Above The Flames (The Flames Trilogy #1) Read Online Free PDF

Christ, please quit your idiotic rambling,” Amon pleaded.
    Belze glared. “Do n-not use that name down h-here.” He paused, winding his blood red tie around his finger. “Well. The d-demons defeated the angels. As in, the war has been w-won. As in…”
    “I got it, Belze. No need to explain. Hell on Earth.” Amon sighed deeply. “So what about us?”
    “It l-looks like you aren’t going anywhere, h-huh?” Belze snickered. “I may be able to h-help you with that, though.”
    Amon growled. “What do you want?”
    “When we r-rise, I want you to stay away from us.” Belze smiled. “I want you to r-run. Hide. Anything. As long as you aren’t by Bael. He’s had his eyes on you for long enough. Being above the flames w-will only put you on his radar even more.”
    Amon smirked. “Why not just leave me chained here?” Belze looked at the floor and Amon smiled. “Because Bael told you to release us, didn’t he?”
    “Yes.” Belze hissed the word, sounding like a snake. “Can you j-just promise you will stay away? Or is that too m-much to ask?” He let out a long sigh.
    Amon’s thoughts whirled. Bael wanted the fallen ones above ground, but why? Belze didn’t want them anywhere near the demons, which made sense. Belze’s position had never been stable. As Bael’s second, he should have been ruthless. Cunning. Smart. But Belze was none of those things, making Amon believe Bael put him as his right hand man because of his weakness. If he wasn’t strong enough to overthrow Bael, then Bael would keep his position with no challenges along the way. He didn’t want Belze, or Bael for that matter, to bother the fallen ones.
    “And what if I don’t make that promise? What if I want to fight beside Bael?” Amon asked.
    Belze’s eyebrows shot up. “Y-you expect me to b-believe that? I may not be all the th-things Bael’s second should be, but I’m not s-stupid.”
    “Perhaps not, but I don’t exactly have anywhere to go. The demons are my family now.” Belze opened his mouth, but Amon quickly continued. “I don’t want them to be, but the angels threw me away. My family has been gone for a very long time, and so all I have left are the demons.”
    “I m-must insist you leave as soon as you a-are able.” Belze stepped forward, placing his face very close to Amon’s. “Wh-what do you want to e-ensure this happens?”
    “I want you to leave us be. Once we leave, we are off limits, no matter what that means for you.”
    “D-done. I can guarantee I w-will not bother any of you. B-but Bael will search for you.”
    “Why does he want us on his side?” Amon asked.
    Belze crossed his arms over his chest and angled his chin down. “Like you d-don’t know. H-he’s had his eye on you fallen ones since you fell. A-and I won’t have you t-taking my place.”
    Amon smiled. Belze looked like a middle-aged man who’d just found out his job had been given away.
    “St-stop laughing at me!”
    “I’m not laughing at you, Belze. Now, are we going to sit and talk all day, or are you going to cut me out of here?”
    Belze backed up and put his thumbs under his suspenders. “I’m g-going to admire the view for a m-moment. Amon, the powerful fallen angel, will finally be out of m-my way.”
    Belze could admire the view all he wanted. Amon knew that once he was free he had other plans. Once he planted his feet on solid ground again, he would run as far away as he could. If I ever regain feeling in any of my extremities.
    He remembered the day he’d been imprisoned. When he’d first fallen, Bael had approached him with interest. He’d asked Amon to join his side almost immediately. Of course, Amon had refused even more immediately. He would never work with a demon. He had been an angel and hoped to one day be brought back to Heaven.
    Bael had become angry and slashed out at him, but Amon quickly retaliated and used his remaining angelic powers, touching Bael with his golden light. The demon had cringed