"So have you decided to become a mute or something, or just not speak to me?" he asked in a joking manner, but I could hear the hurt in his voice.
"I went to town today and stopped by the butchers shop. I got some pig entrails, a heart and some of the blood then I confronted Elsie about the cat she sacrificed. After telling her to leave me and you alone or die, I then threw the pig blood and guts in her face. So now she will retaliate in a way I have never seen a human do before or she will actually leave me and in return leave you alone now too." I said this as casually as I could; I didn't want to hear his reaction. This was something horrible that I did and I was not proud of it.
Jace just sat there silent with his mouth open a very stunned look on his face.
"You know if you don't shut that soon, flies will fly in there and lay their eggs." I said just as casually as I did when I told him what I did.
"I'm sorry did I hear you correctly? You threw pig guts and blood on Elsie and promised to kill her if she didn't leave you alone." He asked in a shocked whisper.
"Yep" was all I said as I continued to eat.
"Sweet kittens, I think I love you. I have wanted to humiliate her for ages and you did more than that, you decimated her pride!" Jace jumped from the table and danced around it like a full blown idiot.
I was suddenly sick feeling. I really hoped he was joking about his "I love you" statement and on top of that he was deliriously happy about what I had done. I pushed my plate away and got up.
The mistake that I made was actually getting up from the table, because Jace rushed around the table and wrapped me in his arms in a tight hug and then proceeded to land a hot wet kiss right on my lips. Although the kiss did feel nice, it had lost its feeling of making me jittery.
I didn't get that rush of adrenaline like I had the last time; the only thing I did feel was his intense heat because he was a prophet.
I slowly pushed him away, not wanting to be too rude.
"Jace you need to control yourself. You cannot invade my or anyone else's personal space like that, and you definitely cannot just up and kiss me like that whenever you feel the need to." I reached around him and got my plate to take to the sink.
Between my emotions about Elsie, the wolves, his mom, my mom, and his lack of personal boundaries my nerves were fried. I had to get to my room and calm myself down.
"Look I'm glad that you are happy I put her in her place, me I'm not as thrilled with my actions, but there is nothing to be done about it now. I'm emotionally exhausted, I'm going up to bed; you can crash here on the couch if you don't want to drive home. Goodnight Jace." I waved goodnight and headed to the stairs to my room to find some solace.
Once again I had placed a shocked look on his face and he just stood there. I didn't care though, I wasn't in the mood for his or anyone else’s' drama at the moment.
In my room with the door locked and candles lit, I headed to the shower and ran the water as hot as it would go and I ran it till it was cold. I was reverting back to my old self, the self I knew, the one who shut others out, buried the emotions and did the job. That was the Katilyn that knew how to do her job and didn't let anyone or anything bother her. That was the Katilyn that was strong and confident, that was the Katilyn that I needed to be again, before it was too late and I got myself or someone else killed.
I concentrated on my goals and my job at hand, train, work with the werewolves and prophet and save the world. Easy peasy! This was what I was made to do and it was what I was best at.
I braided my wet hair in a tight braid, threw on a tank top, boy shorts and then crawled in the bed. Just because I didn't need the sleep didn't mean I was not exhausted from the day, I was drained emotionally and that took a toll on me.
I lay there and stared out at the now full moon in the sky. I listened closely and sure enough I was able to hear the low growls, yips and howls coming from the lake house. I tuned them out I didn't want to listen to that because I was trained to fight that and I did not want to deal with them at the moment.
This was all very new to me, I had only ever encountered a handful of wolves and they had all tried to eat me. They didn't care about sending me to the Underworld; they just thought that I would make a rather tasty meal. Working with the wolves would take some getting used to but if I could work with a vampire I sure as hell could work with peaceful wolves to win this war.
I listened for Jace downstairs; I could hear the scratch of a pen as he made notes from the journal pages he was turning. I could feel tension in the air but I just ignored it.
Privacy, Peace, Tranquility, and Protection were the spells that I cast specifically over my room. I also cast a rather neat one that I created that only alerts me to deathly threats otherwise everything else is blotted out of my hearing and focus.
I didn't want to think of my mom tonight, she had betrayed me and I was not in the mood to have someone like that on my mind. I thought of the one person who had never let me down except to not love me for my own good. I thought of Grayson and the fact that he was the one good thing that had happened to me since my mom had died and how he had brought me out of my darkness.
With thoughts of Grayson and our time together I drifted off to sleep, a peaceful sleep that I hadn't had in a long while.
Chapter 11--Big Demons, Little Demons, Help is on the Way
I awoke mid-morning to my demon alarm ringing in my head and it was deafening. The effect was normal.
I jumped from my bed immediately, pulled on jeans, boots, and grabbed my bag of gear. I was downstairs in less than a minute thanks to the help of my super human speed.
All my wards were still intact, but the demon was still on the property.
"JACE!" I yelled, but I didn't get a response.
"JACE, this is no time to play! Where in the hell are you?" I yelled again and decided to head to the front.
When I slowed down and checked the area I found, or rather heard him yelling outside the front door.
I rushed to the porch and saw him in a heated argument with Elsie. A quick scan of the perimeter and I found the wolves on the tree line, hiding in the trees, watching. My guess was they were trying to decide if this psycho was something to be worried about or not, I would say not, especially for the wolves. Like the wolves needed to get involved in the bitch drama that was apparently now a part of my life.
"I will NOT leave till that bitch comes out here so I can KILL HER!" Elsie screamed at the top of her lungs. She hadn't seen me because her back was to me. I wasn't really paying attention or actually worried about her. I was searching for the demon that was apparently hiding and watching and that scared the hell out of me. Demons normally don't bide their time, that is unless they are a higher level demon, that has knowledge of military advantage. I saw nothing as I scanned past the wolves again, damn this was not good.
About that time Elsie discovered that I had made it outside and that's when she started yelling at me.
"YOU BITCH! YOU GOT ME FIRED!! I'm going to kill you for what you did to me" she screamed at me and then bolted for me.
I didn't flinch because what could she possibly do to me. She was a mere human girl who had been humiliated, but she wasn't strong enough to hurt me, more than likely she would only wind up hurting herself.
Jace started after Elsie, meaning to wrap his arms around her waist but he just collapsed to the ground. One look at his face and I could tell he was having a vision. Well at least he was getting some information.
The wolves started toward Elsie; well they at least made an appearance from behind the trees. Either they still weren't really worried that she was a threat or they were testing my abilities and skills against a human girl. Ugh, men and their testosterone.
I scanned the area again one more time before Elsie reached the stairs and could still find nothing. I realized I had been slow on the uptake again when Elsie put her foot on the bottom step. Elsie was the demon that was setting off my alarm, because when her foot touched my ward i
t burned her like acid would.
"What the hell?" I muttered out loud. Elsie was now possessed by a demon, hells bells.
"It's you! You're the demon setting off the alarm!" I was stunned that they had gotten to someone so close to me, and someone who I had very recently pissed off quite royally I might add.
"I am the demon you were looking for. And now he will know that it is truly you the young human was seething about. He will come here for you soon, his beloved daughter, the demon bitch he loves so much!" She spoke in demonic tongue, a language that only demons spoke, I could understand her, but the wolves wouldn't be able to.
Damnit I was in a big dilemma, what the hell am I supposed to do? I took a breath and decided to do like I always do, talk out my choices with the demons. It kind of confuses them and it also lets me weigh my options out loud, which helps me tremendously.
"Well here's my dilemma. If I let you leave, you will go and tell you big news to him. You'll tell him where I'm at and then I have to go ahead and face daddyo. The other problem is I kill you and send you back to hell and he still comes to me because now he knows that I would be the only one capable of killing you and sending you back to hell where you belong. And unfortunately for me the big man is capable of tracing me with the magic that I use. So you see my issue, either way I am screwed and Damien can find me. Personally I would choose to kill you and have him just trace the magic, much simpler and best for everyone." I stated nonchalantly, keeping my tone cool and devoid of giving a shit.
I noted that the wolves were moving in closer to her, she wouldn't be able to turn and run quickly, but then again I have a feeling she's not your mid-level demon.
The she demon began laughing and a dark shimmer started covering her body. It almost looked like she had doused herself in black glitter. Hells bells she is definitely not a mid-level demon, she is a high level demon, one of the higher ups most definitely.
"Who are you?" I yelled at her and leapt off the steps to grab at her. I needed to get my hands on her before she evaporated and disappeared.
"I am Lilim and you will soon be where you belong. He will be coming for you as soon as I tell him the news of who you are." And just like that she disappeared and was gone.
"Where did she go and how could she do that?" Phelan asked alarmed at her sudden disappearance.
I sank to the porch steps, taking in the full weight of the problem before me.
"Her name is Lilim, she is the daughter of Lilith and she will be telling Damien exactly where I am. She only reports to him and he wants me more than Aaron does. So that means that Aaron is the least of our problems." I sighed and palmed my face, feeling myself weaken at the thought of having to fight Damien so soon, and before I come into my full powers.
"But how did she take the body? I’ve only ever seen them leave, evaporate from the body, how did she do that?" Phelan asked more questions, his tone reflecting his weariness.
I looked over to Jace, he was still in a trance of sorts, and I figured he was having one hell of a vision.
"She was able to do that because she is a high level demon. She ranks right up there with Alastair, Abaddon, and right alongside her mom, Lilith. She is able to do pretty much anything, except walk this realm without taking over a body. Unlike Damien who conjures his own form, she still has to possess a human, just like the other high level demons." I told him trying to keep my irritation at his lack of information and my anxiety about having to meet Damien so soon from my voice.
I was getting upset now; I knew I would have to face him someday, but so soon. Honestly I had hoped that I could actually run forever, always stay a step ahead and keep a look out, but now didn't look like that would be happening.
"Miss Katilyn, you must not stress about this too much. You are a warrior for good and you shall overcome this evil. You also have something that you never thought you would have" Chief Sandalio looked at me with his deep soulful eyes as he spoke to me.
I could just look at him and wait for his response.
"You have help and you have friends. Your prophet will be able to guide you some and you also have my pack at you aide. I sent word to the other members to meet us here for a battle. They are already on their way and should arrive by tomorrow morning. There are more than you in this war against evil." He nodded his head to me and I just nodded back, smiling some. I was grateful for their help and newfound friendship, but I was afraid at the cost they would have to pay for that. Being friends with me never got anyone anything.
"Thank you Chief Sandalio, I really do appreciate that. I promise that should Damien come before I have full powers I will do all that I am capable of to try and win this war. Let’s just hope that he waits about a week so that I can come into my full power. At that time, I am sure that I will have powers that I have never dreamed of, but until then we have to wait and hope." I decided to check on Jace, he had been out to long for my liking.
I could only guess that he was getting really close to obtaining his full powers, the more power the bigger the visions could be, I at least knew that much. I also knew better than to try and wake him, I only checked his pulse and saw that all was normal. There was nothing else for me to do, so I went in.
I busied myself with making some breakfast all the while thinking my situation through. I had less than a week to reach my full powers and less than two days till Damien was here to retrieve me. I'm certain that since I have been running for so long and have killed all that he has sent for me that he will be coming to get me himself, he won’t leave this up for mistakes anymore.
I managed to make up a very hearty breakfast, of lots of meat and eggs and toast for all the wolves, and a nice fruit salad for myself.
When I turned to set the table Jace was standing behind me, "There you are I thought you might be trying to skip out on us, or rather out on me." He said very quietly.
"Really, I'm still here as you can tell, and I cooked a hearty breakfast for everyone. I needed to clear my head and cooking is a nice distraction. How are you, you should be the one skipping out on us. Between Elsie, your visions, and now the wolves, how are you holding up?" I asked truly concerned because not many people could emotionally take the bombardment of supernatural information.
"I'm good all things considered. I had already seen the Sandalios in a vision so they weren't a surprise; it was Elsie who was the surprise. My visions are getting a lot stronger, and they come out of nowhere now, which is going to make it difficult to drive if they keep that up. I'm just really confused about Elsie and how a high level demon was able to possess someone who was so close to us and could use against us?" he asked running his hand through his hair and that vision of Dean Winchester flashed across my mind, amazing at the resemblance, also ironic how close they are to the truth a lot of times.
I sat down with my plate and mulled his question over while I ate a few mouthfuls. I took a long drink of my orange juice and then gave him my theory.
"Well Elsie nurtured a hatred for me since we first met. The jealousy and hatred has just been there seething in her and when I humiliated her with the pig entrails that just culminated her hatred which led her to make some wishes and comments. Normally a person would say something like "I'd give anything to make that bitch suffer" you know something along those lines. When Elsie opened herself up for someone to help her do a very bad deed that allows demons the chance to take advantage of the situation, usually promising to help the person with their task if they only let them in their body for a little while." I told him and then noticed that the wolf pack had joined us.
"But why would a higher up help her, don't lowers usually do that?" some random wolf asked from across the room.
"Yes, normally it would be, but I'm guessing that she held my face in her mind and was thinking all kinds of nasty things when she was ranting, and the demons saw my face and realized they had better tell the higher ups so they could get some recognition. It was just the perfect ingredients for all hell to break loose." I told the
m letting all the information soak in.
"So is Elsie possibly alive in there?" Jace asked with pure concern on his face, he may not like her, but he didn't want to see anything bad happen to anyone.
I fidgeted a moment, not really wanting to answer him. "Well for her sanity's sake I hope not. The things that a demon does and their thoughts alone will drive her mad. If she is alive in there, it will more than likely drive her bat shit crazy and wish for death." I told him in a solemn tone and then finished eating my food.
After everyone was finished eating I loaded the dishwasher and decided to have a sit down with my new friends.
"Ok so that we are all on the same page here, we need to discuss a few things. Chief Sandalio, your pack, is that the right word or would you like me to use something else?" I asked looking for the correct term.
"That is fine Miss Katilyn." He nodded at me.
"Ok, your pack is coming here. I'm guessing that they are ready and willing to fight demons and many other kinds of dark creatures and risk their lives?" I asked unsure of others commitment.
"For you and this battle they will gladly lay down their lives" he stood and placed his right hand over his heart.
"Alright, let’s hope it doesn't come to that, but I'm glad that they understand that could happen. Jace you had a vision earlier, can you tell us what it was, maybe it can help?" I asked nicely and made sure to keep my tone neutral. I was still unsure of using visions and how they could affect the outcome of these things.
He shuffled his feet, altering his weight back and forth, he was nervous.
"Well, there were two visions. The first was like the ones I have already had, Aaron was holding me and Grayson hostage and you were fighting him. You seemed to be winning, but then the vision went completely black and was gone, like it didn't happen. Then next thing I know you were in a dungeon, looked like a rock dungeon from the stone ages. I think it looked like the Underworld; the weird thing though was that Aaron was in there with you. He looked really sick, like he was dying. It was disturbing, because you were upset and crying over his body, it was almost like when I had the vision of you crying over Grayson. You weren't as distraught, but you were still upset and you kept begging him to not leave you down there by yourself. You told him, you couldn't do it alone." Jace finished up with a grim look on his face.
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