Chapter 87

When she reached her hand out to touch her past self, it actually connected. She stroked her own cheek and shook her head in sadness. Mike’s soul was about to see this first hand, to experience the degradation of being forced to service Aladdin all night. He would call her names, make fun of her, and treat her like shit until the rays of the dawning sun would scatter through the nearby window, illuminating them both.

“He didn’t have a soul.” She now stood next to Aladdin. “After this bet, I found out that he exchanged his soul for immortality. And do you know how? There are only a couple of rules if you join his society of evil assholes. One is that all knowledge must be shared. True, everyone is still entitled to their secrets, but spells and rituals are meant to be exchanged when discovered. But the other big rule is that you don’t fuck with the ancient ones, those beings who live outside of time and space. Anyone with knowledge of them knows that this is common sense, but t