A Contract With My Demon
"I did what was necessary to protect the realms. The Void needed a host, or it would have consumed everything—your world and mine."
"And you picked me because I was easy to break," she spat.
The red sky of the Iron Market suddenly turned black. The frozen explosion of Silas’s body didn't finish its blast—it simply dissolved into ash. The thousands of demons outside the pavilion stopped their cheering. A wave of absolute, crushing silence swept over the crater.
Every demon in the Iron Market simultaneously fell to their knees. Not for Vane. For her.
Vane felt it. He let go of her shoulders, stepping back, his hand flying to the hilt of his cane. His expression was a complex map of regret, fea