A Contract With My Demon
She was holding the silver music box, but it was glowing with a strange, dull leaden light.
"Mom! Get out of here!" Elara tried to shout, but it came out as a whisper.
"I'm not leaving my girls to a debt collector," Sarah said. She walked toward the boy, her combat boots echoing on a floor that didn't exist. "You want a Name? You want a history? Take mine. I’ve lived a thousand lives in the shadows. I’ve been a traitor, a mother, a killer, and a ghost. My ledger is heavy enough to pay the rent for the whole planet."