Land of the Midnight. Whispers of the lips のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 1 - チャプター 10

As Kate tended to her wound, the room reeked of chlorhexidine. The only light in the darkroom came from the cracked wood in the hearth. Tonight was one of the many nights she had that terrible dream, but this time it felt so real that she woke up with wounds on her left arm. Little Kate was only eight years old when she lost her family in a cold massacre in her hometown, where they had lived before she moved to this new town. The only thing she remembered was having blood on her hands that day. It is still one of Kate's most painful memories, and it comes back to her from time to time. Now nineteen she wondered how she couldn't forget those memories, it was always haunting and tormenting her. She had tried everything she could to know about what happened elevenyears ago but it seemed as if those events had been washed off by the sea as no one ever spoke about it. She couldn't go back to sleep, so she kept listening to the sounds the breeze made as i

The demon continued fighting with the man, not backing down. He kept on throwing more knives and balls of fire but before they got to the man, they disappeared. Confused with what was happening "What are you?" The demon voice sounded more croaky now he was fighting. "What I am?" The man gave him an unnerving smile "I am who I am" He kept conjuring rings of fire as he engaged in conversation with the demon. "Why do you want to kill her?" "Why do I want to kill her?" The demon asked "You're a fool if you don't know why I want to kill her. Even if I don't kill her now, others will come for her" "Seems I've got no use for you, you're a dimwitted ugly demon, psst" This time the man threw the rings of fire he has been building at the demon. The demon didn't know what happened but the rings of fire started engulfing him before he managed to dissolve them. He had been distracted by this man's talk, he didn't know when he attacked. "Playing dirty huh?" The d

Kate and Madam Rosie went back to the shop after bidding goodbye to Borrel. "Now Kate lass, tell me what happened there. You got me so worried" Madam Rosie said as they sat down on one of the benches inside the shop. Kate took in deep breaths as she started narrating "I don't know Madam Rosie, but one minute I was coming back after I've delivered the linen to Madam Castrol and the next I was facing a hideous looking creature". "It was so ugly, that when I called him ugly in my mind, he paralyzed me. I couldn't walk and I couldn't talk""Everything happened so fast that I couldn't keep up, the only thing I remembered he was talking about was that I ruined so many lives, ab…about what happened eleven years ago". Kate's voice broke at the end, the fear that she didn't want to visit years ago was now back, waiting to consume her. "Eleven years ago? That was when the massacre in your town took place" Rosie whispered gently rubbing her hand on Kate's back to calm her down

In an old cave where no human has ever gone, maybe the fear of what they will find or the fear of meeting the night creatures, or probably both made them not step into the deep forest. The ones who claimed to be brave went and never come back again. But no one knew this was where some of the demons resided. Not everyone knew about the existence of demons. They only knew about the night creatures and the witches. Even when the demons killed humans, the blame was always put on the night creatures. The council has done everything they could to keep everything gentle where both the demons, the night creatures, the humans, and the rumored witches will stay without causing chaos. That was the agenda they have been working on for decades which has been unfruitful, especially the massacre that took place a decade ago that involved Kate's town. Inside the cave, it was blazing hot, and different types of demons were everywhere. Some had the shape of a deformed human with blac

Kate looked down at her folded palms. What was her decision? She hasn't made up her mind yet and she didn't know what to say. She was not sure if she can stay here, but she was also sure those demons will kill her if she went back to her town. She was confused about what to do. It made her feel soberer to realize that she didn't have anyone to ask guidance from. She couldn't ask Madam Rosie, she will tell her to follow her heart. But what is her heart saying? Her heart was cold and her mind was fuzzy, she couldn't think straight anymore. "I can give you all the time to think about it but…" He drawled "They wouldn't also have time to think about it when they're killing you" Was that an encouraging word or a threat to something? Will they really kill her? Of course, they will, she had seen how the last one was about to kill her. Kate looked up at Clarence whose gaze never left her. She couldn't figure out what the man was thinking. Can she live with a man who can disappe