Title: Proof of Life
Fandom: Original - Sorcerer and Demon world.
Characters/Pairings: Aidel and Samiazaz
Author:
evil_little_dogWords: 250 appx
Rating: Teen
Summary: Aidel is dying.
Warnings: Blood. Death.
Disclaimer: My own characters. Hahaha.
Prompt: Postage stamp: Silence, Promises made, Last Words, Courage
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Dying was something he’d never expected. Sorcerers didn’t die, did they? Not while they had their demons to keep them young. Not until they slipped up, and the demons took their souls. Samiazaz had never promised she wouldn’t take his soul; he’d given it and blood in binding to her, to gain use of her magics and her powers. Her strength. Now, it seemed all had failed him.
Words spilled out of his throat with the blood he shed. A blade - so unexpected - had slipped from somewhere. Aidel hadn’t seen the wielder. Hadn’t had time to cry out, to call for Samiazaz. Silence held him in its grip.
You promised to protect me, he thought, desperate. Dabbing his finger in the blood, he made an arcane mark. Samiazaz. He spoke her name in his mind. Tried to draw courage from the image she’d always shown him.
His sight blurred and dimmed. Aidel blinked, finding it difficult to keep his eyes open. Samiazaz.
A cool hand touched him, encouraging him to look. She sat beside him, wings unfurled, gazing at him with a promise unspoken. Dabbling her fingers in his blood, she raised her hand to show it to him. “I can heal you.”
All he could see was the glitter of her teeth. He couldn’t swallow. He couldn’t speak. Demons were proof of life. Aidel closed his eyes and nodded, trusting Ssamiazaz to keep her promise.
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