Bella Hayward
I stared down at the stone arm I had fashioned. It worked like my real arm. I could even feel with it, but... It was cold. Smooth. I touched it and felt no life in it. The gray was ugly, too. I would have to find a long glove to wear. One of those sleek ones from days gone by that went past the elbow.
Lance finished nursing from Serena. Magic flared behind me as Cali sealed the Maggotborn. My heart pounded fast. This night was awful. Aunt Nancy and Mrs. White are dead. I wanted to shake. It was supposed to be a magical night.
"Take her," growled Lance as he manacled the Seductress's hands behind her back. He shook with fury.
Serena and Yuki grabbed the Seductress and dragged her down the hallway. He followed after, his entire body shaking with rage. I wanted to hug him. To comfort him. He walked with his back straight as they reached the stairs leading to the third floor. They hauled the seductress up her, the spear shoved through her throat.
She smirked. The bitch was happy that she had caused so much chaos.
On the third floor, we found Ms. Docea with a clipboard. She was marching down the hallway with Esmerelda and Petra. They were surveying the Imprisoned. Seeing if we had them all contained. She paused and glanced at the Seductress.
The teacher's face tightened.
"You heard about Mrs. White?" asked Lance.
Ms. Docea nodded. "She was a good woman."
"I took her from her family. From her husband." Lance's head bowed. "I stole you all from your lives. None of you were supposed to..." He formed another lance and slammed it into the Seductress's belly. "None of you were supposed to die! To be betrayed!"
"We all die, Master Hayward," said Ms. Docea. "That is the end of all our journey. None of us know when it will come. So we must strive to make our lives meaningful, and protecting humanity from these entities is a great purpose."
Lance ripped the spear out of the Seductress's belly. She still smiled at him.
"I know," he growled. "The Gizzamuluke, Maggotborn, Weeper, and Lady Smiles were freed and have been re-captured."
"We shall survey the rest," said Ms. Docea. Her eyes flicked to the Seductress. "Chastise her, Master Hayward."
He ripped the Lance from the Seductress's throat. "I plan on it."
Yuki and Serena hauled her into the secure part of the house. I shivered. The Gizzamuluke could only pass that door if she opened it for the beast. She didn't just trick Aunt Nancy, she had let that creature attack me. He wanted to devour me and my baby.
Now he had a taste of me.
Lance pointed to the space before the TV. Yuki and Serena threw the Seductress there. Lance drew back his spear and used it as a club. He slammed it into her back. The Seductress's back arched. She gasped. The muscles in his arm rippled as he swung again.
And again.
The Seductress howled.
I marched past him, forming my stone sword. I went into Lance's bedroom, the scent of blood thick in the air. Mrs. Miles and Melissa stood over the Gizzamuluke. Three spears pinned the disgusting cat to the ground. He grinned at me.
"There's my tasty Bella," he growled. "You were delicious. I would have loved to rip out your belly and feast on the morsel inside."
I slammed my sword down in its mouth and left it pinned there. It bit its teeth down on the stone, trying to snap it. I stared at the creature. This thing had terrified me. Haunted me while Lance was gone. I stared down at it.
I wouldn't be afraid of it again. I glanced down at my real hand. My wedding ring sparkled there. At least it hadn't eaten this hand.
"Is Mistress Nancy really..." Melissa asked. The Sorority-Maid was a newcomer to the harem.
I nodded. "Someone else will wear the red garter."
The Gizzamuluke wheezed around the sword. The thing was laughing. Bella knew that this creature had consumed poor Aunt Nancy. I took Melissa's hand, using my real one, and squeezed. She glanced at me, tears in her eyes.
"Nancy Heres is waiting for us with the other Fallen Maids," I said. "We'll all be together in death. In our rest. When we're free of the pain and suffering of this world."
Melissa nodded.
Cali entered the room. She wore a fixed expression on her face. She thrust out her hand and snarled, "By the Ancient Oath, I bind thee, Gizzamuluke! With the salt that plants vitality in the earth! The rhythm of life that spreads the heat of passion! The breath of soul that speaks truths! And the saliva that spills like rain upon the world. I bind thee, Gizzamuluke!"
Cali's golden garter glowed like the spears. The chain that bound her flashed into appearance, the end fading into the mist. Her purple eyes glowed with her power. She was a creature like them. The First Imprisoned.
Did she hate us like all the others?
"I BIND THEE, GIZZAMULUKE!"
Shadows exploded from her back, forming wings. The golden light of the spears seized Gizzamuluke. They became chains that wrapped around his body and crushed him down. He was pulled flat until a painting lay on the ground. He was there, his eyes glowing green, smiling with all those teeth. He was ready to feast again.
"Is that all of them?" I asked.
"We'll see," Cali said and walked away.
I followed her out into the living room where Lance beat the Seductress. He roared in fury, sweat dripping down his brow. The Seductress howled in pain as the lance slammed across her back. Her breasts bounced, her uniform torn from the beating.
"You should have killed me!" the Seductress snarled. She twisted her head around him. "You are weak! I will never stop hurting you! I will be a plague on you and your family! I am the untrustworthy dagger! Wield me at your peril!"
He slammed the lance into her back. Golden light flared. The Seductress howled in agony.
Tears filled my eyes. Our beautiful night was ruined by this treacherous creature. Two more maids were killed. Two more wounds to my husband's soul. He bled. I glanced down at my stone arm. I shoved it behind my back.
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