Cold Hearts

Chapter 3

Taken

I woke the next morning to a shrilling scream. My eyes flew open; it could only be one person, Lilly. I ran out in to the throne room as fast as I could without thinking. The door was wide open; someone had come in to my castle.

I ran out the door, but I was stopped dead in my tracks when I saw that a winged demon was holding her in his grasp, His arm tightly around her neck. I will never forget the look of fear on her face at that moment, the look that said, 'Help me.'

"LET HER GO!" I yelled. The demon just looked at me with devilish eyes.

"You don't disserve this beautiful angel," he hissed through his teeth. The demon looked down at Lilly and pressed his cheek against hers as if he were going to lick her.

"HEY!" I yelled again. My thoughts began to race, I had to protect her, I couldn't lose another one.

The demon looked back up at me with an evil glare and smiled. He through his head back and laughed, spreading his wings then bending down to take off. As soon as I realized what he was doing I lunged forward to stop him, but I was to late, he took off with the only person that cared for me.

I fell to my knees in defeat, lifting my hands in to the air and screaming wildly, "LILLY!" I yelled and began to cry, but my sadness was soon replaced with anger and I stood up, taking in deep breaths to stop myself from ripping the skin from my chest in insanity.

I started to run. I ran and ran as fast as I could through the forest. My eyes were closed most of the way, tears fell down my cheeks, but I wiped them away to make the anger take over me entirely. I wanted to kill that demon, I wanted to rip his heart from his chest and feed it to the dogs, I wanted to smash his f'n head in.

I could hear Lilly's screams in the distance, I was getting closer. The sound of her screaming only made my anger stronger and I ran faster. I stopped at an old temple, I could hear her screaming inside, "I'm coming Lilly!" I yelled.

I looked around to find some kind of weapon and to my luck there was an old sword lying on the ground by the stairs. I picked it up and held tightly in my fist, stomping up the dusty steps. That stupid demon doesn't know who he's messing with, never take away the love of a Djinn, never.

I entered the dark cold room; there were no sounds. "Come out, come out were ever you are." I grinned evilly; the excitement of the hunt rushed through my vanes in the form of adrenaline.

I heard a creek far in front of me and my head sprung in that direction. I walked forward with caution, the old floorboards cracking under my boots. Without warning I was attacked from above and I fell to the floor. Once I regained hold of what was going on, I realized that the demon was on top of me, trying to rip apart my flesh with his claws.

I smacked the demon across the room with ease and he hit the wall hard. I walked over to him and picked him up by the throat, pushing him back against the wall. "You picked the wrong day to mess with me pal," I said in to his face. With a swift strike of my sword I jammed it in to the demon's stomach. He let out an ear-piercing scream and blood gushed from his mouth.

I dropped the body and began to franticly search for Lilly. I discovered her body in far back of the temple, she lay on the floor, I didn't know weather or not she was alive. I knelt down next to her and my sorrowful emotions came back. I wrapped my arms around her and looked her in the face. "Lilly?" I sobbed.

Slowly her eyes began to open. Her mouth smiled, but her eyes didn't, she looked tired and then she cringed in pain. "What?" I looked down at her abdomen, a streak of blood flowed across her stomach, the demon had clawed her.

Her eyes began to close again as if she were going to faint. "Lilly! No, don't close your eyes, stay with me!" I yelled, shaking her to keep her awake. Despite my efforts to keep her awake, she still fainted in my arms.

I rushed her out of the old dingy temple and let out a loud whistle, summoning a large dog like creature on witch I rode back to castle as fast as possible.