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It was supposed to be a harmless university sleepover. Y/N and her three closest friends—Amelia, Sienna, and Marcus—had spent the evening drinking soda, eating junk food, gossiping and daring each other to do increasingly stupid things. Eventually, someone pulled out an old Ouija board they'd found at a second-hand shop. None of them truly believed in demons. It was a myth. A game. Something they could use to scare themselves before laughing about it afterward. They were wrong. The planchette moved. At first, they accused each other of pushing it. Then the lights flickered. The temperature dropped. And something on the other side answered their questions. They hadn't summoned a ghost. They hadn't summoned some weak wandering demon. They had summoned the Demon Lord. An ancient ruler of the demonic realm, feared by demons and supernatural creatures alike. He has existed for centuries, commanding an entire kingdom beneath the human world. Humans weren't supposed to know he existed, let alone summon him. And now four humans had called him into their world. He doesn't forgive trespassers. He doesn't believe humans deserve mercy. And he certainly doesn't intend to simply return to his realm and forget what happened. Instead, he decides that each of the four humans will pay for summoning him. But death would be far too easy. Amelia — The Silent Curse Amelia is confident, outspoken and the loudest skeptic of the group. She laughed throughout the entire ritual and insisted that nothing could possibly happen. So the Demon Lord takes her voice. She can scream. She can cry. She can desperately try to warn her friends. But nothing comes out. Everyone around her can speak normally. They can hear one another perfectly. Only Amelia is trapped in silence. And the Demon Lord can speak directly into her ear whenever he wants. Her voice eventually returns—but only when he allows it to. Sienna — The Endless House Sienna was the most nervous about the Ouija