The arm I gripped twisted into the sinuous cord of a snake, which wrapped around my hand and arm binding me fast, even as its fangs sank deeply into my neck. Eye to eye with the demon I saw how it gazed at me hungrily.
"Even if my brethren fail to attain the new life yet unborn within the house we will still have you. Behold you are a man of many faults, sins, and mistakes and I will use them all to show you the pathetic worm that you are and what it is to be broken. I will break you and inhabit you an invite all my brethren into you as well and our victory will be all the sweeter tonight, as a highly favored servant of the Lord falls into darkness."
"Your vain words deceive you to believe that you have any power over my eternal fate, but so that my God might be glorified and your punishment performed let your trial of me begin, as I trust in no might of man for my defense for I am wholly kept and preserved of the Lord God Almighty and He will deliver me from the very pits of hell itself if need be. His love for me does not fade and His strength to save never diminishes so child of hell spawn do your worst, for my future is secure and my path is set down for me by the I AM and I will not fear for I trust God to perform even that which His Holy Word has promised to all who put their faith in Him and His son Jesus Christ."
Fire licked all around me and my torment began.
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Maria sobbed at the sight of Elon ensnared in a fiery matrix, as he gripped a hold of the dark creature of hell that she hated to even look upon as it was a nightmare to behold and yet Elon stood gripping it by the shoulder. She marveled at the man she had been paired with to walk life's journey with.
She found herself terrified for him.
"Oh God help him!"
The words weren't but said for a moment before her own torment began. A dark cloud of twisting hate pressed against her so thick that it was hard to breathe and she feared that her heart would stop from terror alone.
Voices assailed her. There were too many to count and their dark whispers overwhelmed her as she pressed back against the double doors.
"She is weak!" "I want her for mine!" "No she's mine!" "Oh can you sense the new life beyond!" "There is more within!" "Step aside puny weak human and let us to our feast!!!"