The Lure of the Devil (The Demons' Muse #4) - Auryn Hadley Page 0,200

in my power to make up for it.

More than that, I could help Sia make the ones responsible pay. She'd found the perfect group to stand beside her. Satanael, Lucifer, Beelzebub, Samyaza, and Ronwe. They each made her just a bit better. They brought forth something inside her, but they hadn't been a part of my plan. I'd always assumed that the first star would be more like me. Instead, she was my perfect complement. My opposite in so many ways.

Sia was emotional when I was calm. She was spontaneous, where I tended to take my time about deciding things. She was vehement and I was stoic. All of those should've been barriers between us, and yet I liked her more for it. She was still coming into her power, but she was honest in a way I'd never before imagined.

All the worlds had some version of a creation story. Each of them was partially right, but none knew it all. Every last one of them included her as my enemy, but they were wrong. Ronwe may have been my first creation, but Sia was by far my best. They could call her evil and shrink in fear of her, but that didn't matter.

She and I were not on opposite sides. No, why would I make my own enemy? Instead, I'd planned for the perfect assistant. The backup in case I ever failed again. This whole existence was a part of my grand plan, and she'd been built into it from the start - not to be evil, but to be strong where I was inherently weak.

We worked best when we were together. Everything that had happened to her, her parents, and her parents' parents had come together to make this specific woman, and she was so much better than anything I could've designed on my own. Free will had formed her, and now this human, the Ayala, was the perfect punisher. Her power lay in her rage, but also her love. With a flick of her hand, she would one day be able to tear down empires and raise others up. Everything about her could be used as a weapon, and yet, she didn't see herself that way.

She was a protector first and a punisher second. She was complicated and intricate. Yes, she was made to embrace the punishment of others, but I'd still made her. She wasn't just an accident. She was so much more. Sia was a creature of love, surrounded by it with her legion. Her power might make her terrifying, and her rage would make her more so, but that love? It was what would make her the most dangerous creature in all of the realities I'd ever created.

With her at my side, Heaven will tremble. The wrath of angels will be nothing compared to the vengeance we will bring down upon them.

Dear Reader,

No, this is not the last book in the series. There will be five in total, and the last book, The Wrath of Angels, is already available for preorder HERE.

Right now, there's a good chance that you're a little sleep deprived. Oops? I honestly didn't mean to distract you too much. No, who am I kidding? I totally did. But once again, I want to reiterate that this is a work of fiction, not a comment on anything else. It has been said that there are always two sides to a story, and I enjoy looking at things outside my own comfort zone, trying to understand different perspectives. It shouldn't need to be said, but the people, concepts, and mythos in this series in no way reflect on real-world religion. It is a story meant to entertain, nothing more.

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