[Music recommendation: Ruelle - Genesis]
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"Dad," Aliana called out. "Who is this entity you all offer your blood to?"
She asked because she needed to be certain it was not the demoness Vorra. She still remembered Vorra's promise to return and kill her before she vanished.
Holding her breath, Aliana watched as Alester met her gaze before finally replying, "It's the Devil."
Ba-dum!
Aliana's heart skipped a beat. She did not know why her pulse spiked so suddenly, but in that exact moment, her mind flashed instantly to her husband.
Why?
Perhaps because Gavriel had told her the exact same thing countless times before, though she had always brushed his claims off as dark jokes.
The thought of him actually being the devil was absurd, especially after everything she had read in Hellborn.
According to that text, the Devil was the ultimate sovereign of the Underworld, ruling over all from a realm far beyond the human world.
