"More, babe…" Zeke continued whispering to her in a soft voice as she drew on his blood. "Don't stop… it's not enough yet, Alicia."
Zeke could feel her trembling. Wanting to stop. But he could not let her stop. He needed her to drink more. When Zeres came to him and told him about the content of that spell that could bring Alicia back to life, while Alicia was asleep, Zeke had decided not to tell Alicia at all. Because the sacrifice that was needed in exchange for the spell to work was a vampire royal's blood. And it was not just a small amount. It should be enough to actually cause the vampire royal's death. In short, it was an exchange of life.
He knew Alicia would never agree to this. But like he had told her, he needed someone to draw his blood. Basically, to kill him – his vampire side. Because only when all his blood was gone, could both his eyes turn black – a sign that his vampire half was dead and that he was now nothing but purely a demon. With this… he would be able to save his wife and brother in one move.
"Yes, my wife… more…" he uttered once again in a pleading voice as he felt Alicia pushing away from him, as if to stop. "It's okay. Trust me, Alicia. I won't die with this, I promise. Trust me…" he continued coaxing as he felt her start to tremble from fear.
He hated what he was doing to her. But there was no other choice.
"A little bit more… please… I won't die even if you suck my blood dry, I promise you that Alicia…" His hand moved to cradle her head and pressed her down a little more because she attempted to pull away. "Please… a little more, my wife…" And to his relief, she listened to his pleading, even as he felt her hot tears falling onto his skin. In his mind he kept saying sorry.
And then his heartbeat stopped. Something in him pulsated. It was done. It was finally time.
Both of their bodies glowed suddenly. Light and darkness seeped through them both but never blending. And then, it was as if something had exploded between them. The two of were thrown apart into different directions. For the first time in a long time, they were no longer physically connected. Alicia was thrown outside the black circle while Zeke tumbled and rolled closer to Sebastian.
"Ezekiel!!!" Alicia screamed, rising to her feet immediately to return to him, but Alex and Zeres stopped her. Both holding her arms, preventing her from rushing over. "Let me go!"
The darkness swirled and moved away from the circle and gathered in one place, right behind Sebastian. A dark and massive vortex formed as the sound of wind and crackling fire echoed all around. Then a strong earthquake shook the ground. And it opened. The gates of hell… finally opened.
This was different from the vortex Zeres had created when he summoned the demons from hell. This was different because what Zeres had opened back then was not the gate. Instead, Zeres had created a portal that forcefully pulled the lesser demons out of hell and into their world.
High demon lords with stronger demonic powers cannot pass through those portals. They could only pass through the gate of hell which was this one.
The gate of hell behind him went from storm to the highest category hurricane. And then Zeke began to shout. His black veins bulging, threatening to burst from taking in too much demonic power. ƒree𝑤ebnσvel.com
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