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Hel had killed the one person that ever meant anything to me.
She’d caused havoc and pain and ran, leaving us to pick up the pieces.
If I didn’t get out of here, then Helheim would fall with her. There would be no one to keep Harlow safe against the demons and souls who wanted nothing but power. That was my job and she’d locked me down here like a fucking traitor.
My only hope was that she’d find me before they ruined her.
But who would she be if she did arrive. Someone different, a new version of herself that would never quite be the same. Would she love me still?
The drip of water down the wall and movement in the building above, a mix of disembodied voices and the clatter of chains were the only company I had for the next several hours as the pain tore through my chest.
I couldn’t feel Harlow at all now and I knew she was dead. Hel had put her stock in this one vision, and it was coming to pass.
Pain and anger were so strong I slammed my hand in the wall to get any semblance of relief. I didn’t care about the pain radiating through my arms as I tore into the flesh, the pain kept me grounded, kept me from losing my fucking mind.
There was still a part of me that hoped Harlow would make it. She was strong and a different version of Harlow was better than a world without her.
* * *
Sometime,days later, I finally felt her presence. It was stronger and lacked the warmth of our old connection.
But it was there.
My Harlow was in Helheim.
She’d survived the change.
Now I just had to hope I would see her again. Madness wasn’t only for humans. Demons went mad here in the Scourge all the time. Now it was Harlow’s turn to save me, and in some cruel seed of self-doubt, I was worried she wouldn’t bother.
