The Devil Wore A Brown Suit novel Chapter 16

1111 A.M

I awake from my brief nap. I feel the same. I do not think anything has changed. Chaos was probably trying to poison me and it did not work. I should just… I walk in front of a mirror as my mind scrambles and see myself. What has happened to me? I am radiant.

“KoKo?” I scream. He is just staring at me.

 “You look like Venus.”

The only words he can get out are I look like my mother.

“Your mother is the morning star. You have her glow my child.” He continues.

 I think he is as dumbfounded as I am. I did not know this was going to happen. Can I bend light like my mother? I guess we will find out soon enough.

“Perdition, Be prepared you are more powerful than the morning star ever will be, but you have to stay calm to control it. Do not let your emotions get the best of you. Do you understand?” KoKo says as he walks away.

 I can tell he is worried. My mighty demon is so weak. Do not worry KoKo I will protect you now.

“So what’s the plan P?” Chaos flashes a smile.

 Ugh! Remain calm. I must remain calm. “Mr. Chaos, the plan is to get Camilla Dawn first,” I tell him.

 I am trying so hard not to kill him right now. I know I need him.

“What about Mayhem?” he asks.

 “Do not speak his name in front of me again,” I reply. “Do you know where Camilla is?” I ask as calmly as possible.

Chaos walks to the fire. He knows exactly where she is. This idiot is just as bad as I thought.

KoKo and Chaos are busy. It’s a good time for me to leave. “Come on, Sarge,” I whisper to him.

He whimpers, but he knows I am doing the right thing. I open the door; he trots out in front of me. I close it quietly. I take a long look at the cabin. When I step off this porch I am no longer protected. I know what I have to do.

 Death is nothing to me. I have been dead. I have been trapped. I remember every single day in the void. Not every day was bad. I met Mayhem there. I made a life for myself. I learned about the watchers and the descendants. I learned my true purpose in life. Then Mayhem left me. He left the void with my children and left me to rot.

 I always blamed my father and my brother for what happened, but I believe there is so much more to it. Why did they want me trapped? Why am I so important that I need to be locked away and hidden? Damnation is going to answer me. He will tell me the truth.

          The voices are telling me to go north. That is not the way to the farm. I will let them lead me. “We go north, Sarge.”

          As memories continue to come back to me, I know more and more by every hour that passes. Every step Sarge and I take seems familiar. I am going somewhere I have been before. Fear is my greatest enemy and I cannot let it control me.

 Sarge stops. He perks up his ears. I wonder what he hears. The wind begins to blow. The voices are calling me loudly, but I cannot make out what they are saying. Sarge whines. He hears it too. I hope I made the right decision. “Run!” The voices scream.