Chapter 4Standing rigid in the empty room, Vilmos finally blinked. If the human had raised a hand against him, he should easily have restrained it. Even if, unthinkably, the human’s hand had attempted to strike him, it should never have met its target. Above all, if, against all the normal and natural laws, Matteo had managed to connect his hand with Vilmos’s cheek, it should have been the human who was hurt.
As such, the demon was unable to explain how Matteo had, indeed, managed to slap him and why his cheek stung painfully. He reached to touch the spot.
As his hand connected with his cheek, the room became dark once more. He did not see anything this time but he heard his own voice. “Don’t die, please don’t leave me.” He could not see who he was speaking to, but the fear and heartbrea
