Salvation The Creed Clan Book 1

Chapter 1 -Riella

It's been two months since I've heard from Soleil. We’ve never gone this long without talking before. She usually argues when she’s mad, she usually goes on and on and on. She’s not the silent type. What the hell is going on?She can’t be dead. I’ve been scouring the news articles. No unidentified bodies matching her description have been found. Maybe her phone has been destroyed. Yes. That’s it. But she knows my number by heart. She knows I’ll send her another one. I told her to move here with me. I begged her. Literally, snotty nosed on my knees and everything. I should just have dragged her. She was holding onto false ass hope. Hopes that Cory will get better. Hopes to raise Reign in a healthy family unlike her own. None of that has happened and I think the guilt and shame has kept her in Sukoon. Ironic that the name of the shitty ass place means peace because it is anything but peaceful. I think it should be named HADES because it’s where souls go to wither and die. 455 square miles of filth, greed, deceit and destruction. All wrapped up in a beautiful community. Honestly, I’m convinced that the more unholy things that happen, the more beautiful it looks. People always think that the suburbs are where you go to prove that you are successful.That you have everything you’ve ever wanted in life. That you’ve made it. But honestly, behind the makeup, high heels, three-piece tailored suits, expensive cars, three-storey houses and white picket fences are the most vile and disgusting monsters you will ever have the displeasure of coming across. I am actually convinced that at the end of the day they shed their human skin and bask in their true forms in the comfort of their homes. I imagine them with blazing red eyes, black horns and cracked red skin with the stench of death.

“You’re pacing again.”

“Shoosh!”

“You drive me crazy when you pace like that.”

“I said shut up Carter! I can’t focus when you talk so much and I need to think. I need to do something.”

“You can’t focus when you pace either, and you only pace when you’re spiraling and spiraling has never helped you focus before so. Sit down and tell me what’s wrong. For Christ's sake, you’re making me dizzy.”

It has been five years. He can’t possibly still be looking for me right. Right? I’m sure by now he has had at least a dozen unsuspecting girls who think he hung the sun and moon himself. Who thinks he is a Greek God personified only to find out he is the Devil incarnate. When I left, he had a literal manhunt sent out for me. He had the local police doing his dirty deeds unbeknownst to them, and told them I was kidnapped. Foolish fools. I promised myself I would never go back. There was nothing left for me there. I know if he sees me he will kill me. My escape hurt his pride and his ego. He couldn't fathom the idea that I would actually leave him but I did. He has probably forgotten all about me now though. Last I heard he was appointed to the Senate Office.

I blink as Carter waves his hand in front of my face. “Earth to Ella.”

“I have to go back home, Carter.” I looked up after a long moment of silence to see a horrified look on his handsome face.

I met Carter five years ago. He was the person who picked me up the day I came out of the well. Turns out we were both running from something. Two broken souls that healed each other. He took me to the Hospital and refused to leave my side. We have been inseparable ever since. Carter is also from Sukoon but we grew up in completely different homes and lifestyles. My parents were barely scraping by and his family was loaded. It’s not my place to tell his story, but as soon as he got access to his trust fund, he fled. Thank God he chose that day.

“I have to look for Soleil. I know something is wrong. She hasn’t answered any of my emails or answered any of my calls in two months.We haven’t spoken since she told me about that job offer and I told her something was off and I didn't think she should do it. ”

“ Maybe she’s just mad at you. Maybe she’s just having a hard time settling into her new job. There are a lot of possibilities as to why she isn’t picking up her phone Ella, why do you have to automatically think the worst?” He questions.

“We’ve literally never gone more than three days without talking in the last 7 years. If she was mad she would never have let me hear the end of it. If she was settling into her job she would have told me , bragged about how I was wrong. I have to go look for her. She has no one. I’m her only hope. She’s my little sister Carter. I’m not asking you to come with me, I know you have your reasons to stay away from Sukoon but I have to find my sister.” I pleaded.

He sighs and drops down on the couch “I'm coming with you.”

“You really don't have to. I will understand if you don’t”. Carter takes my hand and kisses my fingers.

“ Shhh. I’ve told you already that you are stuck with me. We face everything together and that includes the demons of our past.”

We sat in silence for a moment. I guess we both just realized what we agreed to. We moved five thousand miles away just to get out of Sukoon and never looked back. We have no idea what is to come. But I push all my fears and anxiety aside because my gut tell me that Soleil is in trouble and she needs me. Her and Reign her 4 year old daughter.