Etiash remained with his eyes closed as he broke the connection and allowed his mind to return to his own body. The tingling sensation dancing on his skin receded just as a loud grunt behind him broke the unusual silence of the cave. He turned to look at the demon and the creature shrunk under his stare. Its broad shoulders and massive arms made the rest of its body look strangely disproportionate.
“What is it?” Etiash asked, but received just another grunt in return. He loathed those creatures, their form, and their stupidity, but he had no choice but to use them. He needed soldiers, he needed an army, and it was much easier to control demons than to deal with humans.
Before he could use his powers to read the creature’s mind, a movement caught Etiash’s attention, and he narrowed his ey
