Ashley
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The cave was damp and the soft chirp of crickets bounced off the jagged walls. The green flames spilled into dim light on a figure standing, he strutted to the chair carved from the mountain itself and dropped onto it.
My breath tangled as our eyes locked. Was this one of them? One of the demons we were supposed to kill.
I had thought they would be ugly-looking. Maybe have scaling skin—look anything but human.
He was the most handsome man I had ever seen. His eyes burned red, his jet-black hair cascaded down to his waist.
“I was about to eat you,” He said, his voice darker than the walls of the cave.
My spine locked and I breathed tangled in my chest.
Then he said, “I changed my mind, I decided to do something more fun.”
He snapped his finger, and another green fl
