A Taste of Love

The Dark Realm

Chapter Three

Michael: Again Stephen paused, not wanting to say anything. I looked at him waiting for him to talk. Why are you not saying anything Stephen, were you scared of Bezaliel?

Stephen: I would not say scared, I was terrified, I had no idea I was to protect Jean from Bezaliel

Michael: So now tell me what then happened.

THE DARK REALM

Stephen: That night I put Jean to bed and flew to meet Uriel an ancient angel skilled in combat, I inquired to know more about Bazaliel and what was his intention towards Jean. Uriel spoke firmly of how Jean was from the descendants of witches, I was surprised for I could never tell such an adorable girl could be from the lineage of the dark realm. Her ancestors were all witches only for her to have escape serving the dark realm. Uriel revealed at child birth her power was locked by her mother after it killed her father, Bazaliel got angry over her mother deeds, he ensured her mother suffer for her deeds till she died after Jean eighteen birthday. Our master instructs her power must not be unlocked for so is the primary duty of Bazaliel, if it be unlocked, hell will be unleashed upon humanity.

Uriel: This is why you are sent to protect her

Stephen: Bazaliel can’t be defeated, he had never been.

Uriel: your duty is not to defeat him but to make sure her powers doesn’t get unlocked. Great darkness follows her powers, she is a prophecy of doom.

I was heartbroken knowing Jean was a prophecy of destruction foretold to visit humanity, how innocent she looked, who could tell such a beauty could end up being deadly after all. Then I wondered what actually happened the night her lover and best friend died? Could it be her? I said to myself.

Uriel: Her powers are still locked, you must never let it be unlocked until she had completed her 28th birthday.

Uriel left immediately as he flaps his wings ascending to the heaven’s. In confusion I stood, wondering what could had happened to Jackson and Jennifer, what could have been the results of their death, this is a mystery yet to uncover, I pondered in silence not knowing what could had befell Jean lover and friend. Could this be the work of the dark realm?, only them have the power to do this act. Quickly in speed I ran into the dark pit of hell as it darkness overshadows me, down I fell to the realm of ashes. A wasted land with it’s burning heat that consumes the souls of it’s prisoners. A land full of dust and ashes, In it were lost souls who couldn’t ascend to the heavens of my master for the deeds of wickedness had kept them trap. Help me they screamed as I walk pass them, with hope in their eyes they thought I was sent to deliver them. I walked on the ashes of this realm as every demons eyes fixed at mine, in their words they shouted at me ἀπολείπω which in English means depart. I showed no sign of departing from their realm still they attempted ambushing me but was stopped by Rio.

Rio: You should had been well informed not to come here.

Stephen: Pardon my intruding, I know this realm is no place for my kind

Rio: Very well then, why do you seek to walk this dangerous path?.

Stephen: I know your kind is well know for it torture towards fornicators.

Rio: (laughs) what do you seek, speak for you know well of my kind

Stephen: I wish to know what happened to Jackson Maxwell who had pleasure with Jennifer a friend to the prophecy girl.

Rio: Did you say the prophecy girl?. Where is she?, I have waited thousands of years to behold her and the destruction that comes with her

Stephen: That’s not why I’m here, tell me what befell this mortals?

Rio: Follow me.

I walked a few miles to the trap house where Jennifer was being tortured by demons, his brothers of the realm seeing me with Rio stopped torturing Jennifer under the instructions of Rio.

Jennifer: Save me , please save me.

She pleads for my aid but it wasn’t of my power to set her free.

Stephen: Where is Jackson?

Rio: He was taken in for more torture of the mind.

Stephen: torture of the mind? How does that work?

Rio: It better if you don’t know.

Jennifer: It horrible (crying continuously)

She paid less attention to my face and more to the pains she was going through in the hands of her torturer’s, she looked closely at me wondering who I could be and why I wasn’t being tortured.

Jennifer: Are you dead too? why are you not being tortured?(struggling to talk)

Stephen: Death have no power over me, I’m not of the world you left.

Jennifer: Are you one of them? (struggling to talk)

Rio: (laughs) it would not look bad on you if you were one of us

Stephen: Keep dreaming Rio, (turns to the direction of Jennifer) Jennifer I am an angel of the most high whom you refused to serve for your unbelief had brought you down to this wasted land that you may be wasted before the end of time.

Jennifer: Please save me I beg of you.(struggling to talk)

She wept in great pain as every demon laughs in the pleasure of her suffering.

Stephen: Tell me, how did you die?

Jennifer: I was killed by a strange being which brought me to this place. (Sobs) he called here my heaven.

Again they all laughed, truly it was her own heaven, sorrowfully I felt for her for I knew that her suffering was never the intention of my master. Quickly I left the wasted land back to the human world, on landing with my feet on earth, I saw the demon named death awaiting my return.

Death: Stephen, why seek for answers when you know best to ask I death the traveler of worlds.

Stephen: I know you don’t go killing unless you are instructed or it be the hour of such mortal death.

Death: You have spoken well.

Stephen: I perceive you have been waiting here for me?

Death: Indeed I have, you seek to know the cause of Jennifer and her beloved death.

Stephen: Yes I do, tell me now, where you the one that took them away casting them by the degree of their sins into the realm of ashes?

Death: (laughs) I like the way you speak, you speak with so much boldness, indeed I am the one.

Stephen: Why did you?, It wasn’t yet time for them to die?

Death: I’m death, the life of a man belongs in my hands, I choose who to die and how they are to die.

Stephen: No… my master decides the faith of every man, you have no right to do according to your wish.

Death: (laughs) you have no right to take a human form with the excuse of protecting a lady you desire. Aren’t you acting according to your own wish?

Stephen: My wish is to protect and keep her save.

Death: Mine is to take the lives of every sinner anytime it pleases me.

Stephen: You have caused her pain for taking away her best friend.

Death: I have saved her from more pain if she eventually finds out.

Stephen: Death is not a good way to relieve people from heartbreak.

Death: (looks closely to his eyes) what is this I’m seeing?, you are an angel of light, you ought not to care this much for a mortal, let not this be love I see in your eyes, it would only make me come for you.

Could it be true?, could it be I care this much?, I was created to care for the people of this world. His wings spread wide with a mighty push he flew to his realm. A place of skeletons and it smells of death. In a seconds I appeared at the kitchen of Jean who was already cooking, in the sight of seeing me she was frightened.

Jean: How did you get in?

Stephen: your door was opened.

Twice have I lied, twice have I sinned for it was wrong for my kind to lie to my master people, watching her cook began to work a powerful spell on me, a spell of mortal feelings, with my eyes I no longer behold her like the angel I’m but like a human, I stared at her from her face down to her ass with the desire of wanting her all to myself, out of my mind I was, it could never be, I am not allowed to have human contact with the female of this world, my lifeless skin began to sweat for the first time, my eyes continuously staring at the soft pink lips of Jean with the need of placing mine on hers. I couldn’t bare the temptation of her glancing beauty giving a soulless creation a soul. I walked away from her sight, went to the couch to lay my head. For the first time in a thousand years I was completely out of this world like one who was dead.

With a kiss on my check I was awaken by Jean, such an innocent lady unaware of the destruction that was born with her. She dragged me by the hand to the dinning table where she had already laid down an Italian spaghetti sauce with apple pie. Unknown to her the taste of food will be absent in my mouth yet I ate making her feel more good with her cooking, slowly I noticed how she looked at me with the eyes of one lusting after another, though she knew she had to wait for me to show interest in her which I can never do for it will shake the heaven if spirit beings have intimacy with mortals. I had already been against the will of my master to which I would always deny her the opportunity of knowing how I felt. Slowly she moves closer to me with her lips reaching for mine, she insert hers on mine with her hand crossing over my shoulder, tasteless was the food of men but of her lips I found the taste of love, pleasurable in my eyes, I gave in completely to the lust of the flesh to which the heaven shake as I was summoned by my master in anger, Oops I was in trouble, I have given in completely to the temptation of her beauty, tasted from the lips of love, quickly I pulled my lips from hers, walked out of her sight, leaving her speechless right there at the dinner table. To the sky I flew as a bright light pulls me back into the kingdom of my master.