House of Eternity

DU SOLE

s cooler than the oppressive heat outside. There were rumors about this place, they also call

his clothes. Death and smoke, there were bodies piled up in gutters and in ma

into the room off his right he saw a flame-haired woman watching him. The candl

a creature of myth, a siren that lured men with the promise of bliss between her legs. Smiling at him he sn

d into another room and saw a couch with three women draped over a man who was moaning and writhing in pleas

isappeared up the stairs. The rooms were perfumed and the underlying stink of sex clung to the air. Laurent

oming to burn the house of the sun, down to the ground. The people did not care if there were innocents involved, th

ow gold in the candlelight. The women’s eyes reflected the light like the predators that hunted the

t circled the brothel, it was the only one in New Orleans that had such a dark and sordid

the sins of the flesh,” he leaned back and smirked at him. “I assure yo

rew more difficult every time he walked over the threshold. He absently touched the medal under his shirt. He was not

darkness dwelled in these walls and that it would be their undoing. Gabriel tapped his fingers on the table the pok

the window. Gabriel was smirking as he ran a hand through his beard, he looked exhausted and disheveled.

he flame-haired woman walked in. Her dress clung scandalously to her body. The corset she wore was studded with diamond

of lavender and magnolia. He closed his eyes and muttered a prayer under his br

ent grit his teeth as it felt like it caressed the most intimate parts of h

abriel and he sighed raking his hands through his hair. Laurent stared out the window and noticed an orange glow

on on the woman. There was something wrong with this woman and eve

ast week.” There was a loud bang and the three people turned to stare

reams and men yelling. Laurent’s pulse skyrocketed and he ran towards the door trying to

he floor. No woman should be that strong, she bared her teeth at him and Gabrie

you, boy, now stay here and do not come out of this room no matter what you hear.” Her face contorted

ng and he heard the rustle of paper and the sound of it burning as his brother lit a

we take part in some cards and whiskey and ride out the trouble that has shown up on her doorstep.” L

t he still came back to this cursed place. He fell to his knees and started praying for a mira