Death by Tara Brown Page B

wish for you to help them fight fire with
fire."
    I ignored the single teardrop that slipped down my cheek
and filled the silent darkness with its splatter as it hit the cold stone
floor.
    "As you wish." My voice was strong, as was my
instant resolve to succeed in my mission. It was a problem with my kind. We
couldn’t turn away from him while we were loyal. We would follow his desires
and commands, no matter what. I dreaded the fact that soon that wouldn't be an
issue for me. Soon I would be free of him. For the good and the bad, I would be
free.
    "Thank you Lucifer. I can trust no one but you, The
Light Bearer, The Morning Star. You are my constant and you have my
heart."
    My lower lip trembled, but my eyes steeled against the pain
desperately trying to spread across my face.
    I gave a single nod. I spoke nothing to the light.
    I watched as the light left the room silently. It left me
in the shadow I had been hidden in before he came. I touched the column and
knew I would never be back.
    I thought of my best friend and instantly stood before him.
    He smiled at me, "You look like Michael has been
taking a piss again." He could see there was a difference in my eyes and
the way they saw the world.
    I shook my head slowly, wondering what expression my face held.
No matter what it was, it would never be close to the feelings that roamed my
insides.
    "I have been asked to do something and I need your
help."
    His smile faded. He tilted his head to the side,
"Whatever it is I'm out."
    I grinned bitterly, "You're in."
    "What is it?"
    The grin that has claimed my face had taken hold of my
heart, "We fall tomorrow."
    The reality of my words slipped across his face slowly.
Watching it was like watching the clouds move across the sky.
    I raised an eyebrow, "Dorian I need you."
    He licked his lips, as if stealing one more precious second
before answering me. "Of course love. This place was just getting boring
anyway."
    "We must get the others and prepare. We fall at
dawn."
     
    Her words fade out and the picture leaves my mind but her
fingers still burn my skin. I pull back. I feel sick for her.
    "You have suffered so greatly."
    She nods, "I guess. But no different than anyone else who
serves in a time such as this."
    "How long has it been a time such as this?"
    She looks tired for half a second and then shrugs, "A
long damned time. Now, enough chitchat. I want you to come with me. We made a
picture for you and Giselle. It's a chart of events and how they happened.
Major events. After this I want you to start tagging along with Dorian."
She turns sharply, "Not to screw him either."
    I flinch.
    She pulls me into a room with a wall of pictures and
timelines. I glance at Giselle. She looks confused.
    Lorri lets go of my hand, "Behave." She turns and
leaves.
    Giselle peeks her head out the doorway, "She is super
mean." She whispers.
    I nod, "I think in the other time I was a major slut. She
told me not to, well anyway, I think I did bad stuff."
    Giselle's beams, "Have you seen the hotties here? Damn
girl. I hope I was a slut."
    I laugh. She makes me feel better and I realize I like her.
    "I want that Aleks guy. Wow. He is a beast."
    I nod, "He is a big man." The memory of sitting on
his erection happens to float through my mind as I say those words. I blush
even more.
    "Just so no one shits where anyone else eats, who you
calling dibs on?"
    The sentence almost takes me a minute. I frown, "Wow.
That was super gross. Okay. Uhm, none. You can have them all. It's not real.
Attraction from a distance is real but their lust and sexual hunger is forced
on you. It's not real."
    She shrugs, "I'm a succubus. Some dude named Oliver made
me this way. If I have to kill people to eat, I'm going to need a hobby. Sex
with all these hotties seems like a pretty sweet gig."
    I shake my head, "Gross." But I can't fight the smile.
    "We need some perks to this shit, Aimes. We didn’t even
do anything to have this happen. I've already killed three people."
    My