[Bonus chapter] Chapter 10: Darkness!

AN: Mature Content Warning! Themes of a dark, violent and tragic nature . Only read if over 18.

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The twisted boughs of the gnarled trees loomed overhead, their grey leaves rustling ominously in the breeze. As dark as the shadows that blanketed the village, black trunks swayed in unison with the wind's melody.

A small hamlet was built of gothic stone, its architecture twisted and bent like the trees surrounding it.

Two blood moons hung high in the sky, casting their ruddy glow upon the village below as if the heavens were watching the proceedings with a keen, malevolent eye.

Tonight's sky was a canvas of inky blackness, the stars obscured by the heavy darkness descending upon the village like a shroud. The village courtyard lay beneath this ominous sky, a small island of light in a sea of darkness.

In this small hamlet, blood flowed like rivers, and a dozen small demons devoured people's corpses with fierce golden eyes.