Thank you for your comments. I understand after the fact about proofreading. I was so excited about the story, I posted it without any real corrections. I couldn't wait to share it. As a writer, I live to share stories. I do hope though that the mistakes that are there didn't take too much from the entertainment of the story itself. So, the first two chapters are a little choppy, forgive my impatient impulse to upload them. This, the third chapter, I hope is much better. I still believe it's a great story, with or without mistakes. Hey, what can I say, after all I am only human and human's, well they make mistakes. No one is perfect! I know I am not! Well, Maybe Lord Asmodeus is! LOL:)
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Sarah surprised herself, when she asks for Johnathon's help. "Sorry, Zuel, you did wish that the gate hurt me as we went through and you did leave a nice bruise on my upper arm. I think I'll trust him for now, even if he's not being truthful of who he is." she reveals in a flat tone, giving no emotion either way.
Lord Asmodeus chuckles to himself, how could he think he could fool her, after all he did find her to be very inelegant from the start, shaking his head with his thought, "Fine which would you prefer, Johnathon or Blake?" he laughs, coming around the desk to stand beside her.
"I guess Johnathon would suit you better than Blake, my lord." Still no sign of emotion, her mind blank and cold.
"Johnathon it is!" he chuckles, "And Zuel we will have a discussion about your actions with our new guest." He places his hand on the small of her back to lead her out of the room. Her skin is as cold as ice, sending a tingling sensation through his palm. He knew the castle to be drafty, but it was summer and the heat outside, intense. The chill of the inside walls were a great relief to his human servants, so he believes.
They followed the same path she took to his study, down a straight a way, around a corner and back up a flight of stairs. Still as empty as she had left it. A large puff of ash wafts in the air from their foot steps. What could have caused this, Lord Asmodeus mulls over in his head. Where are all the servants for this wing? Why hasn't any of them cleaned this mess up, no matter where it came from, it should have been done? Then his thoughts race, on how he could punish his servants for their lack to detail.
"Please, enlighten me as how you knew who I was?" he urges Sarah to answer, taking his mind off the lack of servants and their utter lack of cleanliness.
The chill on Sarah's skin grows icier. Her teeth begin to chatter. She desperately clings to the cloak hoping to warm herself once again. Her legs barely holding her weight. Her frames wobbles.
"Are you alright?" he asks, concern dripping from his lips.
"Y...ya!" Barely getting the word out, between her vibrating teeth. Her eyes went dim, he could see the lights behind them go out. A quick shuffle. He catches before she hits the floor. With ease, he cradles her in his arms, carrying her the rest of the way to her room.
"That's twice today, you have ended up in my arms." he comments, placing her softly onto her new bed. He watches her chest slowly rise and fall with her now calm breath. Her eyes start flutter under her closed eyelids. Dreaming? He hopes. He probes her thoughts. Images of her running from something or someone plague her mind. The thing stays out of Lord Asmodeus' reach to see, as if as it knew he was there watching.
"Well, I'm just going to have to fix that, now aren't I!" he smirks to himself, pulling back his probe of her dream. Another quick glance at her as he spins on his heals. With a new found spring to his step, he heads for the bathroom to run a hot bath for her.
The room is as large as a small apartment. A shower encased with clear glass, can fit at least five people with its five different angles of the shower-heads, jets out from the far corner. Right next to it a bath, sunk into the floor like a mini swimming pool. Opposite them, a pair of sinks shaped into massive bowls with the spouts curving over their edges.