Chapter 240: THIS IS YOUR HOME NOW
Chapter 240 THIS IS YOUR HOME NOW
Confusion was an understatement of what Haven felt at that moment. In all of her life she had never heard of such a place. Now, Haven was really beginning to believe she had probably died in that desert and her soul was brought to this place. That was the only logical explanation she could come up with.
“ There not many like us now. In the past, many creatures used to use our pureness for their selfish means so we lost a lost of our people. The rest of us all stay here in this village of angels.”
The whole conversation overwhelmed Haven. She couldn’t catch up with any of it. What did Katie mean by ' creatures?’ Were they other creatures she hadn’t known about? Was that even possible?
No, actually everything was possible right now. She was taken to a realm she never knew existed, found herself in a desert of no return which she was supposedly lucky to escape, brought to this place in the middle of no where so of course everything was possible.
But everything felt surreal and for Haven who’s never gone through anything like this, it was too much to discern. Her palm on her cheek as if that would help support her already throbbing head.
Katie noticed the lost look on Haven’s face which made her chuckle lightly.” Come, I’ll explain everything.”
“ Years ago, different types of creatures roamed this world we’re in; The witches, wizards, ogres, vampires, werewolves, guardian angel, shadows and much more. There were thousands of them all fighting for supremacy over one another— well except for the guardian angels. They were creatures that were too soft, and timid and had no interest for violent.”
“ The guardian angels were the most peaceful creatures. Some say it was probably because they were physically weak and couldn’t stand a fight. Which could be true and not true at the same time.”
“ How’s that?” Haven had sat down listening to Katie talk.
“ Well physically, the guardian angels might have been the weakest but they were the strongest spiritually. Their power surpassed that of any other creature that walked this earth.”
“ And that was when it began.” Kace took up the story. “ Decades ago, the other creatures realizing this, began to hunt down the guardian angels who were very much helpless and weak to fight back.”
“ Why were they hunting them? Why the innocent guardian angels?” Haven thought it was unfair.
Katie chuckled. “ Why do you think we’re guardian angels?”
Haven frowned. How did she expect her to have the answer to such a question? She barely even knew anything they were talking about.
“ I don’t know.. why?” She asked. However, instead of answering, Katie jumped to another matter.
“ The guardian angels were the only creatures gifted with a special gift. They had a special essence no other creature had. About five decades ago, the other creatures began to hunt our kind because of our essence and as a result, the darkness got more power and this realm became imbalanced.”
“ So they were hunted because of this ‘ special gift?’” Haven was trying her best to understand. “ But this essence .. what is so special about it that made all the creatures want to hunt the guardian angels and why?”
“ For the fight for supremacy.” Kace answered her. “ Every creature wanted to be known as the strongest of all. They wanted to be at the top and feared among the rest of the creatures. And to be that, they all wanted what the guardian angels had; their essence. They realized that the essence of the guardian angels could make them stronger so they hunted and killed them.”
“ But- that’s- that’s so cruel. How could they take innocent lives just for their greed for power?”
“ Life itself is cruel dear.” Katie shook her head while caressing Kyle’s hair. The little boy had fallen asleep on her laps. “ Everyone wants power. That’s how it is.”
Whatever way Katie would have put it, Haven felt it was still so unfair. How could they be so wicked?
“ So..” She looked between both sister and brother as she spoke. “ What- what happened to the guardian angels whose essence was snapped?” Even as Haven asked, she somehow dreaded to know the answer.
“ They become souless bodies.” Came Katie’s answer.
“ Souless bodies?”
Katie nodded. “ A guardian angel’s essence is just like his soul, once it’s gone, only a body is left behind. The body becomes pretty much dead and useless. Trust me, death is a far better option than having to be in that condition.”
“ That sounds horrible.. I’m sorry about that.” Haven felt so sorry for those who had gone through such a thing.
“ It’s okay.. most of it happened in the past. A war broke out then and that’s when most of our kind were killed. The rest of us lucky to make it alive escaped and came here, where we live under the protection and since then life hasn’t been that bad.”
“ Now you too have to live the rest of your life here with us all, it feels nice to have another guardian angel join us. You’ll love it here “ Katie exclaimed happily.
“ What?” Haven’s brows went up “ No - i'm- I’m not interested in staying here. I have a home of my own—”
“ This is your home now, your true home. What’s better than being with your own people?”
Haven got to her feet immediately. “ I have my own people and they’re at home waiting for me. I have my own family back at my home. I even have a mate!”.
Katie gasped when she heard that. “ What are you saying? What’s that word?” Her voice lowered as if afraid of being heard. “ That word isn’t used by our kind, it’s only for those animals.. those werewolves. Don’t say such a thing again lest someone hear.”
“ But it’s true, I do have a mate.” Haven objected.
“ Lower your voice woman!” Kace half- yelled. “ Even the walls have ears. We do not associate ourselves with anything that has to do with those barbaric animals!”
“ But why?” Haven couldn’t understand. Why were these people so against werewolves? Why were they speaking about them with such contempt and hateful look in their eyes.
“ Because they’re the worst of them all. Of all the creatures, our kind has been hunted the most by those dogs!” Kace got to his feet too. “ They had killed most of our people mercilessly and without pity. Those beasts are inhumane, they are the worst of all!”
“ No!” Haven yelled back. “ What are you even saying? That is not true at all! You don’t even know anything about them so who are you to say horrible things—”
“ Horrible you say? Are they not horrible beast? Killing our people for their own selfish reasons?” Kace scoffed.
“ He’s right.” Katie supported. “ The werewolves are really the worst. Most of our people died by their hands. Those beastly- beastly.. things- wanted to have all the power so they hunted us and other creatures down one by one.”
Haven grabbed the hem of her coat as she listened to them speak. She couldn’t bring herself to believe what she was hearing. The ones responsible for the killings of the innocent guardian angels were the werewolves? No they had to be a mistake somewhere. It can’t be true.
As if hearing what she was thinking, Kace spoke up next. “ It is true. Those ruthless beasts are responsible for the extermination of a whole lot of creatures during the war. They killed thousands of our kind. They sapped all of their essence and left them to die or even killed them once they were done. They are the most ruthless creatures to have walked this planet. Everything was ruined because of them.”