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Archon: A Short Story

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Archon raised an eyebrow slowly as she corrected him. "Mistress, hm?" He mused, but didn't exactly have the time to debate the pedantics of addressing her. She pressed herself against him quickly, a pale hand on his chest, resting against the muscle under his own white skin. He felt the binding around him, the tethers that secured his power, loosen almost to the point where they vanished, and he grinned, rolling his shoulders slightly and shifting where he stood, obviously pleased by the sensation, and reminded of how being so powerful in this world was so enjoyable. "My price is a regular tribute of your lifeblood, and a soul pact."

A soul pact was a well known deal between mortal and demon. It meant that as long as the mortal lived, the …show more content…

The tall demon grinned. "Don't bother praying to your god, mortals. Unless you have an angel with you, you are far out of your league." He said with a devious smirk. Even as the forces of light charged him, time seemed to slow, as if the men were moving through a thick gel. The demonic figure was not slowed, however, and he seemed to shiver violently, throwing out an arm to either side. A thin, transparent copy of himself formed form either hand, then quickly solidified, mimicking his malicious amusement. As one, they all drew the black leather whips from their belts. The room filled with a cracking sound as those strands of shadow burst aflame, melting straight through the armor of the soldiers and casting them to the ground. The golden squadron was now lying on the ground, scorched and bloody, clearly defeated, if not dead.

Then in a quick motion, the duplicate Archons vanished, and he seized the inquisitor by the neck, lifting him easily to eye level. "Your soul is mine." He said softly, and the man's body glowed red, sparks running from his hands and feet, up his body and to his neck, draining into the demon. Thousands of sparks of power drained, taking flesh and body with them, until the demon was simply holding a skeleton. He dropped the brittle frame without a second thought and turned to his

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