An Eternity of Dead Sun (An Eternity of Eclipse Novel Book 2) by Con Template

me to screw your car over, but before I could get an incantation out, the crappy car died by itself!”
    Eclipse scowled while I felt my face flush.
    “That piece of shit car actually died without any supernatural interference?” Eclipse asked in an incredulous tone.
    The two Demons bobbed their heads in confirmation.
    “Why are you even driving that car, your Dark Majesty?” Phix inquired in confusion. He didn’t understand why one of his Dark Majesties would drive something so unworthy.
    Even Coco agreeably added, “Yeah, it’s so puny and unreliable.”
    She cast a glare at me, and I had the sinking feeling that she was not only describing my car, but also me. Finally at my wits end with her and her endless glares, I did the immature thing: my eyes morphed into bitter slits and I glared back. That assbutt.
    “Fix the car anyway,” Eclipse instructed firmly, blushing faintly while ignoring their words. He stood up from the bed, strode over to the door, opened it, and jutted his head towards the hall. It was his “subtle” way of dismissing them. “Fix the crappy car, fix all the mess that was created here, and when you’re done, drive the damn car back to Seoul. Leave now before I change my mind and decide to kill you.”
    “Yes, your Dark Majesty,” they responded respectfully, knowing when to make their exit. Eclipse had just pardoned them from execution; they were not going to risk him changing his mind. Giving him a bow, they scurried off like chickens, bickering on the way out.
    An oppressive silence suspended over us after they left. This apprehensive feeling settled in my stomach as I watched Eclipse close the door and approach the window. The glass was now streaking with heavy droplets of rain. Even from the bed, I could see the remnants of smoke hovering in the air—a reminder to us of what Eclipse did earlier in the night.
    “That was a lot of power you used,” I commented, listening closely to the rumbling skies. It felt like it was warning us of another impending storm.
    “I know,” he said softly, regretfully. “But they could not live. The moment they found out you were a Source and the moment they found out I was a Dark Majesty, they had to die.”
    Although I understood his motivations for killing them, I could not shake this ominous feeling inside me. Eclipse was not the type of person to feel regret. The fact that he did unnerved me greatly.
    “What do we do now?” I asked, breathing past the fear that rendered me handicapped. I had expected hiccups on this trip, but not something as calamitous as this. Seeing that this was only our first night of what was expected to be a long weekend, this trip was not looking good.
    “We have to continue to Serenity,” he said carefully, watching as the strings of smoke curled up into the rain clouds. “We’ve come too far and been through too much to turn back now.” He gazed at me as bolts of lightning illuminated the stormy world outside. With a worried expression, he added, “I used up too much power here. I cannot use anymore during the rest of the trip. From this moment forth, we travel as humans. Nothing more, nothing less.”
    “Are we okay for now then?” I questioned, ignoring the nervous pounding of my heart.
    A long pause escaped him before he said, “We’re fine.”
    I should’ve known that he was lying to protect me; I should’ve taken it as a sign.
    Eclipse massacred fifty Demons in a matter of seconds.
    There is an old saying that asks: If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?
    In Eclipse’s case, it wasn’t a tree that fell, but a bomb that detonated. From the looks of everything—from the loud rumbling in the skies to the dark clouds coming in—I surmised that the rest of the world heard this destruction loud and clear.

 
     
     
     
     
    “Let’s give all of creation a meaningful death.”

06 : The Train to Serenity
     
    We were more careful as we boarded the train