Thane
My breath hurt. My body felt like it was being set on fire, and everything I did was against my will. I had thought that by binding myself to a demon, I could finally rise to the top—but I was wrong.
I was being controlled. Not once or twice had I listened to the voice and obeyed its bidding. I hated that even after everything I had gone through, I still couldn’t take control of my own body. I let the demon do something insane to me again and again.
Why couldn’t I stop it? I thought, heaving a deep sigh.
I was shaking in fear because I knew the demon’s voice would return soon. And when it did, I would be forced to do the very things I hated the most—with no one to stop me. Not even Vanessa.
Just like everyone else, she was probably disgusted by what I had become. When I first had
