“Why haven’t you killed anyone?” he asks me.
“I can’t,” I tell him.
“Why not?”
“I’m being watched by the government of Zannica. If I kill another human, I won’t be allowed to leave.”
He stares at me for a moment longer, then he says, “You’d better make up for it.”
Amegdion walks away from me and touches his thumb to his middle finger as he holds them in the air and prepares to snap.
“Wait!” Kiyoko cries and grabs him by the arm. “I’ll do it! I’ll form a contract with you! What do I have to do?”
Amegdion drives one clawed finger into her neck, shocking Kiyoko in place as what looks like black ink seeps up and down her body. She starts to convulse and grows pale as the veins in her head and neck turn purple, and her eyes roll into the back of her head.
“You agreed to a covenant, so n
