Once we got home and were alone, I turned to Ambrosia. “Are you ok?” I never got to ask her during all the commotion, and the looming apocalypse. “Yes, Rowen. I’m fine. I feel fine.” She said, lifting her crop shirt so I could see her perfect porcelain skin underneath.
I softly ran my fingers over the spot where she had once been impaled. Not a scar in sight, just a lot of blood. “I have so many questions, but I don’t want to overwhelm you.” I said. “I know, I have so much to tell you. Being in Pandora’s Box for three months was really insane.” She said.
My eyes widened. “Wait, did you say 3 months? You were gone for 3 months?” I said, shock filling my face. “Yea? How long has it been here?” She asked. “It’s only been 3 weeks here. So with the time difference, every week for us was a month for you. I can’t believe you were gone for that long.” I said.
“I was starting to think I was going to have to stay there, forever.” She said, with her head down. I could tell it was really affecting her. I pulled her into my arms and held her tightly, trying to reassure her that I never would have left her there forever.
“Go shower, doll. We can talk when everyone gets here.” I said. She pulled away and nodded to me, then wrapped her arms around me again.
“Thank you... You sacrificed the entire world to save me. You didn’t even flinch. I can’t ever repay you for my life.” She said, and then she pulled away, wiping her tears as she turned and walked upstairs, heading towards the shower.
I materialized to my library and poured myself a glass of brandy, turning it rose gold as I paced. “Three months, she was gone for three months. I can’t even fathom how she was feeling being gone for that long. And with those fucking Angels.” I said to Viper.
I was mostly ranting, but he was a good listener. “Dominik better not have laid a fucking finger on her, or so help me.” I snarled to my Wolf.
I knew Ambrosia though, and she wasn’t the type to sleep around. We hadn’t even slept together yet, she was definitely the opposite of me. And It made me wonder how she would fare when me and Ramses were ready to tag team her.
“Shit, you can’t be thinking about sex right now, are you kidding me?” Viper howled. “What, why can’t I?” I laughed.
“Well I mean you can, but the poor girl is probably traumatized, and who knows what happened to her over there. I mean she was with the Angels... The fucking Archangel to be exact…You know the one who went rogue and separated his good side and bad side. Then together they wreaked havoc on earth. This is why they got put into Pandora’s Box, I'm sure. It was strange when they disappeared so it makes sense now… But you noticed who she was with, who was holding her hostage? The good side. You’re going to tell me that she didn’t spend the entire three months there living with those two psychos and didn’t get even kind of close to the good side?” Viper explained.
“No way, I don’t even want to think about it. Just imagining her in his arms makes my blood boil.” I growled, downing the rest of my brandy and pouring myself another glass immediately.
Jealousy was such a strange emotion. Not that I never felt it, because I was sure feeling it right now… But it was such a waste of emotion really. There are just some people I don’t like to share my things with… Rogue Archangels being one of them, or two of them in this case.
I was torn from my tantrum when I could hear Ambrosia in the shower, she was crying. I walked from my library into her room. I didn’t want to intrude on her but I was worried. I couldn’t imagine what she had to go through over there, Plus, Human emotions are so strange. Sometimes they cry when they are happy, but I had a feeling that this was not the case. I walked up to the bathroom door that she had left open, and stood with my back against the doorframe. “Ambrosia, doll. Are you ok?” I said softly.
“Y-yes, I’m o-ok.” She said, through sniffles. “Why are you crying, doll?” I asked. “I-I don’t even really know.” She stammered and then I heard her sliding against the glass in the shower.
I turned to look and see if she was ok. Through the steamy glass I could barely make out her small frame sitting on the shower floor. She had her back against the glass and her head in her knees, as her sobs filled the room.
She was suffering, and as uncomfortable as it might make her, I stepped into the room, opened the shower enclosure and stepped inside. Sliding myself down next to her. “Come here, doll.” I said, pulling her into my arms.
I made sure she stayed as covered as possible. I knew she would kill me if I peeked, so I really tried not to. She looked up at me, locking eyes. “Why are you wearing your clothes still?” She said with a little bit of a laugh.
I just laughed. “I was trying to make you more comfortable. I thought it might be better if I wasn’t… Well, you know…” I said.
She just shook her head, placed it back on my chest and laughed while crying at the same time. I snapped and removed all my clothes except a pair of shorts.
“There, is that better?” I asked. She nodded her head yes, but never lifted it from my chest. I just held her while she cried, running my hands through her hair as the hot water washed over us.
I don’t even know how long it had been until she finally stopped crying. She sat up, covering her bare chest with her arms the best she could. She was curvy in that aspect so it was challenging.
I snapped and put her in a rose gold bikini, covering the areas I knew she wouldn't want me to see. She looked down and then just laughed.
“Thank you. You know, being over there was so much different than here. The food was strange, the landscape was strange, albeit beautiful though… The people were different, the monsters were terrifying. I just can't quit thinking about Dominik and Andres opening Pandora’s Box and releasing all those creatures here.” She explained.
I stiffened at the mention of Dominiks name, hopefully she didn’t notice. I had no idea what creatures she was talking about.
In fact, I didn’t even know Pandora’s Box was a place. I mean, until recently I didn’t even know it existed. But to think of it as a realm like ours, baffled my mind.
“We will deal with the creatures, whatever they are.” I said. She just shook her head. “While I was there I stayed with a woman named Hilda. She never told me what type of creature she was. She seemed very old, like she had been around for a long, long, time. She reminded me of an old medicine woman in some ancient Indian tribe. She was soft spoken, and kind. She took me in, nursed me back to health… Which took six days, by the way, and made sure I was clothed and fed. She never made a fuss about me, and was there for me for the entire time. Never once asking when I was planning on leaving. She just took me in, as if she knew I had nowhere to go otherwise.” She said.
“Wait, you were sick when you got there?” I asked, feeling a little more stressed than I previously was. “Yes. Dominik called it trans dimensional travel sickness? Being Human, it affects me a lot more than others. He said he was surprised I survived at all... I remember waking up in the hospital bed inside of Hilda’s home just long enough to throw up, barely eat something, and then pass out again. When I finally came to, for real, it had been six days… The first thing I wanted to do was get out of that house. I had been cooped up for so long in bed... I just wanted to be outside. It was night time and everyone was asleep, so I snuck out.” She said.
I laughed a little. “Sneaking out doesn’t seem like you, doll.” I said. “Well, you would never believe the beauty of that place at night. You would have snuck out too! Plants and trees that were not there during the day appeared, as if by magic. And everything was covered in bioluminescence. The neon colors, and glowing plants just made the scenery breathtaking. Not to mention, you could see multiple planets in the sky, all super close so they looked huge up there. But no moon, the place never had a moon while I was there. I was so entranced in the beauty of everything. I eventually found myself in a small clearing and I just decided to lie down in between the plants. I was careful not to touch things because I didn’t know if they would hurt me. Beautiful things are always dangerous… I don’t know how long I lay there, but I almost fell asleep. Dominik followed me that night. I was unaware of the creatures that lurked at night. He caught me before I fell asleep and said we should go. He helped me up, just in time for a Chimera to charge us. He saved my life, pulling me from its path, and I teleported us back to the house. Neither of us knew how I did it. And I never said a word about the amulet to anyone. It was hidden, and it wasn't like they were going to find it anyway. But to be safe I didn't say a word.” She explained.
I just sat there, intently listening to her story. I was baffled that she had a whole life over there, essentially. “Anyways, once we figured out that I had to be scared for my life before I could teleport, the twins wanted to try and see if I could hone in on the power. We snuck out every single night for three months and put ourselves in danger, hoping I could teleport us back to safety. I was able to… Every single time. But that’s the only time it worked… When I thought I was in real danger. The point of my story is, I have been face to face with every single creature in that realm, and they aren’t people, Rowen. They are legitimately monsters... Creatures we do not have here. No one is safe. They are huge, and fast. Full of teeth, and always hungry. I’m afraid of what havoc they will wreak here.” She said.
Chapter 4“Thank you for talking to me. I can't imagine what you went through and I’m so sorry I had no way to get over there to you. Katrina is the one who figured out that the amulet transported you. That’s when we got The Shadows to deliver a message to you, but it had already been three weeks by that time. We found out where The Others were operating and where a few of their bases were. We infiltrated them, killed a bunch of them, but never found you. Had I known the amulet could even possess that type of power, I would have said something about it being around your neck immediately. But I had no idea. Had I just said something sooner…” I said, and trailed off. “Don’t you dare think like that, don’t even bear that guilt.” She said, as she stood up and put her hand out to me, helping me up as she turned off the water. We had been sitting in there for a while, and I was sure it was getting close to the hour mark when everyone would be coming back over for a debrief. Once I stood up
Chapter 5I think we all were confused at this point. A Human doing magic? And how did us, supernatural creatures with superior senses, not see the creature? Or hear it, until it was too late? Or would have been too late. All questions burning in our throats. “Ok, so first thing is first, I have no idea how I materialized us. I don’t have the amulet, and honestly I just did the same thing I have been doing for the past three months. I thought of safety, and then we were here. So how I did it, with no magic, and only being Human, is beyond me. Secondly, when you’ve lived in Pandora’s Box for three months, you start to recognize the signs of danger. These creatures are stealthy. They never make themselves known until it’s time to attack. By then it’s too late for their prey to escape. I saw the trees moving, I heard the wings flapping, and I knew she only had seconds. I honestly wasn’t even sure if I would make it in time, but I had to try. That creature was an Alicanto. There aren’t a
Chapter 6I turned back to the creature. “Is that true?” I asked him. “It is, we have been speaking in Whisper. It’s a long lost Fae language and has been dead for longer than it ever existed.” He replied. “How is it that I know this language? I have never spoken it, and I feel like I’m only speaking my own language right now.” I stammered. “Have them release me, I will show you.” He said. “If you hurt me, they will kill you.” I warned. “I know, they may still kill me. But I need to show you this first.” He replied. I looked back at Rowen. “It’s ok, he will not hurt me. Let him go and get to safety!” I commanded. All of the Reavers immediately dropped their fireballs, as if they were forced to, and then materialized back to the porch with everyone else. “Well that was easy.” I said. The creature laughed. “Yes, because you used magic on them. They had to listen.” He said. I gasped. “I didn’t even realize I did it!” I cried, watching as the creature stood from the ground, towering me
Chapter 7(Raphael)Watching Ambrosia tame that beast was one thing. I had seen much crazier shit in my lifetime. But feeling the force of magic that was used to command us all to stop holding it down and materialize to safety… Now that was something completely different. Talk about violation of basically everything. One minute I'm helping hold a beast, the next minute I’m materialized onto the porch and confused as fuck as to why I just did any of that. It’s not everyday that there is something with more power than a Reaver… And honestly, I didn’t like it. Luckily everyone had the same feelings of confusion, but no one could tear their eyes from what we were seeing. Ambrosia looked as if she were sucking in the bioluminescence around her. I never noticed it until we were far enough away to actually see it, but it looked like it was drawn to her. Or she was pulling it into her as she moved. I grabbed a hold of Topaz and pulled her close. She flinched when I touched her, but she's no
Chapter 8I instantly closed the gap between us, causing her to jump back, but I reached out and held my hand against the small of her back to steady her. She gasped slightly but tried not to let me know she was terrified. I could feel her fear swirling around me like a tornado, and the instinct to just feed from her without warning was so strong. It was as if I was hyper aware of everything she was doing. I could hear every breath, pinpoint every shift in her eyes, and feel her blood pulsing. “Don’t hate me, but we need to get something out of the way.” I purred, while tracing my fingers along the side of her neck over her silver collar. It was almost torture waiting to sink my fangs in, but the way she stiffened in my arms had me feeling almost bad… Almost. “I-is it going to hurt bad?” She whimpered softly. I pulled back some and we locked eyes. “No, not really at all actually. I think you’ll find it somewhat pleasurable.” I said, and then I sank my fangs into the side of her nec
Chapter 9(Rowen)After listening to Ambrosia explain what happened to her while she was out there with that beast, things started falling together in my mind. I wasn’t sure of anything really, but it almost seemed like Dominik was going against his brother. I remember clearly when he decided he was going to separate his good and bad sides. It was something that everyone warned him about, and he just didn’t listen. The repercussions of splitting your good and bad side could be catastrophic… Especially when you’re a fucking Archangel, and harness that much power. Once the ritual was complete that efficiently split the sides, it turned Azrael into Dominik and Andres. Andres being the bad side. Together they wrecked havoc unlike anything we had seen. Destroying species, plotting to gain control of territories, tormenting the supernatural world in more ways than one. Then one day they were just gone… No one really knew what happened to them. Word around the underworld was they went to a
Chapter 10I rolled off her and sat on the edge of the bed for a second just catching my breath before I turned back to look at her. “You are so fucking amazing.” I purred, pulling her over to me and holding her in my arms. “I think we made quite the mess.” She said, laughing. I looked at where she was just lying and laughed too. But there was quite a bit of blood there, which surprised me. “Are you sure you're ok? That looks like a lot of blood.” I said. She just laughed. “I’m sure… I’m fine, but your sheets aren’t fine.” She said. “Eh, fuck those sheets, youre sleeping in my room tonight anyways. Rosa will change them and get the stains out. She's amazing at that.” I said. She nodded, and then we both got up and headed into her shower. “Do you want me to heal you? I can heal you.” I said, noting that she was walking a little slower. “No… I don’t need you to. I will be fine.” She said. “Ok, well if you change your mind, you just say something.” I said, eyeballing her as a warning.
Chapter 11(Raziel) I didn’t say much when Ambrosia was talking, but I never really do. I’m more of a stay in the background and assess the situation type of person. However, no assessment was to my liking. The fact that Ambrosia was able to control us was really bothering me. What fucking type of magic could she possess that would allow that? No other supernatural creature could even touch our magic… Well, maybe besides a Pyromancer. But even they couldn’t control us. It only meant one thing… If she changed sides for whatever reason, we were fucked. I wanted to say she would never do that. I could see the way she looked at my brother anytime he stepped foot in the room. The longing glances, the way she hung on his every word… The way she shined when she was sitting in his lap. Everything she did was to ensure that he was happy. There was no doubt she loved him. Pet or not. I knew how strong love could be first hand. I just hoped that it