The shadows.
How could I forget them. They've been apart of me for so long that I'd always assume that they were present. Always watching, constantly hovering around, whispering dark thoughts
"What did you do with the shadows"
I tried for years to get rid of them. How could they just banish all of a sudden.
"I see that now I have your full attention"
"Answer the fucking question,what did you do with the shadows "
"If my intell is correct,they were banished back to the pits of hell as you were burning "
Shit.
"You have no fucking idea of what the consequences are huh"
"I will not tolerate any foul language in my office!"
"What if I say no to your stupid requests huh,what are you going to do about it!"
"Simple. I will send my men right this instant to end the life of your pathetic mother and then afterwards I will ensure that she ends up in hell and burns for all eternity "
These people sure have a lot of courage, audacity and they for sure do not value their lives as much as they should.
How dare they involve my mother into all of this! She didn't do anything wrong ,heck she probably doesn't even know where I am right now
She was probably extremely worried because the last words that I spoke to her must have scared if not traumatized her
"Don't you fucking dare bring my mother into this ".
"You have no choice Solace"
No choice. Those are two words that I will forever hate . Not having a choice. For so long I have never had a choice and that somehow made me feel vulnerable and hopeless.
In my darkest hour, the shadows would show me various scenarios that would probably happen in the future
Visions of me being covered in the blood of people that I care about
At times the showed me images of myself mercilessly slaughtering multitudes of people
My eyes in each vision and images were void of any human emotion
I looked like a cold blooded killer who enjoyed bathing in blood
In the beginning I tried to console myself by saying that that was not me and it would never be me but deep inside I always knew the truth
That was me in the future and for me to reach that level then
"You can't drag her soul to hell. She hasn't done anything wrong"
"You'd be surprised. I feel sorry for her though . Having to have given birth to such a useless wicked child as yourself "
He was echoing what the shadows would taunt me with every night whenever my mother would be stressed because of me
"Stop it"
"Everyone hated you,even the animals despised you. You were a burden to that lovely couple and all you brought upon them was nothing but misfortune "
Memories of the numerous times we had to move because of the manifestation of shadows flooded my mind
The shadows would some times posses the neighbors and this would in turn give us sleepless nights
Why ?you might wonder ,well it's because whenever these people would be possessed, the tended to be rather violent and chaotic
Some would break into the house at times and begin to break things in the house. After doing all sorts of things, they would make very disturbing noises in order for their presence to be known.
At times they would carve their names on the walls of the house and some courageously shadows would draw their runes and symbols all around
My parents would then inturn have to pay for the damages if it was a house that they got on rent or move to a completely different house.
That was both emotionally , financially and physically draining for them.
At times when these things would happen ,I would feel like a burden. A big burden and at times I thought that maybe if I ended it all, then they wouldn't have to go through all that they were encountering
"Stop it"
"And it will be you that will be their undoing "
"You don't know anything so stop spewing out lies. If you're trying to get into my head this way you won't so stop"
"You were a mistake and you know that"
"Enough "
"Your mother should have ended you when she had the chance "
"Shut up!"
I stood while trying so hard not to feel enraged even though I was. I felt cornered. Like I had no choice but to agree to his demands.
I hated that feeling
"So what is your decision Solace? Are you going to do something of importance for once in your life and cooperate or are you going to be the cause of two innocent people's deaths".
Mother.
She had done so much for me. So much.
Inhale. Exhale.
"Fine. I'll do what you fucking want just leave my parents out of this"
"Good choice, now take your seat and let's continue "
I did as he asked without making a fuss this time. I needed to play it cool for now. Act submissive and let him let down his guard around me then when I finally get an understanding of these people because i knew that this guy wasn't working alone,I'd strike and leave this place
"So what is it that you want from me?"
"Protection"
That made me snort. This guy was definitely crazy
"Protection from what?"
"The shadows of death and death himself"
That made me laugh
"I love the way you assumed that I could offer that so called protection you need,I'm a danger to this place and keeping me here as hostage is going to do the opposite"
"And that's why you're going to join the elites"
"So wait,let me get this straight,you want me to 'protect' your elites from the shadows and death?"
"Exactly"
"Are you high or something,you know that that is impossible and that nobody can stop death from doing his job"
"Quite the contrary,you my dear have done that severally before"
"They happened by accident "
"I'm giving you a day to process this,but all in all you have no choice and if you try any funny moves your family dies"
Author's note
Not my best or longest chapter but all in all thank you so much for reading this far. Love yall