Belial left after Roman told us what we had to do. Seth led us to a large sitting area so we could take in what we just heard. I sat down on the couch with my head in my hands.
"Why don't we call the police? Get some help?" Skylar asks.
"And tell them what? I am trapped inside a castle?" Brett said.
"Lord Lucifers ward would stop them at the gate," Seth said.
"Are you alright?" Roman asks sitting next to me.
"No, I'm not," I say. He frowns at this and slips his arm around my shoulders.
"Why don't you stay? I can give you everything you desire and more," Roman asks. I shake my head at his offer.
"I can't. I have my family to think about," I said and he starts to rub my shoulder.
"Think about it baby girl. How about we get you into a shower and into some new clothes? And a weapon that works?" Roman asks. I nod and we stand up. The group looks towards us.
"I am going to take her to get cleaned up and changed. The rest of you should get some rest. It is going to be a busy day tomorrow," Roman said. Seth looks at him and Roman glares. Seth nods and tells my cousins to follow him. I follow Roman to a large beautiful room. Half the room was I giant glass window that showed the outside. It was dark but the garden outside gave off a creepy red glow. I turned around to see Roman pulling out a pair of sweats and a t-shirt. He waves for me to follow him him and he leads me to a bathroom. It looked well taken care of.
"Here, take a shower and the clothes on the bed are for you. I'll be back after I check on the rest of your group," Roman states. He leaves the bathroom before I could respond. I quickly shower and get dressed. The t shirt and pants were baggy but it was better then my clothes at the moment. I walked around the room looking at various objects when a shining object caught my eye. I walked over to it and picked it up. It was a key with a shield on it. It looked familiar so I placed it into the sweat pant pocket. I moved around the room until I came to a book case.
"Smart women always were a turn on," a deep voice said. I jumped and turned to see a man sitting on the bed. His blue eyes scanned me up and down.
"Who are you?" I as and he smirked.
"Wouldn't you like to know. Are you enjoying your time with the hound?" He asks. My eyes narrow and his smirk faltered.
"You won't answer me so why should I answer you?" I said.
"Feisty. Call me Lucien. Now will you answer me?" He asks.
"Yes I am," I said and he gets up from the bed.
"And what do you like about the hound?" Lucien asks. Before I could answer the door opens and Roman steps in. I look to where Lucien stood and he was gone. Weird.
"The rest of the group is napping. We will continue in a few hours," Roman states. I nod in response. I lay down on the bed. I feel Roman lay down next to me. I fall into peaceful sleep 10 minutes later.
I wake up to a loud banging noise. I try to sit up but couldn't due to an arm around my waist. I struggle and Roman pulled me closer to him and starts nuzzling the top of my head. Another loud bang is heard and Roman sits up.
"What is that?" I ask getting out of the bed. I grab my shoes, that were now dry, and put them on.
"Executioners," Roman states and I look at him confused. He shakes his head and grabs something from the side of the bed. He places a sword and gun on the bed.
"These are for you," Roman states and I smile.
"Thanks," I smile as I grab the gun and sword. He then hands me a leather jacket with a belt. I place my sword in the belt after I put it on. Roman opens the door and I follow him out. The hallway was clear and we walk down another hall. I hear three gunshots and a loud bang coming from down the hall. I follow Roman and I see a giant thing standing in the hall. It wore a black ripped trench coat and was grand and bald. I point my gun at it and shot it in the head. It froze and slowly turned around. I almost gag at its rotting face. It's face looked melted together and only one eye could be seen. Instead of a hand the thing had a large hatchet attached to its arm. It raised its "hand" and aimed it at Roman. Roman ducked and I shot at it again. The thing looked at me and charged at me with its hatchet raised. I start shooting at it and it doesn't even slow the thing down. Roman tackles the thing and Brett shoots the thing in its neck. Skylar stands over it and slices its head off. The body stops moving but the head lets out a loud roar. Seth stomps on its head and it stops the noise.
"What was that thing?" Sean asks looking at the even more disfigured head.
"An executioner. Since we are all up we should get moving," Seth said.
"Wait. What is an executioner?" Skylar asks.
"One of the many creatures we are going to see while Turing to find the Dark Prince," Seth said.
"Great," Brett said. We head towards a hall that looked familiar. We go down a set of stairs and Seth turns to a large metal door. He pulls out a key and opens the door. I shiver as I see total darkness in the doorway.
"Same rotation as before but Brett will be before Caroline," Seth said. We all nod as Seth pulls out a flashlight and leads the way. We descent down a long spiraling staircase for an hour. I glance back at Roman who kept looking at me. I look forward and he chuckles. At the end of the staircase was a large entryway. Checker board tiles were on the floor and the walls were a deep red. Torches lined the walls giving the room a scary glow. I looked around the room and noticed seven doors. Each had a word above them. I walk towards one of the doors and read the word "sloth." I walked over to another and read "greed."
"The seven deadly sins," Sean said out loud. Great now what?
"Each living thing has a fault. Each fault falls under one of the seven deadly sins. To pass to the next area we have to pass the test behind one of these doors," Seth said. I almost groan at this.
"How do we know which door we are suppose to go through?" I ask looking at the doors. In the center of the room stood a large golden goblet that held a blue flame. In front of the goblet was paper and a quill and ink.
"Write you name on the paper and place it in the fire. Your name will be written on the door you must go threw," Roman explained. Each of us, besides Seth and Roman, did as requested. A few minutes later the doors started to glow. Skylar groaned at the door that held her name. I laughed as I saw her stand in front of "pride." Sean stood in front of "lust" which surprised me. Brett stood in front on "envy." I looked around and looked confused when my name was etched in "wrath." Roman stood beside me.
"I don't know why it's on this one," I whisper.
"You will find out when you enter. Caroline?" He stops. I turn to look at him and he pulls me close and kisses me. I freeze, shocked at Roman pulls me closer to him. One of his hands bends my head up towards him while the other kept me in place. I start to enjoy the kiss and then he pulls away. His grey eyes are darker and I feel a bulge by my stomach.
"Be careful," Roman whispers in my ear then pushes me into the door.