A Deal In The Dark

A Deal In The Dark

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For decades, Alastor has been the one holding the leash, a terrifying Overlord who built his reputation on the screams of those foolish enough to sign his contracts. But every broadcast has a source and Alastor's meteoric rise was never his own. Long before he was the Radio Demon, a desperate Alastor struck a bargain for the power to topple Hell's ancient hierarchies. He thought he was dealing with a peer-a fellow shadow-but he unknowingly surrendered his soul to Roo, the primordial Root of Evil. Now, as the "leash" begins to tighten, Alastor finds his shadows acting on a will not his own, forcing him to protect Charlie for a purpose far more sinister than simple amusement. Caught between his growing genuine affection for the Hazbin Hotel crew and the crushing weight of a deal he can't escape from, the Radio Demon must find a "backdoor" in his contract before he becomes the very thing he despises: a puppet in someone else's show.
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"It causes your immune system to turn against you," I explained gently. The color terrifyingly drained from his face as he stared at his knuckles. "I have a spot," he whispered, his voice scraping like glass. "Right here." He let out a strangled noise as the stadium footage buffered. "Riley!" he shrieked, covering his burning face while peering through his fingers at his future self. "Those pants leave absolutely nothing to the imagination!" He went so unnaturally still I thought his heart had stopped beating. His charcoal-stained fingers curled into tight fists. "Fifty," he whispered, scanning the fatal summary on the glowing screen. "I am... I am gone at fifty." What if the only way to save your future was to completely abandon your past? In 1982, Michael Jackson is suffocating. Trapped behind his family's compound gates and drowning under industry pressure, the rising star just wants a life of peace and normalcy. The universe answers-violently ripping him from his timeline and dropping him onto the bedroom rug of Riley, a freelance graphic designer in the year 2025. Stranded forty-three years in the future, Michael must face a world that already knows his tragic history. But Riley fiercely refuses to let that history repeat. She offers him the anonymous, ordinary life he always craved, rebuilding his shattered confidence brick by brick and teaching him the radical concept of self-love. More importantly, she arms him with the ultimate weapon: the brutal truth. She gives him the exact names of the snakes hiding in his 1982 backyard, the upcoming betrayals, and the devastating tragedies he is destined to face. When the universe inevitably pulls him back, Michael is no longer the timid pop star terrified of his shadow. He is a king preparing to claim his throne, knowing exactly how to rewrite music history and what it takes to survive. But armed with the future, changing his fate might cost him the one person who taught him how to live.

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