she knew terror unlike anything she had ever known.
“ Caim and I are the same. But if you want to save him, all you have to do is sign on the dotted line. Give me your soul, Bliss, and set his free.”
“No-No!” Bliss shook her head vehemently, trying to wake herself from the nightmare that was all too real. “He’s good and kind, and I can see it in him! I can’t see it in you. You are nothing like him!”
“You can’t save him, little girl!” Belial smiled and tried to use a charming smile on her. “But if you sign, my sweet, you can ask for anything in the world, and I will add his soul as a bonus. What do you wish, fame, fortune?”
“I want nothing from you except for you to get out of my office!” Bliss stood up and pointed to her door. “Leave now!”
“A hospital is a free zone. I can enter and go as I please,” Belial sneered. “You can’t banish me.”
“But my office is my sanctuary, and in the name of the almighty God, I send you away!” Bliss said with conviction in her voice.
Belial hissed, and Bliss watched him be pulled toward the door as if by an invisible cord to her door.
“You can’t save him, bitch. He belongs to us, and when he comes home, I will make him suffer, and our dark master will make him suffer! Torment for ten thousand years will make your love seem like a drop in the bucket to him!”
When his backward steps took him to the boundary of her doorway, the door opened on its own. At the threshold, he faded from her view with one last cold stare, and the door was closed once more by some sort of invisible hand. Bliss sank to her chair. Her legs couldn’t seem to stop trembling. Her body couldn’t seem to stop shaking. Oh my God , oh my God! What was he? What was Caim ? She couldn’t believe, could she? Demons? Bliss knew she couldn’t work after this. She couldn’t even function after what happened. There was only one thing she could do. She had to go home and see Caim , to hear the truth of what he was from his lips.
Bliss picked up the phone and dialed one of the other floors of the hospital. Claiming she was sick, she asked another phlebotomist to cover the ER for her. On the way out, Bliss stifled her irritation at everyone stopping her to ask her why she was leaving early. Stomach flu, she said and tried to stay still to hear them give her all kinds of remedies. Finally, she was at her car and heading home. She wanted to put her foot to the pedal and speed through all of the red lights, but then apprehension filled her core, and she wanted to delay the inevitable as long as possible.
Her driveway seemed to come up way too soon. The lights of her small patio beckoned and welcomed her home as she pulled in and turned off her car. She sat there for a few minutes, trying to compose herself, but then fear caused her to move quickly. What if Belial was still out there stalking her from the dark? That thought sent her racing to the front door and unlocking it with trembling fingers. Caim stood at the far window looking out into her side yard. He seemed focused on watching the leaves fall from the tree to coat the ground in a blanket of color. He turned when he heard her close the door. The smile of greeting that was on his lips faded when he saw her face.
“What are you, Caim ?” Bliss asked softly. She put her bag on the table next to he door and walked to the center of the room. “What are you! ”
“Bliss, I-I . . .” Caim sighed and stood in front of her. He let his forehead touch hers, and his gaze met her tear-filled eyes. “I can’t just tell you, my love. I have to show you, okay?”
Bliss nodded and closed her eyes. Instantly, she felt the sun on her face. Slowly, she lifted her lids, and instead of her living room, she was standing on top of a mountain. Around her, she could hear the call of birds, and when she looked down, the tops of trees were like a carpet in the sky. She was on a
“ Caim and I are the same. But if you want to save him, all you have to do is sign on the dotted line. Give me your soul, Bliss, and set his free.”
“No-No!” Bliss shook her head vehemently, trying to wake herself from the nightmare that was all too real. “He’s good and kind, and I can see it in him! I can’t see it in you. You are nothing like him!”
“You can’t save him, little girl!” Belial smiled and tried to use a charming smile on her. “But if you sign, my sweet, you can ask for anything in the world, and I will add his soul as a bonus. What do you wish, fame, fortune?”
“I want nothing from you except for you to get out of my office!” Bliss stood up and pointed to her door. “Leave now!”
“A hospital is a free zone. I can enter and go as I please,” Belial sneered. “You can’t banish me.”
“But my office is my sanctuary, and in the name of the almighty God, I send you away!” Bliss said with conviction in her voice.
Belial hissed, and Bliss watched him be pulled toward the door as if by an invisible cord to her door.
“You can’t save him, bitch. He belongs to us, and when he comes home, I will make him suffer, and our dark master will make him suffer! Torment for ten thousand years will make your love seem like a drop in the bucket to him!”
When his backward steps took him to the boundary of her doorway, the door opened on its own. At the threshold, he faded from her view with one last cold stare, and the door was closed once more by some sort of invisible hand. Bliss sank to her chair. Her legs couldn’t seem to stop trembling. Her body couldn’t seem to stop shaking. Oh my God , oh my God! What was he? What was Caim ? She couldn’t believe, could she? Demons? Bliss knew she couldn’t work after this. She couldn’t even function after what happened. There was only one thing she could do. She had to go home and see Caim , to hear the truth of what he was from his lips.
Bliss picked up the phone and dialed one of the other floors of the hospital. Claiming she was sick, she asked another phlebotomist to cover the ER for her. On the way out, Bliss stifled her irritation at everyone stopping her to ask her why she was leaving early. Stomach flu, she said and tried to stay still to hear them give her all kinds of remedies. Finally, she was at her car and heading home. She wanted to put her foot to the pedal and speed through all of the red lights, but then apprehension filled her core, and she wanted to delay the inevitable as long as possible.
Her driveway seemed to come up way too soon. The lights of her small patio beckoned and welcomed her home as she pulled in and turned off her car. She sat there for a few minutes, trying to compose herself, but then fear caused her to move quickly. What if Belial was still out there stalking her from the dark? That thought sent her racing to the front door and unlocking it with trembling fingers. Caim stood at the far window looking out into her side yard. He seemed focused on watching the leaves fall from the tree to coat the ground in a blanket of color. He turned when he heard her close the door. The smile of greeting that was on his lips faded when he saw her face.
“What are you, Caim ?” Bliss asked softly. She put her bag on the table next to he door and walked to the center of the room. “What are you! ”
“Bliss, I-I . . .” Caim sighed and stood in front of her. He let his forehead touch hers, and his gaze met her tear-filled eyes. “I can’t just tell you, my love. I have to show you, okay?”
Bliss nodded and closed her eyes. Instantly, she felt the sun on her face. Slowly, she lifted her lids, and instead of her living room, she was standing on top of a mountain. Around her, she could hear the call of birds, and when she looked down, the tops of trees were like a carpet in the sky. She was on a
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