Valion saw Jesse’s face cloud and was elated to see the contract was obviously a contentious subject.
“He offered me help, seduced me and gave me a safe haven and even gave me start-up money to help my art, then when I wanted to pursue my art and leave the club, he said I owed him if I leave.”
“Ah…” Valion’s lip twitched with a sardonic smirk.
“I couldn’t fight him on it…he’s too powerful for me and he even made me his business partner in Decadence so I could keep the essence entrapment, as long as I stayed.”
“You became his…” Valion said with a little harsh grit to his voice. He wished he had been the one to meet such a naïve and young little girl as Jesse must have been then to fall so easily into the demon’s clutches. “Do you have a mark on you?”
Jesse lifted her arm, revealing the
