The Seventeenth Gate of Hell

Before the world was devoured,

I wished he would devour me.

The promise the seven of us made together,

The sky was cold, and truly so far away. I remember your smiles, the way we clapped hands together.

I want... my own freedom, my own...

Bonds... The six threads I once had are all broken now...

Alone, I quietly gaze at the moonlight. "Phantom City, perhaps I understand your loneliness now..."

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.