Living Hell: 'Daughters of the Night' (On-Hold) by Chloe Knox & TayTay2000 & Bookaholic25 (classic literature list .txt) đ
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âWait! Donât!â
Lucifer sighed angrily and rolled his eyes turning to me, âWhat is it you want, Naomi?â He asked angrily.
The brunetteâs eyes snapped to mine, eyes full of surprise and exposure. His eyes narrowed as he looked me up and down, and for a moment I thought I knew him. His eyes, thereâs just something about them thatâs soâŠfamiliar. NO! Thatâs impossible!
I quickly turned back to Lucifer, âI need to talk with you!â
âYou! Escort Naomi to her room!â He yelled at the men in black. They looked from one to the other, then mentally decided for the one holding his wrists would escort me. The man began stalking my way and I panicked, âWait! Please! LucifâI mean! My Lord! I need toââ
âWill you shut her up!â Lucifer yelled, and the man listened.
Quickly, before I even realized what was happening, the man snaked one arm around my waist. His other free hand cupped over my mouth, muffling my screams.
With a rough jerk, which almost resulted in me tripping over my own feet, the man began dragging me to the door.
But I couldnât just leave now? Lucifer, he was going to hurt him! He wasnât going to show mercy to this man, and why? Does this man really want to die, all because he couldnât keep his big mouth shut!
I bit down on the manâs hand as hard as I could, making him yelp and pull away from me.
âOw! You bitch!â he yelled, grabbing me by my hair and tossing me onto the ground. I landed on the ground with a loud thud, but unlike mystery man, I was able to use my hands to break the abrupt fall.
Lucifer glared up at the man who had thrown me, and he surrendered throwing his hands up in the air, âShe bit me!â
Luciferâs glare turned to me, âI need to talk to you! About him!â I said, gesturing with my chin to the brunette on the floor by me. That peaked Luciferâs interest enough to at least listen to what I had to say.
He let go of the brunette, ordering the men in black to hold on tight to him.
He then walked over to me, kneeling next to me, âWhat is it you want to say?â
âDonât hurt him.â
âWhat? Why do you careââ
âDonât hurt him, donât threaten him, and donât do anything to him or his family or friends.â
âAnd why would I take orders from you, a common whore?â
âBecause if you donât hurt him, threaten him, and be hospitable, unlike them.â I whispered gesturing to the men in black, âHeâll be more likely to cooperate with you. The nicer you are, heâll realize that thereâs no point in âbiting the hand that feeds himâ. If you show him, it doesnât affect you, heâll give up. Heâll be on your side.â
Lucifer listened to what I said, nodding, showing me that he understood me, âThatâs actually a really good ideaââ
âBut,â I interrupted his out loud thoughts, âYou canât just apologize to him and expect him to surrender to you. Itâs going to take some time for him to gain your trust, and you his. Youâre going to have to be patientââhis nose wrinkled in dislike ââbut in the end itâll be easier than finding what makes the guy tick. And that means one less mess to clean up at the end of the day.â Lucifer smirked at that comment, âAlright! Iâll take your word for it, Naomi! Now, you may leave.â
I nodded, and stood, genuinely feeling like Lucifer trusted me on this. And itâs not like I was tricking him, I truly thought that what I had proposed to Lucifer would work. And Iâve never given a reason for Lucifer not to trust me. Iâve never tried to escape, never lied to him or Harold, and Iâve never dis-respected himâ-at least aloud I havenât, even with Aggieâ-unlike some of the other girls.
I straightened out my skirt, and this time without reluctance, let the one man in black escort me to my room.
* * *
The moment I stepped through the door to mine and Agathaâs bedroom she was standing in front of me, eyes sleepy but ears ready to hear everything that happened tonight, âAre you okay? What happened? You can cry if you want to.â
I giggled. Agatha has always been good at giving advice and listening to my problems, but sheâs very fast paced and blunt.
âIâm fine, really Aggie.â
âReally? I thought youâd be completely distraught. Now I feel like a wuss.â
âAggie? Nothing happened.â
She froze, crossing her arms over her chest, âYou expect me to believe that youâve been up there for five hours and nothing happened?â
I rolled my eyes taking a seat on the end of my bed. Agatha followed me, and took a seat on the bed next to me, âWell no. A lot happened but nothing happened between me and Lucifer.â
âWhat do you mean?â
âHarold interrupted us, before anything went real far. He had a prisoner.â
âHe interrupted Lucifer because of a prisoner?â
âYeah! He didnât even knock!â
âHuh! Must have done something really bad to have done that.â
âWhat? Who? Harold?â
âNo! The prisoner must have done something really bad, to get Harold to just storm into Luciferâs bedchambers.â
âOhâŠAgatha?â
âYeah.â
âWhatâs a shape shifter? You know a lot more aboutâŠthe creatures of the underworld, I mean.â
âWell, it depends,â she said with a shrug, âThere are plenty of types of shape shifters if you think about it. Werewolves, and werecats? Theyâre both shape shifters, but theyâre not called that. When someone is strictly a âShape Shifterâ they can transform into other people, as long as the person their changing into is alive.â
I nodded, âOh, okay. Thanks.â
âWhy you asking?â
âThey were talking about it, in Luciferâs room. I guess thatâs what the prisoner is.â
Aggie's eyes went wide, âStay away from him then.â
âWhy? Thereâs something about himâŠhe looked so familiar.â
âI donât care if that guys your father, you stay away from him. Like I said, he must have done something really REALLY
bad to be here. And if heâs a shape shifter, he could disguise himself as anyone of us here. You need to be careful.â
I nodded to show that I was listening and understood, âOkay. But how am I going to know if heâs disguising himself or not. If I see you, and itâs really him, how will I know?â
âEasy. Look closely at the eyes. What color are his eyes?â
âUmmm, green.â
âWell then, for example, if he were disguised as me, my eyes would still be blue, but not completely. They would also have a bit of green swirling in them.â
I nodded, feeling really intrigued by this creature, âThe Shape-Shifterâ. I wanted to know more, but then Agatha yawned, and I suddenly felt guilty. She had stayed up all night; just like I had the night she turned sixteen, only she did it for nothing. She looked exhausted. Iâd just have to talk to her about it some other time.
âAlright. Iâll definitely make sure to watch out for that. Thanks. Now go get some sleep!â I said, with a gentle slap on her bare thigh.
âOuch!â she yelped, stifling another yawn, and then pulling the skirt to her white nightgown over her knees.
I giggled, âYou are
a wuss.â
âShut up!â
And at that note, we both went to sleep.
* * *
The little girl looked into the never ending black abyss of eyes the wrinkly creature had and screamed for help. But no one came for her! No one helped her! No one even so much as looked her way!
Wrinkly, boney, fingers tightened around her wrist, almost like nails digging into her pale flesh. The tight grip on her arm, stung, like the creatures hand was melting into her. She squeezed her eyes shut and squealed, silent tears rolling over her cheeks.
The creature opened its mouth, the smell of death suffocating her.
An annoying ring echoed in her eardrums when it screeched, its voice causing her whole body to shake at the sheer sound of its high pitch.
Then suddenly the gargled screeching of the wrinkly creature drowned out and was replaced by a high pitched scream that made my ears pop. The creatures scream was replaced with my own.
* * *
Quickly I jerked awake flailing my arms to ensure my safety. There were no wrinkly creatures that later in life I found out where called Wendigosâ-cannibalistic creatures from Hell. Only Agatha, and unfortunately for her, she was slapped in the face.
âWhat! Oh my gosh! Agatha! Iâm so sorry! I didnât mean to! Iââ
âYeah! Yeah! I know! You were dreaming! Itâs okay! It doesnât hurt that bad,â she mumbled through quite moans of pain as she removed her hands from her face, revealing an eye which she just couldnât open. A natural reflex that I too had when poking myself in the eye, which to most people might be impossible but no! I poke myself in the eye about just as frequently as I trip up the stairsâŠwhich I do a lot!
âAggie, Iâm sorry!â
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