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Chapter 10 - The Key
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2024-10-29 19:42:56I slammed the little blue door behind me, my breathing ragged as I tried draw in enough oxygen and get my beating heart under control which threatened to burst out of my rib cage.
“Avalon? What is wrong child?” the concern in Lilith’s voice evident as she takes in the sweating mess in front of her. I try to regale everything that had just happened to me, all the while still trying to calm my beating heart and catch my breath.
She listened wide eyed. She looked scared as she took in what I was telling her, her already pale complexion even more ashen than I could ever have imagined.
“You say the man’s name is Lysander?” Lilith asked, her voice quite.
“Yes, do you know him?” my eyebrows up in my hair line.
“No, I do not know the name. But from the way you described him its not hard to work out he is demon.” Lilith dropped down into chair that sat against the wall.
“A demon?” my voice squeaked. “Does that mean they know that I am here?”
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