Chapter 34

Judas jumped up, defensively lifting his hands in the air against her. “No…I mean, yes. I’m the one they sent, but only to help you fight this thing. I didn’t put the curse on you, or the others.”

“You sick bastard! Do you know what you and those who call themselves gods have caused me? I’ve wept blood over this! I was ready to kill myself, to seek you out myself through death. I was ready to find you even if it meant a trek through Hell! You and your world are nothing but despicable filth! Taking lives and playing with them! You’re lower than dirt, you’re slime…you’re…I can’t think of anything as low as what you are!”

“Sugar, I swear I didn’t have anything to do with it.”

“Then why you? Why didn’t they send the one who did it?”

“He is here, Sugar, but we didn’t send him. Your challenge angered him, and now his mission on earth is to destroy me and keep you under his spell.”

Her eyes widened. “Don’t be ridiculous. This is another one of your lies.”