Chapter 243: Hate To Break It To You
It was well into the night before we had had enough of paradise. The sun had sunk behind the water, turning everything red and orange. I had made a comment that the sunset reminded me of the guys.
Sloth was the color where the sky and water met, while Wrath, Lust, and Gluttony were all in the sunset. Even Envy could be seen in the sky as purple played with the blues. Pride was even higher up, the dark sky covering everything underneath him.
"And where am I?" asked Luca as the looks on the other guys’ faces changed to awe as I continued to describe what I was seeing.
"You are the earth," I shrugged, pointing to a section of the land in the middle of the ocean where palm trees grew. "You are the sanctuary for everyone who needs it. Can’t you see it?"
"I guess our demons aren’t so bad if you put it that way," sniffed Pride, speaking through Dante as he stared up at the sky.
It was like after the battle with Réne and the others, the division between the human and the demon was almost gone.
"Told you that you were beautiful," I snickered, leaning back on Salvatore’s chest. The man had refused to go in the water, deciding to hold on to me for the whole day. I can’t say that I minded. It was...
Content.
"Do we’s really ’ave ta go back?" sighed Désiré as he folded his arms behind his head. "Cause if we donna, I donna want ta."