“There was one other condition," Yaksha said. "She has to go to the lowest level in hell and suffer the worst types of torture for 999 days. It was the only way she could pay off the debt you and Stanley owe in your past lives.”

Xyla Quest felt her heart weighing heavily upon hearing his explanation.

She could barely breathe.

She didn’t dare imagine how Sophie Kenwick would bear the 999 days of torture.

She was such a vulnerable little girl. How could she handle it?

“Apart from being cut an