CHAPTER 96

Devil's realm... 'Father? Mother?" Flash. Her footsteps echo off of the cold stone floor as she ran through the darkness and up the steps to her father's chambers. Light seeps out from under the crack beneath her parents bedroom door, where they once held their love and devotion for each other. Her hand hovers above the handle when a familiar voice stops her short. 'You know what time it is, don't you?" She whirls around, only to find the source sitting atop her father's desk—a man in his late thirties who looks far too young to hold a place on Earth, much less have been born there. 'Who are you?" She asks, her hand still hovering at the handle. The man simply smiles at her and shakes his head. His eyes are the same color as the sky on an overcast day. They are also just as cold and hard to look into. He was nothing like anyone she ever knew, but that makes two of them. A flash lights her way, but this time he is not behind it. Her eyes follow the light