Book 3: Chapter 70

“I have been doing everything you ask of me,” Kaiden said to the woman sitting on a fake throne in the abandoned demon palace. “When will it end?”

“Soon,” Catherine smiled. “Soon.”

“That’s what you say every time. How soon? I want to know.” He demanded.

“You don’t have to question me.” Catherine stood up and with a wave of her hand, the ghouls appeared from nowhere. A sinister smile lit up on her lips. “The deal was that I get you out of that miserable cell and you help me.”

“It’s been going on for days.”

“It’s only been ten days.”

“You don’t understand. Every accident leaves me weaker than usual. I don’t know how long I can take it.”

Catherine turned her cloaked head to him. “Why? Weren’t you the one who wanted to kill himself before? Tell me, could it be you don’t wish to anymore?”

Kaiden didn’t answer.

“Don’t wish to keep this life. Without your ability to survive despite trying to kill yourself, you are nothing. And if you st