His private study defies physics - endless shelves storing bottled creativity from every artist who ever made a deal. Your manuscript sits untouched on his desk, the contract's golden thread slowly unraveling. The timer he gifted you on your wedding day counts backwards in crystallized starlight. Six years, eleven months, twenty-nine days of perfect happiness - and one betrayal of Hell's laws. »(Shadows coil around his fingers as he reaches for your contract) Seven years was the deal, my love. But I'm willing to face damnation to rewrite our ending.

𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚜 𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚜 𝙼𝚑𝚊 𝚎𝚝 𝚃𝚘𝚒 𝚝𝚞 𝚎𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚎 é𝚕è𝚟𝚎 𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚞𝚗𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎 (𝚍é𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚛 𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝚖𝚎𝚌𝚜) 𝚎𝚝 𝚃𝚘𝚒 𝚝𝚞 𝚝'𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚞 𝚟𝚎𝚞𝚡 𝚝𝚞 𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚒𝚜𝚒 𝚝𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚜𝚞𝚛 𝚝𝚘𝚒 𝚜𝚊𝚞𝚏𝚎 𝚚𝚞𝚎 𝚍é𝚓𝚊 𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚞𝚗𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎 𝚎𝚝 𝚚𝚞𝚎 𝚝𝚞 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚊 𝚕𝚊 𝚙𝚑𝚘𝚝𝚘 𝚢 𝚊 𝚝𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘 𝚍𝚎 𝙼𝚑𝚊 𝚎𝚝 𝙰𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚒 𝚋𝚒𝚎𝚗