freaking top? Frustrated I yanked it off, taking half of the bottle with it. Juice spilled all over the counter and I looked down with another sigh. You have got to be kidding me.

“Kas, are you okay?” Caim asked coming over to help clean up the mess with a cloth.

“No, I need more sleep,” I stated, not really looking at him or anyone else.

I shoved myself away from the counter and stood up again. Slowly, and now officially pissed off, I walked back to the fridge and got another bottle. On my way back I tried the freaking top again, but this time Ben quickly snatched it from me and opened it. He gave it back to me with a concerned look. “Thanks,” I muttered and walked back to the counter, and sat down.

“Are you mad at us?” Ryan asked nervously. I looked up and gave him the “duffus” look not really into this crap this morning, afternoon, or whatever.

“We are really sorry, but those two would have hurt you if we didn’t keep you away. And you’re not an easy person to persuade,” Ben explained, placing a plate of food in front of me.

“Like I care,” I muttered back. I am so freaking tired. They cut me some slack and I finished my breakfast in peace. Just as I was about to get up and look for a bed, Chax and Max walked into the kitchen, side by side. They stopped and looked at me, their faces scowling at me. “Hey take a picture it lasts longer,” I replied and pushed past them.

Slowly I walked back to the stairs but turning left my eyes caught the lounge with those big puffy chairs. One was a double seater. Oh yeah I needed that. I changed direction and walked into the lounge, turned my butt to the couch and dropped. Slowly picking up my legs I placed them on the arm, and then my head on the other. Aah, yeah this was heaven.

“Do you have a hangover?” Max suddenly asked standing over me. If I weren’t so tired I might have actually jumped, but a growl replaced that action.

“Please go away and leave me alone,” I begged him.

“Answer him, did you drink?” Chax bulldozed. Why did He give me these two? I mean, did I do something really horrible to get them?

“I didn’t drink, now go away,” I growled, turning around to face the back of the couch.

“Kasadya,” Chax sneered at my back.

“I am freaking tired, okay? Now go away!” I yelled at him, grabbing my head. That was so not a good idea. A splitting headache just slammed into me with that commotion.

“Didn’t you get some sleep in when we were gone?
You would have had at least four hours,” Max continued on.

“I didn’t go to bed then,” I replied, covering my head. Please, please go away.

“Should we go get Maia, she really doesn’t look good,” Kali said from somewhere in the room.

“That will not be necessary,” another male voice answered her, and by the sound of it Michael just joined us.

“Michael, is there something you need to tell me?” Chax asked. I should have gone upstairs, locked my freaking door, and just winged it.

“I will explain,” Michael replied. Oh yeah here comes the part where my head gets a huge hammer because I slipped out and picked a fight. I am so not sticking around for that, so I shifted to my bed, landing softly on it. Oh my soul, this is heaven. I crawled into the covers and covered myself with them. Sleep, I need a lot of sleep.

Slowly but surely, darkness came and I drifted off to sleep.

“They're coming,” the voice whispered.

“Who’s coming?” I asked back. I turned in the white haze
, looking around. I was in a cloud of sorts, but a freaky cloud. No sound, and no movement. And there was nothing except the cloud, not one person, tree of bird. Freaky.

“They will come,” the voice whispered again. Okay that’s also freaky, no one around and someone is whispering to me.

“Hello?” I asked into the cloud. Who the hell was here with me?

“Deaths, so many deaths,” the voice continued. I listened closely this time and it almost sounded like a child.

“Why don’t you come out and talk to me?” I suggested to the child. I mean really this is too much.

“They will bring death and destroy all that is good,” the voice went on. Okay, so someone is
coming, and there will be death and destruction, got that part.

“Are you talking about the demons?” I asked to no one but myself.

“You must stop it from happening, you must save them,” the reply came. Frustrated, I turned around looking for the child.

“How?” I asked to keep the conversation going. There was silence for a long while, no answer came. My heart started to pump hectic in my chest, and it felt like someone was suffocating me. I grabbed at my neck, but there were no hands.

I struggled to breathe, my breath slamming out of me to create a mist in the cloud. It’s
cold now. So cold. I held myself to try and keep warm, but someone just kept taking it away. I was pushed back into the cloud and something grabbed my hands, pinning me down. I fought and I struggled, but could not free myself.

“You must not fail,” the voice whispered again. “You must not fail them.”

I flew awake, gasping for air. “Hey there,” Kali said, coming to sit next to me. I looked at her and wiped my face. I was covered in sweat.

“What happened?” I asked her. She got up and walked into the bathroom, coming back with a wet cloth and handed it to me.

“You slept for two days,” she answered, smiling at me. What?

“Are you serious?” I asked, jumping out of the bed and stressing like mad. I missed two days, two days I could have been out there killing demons and helping Kali.

“Yip, Michael explained that you would need the rest. Although no one explained why you ended up so tired in the first place,” she continued. I looked around and moved for my gear. She stopped me. “Won’t
help, they are all out. I stayed behind to keep an eye on you.”

“Did Michael explain nothing?” I asked, bewildered. She shook her head and her eyes roamed over me. Why is she looking at me like that?

“What’s wrong?” I asked, trying to look at myself.

“You look different. I can’t
place it, but you definitely look different,” she said, coming over to me and placing her hand on my shoulder. “But a lot better. What happened, Kas?”

I looked around, trying to think about that. “I killed one of the demon princes, and then something happened to me. Michael and the other angels said some strange things, but didn’t really tell me what had happened to me,” I explained, sitting down on the edge of the bed.

“What! When?” Kali asked, walking to stand in front of me.

“The night of the fight. I needed to blow off some steam, so I went looking for a fight. I killed one demon, and then Ira showed up and we started fighting. Long story short, I took his head in my cave and wham lights and freaky stuff happened to me. Then the archangels came and argued about what had happened and said I should come home,” I explained super-fast.

“Oh-kay,” she said, looking at me weird. Why is she looking at me like that? “Well, Chax was pretty pissed off when he returned from his “pow wow” with Michael, said we should leave you alone to sleep it off. But I have to warn you, he was super pissed and Max was even worse,” Kali explained, rubbing the necklace around her neck. I narrowed my eyes on it.

“How do you feel?” I asked, concerned that I had been MIA for two freaking days.

“It started to burn yesterday, not bad like fire, but I am now constantly aware of it,” she replied, taking her hand away, a sad look on her face.

“Kas?!” a male called from the hall. I walked over to the door and opened it, finding Seth two doors down.