Devil's Deal: A Dark Fantasy Romance
The devil craves my soul. It calls to him like the scent of fresh blood. I am not afraid. The night of summer solstice, I do something stupid. Drawn to the fire of magic, I approach the gods in their sacred circle. I am just a mortal, one of many. I shouldn’t merit their attention. But behind the royal figures of the ...
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Chors slowly makes his way across the starry sky. I sit outside, a shawl wrapped around my shoulders, as I make more pouches in the light of a lone, flickering candle. Alina’s in my bed, sleeping while her husband lies on the table, unconscious. A sturdy chain is wrapped around his leg. It goes out through my only window and connects to a thick birch tree outside.
My hands shake when I measure out herbs and tie the little pouches with string. I have to blink again and again, because my vision grows blurry from exhaustion. My eyes barely work, so when I see black, oily shadows racing up my path, I think it’s just a trick of my weary mind.
Until they wrap around my wrists and force them away from the pouch I’m making, pinning my arms to my sides.
I would scream if I were better rested, but my only response to this new licho is an uneven heartbeat drumming sickly against my ribcage. I know who this is and I am helpless against him. And so I let his shadow restrain me, waiting for him to come out.
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- 1. Sacrifice 14:16
- 2. Burn 19:29
- 3. Poppies 18:24
- 4. Fire 21:33
- 5. Queen 19:03
- 6. Gods 23:02
- 7. Wine 19:45
- 8. Blood 23:16
- 9. Dance 23:31
- 10. Outcast 23:20
- 11. River 20:56
- 12. Antlers 23:46
- 13. Gone 18:11
- 14. Yarrow 20:48
- 15. Lambs 17:20
- 16. Nettle 14:32
- 17. Whisperer 21:36
- 18. Voices 19:22
- 19. Beast 24:18
- 20. Butcher 23:00
- 21. Cup 22:38
- 22. Foul 24:44
- 23. Knife 20:18
- 24. Rival 23:43
- 25. Name 22:36
- 26. Deal 17:54
- 27. Stork 23:40
- 28. Woman 17:26
- 29. Hexes 16:45
- 30. Zmora 19:35
- 31. Free 23:50
- 32. Blow 19:37
- 33. Bargaining 21:16
- 34. Rodzanica 18:45
- 35. Poludnica 19:29
- 36. Soul 18:19
- 37. Noon 17:58
- 38. Lore 29:50
- 39. Chors 20:22
- 40. Singed 19:53
- 41. Silence 26:11
- 42. Branded 17:36
- 43. Worship 27:40
- 44. Wild 20:57
- 45. Signs 18:05
- 46. Nawka 24:04
- 47. Fun 30:45
- 48. Head 21:22
- 49. Rusalka 22:38
- 50. Collateral 24:32
- 51. Sweet 29:01
- 52. Bitter 24:54
- 53. Slawa 29:13