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The coldness with which she used to say that, did not match the tremors in her body. Zylah could have accepted the idea very easily that the world would end in the blink of an eye. Anne could trust Miguel and his entire version of the end of the world. But to reveal that I was the queen of hell would still give me the trouble to reveal the reasons for not having told you before. Reveal that Anne had suffered at the hands of demons belonging to the territory of anger.

I would have to reveal that Zylah only felt terrible in the face of angelic activity because of her witch's blood... That both were doomed to hell even before they were born. That Anne's body, who had been brutalized by demons, had only given them strength and magic, because she should be someone closer to inheriting my throne, although I still did not understand the reasons.

And I was a fucking coward, but the words got stuck in my throat. Because I was a coward who had countless moments to reveal the whole truth, but I