Aetherion Academia #1: Shadows of Rebirth
Autumn fell to her knees, her hands finding the chapel's floor with a pressure that whitened her knuckles, her body shaking with sobs that made no sound, her grief a physical presence that pressed against my back like a hand I could not see.
"Then we end it," I said, and my voice came out steady, stripped of the fear that coiled in my stomach like a second spine, stripped of the hope that had carried me through every previous battle. "We do not let her become the key. We do not let Selene complete the ritual. We end the possession, release the soul, and face whatever comes with the knowledge that we chose mercy over destruction."
The demon's smile widened, became something that contained too
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