Salem Moon by Scarlet Black Read Free Book Online

look of shock and terror on his face sent shivers up Gabriel ’ s spine. When Thomas pulled his hand away, he saw the enormous amount of blood on it. The last thing he ’ d seen before his world went black were the eyes of the beast. The redness swirled and churned until they created two blazing balls of fire .  Not only did they burn with the light of fire, even Gabriel and certainly, the crowd could feel the heat emanating from them.
    When the fire filled the entire eyes of the wolf, flames shot out from them, engulfing Thomas ’ s whole body in a matter of seconds. His screams were high pitched and agonizing . To be burnt alive like that , the horror of it was unimaginable , thought Gabriel, watching, speechless as Thomas ’ s arms flailed every which way, as he twisted and turned, before finally falling in a flaming heap. His screams were no more. Those who ’ d stood near him backed away, while others fled in mortal terror, not daring to look back upon the gruesome sight.
    The wolf stood unaffected by the agony he ’ d inflicted upon Thomas . I t watched peacefully, its demeanor becoming soft and welcoming again . Monstrous! Even Gabriel, whose own death sentence was harsh and severe, thought that burning to death was a far worse way to die.
    At least he ’ d died quickly . T he shock of the unendurable pain had killed him. In contrast, Gabriel could have gone on for days under the killing weight, just as he suspected others had suffered this fate , p erhaps in faraway lands where it was not considered an un acceptable form of punishment.
    Thomas ’ s body disintegrated before the eyes of all still present, leaving only a pile of ashes and bits of bone fragments. The air was pungent with the smell of smoke and cooked flesh.
    All at once , Gabriel knew why this creature was vaguely familiar . It was the entity, the voice in his head, now incarnate, showing itself for the first time, displaying what it was truly capable of.
    No mercy was given to Thomas. After all, he had not shown any mercy to Abigail. Thomas had been paid back tenfold for the injustice he ’ d perpetrated upon his family and he had the entity to thank for it. Gabriel did feel a pang of sorrow, that it had come to this, but he found it hard to find compassion in his heart for the fate of Thomas. Although it was very unlike Gabriel ’ s usual compassionate nature, it was of no concern to him at that very moment, where the entity originated from. Whether it was good or evil, it made no difference to him.

Chapter 13
     
    T he mid-July air suddenly changed . It became thick and hazy , appearing as if everything was covered by an opaque, shimmering veil. Gabriel was now alone with the white wolf. All others had fled in terror. Hysterical, they called upon God as they ran, to save them from the evil of such a powerful sorcerer as Gabriel and his “ demon ” wolf.
    He knew he could not last much longer, that death was imminent. Hovering between life and death he witnessed the strangest thing he ’ d ever seen. Stranger even than the voices in his head, the deer ’ s death in the woods, the appearance of the wolf or the horrible death by fire of Thomas Snow.
    An aura of sorts surrounded the wolf and as it did, it changed shape. A preternatural light so bright, it hurt Gabriel ’ s eyes to even look upon it exuded from the wolf and completely encompassed the entire area, even piercing through the edges of the dark woods. Little by little, the wolf was changing itself into something else. How this was possible, Gabriel did not know. He only knew that he was not afraid.
    As the light dimmed, a figure of a man replaced the wolf. Not any man, but one who was extraordinarily beautiful. Gabriel stared in awe.
    The man was tall, possessing the exquisite features of the glorious angel s , depicted in the paintings of master Italian renaissance painter , Sandro Botticelli. His nose was straight and narrow, the lips full, the jaw line exact in its