Trigger warning! This chapter contains explicit torture, gore, murder, and psychological torture. Material that can be sensible for certain readers.
Readers' discretion is advised.
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Hope's POV
"I can’t," I whispered, defeated while the tears streamed down my face. "I can’t choose."
Jona didn't stop yelling at me while Elisa cried. I was going to disappoint them; after all they had done, after how they had saved me, I was going to let them down.
Caelan was done waiting; his eyes squinted as he looked at me like I was a worm, something insignificant.
"Fine. Then watch."
Before I could react, he gave a signal, and one of the demons holding Jona unsheathed a blade, pressing it against his throat. Jona gasped, his eyes wide with terror as he struggled agains
