I was exhausted and couldn’t wait to sleep in my own bed; I sipped my coffee as I followed Sin down the hallway. When he stopped in front of a door, I almost walked into him, not paying attention as I looked at the paintings that lined the hallways of the castle. Previous rulers' names were written on small plaques underneath the pictures. Hellebore was in one with a man that looked a lot like Sin, but his eyes were black and he had a very stern face, like the man never smiled. He looked miserable. Sin opened the door for Abigail and she walked into the room. "Have a good evening Abigail. I will have guards posted nearby. Just in case Hellebore has something planned." “Thank you, lad." she smiled before looking at me and adding, "Good night, you two.” She smiled with a wink before closing her door. Sin moved to another door and opened it, letting me go first, I walked inside, and he followed. I looked at him and frowned. He moved close to me and touched my cheek. “I really did not

I was exhausted, making sure the door was closed all the way and locked, I headed to my bed and crawled under the covers. Sleep eluded me, everything from the past few months circled in my head. If I was in my own time, no one would believe the craziness my life has become or anything that had happened since I met Sin. Eventually my eyes grew heavy, and sleep finally came. I was awoken a few hours later by an enormous crash outside the castle, bolting upright I stared at the curtains that blocked the large balcony that was attached to my room. With a yawn I got up to investigate, pulling the curtains open I was greeted with large red eyes. I jumped back before realizing it was Leviathan, the beautiful gold and silver dragon I had met when the woman, Akuji, thought she led me into a trap. “You scared me.” I scolded him. His red eyes staring at me, his voice entered my mind, “Sorry was just wanting to visit, this is the first time in centuries our kind has been able to communicate

“We need to keep our distance from Hellebore.” Abigail told me as we headed to her room. “I know she gives off weird energy. What is she anyway?” “No idea.” “It’s curious as she doesn’t give off a demon aura at all.” “I agree, we will have to figure out what she is, especially if she is a threat to us. Do you want to give me a hand?” “Sure, what do you need help with?” I inquired as she opened the door to her room and headed in. “Just working on making more medicines and ointments.” I walked into her room and unlike mine, which looked like my room from my apartment aside from the balcony and sitting area. Abigail's room looked like the inside of the cave we used to go to make her medicines and for me to preactice my abilities. The only difference was the bed on the one wall and the sitting area off to the side. She also had a bathroom and a smaller balcony. She walked over to her workbench, and I followed. “I need these mashed into a paste.” She stated as she handed me some la

I headed back to my room and readied for bed; I was exhausted. How could Hell be so draining? As soon as my head hit the pillow, I was out cold. I awoke in the middle of the night, and it was still dark outside. I still couldn’t believe how beautiful the sky was. During the day, it was a lime green, but at night it was a dark emerald. I sat up and looked around my room and turned on the light when I saw a shadow moving around. When the light flicked on, Hellebore stood at the end of my bed. “What are you doing in my room?” I asked her as her shocked expression shifted to a more relaxed one. “Sorry dear, guess I got turned around.” “You have lived in the castle for years and you got turned around?” I accused as my sleepiness left me and my guard went up. “Well, to be honest, I wanted to speak with you.” She smiled as she sat on the end of my bed. “What would you like to speak about?” “I want you to choose Lazarus, he has always been left out by his brothers and he has been so l

I had spent the day helping Abigail with her potions and helping update her journals and books. I had just told her about my conversation with Hellebore and Lazarus this morning. “I wonder what she is up to.” She frowned. “I don’t know, but I am going to find out. I talked to Leviathan, and he is going to help me.” “Make sure you share information only with those you trust. We are in enemy territory here. Sin is trustworthy, but as for everyone else, be careful.” “I trust Leviathan and Lazarus; I know they don’t have ill intentions.” “I’m just saying, be careful. Even those with the best intentions make mistakes.” She had a point, if the witch trials were any indication. I should be more careful, I thought as I helped Abigail tidy up her workspace, Cana flew in through the balcony and landed on my shoulder, Abigail looked at small black dragon on my shoulder and smiled. “Who’s this?” She asked as she reached to touch Cana’s wing. “Cana, she is helping me.” I smiled. "Nice to m