Chapter 48

Mary knew Night Cross would be back for his pound of flesh, but this time she was ready. She had called her lawyers, made a will, put her affairs in order, and wore her best cloth for tonight. After the funeral held for Moses, she saw no need to live anymore. She paid off every servant, sending them out and gave her dog up for adoption ready to end this all. Mary waited in the living room and shouted into the shadows "Night cross, Night cross I know you are here, answer me”. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door and she didnʼt want to answer till she heard Walter's voice. "Martha open up, what are you about to do, please don’t do anything stupid, open up!”. Her heart beat frantically, he was not supposed to be here, no he was not, she noticed Night cross from the darkness, not in his human form this time but in his demonic form, claws, horns and body filled with scales. He looked like a character from a horror movie but she knew this was not his true form, he simply masked, taking