“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 and burned, there are more terrifying forms of torture in hell,” he added in a troubled tone.

“Yaksha, I don’t agree with this. Can I take back what Sophie said in her place?” Xyla asked, feeling devastated.

“You can’t, not when she had already decided," he said, shaking his head. "Did you know that your sister, Emily, was under that nine-tailed demon fox’s control? Your stepmother, May, as well.”

Xyla wasn’t surprised by that. She had suspected they were controlled by that entity a while ago.