The Iron Hunt
“Because the unexpected most certainly will be expecting you.
The demon was taller than the doorframe, so tall my neck hurt to look at him. He was wrapped in a cloak that billowed and heaved in the still air of the hall, the cloth—if it was cloth—whipping about his body with such violence he could have been standing in a hurricane. I saw shadows in the winks of those folds, bottomless, endless—like oubliettes for souls.
Little of the demon’s face was visible; a wide-brimmed black hat swept low o...ver his eyes, revealing only white flesh, a pointed chin, the long masculine line of a hard mouth. Black hair curled past his jaw, the very tips twining and writhing like snakes.
I saw no hands. And though his eyes were hidden beneath the brim of his hat, I felt him looking at me. His stare, like a brand upon my face, the heat of his gaze pushing through me with unfathomable strength.
I lost my mind. It had been a long time. Most demons I encountered tended to be of the spirit variety, wearing human bodies.MoreLess
The demon was taller than the doorframe, so tall my neck hurt to look at him. He was wrapped in a cloak that billowed and heaved in the still air of the hall, the cloth—if it was cloth—whipping about his body with such violence he could have been standing in a hurricane. I saw shadows in the winks of those folds, bottomless, endless—like oubliettes for souls.
Little of the demon’s face was visible; a wide-brimmed black hat swept low o...ver his eyes, revealing only white flesh, a pointed chin, the long masculine line of a hard mouth. Black hair curled past his jaw, the very tips twining and writhing like snakes.
I saw no hands. And though his eyes were hidden beneath the brim of his hat, I felt him looking at me. His stare, like a brand upon my face, the heat of his gaze pushing through me with unfathomable strength.
I lost my mind. It had been a long time. Most demons I encountered tended to be of the spirit variety, wearing human bodies.MoreLess
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