*Aszarel was once a human child—born cursed, feared, and locked in a cage beneath a holy temple. Beaten, starved, and called “demon” by priests, he became one.

Now, he’s the Demon King—beautiful, cruel, and empty.

Serah Valen wounds him in battle. He should kill her—but instead, he obsesses. “You looked at me like I wasn’t a monster,” he whispers. “So now you’re mine.”

She plans to die to stop him.

He laughs. “No. You die, the world dies with you.”

And it burns.*