Devotion Words Novels & Stories

Gideon By the gods, this woman was going to be a pain in my ass. I had to choose one with such a fiery temper. Nevermind her temper, she was vengeful. Spiteful. She was absolutely diabolical. She was perfect. The way she ripped his trachea straight from his throat was so masterful. The clean separation of his head from his body was going to be engraved in my memory forever. Oh, but the thing that got me the most, was watching her suck the soul from him. It made me hard just thinking about it.

“Tomorrow morning. First thing. I’ll tell them I’ve had a crisis of faith.” “Have you?” I trace patterns on his chest. “Had a crisis of faith?” “No.” He tilts my chin up to look at him. “I’ve had a revelation. I finally understand what devotion really means.” “And what does it mean?” “You.” He kisses me soft and slow. “It means you.” “Are you sure?” I search his eyes for doubt and find none. “You could keep your life. See me in secret. Keep being Father Dominic during the day.”

"Mom, don't hit Henry… it's my fault for coming here even though I knew he hated me…" Those words added more fuel to the fire. Dad's face turned livid with rage, and his hand trembled violently as he pointed at me. "Cruel and unrepentant! You're completely hopeless! Why did we bring back a cold-blooded monster like you?!" Violet helped Jackie up, and before leaving, she looked at me with disgust as if I were trash. "Jackie kindly came to check on you, but you repaid his kindness with evil! You're beyond saving!"

~Haven's POV~ The Devil is everywhere. Especially outside this store. Don't get me wrong, I love collecting donations for the church, but some of these people really need Jesus! I cried out as a quarter bounced off of my chest into the jar. The guy walking into the store laughed. "You're welcome, Jesus Freak!" "Why do they have to be so rude?" My best friend Grace asked, pushing her glasses up on her dark brown face. Her chocolate eyes were filled with annoyance.

“It’s not like I’m regarding you with scorn because you’re no longer innocent… You know why.” Aaron’s hand, which held a cigarette, paused momentarily. Then, he put the unfinished cigarette in his mouth. He raised his hand and pushed Benjamin against the car door with a great force. “Don’t forget, you're standing on God’s right hand side. You’ll lose your qualifications if you care too much.” Naturally, Aaron knew that Benjamin did not really despise him because his hands were stained with other people’s blood, and neither did he regard him with scorn because he was no longer innocent.

“You are safe here.” She remembered scoffing internally. Safe had become a word people used too easily. “Devotion Assurance is designed to support clarity, purpose, and emotional alignment,” the voice continued. “Participation is voluntary. You may disengage at any time.” A pause. “Do you wish to proceed?” Mara had hesitated. She told herself she was just tired. That this was no different from meditation protocols, from the grounding exercises Rowan himself had once taught during a brutal winter. “Yes,” she had said.

“Love and lust are two different things. Duty and devotion are different, too.” “How do you differentiate? How do you know where your heart inclines the most? Is there a parameter to measure love and devotion, and is there a device to detect lust and duty? These are things one feels and no matter what language, these emotions cannot be expressed in words. That’s why they are emotions, because they demand to be felt and I feel them as strongly as my hatred for you.” “When you hate me, then why do you want me? For revenge?” “I don’t know why. All I know is — claiming you feel right.”

Whatever parts of myself I would have to destroy to protect him. I would. Because devotion, once chosen, doesn’t waver. And neither would I.

We get back to the club house as Legion goes straight to the door to unlock it to see that both girls were sitting on the bed. “Angel, we’re going to need to talk to you on what just happened and I’m hoping that you can explain it further to us on how you got involved with the Burning Devils MC.” “No, I don’t want to talk about them.” I wasn’t that shock she didn’t want to explain herself. If she were innocent, I would think she would jump to explaining things, but no she stays silent. “Well, are you then wanting to return to the Burning Devils?” “No, please don’t make me go back to them.”

I could tell he really meant them words I decided to listen to him, I slowly got up of the floor and open the door, "I'm ready to listen" "Can we talk about this in your room" I opened the door a little more so he could come in.