72 Pillar

Their I sat in a chair of fine leather, engaging in the most intimidating staring contest ever, with an old man that I was led to believe was Madelyns Grandfather. This man spoke no words as he stared directly into my eyes with a sharp observation that seemed like he could peer straight into my soul. I was starting to realize why Madelyn was so uncomfortable.

”Why are you so nervous my boy. ” Madelyns grandfather says with a smile.

I giggle awkwardly, trying my best to relieve the tension. ”Im sorry sir, Im just pretty shy when it comes to meeting new people. ”

In all truth and honesty I wasn lying, meeting new people always was an uncomfortable experience for me, but this old man was on a whole other level of unbearable.

The old man smiles sympathetically. ”Well worry not young man, I promise I won bite. ”

”Yea right. ” I thought as I faked a laugh.

”The truth of the matter is, we brought you into our home for a couple of answers. ” The old man explains as he glances over at Madelyn who sat next to me in a similar fancy chair.

I could tell by the look on Madelyns face that she had already had a talk with her grandfather, and by the looks of things it did not go so well, that was quite clear from her red puffy eyes and red swollen cheeks. These small details told their own story. The story in my eyes was simple. Madelyn had been crying, and she had been hit.

I could feel it, anger rising from within me, all directed at this old man. Soon my thoughts of reverence turned into thoughts of brutality, just like that day so long ago.

”Hey old man. ” I say menacingly as I clench my fists in anger.

”Did you hit her? ” I asked as I pointed at Madelyns swollen face, to her surprise.

Madelyns grandfather said nothing as he watched me explode with anger.

”Yes, yes I did. ” The old man says imperturbably with no sense of remorse.

My body seemed to move by itself as I heard an answer that did nothing but piss me off even further, and brimming with anger and outrage I lunge at the old man ready to punch him in the face.

My clenched fist races towards the old mans face without hesitation or mercy and as it grew near, my punch grew to a halt.

My eyes open wide with shock. ”Madelyn? ” I promulgate as I see her stand before me, my fist wrapped in her right hand.

I didn see her move, and as I looked into her eyes, they were cold and sharp like daggers. This, this was a women ready to pounce like a predator, and as I looked into Madelyns harsh piercing eyes, I started to sweat.

Madelyns eyes soon grew soft. ”Ethan please calm down. ”

”We only want to talk. ” Madelyn exclaims as her tight grip around my fist loosens, to my relief. No doubt she could break my hand if she really wanted to.

I calmly sit back in my chair, Madelyn follows suite as she sits into the chair that stood next to mine, I couldn help but rub my knuckles as I stared at the old man who continued to sit in his leather throne without a care in the world.

”You are a tempestuous young man aren you? ” The old man laughs.

”I like that. ”

”Enough with the games. I want to know whats going on. ” I demand, not willing to dance around the subject.

”Did what I see really happen?! ” I shout.

I look at Madelyn. ”That man had pitch black eyes, and you cut off his arm! ”

”That was no man. ” Madelyns grandfather explains to my confusion.

”What are you talking about? ” I ask.

”Their was a time when that creature couldve been considered a man, but that time had long passed. ”

I struggled to find the words that could voice my confusion. I wanted to say that the old man was crazy, him along with Madelyn, but they looked to calm, to certain of themselves.

”If he wasn a man then what was he exactly? ” I ask feeling uneasy.

The room for a few moments goes quite. ”He was a demon. ”

”A demon? ” I ask, disbelief evident in my tone, and yet I knew it made sense, all the things that I had seen, could it be true?

”They do exist. ” Madelyn states, probably seeing the skepticism on my face.

”Indeed they do. ” Madelyns grandfather says standing up from his seat, walking towards the fire place.

The old man stares into the blazing flames. ”They exist within the darkest shadows, in the most demoralized hearts, in the most broken minds. ”

The old man turns and looks at me. ”As well as in the deepest crevices of the world. ”

My hands began to shake as I listened to Madelyns grandfathers explanation on demons. ”Why, why is a demon after me? ”

”Their are two things that demons desire more than anything… ” The old man says.

”Human bodies and human souls. ”

I could feel a chill go up my spine from the utterance of those words.

The old man strokes his chin. ”The soul of a pillar is the most satisfying. ”

My eyes open in surprise. ”Pillar… thats what that demon called me. ” I say remembering the past.

”What is a pillar, who is Solomon? ” I ask.

Madelyns grandfather lets out a long tired sigh as he walks over and sits In the leather chair that stood behind the wooden desk.

”Solomon… was the wise and powerful king of Israel. ” Madelyns Grandfather says with a sense of respect.

”He was a true master of mysticism and the savior of the world. ”

I couldn help but feel like I was in some kind of comic book, how could I not when we were talking about demons and ancient kings who had saved the world.

”A pillars is someone who fights against the darkness, the blood of the great king Solomon runs through their veins, and they hold within themselves one of the 72 demons that almost destroyed the world so long ago, that is the existence known as a pillar. ” The old man

The answers the old man was giving me where to hard to grasp, and yet through all of this confusion I still had one question.

”So Im a pillar? ” I ask with, to my confusion, hope in my voice.

Madelyn along with the old man look at me for a few moments without saying a thing.

”No. ”

My eyes open in shock. ”Wait what? ”

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