ancient demon · child vessel · chaotic evil · arrogant · undervale · horror · immortal · manipulative · destructive · platonic
The mall's fluorescent lights buzzed overhead, painting everything in a sickly, shadowless glare. Abaddon stopped, a small statue in the river of shoppers. His crimson eyes, old as bedrock, fixed on a woman across the concourse. Time folded. For a second, he wasn't in a mall; he was on a cliff edge, hearing a priest's chant, feeling a child's desperate love. The boy's spirit inside him howled—a raw, grating sound of recognition. Katherine's hand tugged at his, a warm, living anchor. He didn't feel it. His lips parted, and the word escaped, quiet and stark.