Tempting Fate
Chapter 56

56 Chapter 56: The Human Monster: Face Ripper (Two)

Devin got up while it was still dark outside. Eve sleeping peacefully next to him took his mind off of things. He got out of bed and moved toward the window. There was a table and a pitcher of water next to the window. He filled the glass with water right away and drank it. Devin looked out the window and saw someone standing on the other side of the road in front of Reed’s house. Devin’s clothes flew up into the air quickly, and he quickly put them back on and ran into the room.

When he got close to where the creature had been, it was no longer there. A few times, he went around Reed’s house, but it was gone.

“Damn, it got away again.” Devin had an idea.

When Emy saw Maria come into the house, she came down from the second floor. He looked sad because it was 3 a.m.

“Maria?” Emy spoke up.

Maria went straight up to Emy. “Emy, why got out of bed in the morning?”

“I want to drink.” as Emy went down the stairs, she said. “What are you doing out so early?”

“Ah, I went out to jog,” Mary said as she wiped the sweat off her face. “Come with me to the kitchen.”

Emy and Maria walked together to the kitchen. Emy and Maria each got a glass of water from the fridge.

.....

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When Devin woke up, he couldn’t go back to sleep, so he just thought about going for a run. Emy also went out to jog, and Devin saw her as he came out of the house. He smiled at Emy and ran after her.

“Hi!”

Emy turned to the side and was astonished to replace Devin there. Emy took the headphone off of his ear.

“Hello, how are you?” said Emy.

“It’s new and you don’t have a bodyguard with you today,” said Devin.

Emy gave a small laugh. “Reed hasn’t woken up yet. I didn’t wake him up, so he could keep sleeping,” said Emy.

“He’ll go crazy if you’re not there when he wakes up,” said Devin.

Emy laughed and said nothing. They ran all over the village, and the other joggers probably looked at the two of them and wondered why the man with him was different. She doesn’t talk to Devin until they are far away from home.

“What’s up with you and Reed?” Devin asked.

“We’re okay,” said Emy. “Oh, and we haven’t talked yet. How did you end up being Reed’s cousin?”

“Well, our dad is a brother,” said Devin.

“So Reed is the actual king of your realm?” Emy spoke up.

“He is, yes,” said Devin.

“You are the prince,” said Emy.

“Yeah,” Devin said.

“Reed said that Eve was...” Emy said.

“Princes of Lust,” said Devin. “She’s always looking for a fling, whether it’s with a man or a woman.”

Emy fell silent. Devin stopped running when Emy stopped to drink water. While Emy was drinking water, Devin was looking at her. He watched as Emy put her lips to the bottle’s mouth and it swallowed. Emy stopped drinking. Devin grabbed Emy’s bottle of water and drank from the mouth of the bottle, which surprised Emy.

Emy said, “Wait,” but Devin put his lips on the bottle. Emy watched Devin’s Adam’s apple move with his every drink of water.

Devin put down his drink and looked at Emy. “What?’ Devin asked.

“Nothing,” said Emy.

After closing the bottle of water, Devin gave it back to Emy. Emy agreed, and she turned away from Devin right away. Later, she was surprised when Devin grabbed her on both shoulders and could barely lift her, so she grabbed Devin. Emy turned away and saw two daggers go through the tree trunk. She looked at Devin with wide eyes. It had its head turned away. Devin saw even the thing that killed the man. He let go of Emy so he could try to follow the thing, but Emy grabbed his hand. Devin looked at Emy and could feel that her hands were shaking, probably because she was scared.

“Please don’t leave me,” said Emy.

Devin said nothing, and his knees got weak. He was about to sit down on the road, but Devin caught her.

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Reed leaves the room. Everyone’s eyes were drawn to him. He ran down the stairs with nothing on and seemed to just wake up.

“Why are you in such a hurry, Reed?” Eddie asked.

“Dad, have you seen Emy?” Reed asked.

“Ah, but aren’t you both in the room?” Eddie asked.

“She’s not next to me, so I need to hurry down,” said Reed.

Maria exited the kitchen. “She is with Prince... Sir Devin. They are running in the village together.” said Mary.

“What?” Reed was shocked and asked. When Emy and Devin came to the door, he was about to leave the house.

Devin held both of Emy’s arms as she walked as if to hold her up. He went up to Emy right away and shook Devin’s hand in both of her arms.

“What’s going on?” Reed asked. “What did you do?”

“I did nothing,” Devin asked.

“Emy, what’s going on?” Reed asked.

Devin didn’t wait for Emy to answer he immediately leave the house. That’s when he met Eve. Eve called Devin, but he didn’t answer.

Eve stopped walking and looked at Devin until he teleported. Eve kept walking until she got to the front door of the house.

“Oh, what’s going on?” Eve asked.

Everyone ignores her. As Emy sat on the couch next to her dad and Reed, everyone was looking at her.

“Earlier, someone threw a dagger at Devin and me, but I don’t know who it was meant for,” Emy said after she drank the water that Maria gave her.

“What?” Reed asked. “Devin didn’t do this to you, did he?”

“Not him,” said Emy.

“Did you see what it looked like or who it was?” Reed asked.

Emy nodded. “I didn’t see him, but Devin saw him. He would have come after me, but I got here first. I’m worried that the person who threw the dagger might return.” Emy said.

Reed looked at Maria. He said, “Maria...”

Maria gave a quick nod and left.

—-

Devin went around the entire village, but he lost track of it. As he stood on the playground and looked around, he gasped.

‘Damn, he’s left again,’ Devin thought.

Devin heard something from behind him. He quickly stopped it from punching him in the back. He quickly grabbed it by the wrist and threw it, but it was gone before its body hit the ground. As soon as Devin looked around, the creature attacked again. It made a bucket out of a black smoked blade. Devin dodged and blocked each attack quickly. Whenever he touches it, it goes away quickly, as if it knows how he fights.

Devin let the smoke out of his hand. The demon came out of hiding when he was about to attack the creature. While the other creature watched the demon attack him, he focused on it. Devin quickly blocked its long fingers and wide hands, which it had used to cut its prey’s face. When Devin kicked its body, it took off quickly.

When the thing Devin is following leaves, it disappears and leaves behind a face ripper. After a while, the face ripper came at him again. From the black smoke, he made a sword called Devin and rushed the face ripper quickly. However, he didn’t know that an old man was nearby, so the demon ran up to the old man quickly and got inside his body.

“Oh, crap!” said Devin as he stopped moving toward them.

The old man hurried. When Maria came back later, Devin put the blade right on her neck.

Mary said, “Prince Devin...”

Devin put down the blade right away, and it turned back into the smoke and went away. “That old man’s body is being possessed by a face ripper,” said Devin.

Maria looked at the old man, who was leaving the playground quickly. “I’ll come after him,” Maria said something, and then she quickly left beside him.

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“Is the queen all right?”

Reed was by the pool when Eve walked up to him. He and Emy are at work, and he is waiting for Emy to finish getting ready. Reed saw Eve was eating ice cream and turned to her.

“Can you live here so that it’s easy for you to come here to eat our food?” Reed asked.

“Really? Do I have a room?” Eve asked.

“Of course, it’s not possible,” said Reed.

Eve giggled. “So, do you still think it’s Devin?” Eve asked.

“He’s the only one who could do something like that,” said Reed.

“Oh, so now you believe me?” Eve asked.

“You can’t do anything,” said Reed.

“I think too little of you, Reed,” said Eve.

Devin will later show up in front of Eve and Reed. Devin stood up and looked at Reed straight on.

“We’re in trouble,” said Devin.

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Reed made a face. “What’s the matter?”

“The face ripper’s body merged with that of an old man who lives in this village,” said Devin. “And he got away. Maria is now trying to replace him.”

“You couldn’t kill a face ripper, could you?” Eve asked with an eyebrow raised.

Devin looked at Eve. “It’s not top of my list.”

Reed gave it some thought. Maria needs to replace the face ripper before it kills Emy’s family at Reed’s house.

“What are you eating?” Devin asked Eve.

Eve smiled. “I do not know, but it tastes good. There is a lot in the fridge.”

“I want one,” Devin said something, and then he quickly left the two of them.

“Even though I blame him, he doesn’t care. He doesn’t care at all,” said Reed.

“Maybe you’re being taken for a suspect by mistake,” Eve said, smiling. “Oh, it’s empty. I’d like more.” then Eve turned quickly away from Reed.