Scarred Protector(26)

Charles leaned forward. “Now you have my interest. I have a large group of well-trained men who would be willing to fight with you. I believe we truly can assist each other.”

“I’m ill, and I need this man’s blood to survive. So do my men. If we can have that and prove angels exist, then I don’t care what you do with him or the girl afterward.”

There was no way Charles would let this imbecile reveal their presence to the world, but he would go along with this plan for now. If Demonics were to become known to the world at large, it would be when he had Liliath by his side to rule it. “How can you be sure you can subdue him?”

“I made the mistake last time of not incapacitating him enough. I took his blood and was going to remove his heart, but he recovered his power and escaped. Let’s just say, I’ve been able to obtain a certain substance that caused his body to not have the ability to heal.”



             Damn. It was just what Charles had thought. He could not let this rat of a man have such a power that could be used against Demonic Midworlders, too.

“What is it?” Charles’ fingers itched with the need to get his hands on this substance. He would torture the idiot if he could but reckoned Arthur and his men would just become blubbering fools if he did.

“I don’t think we have that much trust between us. I see we can benefit each other, but I’ll not share my secret with you until I have the angel’s blood.”

“My revenge and your need are equally matched, I see. I believe we shouldn’t waste any more time. We should go to the manor house tonight.” Charles stood up.

“I’ll need more time to get my special ingredient prepared. Do you plan on going in there all-guns-blazing, or what? When we visited before, an explosion caused everyone to become unconscious. I don’t believe we can expect that again.” Arthur was getting nervous and starting to twitch.

“Sayell, here, will go through the front door on the pretense of negotiating with him while we attack from the rear of the house. We’ll meet you here tomorrow night at eight then.”

Charles was glad to be out of the place and found he wasn’t the only one. Sayell was also taking in large gulps of air.



“I feel sure whatever stopped Heath from healing was permeating the air in there. My chest was getting tighter and tighter by the minute,” Sayell said.

“I felt the same. I tried to read their minds, and all I found was a jumble of thoughts. I think it is fortuitous for us they didn’t want to go tonight. I suggest we return to my home and consider paying another visit to Pergor.”

“I was going to mention that I’ve received news that Liliath would like to have another talk with us. I, for one, would like to find out more about the darkness on this woman. We have too many unknowns here,” Sayell said.



             “I agree. We may not be close friends, but I think we both like to be prepared when going into battle.” Charles pulled into the basement of his building and made straight for the lift with Sayell in hot pursuit. Once in his apartment, he went to the double doors and out onto the roof. He wanted to get answers to their questions, but he also could not wait to see Liliath again. His wings sprouted from his back in all their wondrous glory, and he knew Sayell would be right behind him.

It took only a moment to rise into the darkness and send out his thoughts to Pergor. Even though Evie was not with them, he still felt cautious about being in the conduit. This time everything was as it should be. He felt a slight pain in his temple, and then the beautiful lines of the tunnel to Pergor. They arrived as before in the crystal chamber, but it was empty.

Then the crystals started to shimmer and move to announce the presence of someone arriving from Homeworld. It wasn’t Liliath, but a guardian. A moment later, Liliath appeared, too. Again, Charles was consumed with a need for her. It was as if her presence heightened all his senses. The guardian helped Liliath down from the high platform, and she stood before both of them resplendent.

“Kneel before me, both of you.”

Charles was on his knees, and Sayell joined him. Liliath walked forward and stood in front of them and placed a hand on the tops of their heads. She moved her hips past both of their faces, so you could almost get a view of her body through the shimmering material of her gown.

“You don’t have the female yet. This really does disappoint me, gentlemen, but maybe it is for the best. Stand up.”



They stood before her, and Charles was sure she was laughing at them. On a human woman, arrogance would have made him slap her in the face, but on Liliath, it made him want her even more.



             “Charles. It seems the signature of darkness I felt on you was recognized on Homeworld. It took some digging, but I eventually found an Elevated who knew it.”

“So whatever is in her is one of us?” Sayell asked.

“Not quite. It seems it was a guardian once. He was just about to return home and become Elevated. They believe he didn’t like that idea and wanted to stay on Earth. When the human he was guarding killed herself, he found a way to attach himself to others. There was a spate of murders at the time that were investigated by Midworlders and were thought to be caused by him influencing human minds. He was never caught, and I think Homeworld thought he had died not having a human of his own to leach energy from.”

“What is he now, then? What I felt didn’t seem human, Midworlder, or guardian. It just felt like hate and emptiness. Now, I’m not adverse to pain and torture, but what touched me is just malevolent.”

Liliath moved forward. “He, or it, as it would be now has to come back. We cannot allow entities to roam Earth and do harm. At least not any I don’t have control over.”

Charles tried not to sneer at the comment. They wouldn’t want their supply of energy to be messed up and have to look elsewhere to get Elevated, now would they? Especially when they had been looking out into the cosmos for over two thousand years.

“So do you know how we can capture it and bring it here? It seems extremely capable of defending itself in the conduit. As far as I could tell, it really doesn’t want to go home,” Charles said.

“May I offer a suggestion?” Sayell asked, as he stood up and stepped forward.

Charles wanted to hit this Midworlder even more now.



             “It seems some humans have found a substance that can prevent Midworlders from healing properly. If we could obtain the substance, maybe we could use it on Evie to remove the entity and bring it here in its weakened state.” Sayell had a smirk on his face as he turned back to Charles.

“What is this substance?”

Charles stood next to Sayell. “We should find out tomorrow night. The humans are willing to give us the substance if we let them have a go at Heath.”

“Well done, boys,” Liliath said, then leant forward and kissed Charles full on the mouth. Her lips pressed hard as her tongue fought with his. Then she moved across and repeated the action with Sayell. When she was finished, she turned and took the hand of the Demonic guardian and walked back up to the raised platform and disappeared. Charles wanted Sayell gone. He was not prepared to share Liliath. He just had to be patient and work out how to go about getting rid of him.



“Well, my fellow boy, I suppose we should return to Earth and do our lady’s bidding,” Sayell said.





Chapter 14



Jamaica Bound



Heath knew his declaration of love was a mistake, but it was what his heart had felt at that moment when Evie looked into his eyes. It was a mistake because she believed he would be able to make things right. He didn’t have a good history of dealing with problems. When he had been in his mind-world with her, they had joined their bodies, and all it had done was heighten the need to join with her in reality.

He paced the yard, and everyone stayed away from him. They knew the dark expression on his face meant he would give them a hard time if they approached.

He had seen the outcome of sex in the real world with Nicole. She had conceived immediately, and Liliath was eager to use the fetus to gain access to Earth if she could not get her hands on the mother. Nicole somehow had a power to use the energy in her body, but Evie didn’t have that. He needed to make sure she kept working on her skills at moving objects. She was working in the library with Suzie, and her skills were improving. He reckoned they would need everything they had to fight in the end.

Suzie and Evie came out through the back door, and Evie came across and kissed him on the lips. Evie was the only one, along with Marge, who ignored his obvious frustration.

Suzie raised an eyebrow and smiled. “She’s getting better, but she’s still not fast enough. I stopped the blade before it hit me.”

“Only just. To start with, I couldn’t get close at all. The last time, I almost cut your arm.”



             “I’m warning you if you cut my new bike jacket, you’re going to need more than Heath to protect you.” Suzie wagged a finger at her.