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ghost.” I tried to keep my voice light.
“There’s a demon coming. This shouldn’t be happening.” Her voice shook and she backed up until she hit the barrier. “You should be innocent, protected.” She shook her head and black wings spread from her back. “You are human.” She growled out.
She had been in denial and her refusal to believe wasn’t going to help me. I opened my mouth to protest when a growling came from behind me. I was going to die because my mother was having a panic attack. I turned around slowly and came face to face with a giant black-skinned demon. It bared its teeth at me and snarled. Drool and spit splattered my face and my heart stopped beating for a moment. It hit me with the back of its hand, sending me into the barrier, and I landed with a thump.
The pain radiated through my body, but it would pass. Right now, I needed to figure out how to defeat a demon without a weapon. My mom jumped out of the way when the demon tried to hit her. She landed in a crouch and held her hand out, but no weapon came to her aid. Just my luck.
“You’re fallen; your abilities have been limited.” I reminded her and the demon’s red gaze turned to me. The razor sharp teeth formed what would have been a smile if he had lips.
I held my hand out but nothing came and I cursed. Where was Ruthie?
“And yours haven’t appeared yet.” My mother snarled at me.
The demon rushed me and I rolled out of the way. I could keep dodging him, but it wasn’t going to help. “Yeah, it’s a huge problem right now.” I snapped back. “Thanks for the heads up about demons, mom.”
The demon laughed and stalked towards me, I dropped back into a defensive stance. I had no idea if I could fight it hand to hand, but I wasn’t going to let it kill me.
“How was I supposed to know? I thought you were human.” She launched from her spot, slamming her shoulder into the demon and driving it back a few feet. She flipped away from it, but its tail caught her across the stomach and threw her away.
“Seems to me like everyone has flashing neon signs on their heads that say who and what they are. Ruthie knew who I was the moment she set eyes on me.” I jumped as it swatted at me with its tail. It turned back to my mother who was still trying to recover from the blow. Everything seemed to move in slow motion. It brought down a massive claw and I knew the blow was meant to kill. I sprinted over to them and put all my energy into throwing my hands up to block the blow.
I closed my eyes as I realized my plan wasn’t going to work and waited for the pain to come, but a familiar weight filled my hands and a pressure pushed down against it. I opened my eyes to find my scythe there. I grinned and pushed the demon back with the scythe. He stumbled backwards as I twirled the scythe and widened my stance. Fear flashed in the demon’s eyes and I knew this fight was mine. He hadn’t been expecting me to summon a weapon. He rushed me, but I held my ground. I brought the handle of my scythe around, knocking the demon in the head and throwing it off its feet for a moment. I jumped and brought the blade down across the back of its neck and the head dropped from the body.
I took a deep breath, realizing I hadn’t focused on my breathing and moved purely on instinct and adrenaline. The soul floated away and the body disappeared. I glanced around to make sure nothing else was going to appear. I let go of my weapon and it disappeared. The barrier faded and I went to help my mom off the ground.
“Ruthie knew me on sight as well.” She shook her head and dusted off her pants. “I never wanted this for you and now you’re going to fight your father’s war.”
I sighed. “Did you know that you hooked up with Death?” My voice raised in pitch.
“No, I had no idea. It wasn’t until after I got pregnant I even thought something was strange about him.” She threw her hands in the air. “He never showed back up so I figured he
“There’s a demon coming. This shouldn’t be happening.” Her voice shook and she backed up until she hit the barrier. “You should be innocent, protected.” She shook her head and black wings spread from her back. “You are human.” She growled out.
She had been in denial and her refusal to believe wasn’t going to help me. I opened my mouth to protest when a growling came from behind me. I was going to die because my mother was having a panic attack. I turned around slowly and came face to face with a giant black-skinned demon. It bared its teeth at me and snarled. Drool and spit splattered my face and my heart stopped beating for a moment. It hit me with the back of its hand, sending me into the barrier, and I landed with a thump.
The pain radiated through my body, but it would pass. Right now, I needed to figure out how to defeat a demon without a weapon. My mom jumped out of the way when the demon tried to hit her. She landed in a crouch and held her hand out, but no weapon came to her aid. Just my luck.
“You’re fallen; your abilities have been limited.” I reminded her and the demon’s red gaze turned to me. The razor sharp teeth formed what would have been a smile if he had lips.
I held my hand out but nothing came and I cursed. Where was Ruthie?
“And yours haven’t appeared yet.” My mother snarled at me.
The demon rushed me and I rolled out of the way. I could keep dodging him, but it wasn’t going to help. “Yeah, it’s a huge problem right now.” I snapped back. “Thanks for the heads up about demons, mom.”
The demon laughed and stalked towards me, I dropped back into a defensive stance. I had no idea if I could fight it hand to hand, but I wasn’t going to let it kill me.
“How was I supposed to know? I thought you were human.” She launched from her spot, slamming her shoulder into the demon and driving it back a few feet. She flipped away from it, but its tail caught her across the stomach and threw her away.
“Seems to me like everyone has flashing neon signs on their heads that say who and what they are. Ruthie knew who I was the moment she set eyes on me.” I jumped as it swatted at me with its tail. It turned back to my mother who was still trying to recover from the blow. Everything seemed to move in slow motion. It brought down a massive claw and I knew the blow was meant to kill. I sprinted over to them and put all my energy into throwing my hands up to block the blow.
I closed my eyes as I realized my plan wasn’t going to work and waited for the pain to come, but a familiar weight filled my hands and a pressure pushed down against it. I opened my eyes to find my scythe there. I grinned and pushed the demon back with the scythe. He stumbled backwards as I twirled the scythe and widened my stance. Fear flashed in the demon’s eyes and I knew this fight was mine. He hadn’t been expecting me to summon a weapon. He rushed me, but I held my ground. I brought the handle of my scythe around, knocking the demon in the head and throwing it off its feet for a moment. I jumped and brought the blade down across the back of its neck and the head dropped from the body.
I took a deep breath, realizing I hadn’t focused on my breathing and moved purely on instinct and adrenaline. The soul floated away and the body disappeared. I glanced around to make sure nothing else was going to appear. I let go of my weapon and it disappeared. The barrier faded and I went to help my mom off the ground.
“Ruthie knew me on sight as well.” She shook her head and dusted off her pants. “I never wanted this for you and now you’re going to fight your father’s war.”
I sighed. “Did you know that you hooked up with Death?” My voice raised in pitch.
“No, I had no idea. It wasn’t until after I got pregnant I even thought something was strange about him.” She threw her hands in the air. “He never showed back up so I figured he
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