Devil's Deal: A Dark Fantasy Romance

Devil's Deal: A Dark Fantasy Romance

Author: Layla Fae Listening Length: 19h 6m
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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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The day isn’t as hot as the previous ones, the sky overcast with big, fluffy clouds, and so it isn’t as unpleasant to go about my chores. I gather herbs and dig up some beautiful knitbone roots, and after noon, I look in on a few of the oldest villagers working in the fields. Everyone fares well in the cooler weather.

In the evening, I don’t go to the river, only washing in a big basin. Woland doesn’t visit, but I meet him in my nightmares as the big black bear roaring my name as he chases me through the woods.

Next morning, after I’m done replanting some herbs from my previous cottage’s garden into my current one, Darobor and Sara come to visit. A faint drizzle falls from the sky, and I know the work in the fields will likely stop until it’s dry again.

“Sara really enjoyed your story about the Rodzanicas,” Darobor says, leaning against a tree while his daughter runs up to me to see what I’m doing. “Would you mind telling her a few more? And my wife asked me to invite you to dinner tomorrow if you’d like.”