Chapter 12

Evelyn’s POV:

          I couldn’t believe that Sterling was there; actually standing right in front of me. I was so ashamed at what I had done that I didn’t even deserve to be rescued. When Dorian broke my hand, I watched Sterling’s face, he looked horrified at what Dorian had done and verbalized it as well. I cradled my hand and tried not to scream out at the immense pain I was feeling just then.

          I could no longer look at Sterling and I stared at the floor trying to not feel worthless. I felt Dorian touch the side of my face and I moved my head away in disgust before they left the room. After the door closed I could hear Dorian saying “It will be a pleasure” and then utter and complete silence. It was maddening…I wanted to hear any noise; something to let me know Sterling was still alive.

          I then heard a crash that made me jump, and then nothing once again. Something was definitely going on and I needed to get the hell out of here so I could help Sterling. I looked around the room, the only way out was the door and I was in no shape to knock that thing down with a broken hand, and ribs. I slowly stood up which exhausted me already and walked over to the door. I pressed my ear against the door to see if I could hear anything and suddenly I was thrown back against the cave wall.

          “Mmmm…” I moaned trying to sit back up. What the hell was that? I then noticed that the door has a sort of field around it, “Dorian.” I whispered. He must have put some sort of spell around the door that only he can open, stupid smart a*s slayer. I staggered back towards the door, careful not to touch it. I sat there staring at it, wondering if there was any way to undo the spell.

          Then I heard a clicking noise and the door started to open, I staggered back as best I could and there standing in the doorway was…Angeline. “Shh…I’m so sorry about earlier Evelyn. I had to prove to Dorian that I was still on his side. Sorry about the spell I put on you.” Her expression seemed to be mellower now that she wasn’t in Dorian’s presence. “What are you doing here?” I asked in a low whisper.

          “To help you of course.” She smiled briefly. “What about Dorian?” “He’s preoccupied with your boyfriend at the moment; now let’s get you out of here before he decides to come back.” As we walk back to the door I whisper, “Thank you.”

Sterling’s POV:

          As I stood there watching Dorian come at me with a huge sword, all I could do was stare at it. I was a fallen angel but never in my life experience was I ever trained to fight someone with a sword. This was going to be interesting. As he swung at me I took a step sideways and then another to the other side. This made Dorian more infuriated then before and it was making me kind of cocky.

          I looked around for something to use against him that will withhold a sword and found a long silver tube; piping is what first came to my mind. I picked it up just as Dorian reached me and I heard the clang of the metal hitting one another. I could feel the pressure of the sword and pipe together as Dorian pushed down to make me drop me to my knees, but I fought the urge to drop to ground. He wasn’t going to win this time; someone had to bring this slayer down and that person was going to be me.

          As I was thinking of my master plan; I was interrupted from my reverie. “Just give up abomination!” he took another swing at my head as I ducked and rolled out behind him. He growled as I got up to my feet and took a swing at him with my pipe. He swung one leg out and took both of my legs out from under me. I hit the ground and felt the air rush out of my lungs, and I was dizzy. I struggled to get up but Dorian was already on top of me holding his sword in his hand, smiling. “Now you will be sent back to the very place you should have been sent to when you were first born.”

          This was it, I was going to die like this; a coward. I tried to defend myself with the pipe; but he kicked it from my hand and it moved out of my reach. He took another step forward and lowered his sword to my throat and laughed. “This is how a fallen angel of the Hugh line will be destroyed; by the hand of Dorian Whitmore.” I tried to stall him, “This is how you are going to kill a fallen angel? Not let him fight till the death, just pin him against a wall and kill him? Like a trapped animal?” I was pushing my luck, but maybe this would distract him enough for me to come up with a plan. I just needed one last moment to figure something out, but that moment would pass all too quickly.

Evelyn’s POV:

          I was lost in the maze of tunnels Angeline was taking me down, but then finally I could see a light coming from what looked to be an exit. “Just go straight ahead. I already made sure Dorian’s men were no where in sight to see you escape. Now run!” she gave me a gentle push; but I stopped dead in my tracks. “No.” I whispered. “Evelyn, you need to go now. If you don’t Dorian will kill both of us.” She had a frantic look on her face. “I have to help Sterling, he could be in trouble.” My voice was growing a bit louder now. “There is nothing you can do for him. I am sorry for your friend, but I’m sure Dorian has killed him by now.” “No, I know he is still alive. I can sense it.”

          I turned in the direction we had just come and followed my instincts on where Sterling and Dorian would be. Angeline followed behind me quietly. We finally heard what seemed to be some talking and peeked around a stone wall; there was Sterling, all bloody and beaten lying against one of the stone walls, and Dorian was holding a sword next to his throat. Sterling looked helpless. Why wasn’t he getting up and fighting? He was a fallen angel for crying out loud. I wanted to yell at him and tell him to get up, but I couldn’t.

          I turned to Angeline, “Is there something you can do?” I asked trying to hide the hysteria in my voice. “I might be able to use my power of distraction; but it will only be for a second. You better make sure you have a plan ready so that you can get Sterling out of there. Dorian will succumb to my powers, but only for a moment. He is a very powerful slayer.” I nodded. I needed to save Sterling; he had saved me so many times and now I was going to return the favor. Me and Angeline whispered our under-developed plan and agreed on one thing: save Sterling.

          This was going to be harder than I thought. I was hiding behind a stone wall about 2 feet away from Sterling. Angeline was positioned on the other side standing only a few feet from Dorian, as well. Our plan: Angeline distracts Dorian and I then pull Sterling out and into a secret tunnel where we can then make our escape. It seemed like a great plan at the time, but you know things happen unexpectedly and well, of course, our plan didn’t go the way it should have.

          As I watched Angeline call Dorian from the shadows I started to come out from where I was hiding to get to Sterling, but I only got a few inches out and then Dorian turned right back around and faced Sterling; like nothing had phased him. I immediately went back to where I had been, trying to calm myself down. I was listening closely on their conversation, when I heard a low chuckle and then I heard Sterling say, “If this is what must be done to keep her safe.” I knew that I needed to step in the way; I was going to sacrifice myself for Sterling. “NO!!!!!” I screamed jumping in the way of the incoming sword.

 

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