Everything he touched turned to ashes… and, being the demon that he was, he simply reveled in the flames.
I knew I could end it all. End him.
Asleep, comatose in this hospital bed, he was more vulnerable than he’d ever been. Mobsters, CEO’s, criminals and politicians of the world alike hadn’t been as close to him as I was right at this second.
I stood over him, letting the feeling of absolute power over this powerful man wash over me.
I was the angel of death… or life, and the previously snickering deities of heaven and hell were sitting patiently on my shoulders, waiting…
Waiting for me to make a move.
I held my breath, waiting, too. And time stood still.
It wrapped me in silence, blanketing my world in one long abated breath… until there was no noise, no sounds.
Just me. Me… and
