Eternal Damnation

Chapter 1

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- You can read this book as is but this book comes after The Amber Eyes Series but it is not part of it. It is part of the same world. You might feel a little lost by the names thrown in here of past characters from other books. I do suggest you read those if you haven't yet but you can still read this book as it is if you don't mind it. First book of the Amber Eyes series is "Claimed by the Alpha: Amber Eyes Series One"-

(Author: Thank you to all the readers that have read and supported my books.)

-Aurora POV-

Through watery eyes, I watch a small group of men in black tunics walk in front of us.

My hands hurt and I am terrified of what is coming. The agonizing screams of men and women reach my ears. The smell of burning wood poisons my nose. The only comfort I find is the kiss the Autumn wind gives my cheeks.

"For the crimes of witchcraft committed against the good people of Essex, I hereby sentence you to death by fire!" One of the men in the black tunic shouts.

Fire roars as it burns flesh. The atrocious stench consuming all who witness.

"AAh!" My screams and the screams of those around me who are damned to this fate, echo through the field as fire consumes us all.

I am consumed in darkness now, a perpetual sleep takes me.

...

... ...

"Her vitals are up! Sedate her!" An unrecognizable male's voice comes through the hazed darkness.

I can hear the voices. I have an urgent need to open my eyes. Through lashes, I can see water as my eyes begin to flutter.

(I am... I am surrounded by water!)

I do not understand what I see. I am surrounded by a tube of water but I can see the blurry silhouettes of people walking around me. There are things attached to me, to my arms and my mouth where I can breathe from.

"There." The male voice says. "That was close. We need to make sure to sedate her on time!" He shouts to the others around him.

My eyes start to feel heavy and again, it is impossible to fight it. I fall back into the void of darkness.

-Ezekiel POV-

-Early fifteen hundreds-

"Eleanor... marry me." I say but my voice sounds almost like an echo.

I watch everything as if I was back there, back to that moment.

Her face is filled with pure joy and mine is filled with hope. "Yes, Ezekiel. I will marry you, my love!"

I pick her up and twirl her around. "I am the happiest I could ever be Eleanor! You are... my everything."

Everything turns blurry and the images in front of me change.

"Eleanor, run!" I now shout.

Panic sets in me.

“Ahh!” I feel a sharp sting on my neck. My eyes are focused on Eleanor as she runs out of the dark park while someone constricts my movements. Her long dress makes her stumble and she falls.

"Eleanor! NOO!!" A reach my hand out as if I could reach her from where I now lie.

"Ezekiel! EZEKIEL!!" Her screams fill my head.

-End of a nightmare and back to present day-

My eyes open abruptly to see the ceiling over me from the hotel where I am staying. I close my eyes and take a deep breath, trying to rid myself of the memories that haunt me.

A knock comes from my door and Wolf peaks his head in.

"Ezekiel get up. You are f*****g cutting it close man!" He says and walks out. "Damned bloodsucker." He mumbles.

I sigh and get up. I head directly towards the window. I open it and am met with the beautiful streets of London.

“f*****g Marco sending us all the way here.” I mumble.

I light a cigarette and watch the people go about their day.

The last time I saw him, he had called me in to brief me on this mission but along the way, I found a stray pup out in the cold.

(Tinsley was her name... I wonder how she is doing? The poor thing looked beat up and I don’t mean physically. She looked like life hit her hard.)

I sigh and think back on Marco and how he sent us here.

“It just had to be here of all places!”

It’s been years since I had been here. Those horrible memories came rushing back the moment I stepped foot in this nightmare of a place. Well, a nightmare for me.

“This is where I drew my last breath as a human and where I took in my first breath as an immortal. As a vampire.”

After that horrible night, I’ve only been back once before. Perks of being a vampire is that I have traveled almost everywhere but this is not all that is amped up to be. An immortals life is a lonely and boring one. I hide it well though, with my way of joking and how light-hearted I always sound. I have to be like that or I will fall into the dark abyss of self-loath. I will not be one of those brooding vampires though deep inside, I sometimes feel dead. Joy seems fleeting.

I look up at the setting sun.

The last time I was here, I was not able to be out in the sun. A vampire's body gets used to the sun's rays when they get older and stronger. I am a few centuries old and already adapted to the sun.

“Ezekiel!” Wolf’s shout echoes through the hotel suite.

The tall muscular man with light brown hair and blue eyes walks in looking angry... like always. Of course, he is angrier with me now because of what happened a few weeks ago but I won’t get into that... yet.

“Get ready!” He growls out, then walks out and slams the door.

I roll my eyes. "Werewolves are so temperamental."

I then head to the bathroom where I wash my face.

I peer up at the mirror with my blue eyes and see my blond hair all messy.

“That won't do.” I always like to look well put together.

I brush my hair and put it slicked back as I always do.

“EZEKIEL!” Wolf shouts from the living room.

"I’m coming, I’m coming... it's not like the damned place is going to vanish or something like that. Damn dramatic mutt."

-Two hours later-

'Thirty minutes to self-destruct' A computerized voice says as I run through the white halls of a secret facility. The alarm sounds uncontrollably.

"Well s**t! This was not the plan." I say to myself

I can imagine Wolf's voice in my head as if he was here saying that I am a dumb ass. I can even imagine his face of annoyance. I am surprised he hasn’t said it yet through the earpiece I am wearing.

(He is probably busy running.)

I take a turn on a corridor and almost crash on a very naked Wolf.

"You are a dumbass!" That is the first thing he says to me.

(Knew it.)

We start running in the same direction.

(This guy always finds a reason to take his shirt off. God damn werewolves always showing off their muscles and making me look like a walking noodle.)

Not that I am that skinny. I am lean and have muscles but nothing like a werewolf.

My attention goes back to our situation.

"Are you being chased?" I ask him.

"Yes, all because of you!" He growls out.

"Take a right." Theo's voice says through the earphone piece in our ears and we do just that. We have these earphones in our ears so we can communicate through the mission.

Wolf gives me a low growl. "What did I say, huh? Do not push the red button!" He shouts as we continue to run.

"And how do you expect anyone not to push a red button? It is a cosmic law to want to push a red button." I say as a matter-of-factly.

"You are a dumbass! You are like a child!" He shouts.

“So are you!” I shout back.

We have to come to an abrupt stop when five guards stand in front of us. They look surprised to see us and look like they were running.

"Umm... you're the wolf here." I say to Wolf. "Make yourself useful and sic 'em boy."

"You really know how to piss me off." He says grinding his teeth.

I laugh and get ready to kick some ass.

I use my speed and disarm the first guard. I take his gun and hit him on the face with it, knocking him out.

Wolf doesn’t even shift which I am relieved with because his wolf is not happy with me right now. He rushes two men at the same time and hits them both on the chest. They both go flying and when they touch the ground, they slide through it until they hit the wall.

The other two open fire on us. They are normal bullets but we still dodge. I grab the man that I knocked out and throw him at the other two which makes them fall on the ground. Wolf jumps and lands each of his feet on each of their chests with his hands opened, smacking them on their faces and slamming their head back at the floor.

I take the gun from the floor and aim it at the two men Wolf threw earlier and that are now getting up, then I shoot.

We look at the two dead and three unconscious men.

I nod and look at Wolf. "Good boy."

"Shut, the f**k, up." Wolf says sounding irritated.

"Guys, stop fighting. Focus on what we came here to do." Theo says. She is in a van outside waiting for us.

“Very well dear.” I say. “I’ll try to behave for you.” I give a smirk that she can’t see.

I am a flirty man by nature and it has gotten me in trouble over the years but it's not something I can turn off. At the moment, I have no special lady in my life so why would I stop?

The alarms suddenly stop. "All guards direct your attention to the main entrance. Eliminate all intruders." The female robotic voice says.

"Oh!” Theo says. “Change of plan guys. I was able to rewrite the self-destruct program so we carry the mission as planned. EZ, you go back to finding the main lab. Wolf, take care of the enemy and make an escape route."

"Yes ma'am." I say quickly turning around.

"Don't push any more buttons, red or any other color!" Wolf shouts.

I give him a quick salute and start running.

(That man is such a typical werewolf. So hot-headed.)

After a minute of running, I stop at a small room that has camera monitors on the walls.

I can see Wolf through one of them as he fights a few guards in his wolf form.

“This is crazy.” The guard says as he sits on the chair watching Wolf.

“I know...” I mumble. The guard looks back at me. “He shifted, his wolf is probably running wild now and he has it out for my ass... that guy needs to find a mate.” I say still looking at the camera.

“What the...” The guard says with wide eyes completely shocked.

I smile at him and then kick him. He hits one of the monitors and falls motionless on the ground. I look back at the monitor trying to figure out where to go.

“Where are your secrets... what are you hiding?” I say in a whisper.

I see a camera where scientists seem to be working in a room and on the bottom of the monitor, it says F three.

“The room is F three...” I mumble, looking at the map on the wall.

“For all the security here, these people handed everything to me...” I roll my eyes. “Humans.”

I see the room on the map and quickly head out.

Thankfully, I don’t find any guards on the way and I make it to the lab easily.

I slightly open the door and look inside. There is a small office with desks, computers and another door on the opposite side.

I also see white coats hanging on the wall so, naturally, I put one on.

We, vampires, have a thing where humans tend to see us as someone they can trust. It’s part of our supernatural abilities and I use that to my advantage all the time. We call it allure. It can be friendly but it can also be s****l if that is what we want.

I head in and keep my head down. A man suddenly walks in from a door I did not see on the corner.

“Hey, new guy.” The man says.

I turn around with a big smile. “Yes.”

“What’s happening out there?” He asks.

“Oh, just a simple cat and mouse chase. Well, more like a rat. But the guards are taking care of it.”

The guy laughs. “When will these competitors learn that Achlys labs are off-limits for a reason? No one can just break in that easily.”

I nod still smiling. “So? Why is that?” I ask.

The man leans in. “I heard that our labs are owned by hunters.”

“Hunters?”

“Oh yes, you're new so you probably don’t know about the monsters. Vampires, werewolves, witches they are all real man.”

“Oh, and what exactly is the goal of this company?” I ask.

“To destroy them all.” He says with a grim expression.

“All, as in all the monsters?” I ask.

He nods. “Yes.”

I continue to nod and point down to a file cabinet. “I see... and how do you get into these files?”

“Oh, your key card...” He holds his key card up and looks at me curiously. “... they should have given you one... when you... started. When did you start?... wait...”

I nod and smile while he realizes that I don’t work here.

My eyes now change to a menacing stare, trying to intimidate him. His eyes widen but he doesn't move.

I hold my hand out to him and he, knowing that he is in a bad spot, slowly gives me his key card as he swallows his spit in nervousness.

I lean in still smiling and whisper to him. “Stay right there in that spot without moving a single muscle unless you want to die, Ron Pelesky.” I say looking at his name tag.

He nods now looking pale.

I open the files and grab a couple of things that grab my attention but then, another person walks in from the other door. When the door opens, I get a glimpse of what's inside and my eyes widen.

“Ron put these in the files.” The man says completely distracted with his paperwork and continues to mumble. “I swear, you'd think we would have found that book by now so this can be all over. Over a century looking for it and not even one clue to where it is.”

He gives the papers to Ron. Ron slowly takes them, still looking at me. The other man then goes back inside through the door still distracted and I follow, feeling intrigued from what I see.

I am now in a circular room and in the middle, there is a circular tank that goes from the floor to the ceiling. It is filled with this crystal light blue liquid and inside... there is a woman.

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