Book Two: Chapter 77

“Or you come here and keep me company for all of eternity.”

“Both of those are shit options.” She crossed her arms. “I would rather kill myself.”

“Ooh, I’m shaking in my boots.” He wiggled his legs back and forth as if he was freezing. “I don’t doubt that properly motivated, you would have the capacity for self-destruction. Even if you went to Hell for it, you would be beyond my reach.”

“Sounds like I have you by the horns then.”

“Now that’s a fond memory. Do you know that I still get hard when I think about how you, a mere human, used me? I love it. Anyway, I need something more, but what to choose? Do I eat my marshmallow now, or wait five minutes and get two marshmallows?” He held up his fingers for emphasis.

Beth blinked. What the fuck is he talking about?

“I’m talking about you. Do I take control of your body and live out the rest of your days, or do you come back home to daddy?”

“Neither.”

“Wrong.” He held up a finger. “Yo