Seven Deadly Sins

Chapter Sixty Nine: Lost Souls

"Lust, that's Shane over there!" Hailie's scream got him on feet right away, but she already squeezed through the gate on the cemetery. Before he had a chance to catch her and stop from committing the biggest stupidity, she was gone in the fog, running to someone, who wasn't there at all.

"Hailie, stop!" Lust yelled, but doubted that once she was in the cemetery, his voice would reach her. He followed her into the mist, not able to tell where she went. "Fuck!" He kicked the cobblestone that was standing closest to him, breaking it into two. He might've even just vanished a soul by that gesture, but who knew. This cemetery was like a nightmare. He didn't know much about it, but he was sure that you couldn't trust your eyes here. Or at least humans couldn't. It was impossible for Shane to be here, besides whatever Hailie saw, Lust couldn't and that was making it more obvious that it was never here. "Hailie!" he screamed, but as an answer got only hurling of the wind. "Fuck, fuck, fuck!" The anger filled his body. He should've watched her closer, but he didn't think that Hailie would go into the cemetery. That thought didn't even cross his mind.

He hated that place, even though it was the first time he was here. It wasn't hard for him to find a way leading to Casino Hell. The problem was that's not where he wanted to go. He wanted to find Hailie and that wasn't that easy at all. This place was like a labyrinth. Worse, actually, because in the labyrinth it was at least easy to see what was in front. In the cemetery Lust could only see more of those unimportant gravestones, some broken statues, some dangerous shrubs and mist.

Lust looked at the entrance, thinking how to find Hailie. There was no use in walking around the cemetery and screaming for her, hoping she would hear. I'd be looking for a needle in a haystack.

"I'm a demon, I'm not going to be fooled by this place," he murmured under his breath, trying to remember the right spell to use.

In the place forgotten

One soul unbroken

With misleading spots

Lost in the thoughts

Let there be a knot

For the soul I sought

One bound to another

Coming back to each other

With his last word a golden rope appeared around his wrist. He blinked a few times, because for the last times he used this spell, there was always a black one, never a golden one. He didn't think about it much longer, because his main goal was to find Hailie, before something horrible would happen to her. He followed the glistening golden rope that was floating in the air and disappearing further into the mist. It was leading him straight to the soul that was now bound to him. Nothing else mattered, he didn't even look at the souls he was passing by. They weren't looking at him as well, lost in their own thoughts, trying to remember who they were and where they were going. For him that was not an unusual view, but for Hailie something like that must've seem horrible. Those blurry souls looked as zombies or empty shells of something that used to be human. Lost in the fog and trapped in a cemetery, which they were never about to leave.

Lust started walking faster, trying not to give in to his feelings. Demons shouldn't be worried, neither afraid of anything. And yet, when Lust finally saw Hailie, he felt more relieved than ever. She was looking at the golden rope that was floating around her wrist, wondering what it was and where did it come from.