Into The Devil’s Heart

“Where does she live” Audrey demandsContent (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.

“I don’t know” Baston answered with all honesty.

Audrey stares at nothing in deep thought, “Aurora!” She mutters under her breath.

“Let go!” She turns and walks away.

Baston quickly grabs his bag and follows her behind, ” where are we going? You don’t know where she lives, guess I am correct? ”

Audrey didn’t respond, she kept on walking away. After a while of walking, she stops and turns to Baston.

” Can you teleport to an unknown location? ” She asked.

Baston shakes his head in denial, “I can’t ” he says.

Audrey stares at the open space before her, ” I will leave you, then”She spreads out her wings ready to fly.

Baston was quick to stop her, Hey, you can’t leave me here. We are in this together” he doesn’t want to be left alone. He wants to go with her, wherever she is going because he knows she will lead him to Cannon, his master.

There is nothing left for him if not being by Cannon, he’s been his reason for living because he gave him hope and a chance to live.

“Can you fly?” Audrey asked again.

“No I can’t, but you can tag me along” he proposed.

Audrey thought about it for a while before giving in. She reaches for him carries him princess-style and flies off the ground.

Baston’s face brightens as his lips form a satisfied smile. “It’s good to be a princess once in a while, I get to be pampered” he chuckles.

“Any more word from you, I will drop you from this height” Audrey threatens in a serious tone. He knows how serious she is so he doesn’t dare to say another word.

He glanced down and was surprised to see how high they were in the sky, it was his first time being this high and it left shivers running down his spine.

He wraps his arms around her neck and buries his face in the crook of her neck.

Audrey frowns in displeasure, “get your hands and face off me” she warns.

Baston pouts, “I am scared, I don’t want to fall” he complains.

“I might as well let you fall if you don’t…” Baston cuts her off

“Fine, I won’t touch you again” he pulls away, enough to give her space. Though he is scared, he doesn’t want to displease her.

“Better!” Audrey said almost in a whisper, her gaze never left her front. She flaps her wings faster, increasing her speed.

She stops in a dry and isolated desert, the hot wind blows caressing against their body, pushing their hair behind.

Baston falls to the ground, vomiting all that he has eaten. “Try to be a little bit nicer to me when flying” he complains.

Audrey glanced at him but didn’t say a word, she focused on staring at the four ends of the earth as she tried to predict where they were going next.

When she was done analyzing, she went down and grabbed Baston, pulling him off the floor.

“Where are you taking me this time?” He demanded but wasn’t given a response. Instead, he found himself vanishing into darkness and in the next minute, they were standing before an old and abandoned coven.

“Where are we?” Baston asked in complete confusion.

He turns to Audrey in disbelief, she just teleported them here in a space of seconds, way faster than he ever can

His face twists, “You can teleport?” He asked eyes on the tiny girl.

Baston felt like crying, he asked again

“You teleport?” It was so hard for him to believe. He let out a cracking chuckle, “So, you can teleport yet you choose to fly with me? Making me feel like a duck person?” He asked almost in a teary tone.

Audrey stares at him with a nonchalant look, “I don’t remember forcing you to fly with me” she says as a matter of fact.

Baston let out a frustrating sigh remembering he asked for it.” It’s so unfair” he grumbled.

Audrey ignores her and walks into the old coven. Baston follows behind, it’s not like he has a choice.

The coven was dark, making it hard to see through. Audrey seems not to have a problem with darkness as she walks through without stress.

Baston on the other hand couldn’t keep up, he muttered a spell and a shiny round crystal appeared leading the road as he walked through.

They arrived at the interior part of the coven, it was empty and scanty. Void of any sign of life.

“Is this where she lives?” Baston asked, breaking the awkward silence.

“Yes!”

“Why is it so messed up and smelly ?” He asked again.

“I don’t know!”

Baston stayed quiet for two minutes before asking again

“Why does she live in such a nasty place?”

Audrey throws him a hard glare, he gulps down knowing he’s overstepping on his chances.

He turns and continues checking around when all of a sudden, a voice vibrates from behind startling him

“And who are my unwelcome guests?” Aurora spoke out as she walked in and stood in front of them.

Audrey was as still as composed as ever, she felt no inch of fright. Instead, she felt way more superior than the witch.

“Oh, I see … the weakling wizard and the angel” Aurora’s gaze travels from Baston to Audrey, “no, not an angel… The smell I perceive is so gross for an angel” She snorts and walks to her seat.

“So, what do I owe this visit?” She asked.

Audrey wasn’t in the mood to waste time for time itself is precious, “I want you to create a portal to hell” her tone was commanding

“A portal to hell you say! ” Aurora nods in affirmation, ” but if I can get you clearly, you are in need. Shouldn’t you be begging rather than commanding? ” She raises a brow.

Audrey chuckles in her chest, ” I’d rather force you than beg… You owe me your life, if you can remember ”

Aurora stares at her for a long time, her smiling face changing to a serious one.

“I owe one my life” Aurora hates when people claim ownership of her life, “it’s mine to live and mine to take away!”

Audrey fold her hands over her chest, “but you feel accomplished taking others, how funny!” She chuckles, and her face hardens. “Too bad, I’ll be the one to end yours”

“Why not try and prove to me how capable you are?” Aurora challenges.

“And what if I succeed?” Audrey raises a brow.

Aurora snaps her fingers and a book appears, “this will be your reward” she offers.

Audrey acts as if she knows nothing related to the book. “how is that a good reward? It’s not like I told you I love reading or something”

Baston opened his mouth to speak but he was unable to no matter how much he forced himself to speak. He turns to Audrey, and only then does he realize she’s the one who shut him up.

“It contains the spell that can create the portal you wish for, but, that depends on how powerful your wizard is” Aurora throws Baston a mocking glare.

Baston so much wished to retort but with his mouth shut, he had no choice but to act unaffected.

“How sure am I the book won’t vanish the moment you are gone to hell?” Audrey wants to be sure of what is there. There is no gain for a loss game.

Aurora is so sure and convinced she can defeat Audrey and kill her. That’s one of the reasons she let her go in the first place after killing Cannon, she’s read so much about dark angels and she was sure Audrey would turn into one if her love for Cannon was strong and real and indeed, she turned into it.

With the knowledge of how to kill dark angels, she is ready to risk herself and take the victory of killing a dark angel.

“I’ll hand the wizard the book, if you win, you have the book and your wizard but if I win, I have the book and a bonus by adding the wizard to join you in hell” Aurora proposed.

Audrey watched her speak, she could guess she had something up her sleeves. Whatever it is, she knows it’d be of no harm to her.

“Sure!”