The Demon’s Bride

Elise wondered what the magic circle was. It was written using white chalk. A large circle was created first that was large enough for three coffins to fit inside the circle. A star was drawn inside the circle and another two stars that overlapped from the first one.

Beside the circle was writings with language that Elise had never seen before. There were numbers and a thick black book was thrown aside which Elise picked up. The candles were set on the floor, at the corners of the drawing.

Elise felt she had seen something like this before, in the past, or was it from one of the books she read? This was a ritual— a dark sorcerers' ritual.

But what ritual was it for that needed a casket to be placed inside the magic circle?

Elise was more curious about who was inside the casket. Being careful, she unlocked the latches that were on the side of the casket before opening the lid by pushing it upward. She took the lantern to her hand, wanting to get a better look as the room was dark when she saw there was nothing in the casket except for the water that covered half of the casket.

What was in here? Elise suddenly snapped her eyes behind when she felt the presence of someone. Did she imagine it? The longer Elise spends her time inside the basement she could feel the air turning eerie and chilling.

Not wanting to stay too long in the room where there were too many bodies kept, Elise who was afraid ghosts would fill this room who she would be able to see, chose to look only for things that were important. She looked around, seeing that there were little books around the place despite the cupboard was large and enough for hundred of books to fit in.

After concluding there was nothing else important in the room, she made her way to the exit when she heard a loud tapping sound above her. There were people walking inside her aunt's room!

Elise could hear several footsteps and she could tell it wasn't Ian's footsteps if it was his, he would have entered the basement to ask whether she had found anything and helped her to see the basement, but that didn't happen. This wasn't Ian then who?

By this time, the villagers were running to the shelter, the safest place they could find so the beasts wouldn't catch them. The guards and other strong brave men tried to lure the beast's attention elsewhere.

So far no beast was able to be captured by the guards. With the difference of power a human had a those of a beast, it wasn't easy for the people who were smaller in stature than the beast to take them down. Despite that, some tried to fight the bear with spears.

"HELP!!!" Yelled a woman who then saw a guard pulling her, and the woman tried to struggle free. Her eyes were filled with tears as she looked at her daughter who wasn't by her side any longer. A moment ago, her daughter was holding to her side but they were caught in a sea of people. When the mother squeezed out from the crowds, her little girl also jumped out of the crowds, however with her small body she only flew across the ground, falling to trip on the ground.

"No! My daughter, she is there!!" The mother who had lost her daughter continues to yell while the guard prevents her from going to her death, thinking that there was no more help for the little girl. 

The girl was confused with what was happening, she was about to push herself to stand, wanting to find her mother when she saw on the ground she faced a large shadow a furry animal with two long horns looming beside her. The girl turned her head, and the beast didn't take long to snap its mouth wide and bellowed a loud scream.

The breath of the beast blew away the girl's hair, and she froze to see the sharp jagged teeth like the end of a wooden saw. Blood and saliva covered the beast's mouth as it opens wide to eat the girl.

But before the beast was able to eat her, Ian appeared in front of the beast. He reached out his hand just enough for it to settle before the beast's eyes, "You should go back to where you belong, little beast," when his finger snapped, in an instance the beast flew from the place it stood at, high to the sky where the beast was almost brushed with the clouds. A large crash was then heard which came from the beast as it had fallen from the sky to fall flat on the ground, crashing to some woods that pierced to its heart.

The little girl was still in fear and some of the villagers were left speechless by what Ian did. He turned to the villagers. Seeing how they all look battered made him think that this was their retribution for what they did to Elise. They deserve the death for sheltering the dark sorceress and abusing a defenseless Elise, thought Ian. He didn't see them with pity.

Some of the villagers who saw what Ian did thanked him. The hatred they showed earlier was gone as though it was non-existent. "Thank you! Thank you milor-"

Ian raised his hand before the woman thanked him. He gave a sharp pointed look to the elder lady who had stopped him and Elise from entering the place earlier. Ian offered the woman a smile to see how Karen's expression twist. "Chop chop, you slowpokes. Are you all waiting for turns to be eaten? If you want to get eaten, line on this side, I will make sure they eat you before they die."

Seeing how the people run, Ian then turns to see five beasts walking toward him. They all looked at him with a fierce gaze, as if wanting to avenge their dead friend but Ian knew that they were only controlled to do so. It also comes to his notice how the count of the beast had multiplied, which mean there was someone who

Cracking his finger Ian twisted his lips, "Well it wouldn't be fun if the puppeteer is easy to find." The moment his words ended, the beast launched attacks and he proceeds to take down the beasts while the villagers successfully escaped to the shelter.