Demon Reform Academy, Term 1 by Lyra Winters EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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PANDORA
The unyielding metal chain bit into my ankle, clattering against the
broken sandstone floor as a reminder of my magical deficit.
Even after twenty-two years of Mother’s intervention to make my
shadow magic come out to play, I couldn’t do anything. Shadow demons
fed off of pain and the negative emotions of themselves and others. I was
provided a constant stream of all the pain and negativity any shadow demon
could ask for, but not once had my magical reserves filled—not once had I
ever manipulated the shadows.
I was a broken demon, according to my mother. Her solution was to
lock me down in the cellar after my first birthday when I still hadn’t shown
signs of a magical ability.
I’d been a disappointment ever since.
The smooth surface of Nebula’s skull in my palms was my only
salvation. The black goo of his sealed soul dripped from his eye sockets as
he manifested.
“Pandora,” his disembodied voice purred. “You need to leave.”
“I can’t,” I croaked the words, my throat burning from the permanent
damage of my voice box, larynx, and lack of water. The stale taste of the air
filled my mouth.
“She’s going to kill you,” he warned. “Just like she killed me.”
Flashes of when I was four years old and a kitten had wandered into the
cellar slammed into me, but I pushed them away. I hated thinking about
how he was murdered in my arms.
The occasional distant howl of the desert wind hit my ears as I listened
for any sign that she was around. “She hasn’t killed me yet.”
My toes pushed against the uneven texture of the floor as I pressed my
back against the wall for support. The cool sensation of the rough sandstone
against my bare skin sent shivers through me, but I was used to it.
Dust particles floated in the air, catching the sparse rays of sunlight that
seeped through the cracks in the hatch-type cellar door from above.
“It’s only a matter of time,” he hissed. “You know what she’s capable of
more than anyone. Please.”
“There is no escape, Nebula.” I blinked my blurry, dry eyes as I stared
down at his skull and tar-like soul leaking out. The manifestation of his soul
was warm as it covered my palms.
Numbness had settled into my bones long ago.
“Pandora…”
A flash of light glinted off the chain that wrapped around my ankle and
disappeared into the dark. It was enchanted, and I was at my mother’s
mercy, just like I had been since the day I was born. The acrid odor of rust
from the metal chain created a metallic tang in the air, amplifying the
nauseating scent around me.
“She can’t hurt me more than she already has.”
So what if I was defective?
Mother told me that there was an instinctual predator and prey nature
that all demons had and that our supernatural species was particularly
vicious. Since I was weak, I’d be killed by more powerful demons; she’d
said it as a promise. But how was that any different from what she was
doing to me? At this point, I’d consider it a mercy.
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