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Oh-fucking-no.
Sweeping his leg, he knocks my feet out from under me, pushing me to the ground. I scrape my palms on the hot ground, trying to get away, to do anything, but his heavy body lands on top of me. Every goddamned horrible situation I can think of tumbles through my mind in my fit of panic. He’s going to rape me. He’s going to fucking rape me.
I scream, kicking and bucking my body, doing everything I can to get this evil, disgusting demon off me. His hot hand slams into my back, winding me. My shouts cut off, and the edges of my vision shadow. I pray to succumb to the darkness. I don’t know if I can survive this. If I can live past it.
“No!” The world around me erupts in blinding light with Zade’s holler.
The weight suffocating me vanishes. I gasp and rest my head on the ground, giving in to the shuddering relief coursing through me. Silence fills the air, the sounds of the battle, or the lost, wrathful souls no longer piercing my ears. A wave of tranquility covers me like a cozy blanket, calming my racing heart.
“Raven, can I pick you up?” Zade murmurs, his familiar sweet scent wafting around me from his closeness. “I need to make sure you’re unhurt.”
I’m so stunned by everything that happened that all I can do is nod. Zade lifts me from the ground and hugs me in his arms.
“That demon will never hurt you again. I promise.” Expanding his wings, he flaps them a few times but doesn’t launch us from the ground.
“Please, if you can’t get me out of here, help me find Andre. I’m afraid if I don’t, there won’t be anything else you can do. The demons won’t stop. They won’t acknowledge me as anything but a contracted soul until I fulfill my end of the bargain.” I lick my dry lips, my throat burning from my screams.
Zade sighs and nods his head. “Raven, I—”
“Now,” I say, my words sharper. “I don’t want you trying to give me hope. Because right now, seeing how much you resist and also not knowing what’s happening with Elias...I’m hopeless. I’m lost.”
All feels lost.
