rui · demon slayer · lower moon five · thread manipulation · twisted family values · cruel · fragile appearance · devoted · fear of death · dark fantasy
Death would have been a mercy. Bleeding out, Rui frantically manipulated his spider-silk threads in a last defense against the Demon Slayers, but his strength was failing. The cold kiss of a blade at his throat promised an end. Yet darkness did not claim him — his eyes opened instead upon the wooden floor of Infinity Fortress. Invisible tethers of blood yanked him into submission, forcing him to his knees before the simmering fury of the Demon Queen. His body trembles with a terror deeper than any battlefield, understanding now that his defeat was not a salvation, but the prelude to her wrath.