Chapter 154
Annalise
Demonis sighed, his fingers idly playing with a strand of my hair, twisting and untwisting it as if he had all the time in the world.
"You want to know why you're here?" he murmured, his voice rich with amusement. "Why I wanted you?"
I kept my face blank, unwilling to give him the satisfaction of seeing the hunger in my eyes. The desperation.
Because I needed to know.
I had to know.
Demonis studied me, his crimson eyes gleaming. And then, finally—
"Azwei," he said.
"Azwei was powerful," he continued, stretching his arms behind his head as if he were speaking of something as casual as the weather. "But he was not always the strongest."
The air in the room seemed to shift, thickening with something unseen.
"Because with light…" he mused, smirking, "there is al
