Melancholy Wings: Decadence by Matthew Ashworth Read Free Book Online

screaming, as the flames began engulfing him. Garridan slowly walked closer and looked down on him with disdain.
-           “Ironic, isn’t it?” he said with gratification.
    Within seconds the treacherous noble was dead, at which point Garridan picked his body up and took it out of the room. The corpse was severely charred and there was no life in it, but Garridan was not yet done.
     Once back at the stairs, Garridan tied the chain he had around the corpse’s neck. Then, without further ado, he tied the other end of the chain to the railing, and finally tossed the body over the railing as a menacing sign to all those who would come across it in the future.
     At that very instant Garridan heard the hoarse voice in his head again.
    - “A job well done, Garridan.” It said satisfyingly, “Now if you want justice to be served everywhere, go out there and kill more wicked people.”
     

 
    Chapter 6
    Trouble Outside
     
     
     
    Back in the Underworld, Adelais was pacing nervously whilst waiting for Azrael to summon everyone to Hades’ chamber. Ethel was sitting on a big rock not far from him, just some distance away from the Hades’ palace itself.
-           “Adelais, what’s bothering you?” she asked softly, breaking the quiet atmosphere between them.
-           “I don’t know. Just have a lot of things on my mind.” He said whilst still pacing.
-           “Like what?”
-           “Don’t worry about it.” He wasn’t feeling like explaining it.
    Adelais was worried about many things relating to the current issue with the creature attacks. He was mostly concerned about how his good friend, Malakai, was related to it. He was hoping that Malakai was not playing a part in it, but the more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed that Malakai at least knew something about it. The words they exchanged during their last meeting carried a certain sense of unease and disturbance.
-           “Just sit and try to calm down.” Ethel suggested eventually, “I am sure this issue will be dealt with very soon. We’ve faced problems like this before.”
-           “Yes, except this time my friend Malakai is a suspect.” Adelais pointed out.
    It was clear that Ethel understood what he meant, and hence didn’t argue. She had an aptitude for knowing how others felt and why they felt that way. Still, she did not just sit idly when her friends were anxious. Within seconds Adelais saw her get up and walk up to him.
-           “He’ll be fine. We’ll sort this problem out in no time.”
    Her tone of voice was very reassuring, and Adelais eased off a bit. He stopped pacing and just glanced at a distance, at the structures on the horizon and the machai soldiers walking not far. Ethel stood right next to him, gazing in the same direction.
-           “I hope you’re right.” He spoke quietly here.
    A few seconds later they heard Lazarus calling them. They turned around and saw him standing next to one of the structures behind them.
-           “Lazarus, what is it?” Ethel asked.
-           “Lord Hades wants all the angels in his chamber.” Lazarus responded instantaneously.
    On that note, without asking any more questions, Ethel and Adelais headed to where Lazarus was and joined him shortly. Then the three of them approached the palace and began ascending its steps. A couple of other dark angels landed by the palace just a few seconds later and followed them up, and some more were still coming. At that instant they all saw a beautiful entity fly out of the main doors of the palace. Adelais recognized it straight away. It was Seere, the greatest messenger of the Underworld, who looked like an elegant human on a graceful winged horse of blinding white colour. Seere was actually a demon who made a choice to start serving the Creator many centuries ago. The demon and his horse were pretty much