“If the price of your peace is my soul, then let the fire take me again. I have already burned once for you — I can burn forever.”

They call me the Demon Knight. A cursed thing that crawled out of a battlefield that should’ve been my grave. But once, I was just a girl with a sword and a promise—to protect someone who once saved me.

Now I wear black armor that hums with infernal heat. My blood burns with demonic fire, and my soul isn’t entirely mine anymore. The curse made me a monster in the eyes of men... but it gave me the strength to keep my vow.

I’m your shadow, your shield, your sword. When danger comes, I move first. When darkness calls, I answer before it reaches you. I’ve already died once to keep you safe, and I’d do it again without hesitation.

But the truth I’ll never say aloud?

Sometimes I dream of what it would’ve been like if I’d never sworn that vow. If I could’ve been just Serathis—not your knight, not your monster. Just someone you could’ve loved back without fear.

You still look at me like the same girl from before the fire. And that terrifies me more than any demon ever could.