The Deal (26 page)

‘
Yes, but that’s not my body,’ she said, pointing at the woman
who was in the process of being scanned by the nurse. Both women
were watching the greyscale image on the screen
intently.

‘
Well, it turns out that not even the Dark Lord has the power
bring a body back to life after it has been buried in the ground
for so many years. So the next option is to put you into a new
body,’ I was trying to sound upbeat about it all, but inside I was
dying a little.

‘
You
mean reincarnation. But I want to be with
you,
Samuel. You’re my husband. The man that I
love. I don’t want to be away from you,’ the tears were coming back
with a vengeance again and I brought her close to me so I could
kiss and hug her.

‘
I
know but the simple truth is I’m now the ruler of hell. The one
place I feared going to the most and I now own the bloody thing.
But you can’t be there with me, apparently it’s against the rules
and believe me I got the monk’s to double check on that one,’ I
could feel my voice crack as the gravity of the situation kicked
in. ‘so, this is the only other way. She is your new
mother.’

Lisa looked at
me, fresh tears trickling down her cheeks, and then back at the
woman lying on the bed. I could see she wanted to fight me but the
look in my eyes told her this was the only way out for
her.

‘
But
I wanted to spend the rest of my life with you,’ she
whimpered.

I could feel my
heart break even more as I tried to wipe away her tears.

‘
I
wanted to spend the rest of my life with you too, but there is
nothing else that we can do. If I don’t take the throne there could
be a biblical war, and being a nomad soul just isn’t your style,’ I
said and was grateful when I got a chuckle from her.

‘
I
will always love you, you know that don’t you?’ she said, giving me
one last kiss on the cheek.

‘
And
it will be the same for me. Who knows, maybe in years to come I’ll
be able to retire and start over again with you by my side,’ I
said.

Inside I wanted
to scream at her not to go. I wanted her to put up as much of a
fight as possible, even though I knew that this was the only option
for her to finally be happy.

I watched as she
let go of my hand and walked over to the bedside. I blew her one
last kiss before her spirit transformed into a brilliant white mist
which entered the mother’s womb through her naval.

There was a hollowness in my heart that I now
know
will never go away.
The one thing I had wanted most in my human life was gone and I
would never be able to hold her in my arms again.

But at least I
could do something to make sure that Lisa’s new life would be the
happiest one possible. Moving to the bedside, I let my hands hover
over the woman’s swollen belly and recited the sacred chant
Pertilius had taught me.

The words, as
ancient as hell itself, where still a mystery to me, but the
meaning was universal. It was a simple spell that would provide
lifelong protection from evil from the moment she entered the
world.

And with me as
the new boss of hell, I was going to be keeping a very close eye on
her.

The woman’s
belly glowed briefly, enough to let me know that the spell was
complete and it was now time to go back to my new home. I had no
idea what the future would bring for me, and despite all the power
invested, I felt it was best to just go with the flow.

I lingered for a
few more seconds, just long enough to hear the nurse tell the woman
that her new baby would be a girl. I could feel a smile grow on my
face and a tear prick my eyes.

At
last
,
I had been able to
do something good in my life for someone who had, and always will
be, very special to me.

Now it was time
for me to take my throne.

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