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Once your soul was sold, there was no going back. You would become theirs for eternity, bound to a demon and destined for Hell.
“I think you should run now, Everly,” he said. “Run for your fucking life.”
She was as alluring as a comet in the night sky, or a flickering candle in the dark. “Tell me what you are. Tell me what burns in your soul, what puts that vicious fire in your veins. Tell me why you run when you know you can’t escape.”
The edges of my vision went blurry. “Who hurt you?” I hissed.
He seemed more playful than violent. As ridiculous as it sounded, he reminded me of a massive dog who didn’t know his own strength. Desperate to play, longing for affection, too excited to sit still.
“Home…” I whispered. “I don’t know if I’ve ever really had a home.” “Home is wherever I can keep you safe,” he said.
I’d just commanded a demon prince to strip off his clothes, and he obeyed. No hesitation, no argument, no anger. It made me giddy as much as it frightened me.
“I would build a temple for you if I could,” I said, dragging my nose along her skin as I inhaled. “Lock you away like a gilded goddess and worship at your feet for eternity.”
“A hunger for knowledge can be more valuable than knowledge itself. People take what they know for granted.”
This obsession might mean the death of me, but that is an end I will meet gladly. Humans have their deities, their great and powerful gods, guiding them to live and die. I have you.”
“To whom do you belong, my demon?” “To you, darling. You will have me in life. I will keep you in death. For eternity, I am yours, and you are mine.”
