MoonLove: a mythological story

The truth gets real.

Lilith woke up with start at 3:33 am; covered in cold sweat, and with her hands shaking in fear. She raised her right hand to her cheek and found out that it had not been completely a dream, she had been crying and she was terrorized. She did not know if what happened had been real or just a terrible nightmare, but something inside of her told her that she would not be so lucky for it to be just a dream. She could feel deep inside her soul that everything that occurred was not a lie or an illusion but a reality from which she would never be able to run away.

She took her hand down to her neck, but to her surprise she did not find it n***d as she assumed it would be, but she found a wood thorn twig twisting around it as a proof of what had just happened. Lilith panicked at the thought of it, she did not noticed, but fear made her fall unconscious again.

Lilith felt she had fallen somewhere, but the moment she felt the hard surface of marble she jumped out of it. She could not stand the feeling of it, but her fear did not let her notice that the place where she had been laying until a few moments ago was not cold but warm, and it projected a safe energy.

She did not dare to open her eyes, she could feel safety in her soul, but she could not trust her instincts anymore, Mors had tainted them with his curse; maybe it was just a trick, maybe it was just another weapon to make her open her eyes and force her to feel desperate and hopeless again. She would not be able to stand it, not again; she would die before going through that again. Lilith felt so broken and scared that she felt ashamed of herself, that man had broken her; now everything there was to her was to collect the pieces and trying to get back to herself as similar as she could to the way she was. She began taking a self-destructive way she had not been into for a very very long time, but before she could finish all her thoughts a warm hand touched her shoulder, and it was like the softest balm to her soul. That hand made her feel safe and loved and she knew whose hand it was.

-          My beloved lady, please look up at me and do not hide – Jared said with a calming voice.

-          J… Jared? Please tell me it is the real you.

Lilith looked up and got hook into impossibly beautiful hazel eyes, but she was not sure yet. She could feel it was her Jared, but something inside of her held her back. She reached him with her right hand and Jared did not step back, on the contrary he stepped front and reach Lilith´s touch; he knew she need to make sure he is real and not just an illusion.

-          Is it you? – Lilith cannot hold back her feeling when Jared nods and she throws herself to him.

-          My dearest girl, let me hold you near. The nightmare is over now, I will hold you and protect you forever.

Lilith is not able to hold back her tears; it was the first time she let herself break down and let someone see the broken heart she had inside of her. She had always been strong and kept everyone at distance, not only for them but also because she needed to protect herself from everyone, she had been hurt and backstabbed too many times in her short live. Therefore, she always preferred to have everyone outside except for her own soul; but that moment she could not put herself together again. She needed Jared.

Jared held Lilith in his arms as if his own life depended on it. He understood the feelings inside of her; specially the need to touch him and to know he is actually real. After all he knew how wicked Mors could be, and how much he liked to play with the mind and souls of his victims. But that moment he knew she needed him, just him, to help her get together again. He could feel not just fear inside her soul, but pure panic.

After sometime Lilith finally seemed to relax while being surrounded by Jared´s arms, just then he dared to caress her hair once and again until he reached her neck and he felt something that scared him to death.

-          What is that in your neck?! – Jared asked with a strange feeling in his soul – Lilith, please talk to me!

Lilith looked up. Jared had never actually called her by her name alone; so the way he spoke to her alarmed her, it was not something normal.

-          I do not know what it is, all I know is when I woke up, I raised my hand and I felt… this thing… I do not know, all I recall is the feel of something like a thorn twig as the ones I saw in…

Lilith cold not finish the sentence because panic began racing through her veins and she was not able to control it. She felt desperation go through her as if locked into that terrible dungeon again Lilith began sobbing without being able to control, she tried to get away so Jared did not had to stand the sight of her in that way, but he refused and instead held her tighter and whispered reassuring words to her while caressing her hair again. Then it hit them, the twig was injecting fear and desperation in her. Jared and Lilith separated a little, just enough for him to look at what she describes as a thorn twig, but when Jared saw what it actually was he almost fainted, it was not what he actually thought it was, there was a twig, yes, but it was made out of onyx, and shinned with very thin silver chains moving around it. Mors had marked her as a slave.

-          We need my father´s help – Jared said to Lilith – This is not good at all.

Lilith felt cold fear running through her veins at Jared´s statement, what could be so dangerous for them to need his father help. She began to breath faster and her heart was near panic when a calming hand took her by her shoulder.

-          My dear, try to relax or you will just make it worst, remember that the man who put that on your neck is the god of disgrace, if it feels your fear it will feed him and just push you to the edge.

-          I… I wish I could but I feel too desperate as to calm down, I just want to take this away from me!... Please just take it away!

Before Jared was able to answer her a very polite and reassurance voice reached her giving her hope.

-          My dearest child, what is it that cause you so much sadness and disgrace? I can feel your desperation around my sacred home.

Lilith could not articulate any word to answer, so Jared answered in her place.

-          My beloved father, the god of pain and disgrace curse on my dearest lady, and marked her with an onyx chocker which will always keep her under the curse of fear and pain. Could you help her out of it? I beg for your help father.

-          My dearest son I am not able to destroy a curse which has not been delivered by myself, but I can try and make your love´s soul lighten to the disgrace she had been through.

-          Thank you father.

Jared took Lilith´s hand to make her feel safe just the moment his father, the sun, materialized in front of them. Lilith could not believe it. In front of her a big and blinding light was turning into a beautiful man in his forties, with tanned skin, enticing hazel eyes and blond hair; he was like an older copy of Jared. 

She was able to feel the power inside of the man in front of her, but even so his eyes were kind and the smile he gave her made her feel safe and hopeful. He would help her with the curse she did not ask for.

-          Come near me child – Said the sun to Lilith – I need to look closer to the artefact which cast the curse on you.

Lilith slowly released Jared´s hand and walked to his father, for some reason, she felt that he was going to help her; but a moment later she felt desperation run inside her soul, but that time the sun took her hand and told her everything was going to be ok and she for the first time believed it.

Jared, went near Lilith while his father checked on her recently received thorn chocker, he analysed it carefully and looked at the silver chains. Taking that out would be more difficult than he had thought at first, and it could be fatal if it was not taken out carefully.

-          Dear son, this is a very delicate and dangerous task, nevertheless I might be able to take it out completely. It is a simple spell to break the disgrace chains, the onyx is the bad part. Once the chains fall, you will have to break the thrones twigs and take them of her neck as fast as possible, because the chains will return looking for the chocker to hold the curse again.

-          Will it injure my lady?

-          Yes, son, it will injure Lilith´s skin, and the pain of getting desperation through her veins as hooked bars will hurt her; but it is the only way if you both want the cursed away from her.

-          I do not care, I am doing it – Said Lilith all of a sudden – I will not be linked to that man or his territory, and I do not care how much it costs, I am doing it.

With that the decision was made.

Lilith was standing in the middle of a beautiful room, it had golden roses all around and the ceiling had beautiful painting on it. Jared was standing next to her, holding her hand reassuringly. They were not looking at each other nor touching beside their joined hands; he could feel her fear, still she looked fully convinced about what was going to happen.

The sun entered the room with ritual clothing, all of it made with gold pieces and forged in a beautiful way which made him look as an untouchable warrior. He stepped in front of them and separated their hands, it was time to begin.

-          Lilith, Jared, before I begin I must warn you; once I pronounce the first word of the chant to release the chains there is no turning back, this ritual cannot be stopped for any reason otherwise the curse will grow stronger and then the only one who will be able to break it is Mors. Do you understand?

-          Yes, I do understand – Lilith answered without hesitation.

-          Yes – Said Jared even if his voice was not so convincing.

-          Very well, now the rules. Lilith, you cannot move once the chains are released, it will be really painful but you must fight the desperation and hold still until it is over. Jared, no matter what happens do not stop and do what I will command you now, and it must be precise and without a single mistake. Once I finish the chant for the first time, you must immediately take the onyx thorns and break them as fast as you can with your hands. Once you do that, your hands will bleed, but is that precise blood the one that will break the complete chocker in 2 pieces. Once you have them in your hands you will bring them to me. I repeat that it must be precise otherwise it can be fatal.

-           Father, I… I do not know if I will be able to…

-          I know son, you are wondering if you will be able to stand your soul mate under such pain and desperation; but it is necessary in case she wants to get free of the curse she has on. So there is no other option.

Jared nodded even if he was not so convinced yet, he looked back to Lilith and the resolution he saw in her eyes gave him the strength to do what had to be done in order to free her. They had no choice.

Lilith walked to where she was showed, and kept standing in place; Jared went next to her, but no touching her as he had been commanded by his father. And finally the sun took his place in front of both of them, looked up to the ceiling and began chanting.

“Et laudamus nomen tuum in libertatem,

secundum virtutem vitae possideo ducti lucis et caloris,

praesidioque nomen solis sibi

Impero eorum catenis quas in inferno, et hoc animal claudunt desperatione

nexosque animae ac spiritus,

ut splendor ad felicitatem vitae libero.”[1]

As soon as the chant was over for the first time, the silver chains surrounding the onyx chocker disappeared completely, and Jared raised his hands to Lilith’s neck, but before he could begin breaking the thorns Lilith began screaming. She was in a terrible pain. Jared wanted to stop in that moment, he could not stand her screams and the desperation he could see in her eyes. But it had begun, now they had to finish it.

Jared tried to hold his inner strength and began breaking the thorns around Lilith´s neck one by one even if every time he broke one she screamed as if a piece of her soul was being broken; nevertheless Jared kept with his tasks while feeling his heart getting broken every time he heard her scream and beg him to stop the pain. He achieved his task faster than he thought, and as his father had anticipated his fingers where bleeding. His father had not told him

how his blood would free her beloved, but something inside of his soul commanded him to let his blood drip over the 4 connections that existed between the twigs that formed the device holding Lilith under the curse; he did not doubt and did it, once the last drop fell in the right place the chocker splatted in 2, just as the sun had said it will happen.

What he did not expected was Lilith´s reaction. She began screaming and trying to fight Jared to get the cursed device back, which was completely unexpected to him. He did not understand what was happening, but then he remembered the rules his father had given him. He had to give it to his father no matter what and he had to do it as fast as possible, even if the love of his life was begging for him to give it back.

Jared handed the divided chocker to the sun who had not stopped repeating the chant over and over, until he felt the cold onyx on his hands, just then he stopped for a few moments and began a spell.

“Nunc autem contrita est,

nunc anima sit,

rursus tibi impia cogitatio,

et in maledictionem in vinculis cohibere intra spinas

unde non iterum liberari torquere.”[2]

With that, the chocker reconstructed itself, and Lilith stopped screaming. Jared looked back at her and a terrible fear went through him, she had gone terribly pale, and her beautiful grey eyes were looking back at him as if they had died; he ran to her and caught her just a second before she went unconscious.

[1] I chant in the name of freedom, by the power of life i possess, guided by light and heat, protected by the name of the sun himself,

I command to the chains, which lock this creature in hell and desperation, to release her soul and spirit, to let her free to join the brightness of happiness and life.

[2] Now it is broken, now the soul is free, join again you wicked device, let the chains lock the curse inside the thorns from where they will never be freed to torment again.