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I would prove that I belonged here.

What other choice did I have?

Monty

The Scourge

Time stretched on herein the Scourge. If not for the demon across from me, I’d have lost my mind altogether.

All I could think of was Harlow and how she was handling her new role. I hated I wasn’t there to guide her, to protect her from the gods who Iknewwould come knocking.

I had to get the fuck out of here.

My pacing likely drove the other inmates crazy, but I was relentless, it was all I could do in this five-by-five room.

I didn’t need to sleep or eat to survive, all I had was movement.

“What happened on Earth?” It was the same demon who had been drilling me for information for days. I’d given him nothing and my patience was wearing thin.

“Hel betrayed us, opened a portal to Helheim, and let the demons loose on the world at large,” I said as I leveled the demon with a glare.

“Hel is gone?” he asked. There was a strange relief in his voice. “It makes sense. I knew that prophecy sent her over the edge of insanity. She locked me away because of it.”

He knew of the prophecy and the seer? Just who was this demon?

“How do you know about any of that?” I demanded, standing against my cell bars to see him better.

When he finally moved into the light, I knew exactly who he was. This poor soul was unlike the demons I knew. His horns and tail, even all-black eyes. Now the stories I’d heard from Harlow made sense.

This was Drake’s father.

I’d leave that one for later. See it play out in person.

“Trusted advisers only lasted until Hel feared what we knew. She never did like anyone to have too much leverage over her. This place is full of her failed trust,” he said. The fact there was no longer bitterness in his tone spoke to how long he’d been here.

That easednoneof my frustration.

Every day that passed without my powers, weakened me. I didn’t like the feeling of not being able to call my shadows.

But even worse, was my loss of Harlow. The bond was severed, and I could no longer feel my omega, not after she died.

There was a hint of her when she arrived in Helheim, but that felt like weeks ago.

We both looked up as fresh screams echoed in the distance. A daily occurrence here, though the guards never came our way. Hel was the only being to grace these halls since I’d arrived and I had a feeling she would be the last.

There had to be a way out of here. Her powers were not infallible, and her warden was egotistical, not meticulous.

But if this demon had been here Drake’s entire life, what hope did I have as someone who just arrived.

And how could Harlow survive this harsh world without me?

Harlow

Top floor - The Castle

Helheim was enormous. Even from the top of Hel’s... no,mycastle... I couldn’t see an end. It was miles upon miles of frigid wasteland and stone structures. The blue fires burned bright enough it seemed to be a strange mix of night and day at all times.

“My Queen, we have what you requested. It’s in your chambers,” Zetta said as she approached, startling me.

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