{"product_id":"2940046381771","title":"I, Demon Slave","description":"DESCRIPTION\u003cbr\u003eEmpusa, an Erinyes, is a creature of passion and lust who must grab the soul of an Earther to serve the demon’s war against the Seraphim. The Earther is more than he seems, at times harsh, others gentle. She takes his virginity and easily ensnares his heart. What she didn’t count on is the reverse would also come true, waking her long dormant heart to her submissive desires.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEXCERPT\u003cbr\u003eThere's a sensation of moving through mud, like my body is both infinitely heavy and weightless all at once. Then I'm thrust out the other side, taking in the differences of Earth; The slightly higher gravity, the lack of ash in the air you breathe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd the cold. I cover up my naked form with my arms and wings, shivering.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe robed figure stands stunned. I do believe he's stopped breathing. Slowly I unfurl my wings and do my best to look impressive. I'm standing on a pentagram drawn with ram's blood. Only ram's blood will do, because of some loophole in demonic law. As long as I'm in the pentagram, I'm technically under his power. I have to answer any questions he has, and use my powers to the best of my ability at his command. However, there's not much one can do within a circle, and here lies the con of demonic summoning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe summoner thinks he is in control, and can make pacts with the demons he summons. However, these pacts are open to interpretation, often to the detriment of the foolish mortal who made them. Once, for example, a soldier summoned a Baalor to 'watch his back' in combat. The Baalor did just that—he watched while his back was stabbed three times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHowever, I've been instructed to play it straight with this boy. Man, really, I see as he doffs his hood. I'm faced with a handsome, high cheek-boned specimen of adulthood. Even beneath his robe—which is of authentic goat's fur, I note—I can tell he's physically fit. That, combined with him being rich should make him too busy with the ladies to bother with something as involved as demonic summoning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Who has summoned Empusa, Mistress of Hell?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I, Ron Williams, Master sorcerer, have summoned thee,” he says, waving his arms. “I beseech thee and command thee to bend thy demonic might for my will.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Look, son, you don't have to talk like that,” I say, suppressing a giggle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I—uh, of course I don't!” He points his finger at me. “I would make pact with you, demon!”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Ah, yes, a pact.” I lean forward, leering at him, until I come close to the invisible barrier separating us. It glows a dull red. “And what are the terms of this pact?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSmugly, he withdraws a scroll from inside the robe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I, Ron son of Job, hereby immediately and for a period of no more than one hundred years, bind this demon as my slave. She will obey me in all things, and serve me in all things.”","brand":"Lot's Cave, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47161779519728,"sku":"2940046381771","price":4.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940046381771_p0.jpg?v=1763999166","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940046381771","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}