PROLOGUE

As she lay in her foster parents' house, Lanaya breathed a painful sigh. She feared she had broken a few ribs, but she couldn't be more certain. As time passed, the number of injuries Lanaya sustained daily became too many to keep track of.

Coughing, she spat a mouthful of blood on the floor.

"What a fucking scumbag!" The man thrust his fingers into her hair and yanked her forcibly backward. "You fucking whore! You're bleeding on my floor!" She fell to the ground after receiving a heavy kick to the stomach from her foster father. He grabbed her by the hair and pulled her across the floor while she screamed in pain because of a severe ache in her wrist.

When Lanaya saw her foster mother sitting on the couch and pouring herself a glass of red wine, her head slammed into the coffee table. With her brow furrowed, she stepped forward, only to smack the bottle of red wine into Lanaya's face.

She fell back, her vision blurred by the wine and whatever made her sweat. A darker red than wine gushed out of her hand when she placed it on top of her head to clear her vision. Lanaya's foster father appeared in front of her and smiled calmly at her. When the paparazzi started following her, she was the one everyone wanted to photograph. He bent down and smashed her face against the coffee table with the same stoic smile.

Countless times in a row.

Her foster father had to stop when he heard a thud in the background, and she fell to the ground. In the middle of the conversation, she heard something similar to the sound of gunfire. The ceiling had a deep red stain from her foster father's absence, and she could no longer see him.

I'm not sure whether I've ever seen that before.

Lanaya blinked, her heart beating slowly and sluggishly in her chest. It was difficult to focus. She was staring at an unseen guy crouching over her when she blinked again. Lanaya could not see fully, but she could tell that this man was incredibly attractive.

However, the Devil is also a contradiction. When Lanaya's eyes closed, the darkness enveloped her, and she was ushered into eternal sleep.