Recap

The full moon hung high in the sky, casting silver light down onto the dense forest. Shadows danced among the trees, the wind carrying a haunting whisper that swept through the branches. Luci, the young demon with crimson eyes, walked in silence through the undergrowth, his footsteps light and purposeful. The chains on his wrists clinked softly with each step, and the iron ball at the end of the chain dragged through the dirt behind him. His tattered clothing hung loosely from his lean frame, the fabric long since worn from his years of confinement.

Luci paused for a moment, looking up through the canopy at the night sky. The vastness of it, the sense of freedom that came with being outdoors after so long, should have filled him with relief. But it didn't. His power was still sealed, his true demonic form bound by the chains his father had placed on him. As long as they remained, he would never feel whole. He would never truly be free.