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April 18 - April 22, 2025
Who better to eradicate evil from the world than those ordained by God?
I felt… something watching.
Illusions were deceptively easy magic—they often projected what you expected to find. I should have known better.
Familiar black paper with gold roots edged around the sides greeted me. I scanned the page—it was a summoning for the morning star. I shut the book and stepped away. Someone had summoned the devil. Or wanted to.
Antonio
“It’s you. You killed my sister.”
He said in order to break it, the devil needed to marry a witch. The angel told me that couldn’t happen, or else the devil would be set free.
“You cast a spell to make me fall in love with you. You lied to my face every day, hiding the truth of what you are.”
“What was this angel’s name?” Antonio lifted a shoulder. “He wouldn’t tell me.
“How do the hearts factor in?” He gave me an odd look. “Hearts?”
He did as I asked and quickly finished setting up the circle. Instead of using animal bones, he placed flowering wolfsbane between each candle. I stared at the helmet-shaped deep purple and blue petals. It was not at all what I’d think one would use to summon Pride.
expected to see a beautiful man standing before us. I did not expect to see Antonio. His eyes were pools of silvery blue; the only indication he was not the young man who’d grown up next door.
My breath hitched. His attention lingered on the diamond-encrusted clips in my hair. “I have a gift for you, Stella Strega.”
Something crackled and a gown appeared.
Glittering black snakes twined together in intricate knots at the waist like a belt.
“All hail the new consort.” My heart pounded. “I haven’t received a crown yet.” “Oh, but you will.”
“Somnus,”
inspected Wrath from a safe distance. There wasn’t anything familiar about this demon.
A black crown with ruby-tipped thorns sat upon his head. If turned upside down, it would appear to be dripping blood.
The demon’s grin vanished and he silently held out a hand. “Will you come with me?”
