The Devils Contract [[JHS]] ✔️

FORTY-THREE

Hana tried her best to show that she wasn't scared. But the creatures standing in chains before her would have made the bravest of men shake in their boots. 

Five of them stood with heavy chains wrapped around their skinny necks, their hollow eyes watching those move around them. The bodies resembled a body that had almost decomposed, almost mummified. It's body skinny, and hollow, with a thin layer of skin showing nearly every bone they had in their body. Each other them had three long fingers and toes with sharp nails, protruding from the thin layer of skin. Only two holes sat where their nose should have been, and their mouth had no lips, just serrated teeth filling up the dark mouth. If they had eyes, they were as dark as the night sky with one small white dot in the centre, that allowed them to see. Their lower body covered in a dirty loin cloth and a necklace of bones hung around their necks.

They were staring at Hana with their hollow eyes, and it made her blood run cold as their long pointed tongues flicked around their chins. She gulped and looked over at Hoseok who didn't look bothered by the creatures standing before him.

"As a ghoul of the prison" Hoseok said "You have only one job...and you failed. Can you tell me why?"

The ghouls looked at each other and didn't speak. Hana gripped her skirt tightly as they looked back over at them. One ghoul's eyes never left Hana's face and she shifted uncomfortably, wanting to leave. But Hoseok said that she needed to stay so she could learn how to deal with the creatures of Hell.

"If you do not speak, you will die" Hoseok said standing up "Do not forget that I can replace you with ease. Now speak!"

"He...got...help" One spoke and painful shivers shot through Hana's body at the ghouls voice. To her, it was like someone had ran their nails down a chalk board, or scraped their cutlery on a plate. Their voice was like poison to her ears and she hated the way it looked at her as they spoke. 

"Who helped them?"

"Girl...was...girl" Its dark eyes found Hana's and it stepped forward, but was yanked back by the demon holding onto it's chain. It screeched loudly and carried on staring at Hana.

Hoseok stepped in front of Hana "If you look want to keep your eyes, I would stop looking at her. She is not to be fed on"

The ghouls dropped their gaze to the floor and Hana tried to stop herself from shaking. Hoseok sat back down and reached over the arm of his throne and grabbed her hand. He squeezed slightly but didn't stop looking at the ghouls.

"You have 5 seconds to tell me who helped my brother and his followers escape" Hoseok said, clicking his fingers and demons stepped forward, pointing swords at the ghouls "Start talking"

"Was...girl...demon" One said "Not...name...don't...know"

"3 seconds"

"Began...D...was...marry...you"

Hoseok waved his hand and the demons dropped their swords "Jimin, show them the picture of the demon"

"Yes your highness" Jimin said and he walked to the ghouls who were now deadly still "Was this her?"

"Began...D...was...yes...her"

Jimin looked up at Hoseok "You were right your highness"

"I thought I was" Hoseok said "Send them back to the prison but ghouls. If you fail to do your job again, you will be killed"

"Highness...yes" They said and were dragged away by the other guards.

"I didn't think she would be stupid enough to help them" Jimin said "Hell was warned about what would happen to those who went against the king"