Page 34 of Raijin

“Let her go,” She screeched

“Kahlia,” Sabina shouted in fear.

Sabina attempted to run to her, only to feel something grab her ankle. She looked down, moving her angry eyes to the demon who watched her with cruel amusement.

“Who are you working for?” She demanded, glancing at the window to see something like mist covering it. “What do you want from me?” she asked looking back at him.

He scoffed, “You know what I want little witch,” he rolled his wrist, cracking it. “you six feet under.”

Sabina braced herself her magic roaring through her. Right when she’d decided to pulverize the asshole, she watched in disbelief as the front door burst in as something that looked like a metallic tail wrapped around his throat, and with hard tug the demons body was pulled into the mist a blood curdling scream followed him till a loud crack ended his screams abruptly.

“Hurting females,” A person spoke from behind her. Sabina slowly turned around, and felt her eyes widen, as she watched as the shadows wrapped around the other attacker. The vampire she’d met before, appeared behind him. The demons arms shook, as he held Lanias against the wall. The Vampire placed a hand on his shoulder and leaned in, “Is boring.”

The shadows surged up and pulsed over the demon’s body. Lanias fell to the ground, coughing her arms coming around Kahlia who scrambled into them.

The demon’s body was spin up into a little ball, the bones and flesh cracking and popping as the shadow condensed him to nothing. Soon, another spinning ball appeared, this one spinning over the black ball, something red spilled from the black into the red on. Until eventually the black ball, was smaller than the red one.

The silvery man who seemed to glow, lifted the red ball to his mouth.

Sabinas eyes widened, as she watched him open his mouth to an impossible degree and ingest the blood in one gulp. His eyes sparked as he closed his monstrous mouth and licked his lips. He turned his gaze on Lanias, and smiled. “Hello, aren’t you glad you didn’t trap me to a wall this time.”

Her sister, who held the shaking Kahlia; didn’t take his taunting well, “Fuck you.”

The sound of glass crunching under a boot, drew the still shocked Sabina’s attention to the doorway. She knew she should stand and go to Kahlia, but her legs were locked in place. Even as she told herself to take a step back, her knees buckled, and she fell to the floor. The violent blood lust in the air had sucked out her strength. Eyes the color blood captured her own.

She knew who it was the minute she saw him, but something was off about him. The air around him was more dangerous. Sabina spotted the blood that coated his coat, the smell of it filled the air as he drew closer. Till he stood before her, looking down at her with that terrible mask that hid half his face, she could see the barely leashed rage in his eyes as he stared down at her.

“You did well.”

Raijins deep voice jolted her out of her stupor, she tried to stand only to fail once more.

“I-I can’t seem to stand.” Her voice quivered, her eyes filling with tears. She didn’t know what she was expecting, but she wasn’t expecting him to pick her up. Her eyes widened, once she realized she was within the Ogre’s embrace.

“We will take it from here.” Raijin said with authority.

She turned her head, to Lanias who was being helped up by Alek. Not seeing her daughter, she pushed at the Ogre’s chest. “Wait. Kahlia, where is she?” she demanded in a panic.

“Here,” Someone called.

She jerked her gaze to Castian, she hadn’t noticed him entering. He held her daughter, who was asleep. She felt her body relax.

“What did you do to her?” There was no way her daughter would have been able to sleep so easily after what had just happened.

“A small spell,” Castian said with an easy smile. “It’s nothing harmful, just made her calm till she felt sleepy like what I’ll be doing to you.”

She frowned, “What—” her mind was yanked abruptly into the black of unconsciousness.

Raijin

He stared down at the sleeping face of his charge. He then looked at her sister who currently was being assisted by Alek.

“You aren’t going to say anything?” He asked.

Lanias shot him an annoyed look, “Do I look like I have the mental energy to yell at you for putting them to sleep? Never mind, it’s better for them to be asleep.” She said this as she yanked her arm out of Aleks hold. Bending she grabbed up a piece of wood and snapped her wrist downward, it instantly became a crutch. Leaning on it, she took a cursory look around the ruin town house. “I thought she’d be safe here with a few guards to look after her but looks like my assumption was wrong.”

“I would say we both underestimated the level of the enemy we’re dealing with.” Raijin couldn’t help agreeing.

Lanias bared her teeth at him, “Don’t pretend you didn’t know this would happen. You dogs of the Council are all the same, just with a different name.”

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