“Miles...”Mercy thrashed in her seat, until she was set free from her restraint.She crawled on broken glass, reaching for him.There was so much blood.
So much blood...
“Miles...”Her voice cracked and the tears came.“You’re bleeding...”
His hand found hers.He gripped it tight.
“I’ll be okay, baby,” he lied.
I could not tear my gaze away as the coldness set in around us.
And then, like an echo, I heard it.
His prayer.
His voice resonated within me as he prayed toanyonethat would hear him, to save her.
No, it was not a prayer.
It was adeath wish.
And I knew the moment he was heard, because the scent of sulfur was unmistakable.It was the trademark of a contractor demon.A demon who could only be summoned by the pleas of a death wish.
“Miles...no...”I cried, knowing it wouldn’t make a damn bit of difference.
What was done was already done.
The deal had already been made.
I didn’t know the contractor that approached him.
Miles squeezed Mercy’s hand as the shadowed figure knelt before him.
Shadowed hands picked up the phone, offering it to Miles.
“The choice is yours,” he said.
But for Miles there was no choice.Not really.
“A soul for a soul.Do you agree to the terms?”
Miles took the phone with his free hand, the blood staining his skin.His nod was almost imperceptible.
“Miles...I can’t...I can’t move...”
I watched with an aching heart as he saidyes.
Twenty years old and with the world at his feet, and in a heartbeat, he gave it up.
For her.
Perhaps I was wrong.Perhaps some humans did understand what it was to sacrifice a soul.
CHAPTER11
Valory
Endor’s bodyshook against mine, a tortured sob escaping his throat.
