DAMEON:
I open the door and usher a shocked Seraphina inside. I go to close it behind her, but the angel stops me and says “Do you really want to protect her?”
“Of course.” I say emphatically.
“Vow to me that you will die for her,” he says in a panicked voice.
“On all of the souls in heaven and hell, I swear it.”
“Then get inside.” He shoves me across the threshold and slams the door behind me. It illuminates with a flash of holy light so bright that we have to shield our eyes. The guardian must have drawn a protection sigil on the door to keep the demons at bay. We will be safe for now.
Seraphina is standing frozen in the center of the vacant and dusty foyer, her only movement is the rapid rise and fall of her chest as she struggles to breathe. She’s panicking again. The infernal s
