Devil Ash Days (Devil Ash Saga) Read Free

easily.”
    “You haven’t gained our trust,” Grace said. “Not until you tell us who you are and what you’re here for!”
    “I don’t think the truth is something you are capable of accepting at this time, but I am willing to try. As you already know, the creature that we encountered in the kitchen was a demon from Hell. We three have been sent on a very important mission tonight, and that is to protect any humans that may fall prey to the demons.”
    “You keep calling us humans , as if…”
    “As if you aren’t,” Ash said.
    “Clever boy!” said Cyril.
    “We refer to you as humans, because that is what you are. But we no longer have any need to hide who we are. Fear not, humans. Though the demons are coming, your safety is guaranteed, for you are in the protective custody of angels .” 
    If this were a movie, the music would have swelled and risen and it would have been a very reassuring and triumphant speech, and the humans would have rushed to their sides and gushed and cried and generally felt ‘saved’.
    Instead, Grace just snorted a bit. Ash didn’t change his expression, but shot them a simple demand: “Prove it.”
    The angels laughed a bit, and Sosime replied. “We were warned that the humans would be quite stubborn and probably demand proof.”
    Cyril and Arthemise both turned their backs on Ash and Grace. The two of them looked like they were on a time-out, with their faces against the wall.
    “Show them.”
    The changes started so subtly, if not for Cyril and Arthemise turning their backs, they would not have noticed at all. Something poked out from underneath their coats. They couldn’t be sure of exactly what it was, but there was definitely something underneath their jackets, between their shoulder blades, sticking up. Whatever it was ripped through their coats, revealing two small flesh-colored lumps growing out of their backs. In just a few more seconds, the lumps stretched and grew until they were nearly a foot long.
    They’re wings! Ash thought, his heart racing with excitement.
    The angel’s wings continued growing, stretching, and forming until they were almost as tall as the angels themselves. When they had nearly reached full size, the wings turned flakey. The flakes grew and changed shape until they formed beautiful feathers.
    Sosime, Cyril, and Arthemise stood before the humans, giving them their first look at real angels. It was quite the scene now in the living room, with the three angels displaying their fully formed and spread wings.
    Admittedly, Sosime had been eagerly anticipating the reactions of Ash and Grace. He remembered in the old days, when an angel revealed himself to a human, their reactions had been spectacular. He wondered how happy these humans would be now.
    Grace narrowed her eyes, searching for strings or whatever sort of contraption they’d used to make these ‘wings’ appear. Ash walked over to Sosime and extended a hand towards his wing. Sosime stood still, waiting for the young man to determine that the wings were no trick. Ash brushed his hand over the feathers. Without saying a word, he gripped one tightly in his hand and yanked it out.
    Sosime shrieked in surprise. “ What’d you do that for !?”
    Ash held the feather close to his eyes and examined it, while running his fingers over the soft edge. “This looks real,” he said to his mother.
    “ Of course it’s real! ” Sosime said. “Typical humans! Even when solid proof is right in front of your eyes, you still have to question it!”
    “You do realize what you’re asking us to believe is, well, crazy ?”
    Instead of replying, Sosime stretched out his arm and pointed his open palm at Grace’s face. Ash flinched, remembering how the demon had died instantly after Sosime did whatever it was that he was about to do now. Nothing like that happened this time though. Sosime pointed his palm up towards the ceiling. It began glowing like there was a flashlight under his skin. Thick