Hellhound Born (Kasadya #3) (22 page)
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Authors: Karen Swart
With a deep breath, I reached for the pouch and took hold of the balls. Now armed and ready, I just had a few feet to go. I stormed through the demons, not caring if they sliced me open. I wasn't stopping for a fight anymore. I held the balls to my chest sealing them from any other impact. Then finally, I was at the entrance of the hole and with the last of my strength, I leaped into the air and went flying straight for it.
There were many things that go through your mind that moment before you die. I remembered my first step into Exsilium. Meeting Lada and Nanini. Meeting Chax and hating my first day. I remembered our fun at the beach, the Hellhouse and the grub spot. Seeing Lada and Lotan kissing for the first time. Meeting Max and Ryan, and then all of the rest. My heart no longer troubled by Kali or Seth or all the others that had betrayed me. I remembered finding Chax and the Fallen again. Seeing my parents again. So many memories bombarded me at that last moment. I remembered my day and night with Chax, and how it felt to be loved.
“I love you,” I sent a final message to him.
He was still screaming my name, begging for me to stop.
I remembered why I was doing this. For them I gave my heart, my life. Ballen's shocked face was in front of me, right in my path. Just when I reached him, I dropped the balls and slammed into him.
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I watched in horror as my soul mate jumped up into the air and descended upon the hole and creature trying to pass through it. For a moment, my heart stopped completely. The blast was devastating. In front of us, a huge ball of flame made its way in our direction, engulfing the demons in its path.
“Kasadya,” I whispered in defeat.
The flames died away, and I watched as the wind carried the smoke into the distance. I felt the net fall and shifted to the last place I had seen my love. There was nothing but black remembrance of a huge explosion. Demons bodies lay all around, burned and lifeless. My hands reached out for the invisible wall, but I felt nothing.
“Kasadya!” I yelled in agony, dropping to my knees.
How could she do this? How could she leave me this heartbroken?
For years I had done my duty and defended earth. Not once had a greedy thought crossed my mind. Not even when I saw others find their soul mates. But when I finally found her, I was struck by the power of it. She had rendered me defenseless from the first moment I looked into her eyes. Now, I stared at the place where my loved one gave her life for us.
“Chax, I am so sorry,” Lada said, placing her hand on my shoulder.
“I can't believe she just did that! What the hell was she thinking?” Max roared behind me.
“Regardless of how we feel, we know that she just saved all of us,” Vulcan declared, defending her.
My heart was shattered into a million pieces by her decision. I closed my eyes and reached for the one thing no one else knew about. My eyes flew open when I felt it.
She is alive!
I jumped up and pushed Lada and Zurita away from me.
“Chax wait, don't do anything stupid,” Caim grabbed my hand.
I turned and looked at him.
“She is still alive. I can still feel the charm.”
“What are you talking about?” he questioned me.
I ripped my arm from his grip and looked around, searching for someone I needed to have a word with.
“I placed a tracking charm on her, it was the only way to know where she was, every time she disappeared” I confessed.
“It is forbidden!” Vulcan yelled at me.
I turned to him, “I had no choice, she was always so powerful, and always so reckless!” I would not ask to be forgiven for something I had clearly needed.
“Did she know?” Don asked.
I closed my eyes and shook my head. How could I tell her that I had made a decision without her consent?
“Christ almighty Chax! It's forbidden for a reason!” Vulcan continued.
I did not care. It had worked the day she disappeared, and it was working now. There, standing at the back, Nina was trying to hide from me. I shifted and grabbed her around the throat.
“You,” I said as I sneered at her.
“Chax please, I promised her,” Nina pleaded.
For the first time in my existence I wanted to kill a Fallen. I wanted to kill her.
“Chax, brother let her go,” Caim's hand reached for mine.
“I am sorry, Chax,” Nina gasped between breaths.
I released her and walked away.
“Where are you going?” Max asked from behind me.
“I am going to get my mate,” I stated strongly.
Those who tried to stop me would meet a side of me I reserved just for demons.
“Then we are going with you!” Zurita barked.
I stopped and looked at them. The team stood there, covered in blood, but I could see on their faces that trying to talk them out of it wouldn’t be of any use.
“I am going to hell. Know this, I won’t be stopping until I find her and bring her back where she belongs.” I needed her.
For as long as I have walked this earth alone, her touch was like a sun rising within me. There weren’t long days anymore. The days were too short with her, I begged them to never end.
“Good because we are not coming back without her either,” Max said, folding his arms over his chest.
For the second time, the half-breed and I agreed about Kasadya and her safety.
“Then get your stuff, we are leaving at dawn,” I instructed them.
“You can’t be serious Chax. How in the world would you even find hell?” Don asked.
My eyes traveled to him.
“A demon, of course.”
He laughed it off.
“No demon would betray the princes and
him
. It won’t work.”
I stepped towards him, only stopping when we stood face to face.
“Trust me they will, to end the pain.” He was surprised, but nodded his understanding that I had made my point.
“To hell it is then, my friend. We will all join you and bring back our hellhound,” Astin said.
“No. You and the rest of the Fallen will ensure that earth is free of the remaining demons. The humans have suffered enough. Make sure every last one is hunted down and destroyed.” Astin nodded, understanding the chaos that still lingered on earth.
I turned towards my team and with a final nod shifted to my room. Her scent lingered around it. Her clothes were still lying on the floor in the bathroom. My heart gave out, and I felt my world shatter into a million pieces once more. For her, I would destroy hell itself, but she would be mine and only mine. And she would be safe, here with me, where she belonged.
The air shifted behind me and I readied myself for my visitor. Raphael had shifted in with his battle armor still covered in blood. We looked at each other, anger filling me. I had trusted them and look what had happened. I turned around, dismissing him.
“We didn’t know Chax. I vow to the heavens, we did not,” Raphael erupted behind me.
Still I did not turn around. They didn’t deserve my respect at the moment.
“I will take you and your team to hell. Without her, the hellhounds are doomed. We cannot afford that,” Raphael continued.
I turned then to look at my old apprentice.
“Do not fail me again, Raphael. To you she is just an object or course; to me, she is life.” My eyes never left his.
“I understand Chax. I will not fail you or her.”
“We will leave at dawn then. Prepare yourself old friend, this will not be easy.”
Raphael nodded and shifted out, leaving me alone with my broken heart. I reached for my arm again, feeling the charm linked to her. She was in pain, so much pain.
“I will not fail you my
Amo
.”
Word from the author.
We have one more journey to complete, Hellhound Defined will be the last edition of the Kasadya Series and the anticipated date of publication is February 2014. Thank you for your support, words will never be enough to thank each and every one of you. Be sure to visit the first and second edition of the Kasadya Series.
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Karen lives in a small town in the Northern Cape Province, South Africa. She shares her live with her husband, two sons and daughter. If she isn't reading she is writing.
Her preferred genres are Paranormal and Urban fantasy. Karen specializes in payroll and HRIS systems analysis and development. At the age of 21 Karen's professional success reached it highest platform, an outstanding achievement at such a young age.
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