Chapter 35: That Changed Everything

“I accept your offer.”

The four words that changed everything.

“Dani, no!”

“Excellent,” uttered the archdemon. “Your word is binding.”

She would help Ignis imprison Reign, Fragor, whatever name he went by, for eternity. That was what he deserved for all his sins; she could already imagine his face when he realized he had never seen his doom coming from her. He was a pursuer; he was a predator; not a victim, she knew that much.

Nerves went taut inside her body, at her verbal acceptance, though the archdemon was doing visibly nothing. The room erupted into chaos for the second time since he had shown up. As he whispered an incantation, she noticed Marc reaching for her arm.

She didn’t feel his finger touching her as she suddenly found herself in near darkness, alone with the archdemon. The living room was gone.

“What did you do to my friends?! I swear I’ll kill–”

“I simply removed the distractions.”

“Explain more or I’ll shoot you.”

“I don’t care about your little bullets,” Ignis sig