Page 166 of Court of Beasts


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“He cannot, but I can. I told you, little witch, just make one pesky little deal and I’m yours,” he purrs in my ear. His voice is smooth and relaxing, making me sway into him, wanting to give into the bargain he has been peddling since I turned eighteen.

One I can never agree to, but for a moment, I falter.

“No,” Phrixius snaps, his fury breaking me from the spell the demon weaves around me, and with a furious look at the chuckling demon, Phrixius steps from the spell circle, righting his suit, and he doesn’t stop until he stands before me.

Their powers surge through me, leaving me breathless.

“I will help you. You called and trapped me, after all,” he counters.

“What could a god know of such dark, evil things?” the demon retorts.

“More than a lowly ground crawler,” the god replies, leaving me swaying between them, my head aching from their power.

Something dark, evil, cold, and dead grasps my ankle and yanks me down, and with a scream, I reach for the demon and the god, but it’s too late.

The thing I called forth rips me from my cave and into its grasp.

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