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A man was sitting comfortably on a big divan, facing the fireplace, while his hand was holding a glass of whisky. Then suddenly, the corner of his lips lifted into a sneer and his voice resonated, "Hello, Satan. I was waiting for you."
A big figure flapped his wings and flew toward the sitting man, and the man didn't sit back, he also turned into a devil, changing his green eyes to red and opening his black wings, while his wing took him higher to dodge the attack of Satan.
"You never have done this in hell, but today you are on fire because of that girl. Isn't it amazing?" the red-eyed devil said and rushed to Satan, Alexander.
"As I've already declared in hell that only I can play with my prey and I will decide when she will die or how long she will live," Alexander growled at the devil and lobbed a punch toward him, but it didn't fall on the devil, however, it destroyed the ceiling.
"You are breaking the rules. Her death has been written about a long ago, but you are stopping it from happening. For what?" The red-eyed devil, Lucifer snarled back, his counterattack wasn't little either, his fist fell on Alexander which was swift but not as powerful as he was capable.
Yet, it forced Alexander to slip back. As Alexander slotted, his big nails dug the floor, leaving a big varmint's scratched marks.
Alexander darted again toward him when Lucifer threw him on the wall, destroying the part of the wall too.
"Huh! You are very weak, Satan. The dominator of hell is so fragile. Isn't it sound fun?" Lucifer mocked. In a jiffy, his hand lit a ball of fire and a scene began in it. A woman was running with a child in her hand. The child was about ten years old. Suddenly she stopped and cried.
"I did wrong, not my child. I can be your slave. Please take me," the woman begged, kneeling with her child who was unable to wake up despite her mother's screaming as if the child was under some kind of influence.
In a split second, a car honked behind the woman, but before she could move that car hit her, and she went too far for the impact, her body also slammed into an enormous stone.
As the fire snuffed out, Lucifer spoke, "I was wondering what happened to the child, to that woman's arm. Did the child die with her mother, which should have happened?"
"I sent souls every time the hell needed it. Don't fuck here, Lucifer. This is the last time I'm warning you. Don't meddle with my matter," Alexander angrily said and returned in human form, then resumed again, "Go back to the hell. Hell will see me when the time comes."
"Your words are not bad, but I also decided to stay here for a couple of months. I want to feel like a human without power, eating, living, poking one's life. Like you, I also want to see how humans step into sins.
Finally, I am stepping into something interesting. I know your pain, ruling the same place long, is so boring. So consider me as your pal. Haha!" Lucifer blabbered again, pouring for himself a glass of whisky when Alexander again warned him, stopping his steps on the stairs, "I don't care what you are planning. Stay away from her, you know me."
"Yes. But what you did today will summon more trouble for the girl. I am not only your enemy, Satan, more will come," Lucifer said, more like proposed, raising the glass and shot down. At that moment, Alexander vanished from the stairs, leaving the destroyed living room.
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As the dawn broke, a few knocks on the door welcomed the three women. They haven't woken up yet when they have classes within two hours.
"Bella, wake up," Bernard knocked and called his daughter, who further dipped her head into the pillow to ignore the noises.
"Girls," again Bernard called. This time Bethany and Danny both sat up and rubbed their eyes before answering uncle Bernard, "Yes uncle, will be down in a minute."
"Thank you," answered Bernard, heaving a sigh. This was the first time he called his daughter so many times because every day Bella woke up on time, she never forgot to set the alarm on her clock.
'Today is exceptional. Maybe they slept late,' Bernard agreed with his thoughts and came downstairs.
"Bella, wake up. Give us something to wear for the college," Danny said and went to the bathroom.
Isabella woke up. And the first thing she did was check her phone as if it was like an instant reminder that just knocked her head as soon as she got up.
But to her disappointment, there was no new mail in her mailbox.
She sighed and locked the phone back. Just then her phone rang. She swiftly turned the phone screen with fleeting excitement, but again her dismay hugged her because the call was from Noah.
"Hello, morning, Noah," Isabella first greeted Noah but instead of greeting her back Isabella heard Noah's jumpy voice
"Did you hear the news?"
"What news?" Isabella questioned him, her brow drawn together, and she straightened her back. There was also a bubbling tension inside her because Rachel's problem hadn't been solved yet. Although that devil gave her his words, still she can't completely trust him.
"Do you know Paoli from the chemistry department?" Noah asked because Isabella didn't know many of the students of the college as she never talked with them much.
"Yes, I know her. But what happened?" Isabella asked and this time Bethany also looked toward Isabella.
"She had an accident last night and is badly injured, and her tongue is cut off," As Noah concluded, Isabella stunned Bethany with a startled voice, "What?"
"What happened, Bella?" Bethany asked, looking at Isabella.
"Paoli has had an accident," Isabella replied. It was too shocking. They spoke last night.
Bethany took the phone from Isabella and asked Noah about the incident when Noah shocked her with another incident.
"George also had an accident near his house. Now he is in a coma."
"What? George too?" Bethany cried out loudly when Danny also got out of the bathroom.
"What happened?" Danny asked, who just came out wearing a towel because of screams, at first Isabella, then Bethany.
"Paoli and George had an accident," Bethany completed when Isabella shouted, "What? George also, how? When?" Isabella didn't hear George's news because Bethany took her phone. She cannot make herself stable from Paoli's news, and now George's news shook her because they both talked with her last night.
"Let's go to college," Danny suggested, and the three of them were quickly refreshed. To their surprise, Bernard had already made breakfast for them, which they found out when they reached downstairs and saw Bernard making pancakes. But they are not in a position to have breakfast and they explain the reason, which further stresses Bernard.
The condition of the two students was dangerous, and how much their parents are suffering Bernard can feel because he is also a father.
Isabella's father didn't stop them, because they are the same college student, but he too was getting restless as he heard the news. His heart said that something was coming and that he needed to save his daughter. And the same feelings he had in Isabella's childhood when he lost her beloved.
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