A demon came trotting toward us, Raffe put an arm around my shoulder, gliding me back to his side. My breath was hitched and I leaned into Raffe, he held onto me tightly.
SAM- I was happy to see Raffe was taking care of Penryn, I could just see how he held her that he would give up his final breath for her at least he better But I could also tell he had a lot of problems with our relationship.
RAFFE- The demon lead us to a large, stone wall with an iron door, a growl escaped my throat and Penryn stiffened beside me.
The demon whimpered and ran off with its pointed tail between its legs, "well, since I happen to like your pet Raffe, I figured I might as well give you all a chance to earn your freedom. Three challenges, if you complete them all, I'll let you all go, and my pets will never bother you again. If you don't though… You two boys get to leave while I get her" Lucifer's voice echoed down the hall as he walked toward us.
I narrowed my eyes and me and Sam stepped in front of Penryn protectively, "don't think about it" I snarled. "Oh, what? I little competition too much for the great Arch-Angel Raphael" Lucifer baited me.
"You're not going to touch her… I've laid my claim on her. She's mine." I spoke coldly.
PENRYN- Take claim to me? I decided to keep my mouth shut but that was going to nag me. Lucifer smiled, "details, details, we can talk about payment afterwards. So do we have an agreement?" Lucifer asked glancing at me. Raffe stayed quiet, "for now…" he mumbled, Lucifer smiled, "lovely, shall we start" he motioned toward the iron door.
RAFFE- I laced my hand with Penryn's "we shall" I said as calmly as possible, Lucifer grinned and opened the door "who's first?" he said Sam stepped up, he had guts I'll give him that.
PENRYN- I knew Sam was only afraid of spiders but I still paced nervously, I heard a sharp screech from inside the walls. I shivered and picked up my pace, Raffe caught me by the waist but I couldn't help my nervous movements. Sam finally came out of the door with misty eyes, I jumped into his arms. Sam hugged me, "thank god, I thought I lost you" he mumbled I hugged him back, "nope still here" I said softly.
Separating myself from him, Raffe was lined up next with a nonchalant look on his face. "Be safe" I said quietly and pressed a kiss to his cheek, he smiled and kissed me back "same for you, I'll be back in no time"
RAFFE- I honestly wasn't sure what I was most afraid of, I knew I was afraid of losing Penryn but I knew that wouldn't happen when I was with her. I glanced around the open space. Nothing happened. Suddenly the room began getting smaller, my heart rate picked up slightly, an image of Penryn and Sam tangled together with their lips locked together filled my vision. I shook the thought from my head, the room was still getting smaller. I took a deep breath, Did I really having Claustrophobia? No way… That was such a- a human fear. Taking a calming breath, I thought about flying and the feeling in my stomach when I was around Penryn, it was free, open and last as the sky. The door opened behind me, that was easy walking out of the room, Penryn was on me, his lips on mine. Her heart was beating quickly, she was nervous for me, how cute.
PENRYN- A wave of relief passed over me, "are you sure you can do this?" Raffe asked me, brushing my hair away. I nodded, "yeah, how hard can it be" I said calmly. Raffe pressed a small kiss to my lips and stepped away, "I'll be right here when you get out" he smiled warmly. I smiled weakly and entered the room.
Everything was dark, blurry figures passed around me, a small one was lingering in front on me. I walked toward it. I shouldn't have. Paige was lying in a pool of blood, her throat was torn open, I dropped to my knees and screamed. "Penryn!" Raffe and Sam called from outside, I couldn't tear my eyes away from the mangled mess that was my sister. My heart raced, dribbles of sweat formed on the back of my neck, tears burned my eyes and it was hard to breath. "Penryn?!" Raffe shouted outside, it was filled with nerves but I lost track of what was happening. "Penryn… Listen to me. Nothing in there is real" Sam's voice spoke through the iron. I took deep breaths, "it's not real" I muttered to myself, my heart hiccupped but I just couldn't believe it. It's your fault, you didn't protect her. You failed your soul purpose. Echoed in my head, with shaking hands I reached out to touch her. Someone else's scream filled the room, it was my mother she ran over to me. Hate burned in her eyes, "you killed her!" she screeched and began chanting to her demons. "Penryn! It's not real! Get your head out of there" Raffes voice rang through the walls.
Everything seemed to go quiet and cold, it felt like I was being swallowed by a black hole from the inside out. Running my hand through my hair, I slammed my eyes shut. She wasn't dead, she was with Lou, Lisa and my dad. She wasn't dead. I told myself repeatedly.
RAFFE- I knew the things in there were fake, that nothing could actually hurt my Penryn but the pit in my stomach was killing me, hearing her screams, knowing I couldn't help her, knowing I'm the one that let her in there without a fight. It killed me, I also couldn't ignore the fact, Lucifer was standing right beside me with a smug smile, a smile that said you know you can't hurt me, I could if I wanted too, but I feared it would cost Penryn.