Origins (A Demonkin Novel)

by Sean Hayden

  "Raphael, you are mistaken. I did partake of the flesh of my summoner, but no child could have been begotten by her physical body. I myself ate her soul after the completion of our union. She called, I answered, and she couldn't contain me. I had the right to partake of her flesh. How could I have begotten a child when we both know it takes the soul of a human and the seed of one of the Chosen or Fallen to create a Nephalim? She had no soul, she could not have been with child," the demon spoke angrily. He didn't mind being accused of ill deeds, as long as he did them.

  "Dear Asmodeus, the answer is simple. If you would just think for a moment, I undoubtedly know you yourself could come up with the answer."

  The answer did come to Asmodeus, along with a little dose of fear. Damn those humans. It had been so long that he had enjoyed the flesh of a human, he had forgotten to see if she had been born what they call twins. One soul split between two physical manifestations of flesh. "She had a twin!"

  Raphael seemed pleased he had puzzled the solution out by himself. He stood and clapped. He turned and dismissed the stool and made to leave the halls of Asmodeus' throne room.

  "Cousin, just a moment," he called out to the retreating Angel. "What is my Punishment?"

  "Punishment? There is to be no punishment. You are charged with the restoration of the balance. Too long has your kind plagued the human realm with your misbegotten offspring. Every time one of you disobeys an edict with your desire, you create some sort of monster whose only purpose is to plague the children of the All. Fix it cousin, or there will be punishment."

  Sean Hayden works in South Florida as a Fiber-optic Engineer for a cable communications company.

  Born in the Suburbs of Chicago he relocated to Florida as a child, where he grew up and attended school at a small Catholic elementary and high school. It was there, in literature class, he fell in love with books. Vampires especially fascinated him as well as the realm of possibilities of the urban fantasy genre. This fascination gave birth to his first novel, Origins.

  He lives at home with his wife, children, and a plethora of pets.