Bound To The Demon King

la'

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s a b

pulsed beneath her boots as she stepped onto the cracked sidewalk, Skyrea

reets to black glass. Neon signs flickered through the mist-Liquor,

to her skin, her breath rattled in her chest. Eve

e cleaned-up tourist traps or the glossy skyline. No. This wa

ed people up and

s dancing on the brick walls. One of them looked up, eyes bloods

head down.

r her-slurred and ugly-b

he didn't make it to Skyreach Tower? What if this was it-her last w

teps

her ribs as the pain knifed through her. The cough ended in a wet wheeze

ch tim

ered, but tonight it wrapp

wal

ced-horns drawn on their halos. Across the street, a girl not much older than Leila leaned into

wallowed

it was h

he streets quieted. No drunks. No sirens. Just silence, and th

ahead like something

glass. No lig

pre

rt thudding. The rain didn't touch the building-

teel doors

No voice. Ju

med to turn around.

there left to

tepped

Silver elevators. No one in sight. But th

s op

r already g

might explode. Then slowly, slowly step

er stomach dropped like she'd

th

i

stretched around her. Dim lights cast eerie reflections

of the hallwa

a

il

chi

had been stitched to his bones. And even from this distance,

dn't

dn't

ly wa

e barely a whisper. "Was

ved-barely.

Sharp a

" he said, voice smooth as

ust be desper