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“Raven!” Micah hollers, transforming into his devil self, his gigantic body filling the room so much so that he must bend his neck not to hit his head on the ceiling. “Raven, run!”
The world quivers, the floor rumbling until flames burst through the air in front of me. I jerk my attention toward Lucian. My heart sinks into my stomach. It isn’t the blessed candle that sets the world aglow. It’s Lucian.
The candle wax seeps out from under his hoof, melted completely by his hellfire.
“Lucian, please,” Micah says. “She’s not ready.”
Ready?
I slowly turn my head to meet Micah’s wide eyes.
“Let’s find out how strong she truly is.” Lucian’s clawed hands rip through my night clothes as he drags me off the floor. “If she makes it out, maybe she’ll learn her place.”
“Makes it out?” I question, my voice a mere whisper over the sound of the flames.
The scent of sulfur assaults my nose, and I realize what Lucian means.
“Please, Lucian,” Micah says again. “Raven, beg for forgiveness. Ask for mercy. Make a deal. Do something. Fight.”
But it’s too late.
Lucian hangs me over a portal to Hell.
He releases me.
Fire consumes everything.
