Kayhan’s POVI couldn’t bargain because I was completely out of my depth.A true bargain requires leverage, and the moment I refused the demon its initial demand, I realized I lost all of it.Tethys did not negotiate; he simply took my refusal as an insult, stripped away my leverage, and rewrote the terms by force.The school books clearly warned about the cunning of demons, how could I had been so stupid?The shadowmagic did not become my reward as planned, but a brand of ownership. I hadn’t bought power; I was being infected with it.“It is too late to back out now,” the demon said with that unnatural, triumphant grin. “You are mine. Besides, you humans think you are so smart, don’t you? Well, I have been around longer than this. You cannot fool me, boy.”The demon chuckled, and the cold seeped deep into my bones. I felt it in every muscle, as if the very air around the ritual chamber had turned on me. My shoulders tensed involuntarily.The stone walls of the tower seemed to close i
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