Lot of Work to Tend To

Three months, that's how long its been since she took the beating for me. I would say I have gotten everything was done that I needed but most of what I have done is research. I've found out that to truly kill a shadow rider his soul needs to be consumed, otherwise he just goes to another body. I only know that because the one I had shot that day had been chasing me. The devil himself had the ritual hidden. When I found it, it was in a church that had been overrun. The only reason it ended up there is that someone actually stole it and hid it. Now the special thing about the church is I can actually enter hallowed ground, unlike the shadow riders. It had taken me a month to track down the ritual instructions, the second month was spent chasing that rider. This whole month I finally caught him and currently am getting everything ready to consume his soul. The last time it was done Hell had chased down the one responsible. That story goes that there was a rider in white, people usually say it's a myth because anyone working for the devil has black. This rider had consumed a few riders and defied the devil, he changed and rebelled. He has been dead for around 40 years now, took his own life before the devil could get him. But the devil did consume his power before he could move on. I've never taken someone else's power, but by the instructions in this book, it's painful. But it enhances everything, and when you consume enough you can stand on equal ground with the devil. Hell, even the horse gets some of this power since he shares mine. I guess it's time to give it a chance. Now people say that a human soul is like a sun, they have never seen the soul we possess or felt all the power we contain. It's ten days later, long story short, I consumed his soul and it tore me apart from the inside. I passed out and my body healed itself. By the time I woke up, I felt more powerful than I ever have, but it still wouldn't be enough to carry out my plans. I have six riders left to catch and consume, let's just hope the devil doesn't find out it's me. If he does, he will go after her again and kill her.