Ash Return of the Beast

CHAPTER 45



That Night…

As Cowl lay motionless on the hospital bed he could sense a disturbance rising up from somewhere deep within the desolate void of his comatose mind. Then he heard the voice of the Beast inside his head.

“Number eight has been sacrificed,” it said in a low, whispering tone.

Cowl was confused. “What? How?”

“I took care of it. Lilit has been freed from the binds that have held her for so long. She stands ready with the others at the Gate. The work is nearly done.”

“And what about me? What about my ‘someday’, my revenge? I was promised––”

“And so it shall be. In five days you shall rise again and finish the work. You shall have your sweet revenge and the Keys of the Gate Keeper will be mine. Simple as that.”