Faith of the Fallen

4.RisenFallen

MAX's POV

"Don't worry, I just have something to sort out real quick." I said to Alexander, he looked at me and then to Emily who realised she is not alone, then he turned and walked away from me and back into the bar without saying a word.

I sighed knowing I could always explain to him later, but right now I needed to deal with a b***h. As I walked over to Emily, the dark shadow hanging over her caught my eye again, it raised my suspicion that the woman before me was not from the mortal realm, or maybe she is simply possessed. I decided I could not leave it up to chance and swiftly grabbed Emily around her throat and pushed her up against the wall.

Her phone fell with a c***k on the ground beneath our feet, her eyes widened and I could see she was about to scream, I quickly placed my free hand over her mouth to stop her and it made my anger flare as the dark cloud around her aura began to grow, confirming my earlier suspicions.

"Show yourself demon!" I demanded and her eyes immediately turned black, I read the inscription on the demon soul and quickly identified which demon stood here before me. "Eligor! How dare you cause havoc in the human realm, who sent you!" I slowly let go of their mouth, keeping the other still tightly around her throat, giving it an extra squeeze to show my anger and dominance.

"Sorry, my Lord. Nobody sent me, I came to see you, but seeing such a vulnerable specimen close to you, I thought what harm could a small prank do. Seeing your anger and disappointment, I apologize deeply my Lord." Eligor lowered his head in respect for the Prince I am and to mourn for the mistake he had made in my presence.

I sighed and let go of him. "How much is left of this human's soul?"

"Uhm- my Lord I uhh-"

"TELL ME!" I raised my voice and I knew my eyes were now glowing a crimson red with my rage as I felt him shudder under my control.

"Nothing, my Lord, a soul as pure as this, I've never had something as good as this in Hell, I had no self control." He seemed ashamed at his actions, but as a demon spawned in Gluttony's kingdom, I knew they were raised with little to no self-control.

I stepped away from him as my options of what to do started running through my mind but I simply felt lost, I didn't know what to do. My special night with Alexander has been ruined, I have no idea how long he has taken over the life of Emily, she was gone now.

Dead. My rage kept growing and it was starting to consume me, Wrath would be envious if he saw me right now. Without giving it another though my hand flew into their chest and I ripped the non beating heart out of their body, I looked at the heart in my hand, it was not the rich red colour it was supposed to be, instead it was pitch black sludge, with black ooze dripping out, as Emily's lifeless body slowly slid down the wall to the ground next to her broken phone.

I heard a high pitch scream and I turned around just in time to see Alice running back into the bar, I had no idea how long she had been there, but by the sound of her distress I knew she had seen enough as I ran after her. Bumping into people along the way and short on her heels she reaches Alexander before me, she rumbles over her words as she is out of breath but I already knew it was too late.

Alexander looked at me and I could see the pain in his eyes. Alice's hand reaches for the phone behind the bar but she suddenly freezes in place, I looked around the room, the music had stopped and everyone was frozen, Alexander had frozen time. My eyes widened, both me and Alexander had though that he lost his powers, I looked at him with surprise and saw the realisation on his face.

He walked passed every one on his way to me, being careful not to touch them.

"Outside. Now." He walked back to the alley and I simply followed him.

When we got outside, the air felt colder than normal.

"YOU KILLED A MORTAL!?" Alexander screeched as he saw Emily's form lying on the ground.

I was too late to doge and I felt a fist hit me square on my jaw with an intense force I was not expecting. I stumbled but regained my balance and managed to block his second blow.

"I can explain, okay? Just look at her and you-"

"I see a dead body! A dead Human. A DEAD MORTAL!" His eyes started glowing a bright yellow and I flinched seeing this, he somehow had access to his angelic powers.

"Alexander, please, listen to me, it wasn't-"

He started throwing punches as he spoke to me. "YOU. WERE. LATE. THEN. THIS. HUMAN. CAUGHT YOUR EYE. THEN. YOU. KILL. HER." He ended the sentence with a solid kick to my right leg bringing me down to my knees.

He grabbed my hair, forcing me to look up at him through my swollen eye and making me flinch as he raises his hand to punch me again, only for him to suddenly collapse. He began to yell in pain I adjusted myself, not having it in me to fight my love, I was consumed by worry when he suddenly become too silent.

I crawled closed to him, not having regained my strength back, worried that he was unconscious and having no idea what just happened. As I softly put my hand on his shoulder and call out his name in a soft whisper, he flinches and sits upright. He stood up and towered over me.

"Alexander? Are you okay?" I asked, as I felt my body began to heal, regaining strength.

I looked at Alexander, we made eye contact, his blue eyes were now gone completely, they were a glowing gold colour, my heart almost stopped when I realised his short black hair was suddenly growing at an extended pace, quickly he had the same beautiful blonde luscious locks he had in Heaven.

"Alexander?" I asked my voice shaking.

He glared at me. "You may address me as Gabriel." Suddenly two fleckless white wings unfolded from behind him. "I am a forgiven, with this I forgive you now." And then he vanished.

Gone.