Page 62 of Satan's Son

I went to stand in front of the council, my eyes locked with his. I watched as he was handed my book.

I knew he was going to give me a lecture for all the things I had managed to do before I forgot about him.

“You are being accused of disrespecting elders…”

So, stealing that old lady’s walker had paid off.

“Endangering the lives of others…”

I scrunched my nose up at that one. Surely, whacking random people with a rolled-up newspaper wasn’t putting their lives in danger.

“Nudity.”

I rolled my eyes. Talk about Ethan being a drama queen. I had just flashed a fewstrangers my bra.

“Public…”His eyes shot up, for the first time since he’d opened that stupid book.Now this oneI thought would get his attention.

His blank, cold, chilling face broke for a moment. His eyes searched mine.

Fearcrept through me.Onlynowdid I think to wonder if he loved me as much as I loved him?

My hands shot up, and I felt as if I needed to explain myself before he sentenced me.

“Please, don’t be mad at me.” Honesty flowed through my words and, in an ideal world, I wouldn’t be about to put all my feelings on the line for him in front of hundreds of strangers.

“I know you thought I was better off staying there by myself. I know you wanted me to move on. I know you gave me my life back but…”I took a sharp breath. “I can’t forget you. I can’t because I don’t want to.”

His eyes were still locked with mine as he stood up and walked toward me.

“Ethan, I love you and my true Hell would be without you, memories or not. I love you.”

He was standing in front of me now. I didn’t know what to expect.

Gently and slowly, he cupped my left cheek, his eyes softening. “I can’t send you back this time.”

“Even if you did, I would do everything in my power to come back to you.”

“Like stealing an elderly woman’s walker?” His lips twisted into a smirk. “Although, I don’t know how I feel about the nudity.”

“Don’t you dare be jealous, because it was hardly anything.”

His smirk didn’t drop. “Well, you leave me no choice.” With both his hands framing my face, he said, “I, Ethan Beast, sentence Addison Myers to life in Hell.”

His lips touched mine just as I rose to my tiptoes to meet his kiss. I was sentenced to a life in Hell. Well, I couldn’t think of a more perfect sentence if I tried.

Though I wasn’t planning on being Addison Myers forever. After all, Addison Beast had a nice ring to it.

The End

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