Max POV

The second hell was significantly freakier than the first one. On the both sides of the narrow, filthy streets were sleeping hundreds of people, none of them having a peaceful night. I observed them with horror, as struggled, blindly kicked their legs, hit their head against the pavement crying out loud and wailing from pain. The sounds they made alternated with silent murmurs of deep inhuman voices. I took a step closer to Fang, suddenly feeling insecure. I was afraid that any moment some of them would grab my leg and pull me into the parade of freaks.

"Hey, don't worry. You're safe. No one will hurt you when you're with me, at least not them. They are just petty criminals, who have to pay for their sins. That's their punishment. Though their souls are free during the day, at night the demons of nightmares pester them, in order to manipulate their subconsciousness." Fang whispered into my ear, as he realized my slight disturbance. He wrapped his strong arm around my waist and brought me closer to himself. I didn't complain, wanting to divert my attention from the horrifying sounds. Thinking about the warmth of his body let me relax a bit.

"If that's the easiest penance, I don't want to know what people are forced to go through in seventh hell..." I muttered under my breath, glimpsing at the poor, tired faces. Fang chuckled at that and slightly squeezed my side. We kept on trudging through the mass of bodies till we got to a giant market square. With sick fascination I stared at the mass of weird creatures roaming around it and rushing from one stall to another. Their forms were as various and fascinating as frightening. "Wha-What's this? This place, those persons, these stalls... What's going on here" I faltered, catching Fang's sleeve, not averting my eyes from the scene in between me. My eyes locked on the petite, human-looking girl, standing in the very middle of the square. Her naked body was burning, though surprisingly the flames didn't do her skin any harm. Her eyes had no pupils nor iris. They were completely white, as if turned backwards. Suddenly a creature resembling a giant snake opened it's wide mouth and swallowed the girl so quickly that I barely noticed the moves. I shut my eyes and gasped silently. Fang leaned down to my ear and whispered

"Nothing interesting... They're just trading souls. Nothing you should be interested in. Don't look at them. If they'll realize who you are..." he trailed, speeding up his pace. I frowned, before catching up with him.

"You think they might know that I'm still alive?" I asked, slowly understanding what it would mean if they did.

"That's what I'm least worried about... " he replied, almost whispering the last word. He cautiously looked around, nervously biting his lower lip. I scanned the place too not really sure what to look for. Fang froze suddenly, his eyes locking on someone. Then out of blue he grabbed my arm and pushed me toward the dirty building wall. Grabbing fist full of my hair, he pulled my face toward his and smacked those luscious lips against mine. His hard body pressed against mine, as his right hand caught my leg and wrapped it around his waist. Just when the lack of air kicked in and everything in front of my eyes began to blur, Fang pulled away, allowing me to deeply inhale. Not thinking straightly, it took me a while to realize, that after tracking wet kisses down my throat, Fang began to intensively nip at my collarbone. Blushing crimson red, using all my strength I pushed him away. Almost immediately he took a step back, but instead of apologizing, looked around as if trying to find the suspicious person he saw earlier.

"Come, Max. We're not safe here." he explained shortly, before throwing me over his shoulder and taking off running.

DYLAN POV

"What are you doing here, son? Especially in this clothes? Is something wrong?" the Prophecy asked silently, as she approached me to examine my face. Her expression was concerned as she softly rubbed her warm hands against my cheeks to heat them disgust, I pulled away and shook my head.

"Everything is wrong, since you decided to romance with two kings at the same time!" I burst at her, clenching my fists to control my anger "Ever since you decided to cheat on my father, him and Trevous are in constant war! And now... the things are getting out of control" I cried, feeling as if the occurring problems where to much for me. Mother watched me carefully, sad expression appearing on her face. She lifted her hand in my direction, but seeing me jerking away, let it slowly fall next to her side.

"You know I never meant to-"she started to explain herself, but I cut her off immediately. I didn't want to hear her lies anymore. I was sick and tired of it. She always told me the same crap about her one night stand with the Hell's King. According to her words at that time she was feeling 'insecure' and 'lonely' since my dad had no time for her, therefore decided to seek for consolation somewhere else. She never told my father about her little excursions to hell, so imagine his surprise, when one day she announced him that she was pregnant. Feeling mad, he kicked her out of the heaven, leaving me without motherly love and attention. She became the judge of the souls, forever becoming a prisoner of the Luna. Since that day both- Angels and Demons are forced to fight for each soul and against each other. Even though both kings promised the woman of their lives, that they won't start a war, each of them was plotting and searching for ways to destroy each other. I was still very young at that moment, not really understanding the situation. I was feeling left out and sad, wishing nothing more than to have someone to love me. One day, I escaped from heaven to visit my mom and talk to her. She welcomed me with a warm embrace, making me feel complete again. I begged her to come back, yet she explained it was to complicated to happen. She advised me to visit the earth and find me somebody to love...

I blinked couple of times and faced the Prophecy again.

"Whatever. That's not why I came here. The problem is much bigger than that." I said in a cold tone, before nicking at Gazzy. Noticing my sign he stepped out and handed her the envelope.

"What's this" mother asked, twisting it around in her hands with a confused face.

"The permission for incursion into hell"

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