Gloom

Chapter 348

—Asmodeus, please no! —Desperation crept into Akhliss's scream, but the demon holding me did not flinch.

Anticipation made a knot in the pit of my stomach. A feeling of real, authentic fear wreaked havoc inside me. A dizzying effect made me feel like I was about to jump off the top of a cliff, straight to my doom... But somehow, it didn't feel as bad as I thought it must have been.

A small part of my brain briefly remembered Anthony, Nat, Dee, Dave, and Claire—even though the last three would not mourn my death—and I felt a stab of pain. A tiny fraction deviated from that path and within me grew the faint, although unlikely, hope that perhaps I could be with my parents again. And that didn't make me miserable.

“Go ahead and kill me,” I said quietly, and the wrinkle between his dark eyebrows became more noticeable. But you have no idea what I am, and that will never leave you alone. —I felt like I should shut up when an unrecognizable feeling crossed her face, but I couldn't. I didn't