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The flashes were back with a vengeance, clouding Allegra’s mind with images she had never seen before. They were not her memories but those of the Demon who had protected her and changed her life in the days they had been together.
This time, she was standing in the middle of a dark room illuminated only by the lit cigarette on his lips. He looked dark and foreboding but also comfortable in the darkness that shrouded him. It was almost as if the shadows had melded into him and become a part of his being.
He had been in the darkness almost all his life and had become acquainted with the calm serenity that it brought him. Allegra couldn't help but feel sad at the sight for she could see through the blank and expressionless look that he now beheld.
In his eyes, she could see so much
