Page 324 of Psycho Devils: Aran's Story 2

White-blond hair floated with cherry blossoms around Orion’s golden head. He looked possessed.

His voice was beautiful as he sang, “The day of wrath is upon us.” His voice was so perfect that it stroked a part of my brain but so haunting that it hurt my chest and made it hard to breathe.

I understood with disturbing clarity why he always whispered.

His voice was enthralling. Literally.

Scorpius tipped his head back to the sky. Bright light shot out from all three of his eyes.

The white flames above everyone’s heads flickered.

Scorpius turned his head and looked at everyone with his glowing three eyes. His powers did something to the color of the flames.

It hit me like a punch to the face—he’s judging their souls.

Jax’s and Lyla’s flames were the only ones that stayed pure white.

Everyone else’s changed color.

The edges of the flames above the demons, twins, Sadie, Ascher, and Xerxes turned black.

Three quarters of Dick’s and Cobra’s flames turned black.

All of them still had white. I shivered at the implication. They’d been judged and found to still have goodness in their souls.

“You stay where you are,” Orion sang loudly as he pointed his finger. Cherry blossoms swirled in a mini storm and rose across the air.

Malum pointed his silver dagger in the person’s direction.

Orion sang, “Your soul has been found lacking. You have committed a heinous crime against those you love. Redemption is not possible. You will be exterminated.”

The pink petals stopped spinning. All of them hung suspended in the air around one person.

Jinx.

A pure-black flame flickered above her head.

There was no white.

Her soul had been judged, and the kings had marked her unworthy.

Orion’s voice was poignantly beautiful. “You have committed a heinous crime against those you love.”

I paused in horror because Jinx had sobbed and told us that she’d made us forget “so much.” We were the only people she loved.

The kings were wholly focused on her. Their purpose was clear.

Extermination.

“No!” I shouted with horror.

Flames poured off Malum faster.

Sweat dripped down my face and I screamed at the kings, “Stop it!”

“Judgment is here,” Orion sang like he hadn’t heard a word I’d said.

The three kings took a step forward on their posts until they hovered on the edges.

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