Her Soul to Take

Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of death and graphic violence.

Creatures of all kinds are fleeing, and plants are dying. There is a hierarchy in Hell: Demons rank lower than Archdemons, and Reapers are at the top. Leon knows that the Reaper is there to kill him so that the Libiri can go after Rae without fear. The Reaper appears and asks Leon if he submits to death, and he says he never will. They fight, but Leon is outmatched; the wounds he sustains fail to heal.

The Reaper slices deep into Leon’s torso, and Leon manages to break the Reaper’s wrist. After his attack, however, Leon’s arm will not move. Leon cannot get up, and the Reaper knows this. Leon thinks that he should have said a better goodbye to Rae. Then, the Reaper leans down and says that he will leave Leon there because the Deep One still wants to toy with him.

Rae cries while driving out of town and has to pull to the side of the road. She decides that she cannot leave Leon to fight alone and turns around. Locking Cheesecake in the cabin, she texts Inaya to pick him up in the morning.