Devil's price

Chapter 1

A pregnant women sells the souls of her unborn triplets to the devil , one for eternal Beauty, one for Neverending wealth and another for fame on the day of birth four children were born instead of the expected three , the women told hospital staff that she did not want to even see any of the babies and insisted that they be signed up for adoption with no ties to her , the doctors took it to be post-birth trauma and informed staff to let her rest but she disappeared from hospital leaving only barely filled medical sheets her name and contact info missing. The children were enrolled into an adoption center ,the first [ Michael ] was sent to a large family living in the middle class two were taken in as twins by a lonely rich couple [ Angel & Angelina]while the last [Dan] was never adopted he skipped from foster home to foster home but by the second week he'd always be returned to the orphanage .

17 years later, Dan sat in the orphanage's ' cosy 'Backyard face planted into a science fiction book despite this he followed Auntie Z , one of the orphan keepers taking 2 steps towards him and then 3 back over and over again he was unbothered because he was well-aware of what was happening Auntie Z was supposed to inform Dan that he is months from being tossed into the streets he showed little to no emotions over the matter this had become a habit of him since the early age of 8 . Dan gets to the last page of his book , slams it close and meets eyes with Auntie Z sharing a small light smile as if seeing her for the first time he begins walking towards her there were barely 2 meters between them but Auntie Z could've sworn it was a mile she watches him walking in slow motion, a light smile on his face , his dark full black hair , his caramel brown eyes trapped behind his glasses looking into her soul and his beau...." I'll tell Mr smith you informed me of my choices after i turn 18 " he said patting her shoulder and walking past she took a breathe of relief , Dan was not mad he understood that had it been in Auntie Z or Mr smith's hands he could've stayed at the orphanage till the return of christ the orphanage had more then double the orphans planned for and the department could barely afford to fund the orphanage as is .Dan walks into the his room which he shared with 15 other orphans they had 12 beds fortunately Dan didn't have to share his and even took the courtesy of moving his bed to the corner of the room far from others he put his glasses in their box and put them and the book under the pillow, and laid his head to sleep.

Dan was eruptly woken up by gruesome pain-filled screams coming from all around him he shots out of his bed to meet the whole orphanage covered in blood , the orphans' decapitated bodies hung from the ceiling forming an upside down pentagram , parts of the orphange were in flame , he could see screaming souls in the fire and hear them even better he fell to his knees laying his face into his hands but he was quick to lift it when he felt something breathing down his neck , the breathe feeling like a blowtorch to the neck but sending chills down his spine, he lifts his face and three figures with blurred faces reach out blood covered hands to him .Dan takes a deep breathe now awakening from his nightmare to be greeted by the orphans screaming loudly , panicking he raises from bed looks around but his vision is blurred he reaches for his glasses when he puts them on he realises one of the orphans was adopted and the family was happy for her he threw himself back onto the bed ' Not again...' he shoves his face into the pillow .

A beautiful young women visibly no older then 20 dances in the middle of a large ballroom alone except for 4 suited men guarding the entrance door she sings along beautifully to vibrant music swinging her hands around yet never losing a drop of her drink even when tilting the glass as if offering it to the beautiful moment surrounding her . The music came to an erupt stop , the two large entrance doors violently swing open , violent moist wind fills the ballroom and as the doors shut the man guarding it collapse the women freezes in place ' Hello ol friend ..' a cold deep voice calls from her left , inches away she turns her head and blood runs down her nose as she meets a face patched up with fur and scales and accommodated by horns twirling back from just above the ears... well at least what was meant to be ears the face had the holes but no pinna ' did you miss me? ' an arm slithers across her petite waist wrapping around her till the hand rested over her womb with twisted , barbered claws darker then the night , the middle and ring finger gently rubbing inward and outward repeatedly while the pinky and index slowly dug into her skin " i believe it's been 18 years , our little souls should be ready to bloom " Whispered the figure gently leaning into the women's ear she took a deep breathe and with the courage she could master " I gave them to you, why come back?" .

There was silence for awhile then eruptly the figure begun screaming " YOU SAID THERE WERE THREE " simultaneously launching the woman into the wall , she hit her head on the wall then facepalmed into the ground with no hesistant it pushed it's leg at full force into her stomach dragging her across the floor , with a mouth filled with blood and barely able to grasp air she cried ' I didn't know ' it walks over wrapping his hand around her neck ,lifting her then pinning her against the wall ' I WANT MY SOULS ' It applied pressure ,blocking her airway and filling her lungs with blood , she kicked her legs around tryna break free she screamed " just take them " he dropped her and after a moment of intense silence it laughed and laughed then with a gentle, warm voice it answered ' it's not that simple, Lillian it's really not . take a seat and I'll explain ' she drags her body over to a chair and sits breathing heavy and barely conscious .

" Twins share souls , they don't have one soul but their spirits treat it as one , same in triplets ....uhm it's like making a salad so with your Quads i only own 3 quarters of that salad so i can't eat..." he paused then combusted into flames and begun yelling again " YOU ARE GETTING ME THAT FOURTH QUARTER " with bits of her skin turning red she coughes up blood to say " just take it " he laughs and begins speaking in a gentle tone " sweetheart 🥺, you can't give me something that you don't own , you need to find the fourth quarter and make them give it to me " ......she could barely keep her eyes open snd breathing steady so she reserved energy by not responding but with his angry building yet again " DON'T MAKE ME REMIND YOU WHAT YOU WERE BEFORE ME " Her beauty faded away and her face molten into a hideous 90 year old , her petite waist filled up and body became plump .

A dead body was found with human bite marks around the neck and ribs, one of 23 this week

Chapter 2

A dead body was found with human bite marks around the neck and ribs, one of 23 this week the victim just like the rest was a Caucasian female, brunette long hair, and blue eyes no older then 18 , a detective walks into the crime scene meeting police officers who got the message , an old abandoned butcher shop , the body was laid on a rusty elevated table same way a pig was placed to be slaughtered . The detective stood over the table towering at 6'4 ft , brown skinned and curly black hair with deep eyebags he slides on his latex gloves, let's off a deep sigh hovering his hands over the head moving down " Brunette, blue eyes , 16 and..nibbles on neck, breasts and ribs , no other bruising or visible cause of death , no restriction , bondage or sexual assault ohhh...and neck, breasts and ribs are below body temperature " the detective then turned then faced a nearby officer " did the Anonymous tip say a dead body or dead women " the officer became visibly confused she saw that the victim's chest area was covered, the detective had not touched the body and no official statement had been made of the Anonymous informant despite her confusion she replied " Body " the detective sighs " Quite a shame .Run a background test on Victim's father then inform the mother of the horrible news" the detective slides off his gloves and puts them in his pocket. The officer now voices out her confusion " you think the father did this ?" the detective shook his head no while walking away .

Lillian coughs out blood ,laying her wrinkled heavy head on the table with her ribs fractured and blood leaking out ,the devil sitting across her leans in close " you do remember what you were before me ,right? " the devil snaps his fingers and the beautiful ballroom in the large upperclassmen mansion widdles away into the rotting slumbs Lillian had almost forgotten she closes her eyes and embraces her death but she hears one last snap then the music continues, she is the beautiful 20- something year old dancing gracefully in her private ballroom with a glass of wine in hand " YOU HAVE TILL THEY TURN 18 " which was 7 months from today , she suddenly wasn't in no mood to dance .

Dan was brushing his teeth, lost in his thoughts trying to process what he saw in his dream ,what he has been seeing in his dreams it's always the scene he hears screams , walks up , finds the orphans in an upside down pentagram then 3 figures drenched in blood try to lure him away he contemplated letting them to take him to see where they would go maybe they trying to save him from something or maybe it's a stress response to leaving the orphanage " what does it all mean " he said spitting out then rinsing his mouth " It means you need to leave now " a soft, slow voice answered Dan startled drops his toothbrush and faces the voice only to meet Auntie Z who apparently been talking to Dan being late to school he ignores her and continues out to School .

Originally Dan was enrolled into a free public school but with his smarts he later secured a bursary to T.M.L.A the most prestigious private school in the country where he continued to outperform his peers, he caught 6 busses to the school all before any of his schoolmates woke up but by the time he stepped of the 6th bus and begun the light walk from the bus stop to the school most of his schoolmates had been in the school premises as soon as he came into View of the school gate one kid begun screaming " Dirty Dan Dirty Dan Dirty Dan “

Chapter 3

Originally Dan was enrolled into a free public school but with his smarts he later secured a bursary to T.M.L.A the most prestigious private school in the country where he continued to outperform his peers, he caught 6 busses to the school all before any of his schoolmates woke up but by the time he stepped of the 6th bus and begun the light walk from the bus stop to the school most of his schoolmates had been in the school premises as soon as he came into View of the school gate one kid begun screaming " Dirty Dan Dirty Dan Dirty Dan " although loud and spiky he had a soft and gentle voice his black empty eyes met with Dan, his dark mane brushed back neatly wearing the same uniform a black satin jersey with a lion crest over the heart and matching trousers but the boy ended the outfit with flashy black and red sneakers whereas Dan pieced it together with plain black slides

" Hey Travis " Dan responded to the boy leaning in for a quick side hug as they joined together and made way to their classess " you still sticking to Dirty Dan huh you know out of context that doesn't sound so good" Travis blankly stared ahead at a girl sitting a distance away on a bench she had long dark hair slithering down to her back , her golden brown eyes glow in the sun while she focuses on typing on her PC surrounded by enough snacks to last an entire classroom days she occasionally reached into a packet and threw what treasures she received into her mouth she suddenly felt a large shadow shade the warm sun she raises her head to meet Dan towering over her a little lower and Travis was on a knee extending out a packet of Sweets " My beautiful Angel pls accept thks token of my love ...." The girl sighed deeply taking the sweets nonetheless piling them with the rest " Thank you Travis." her eyes shifted up " you want some snacks Dan " she said already throwing up some chips

"Where's your devilish sister "