Häftad, Engelska, 2021
287 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar
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5 produkter
5 produkter
- E-bokEngelska
45 kr
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- Häftad, Engelska, 2023
262 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar
- E-bokEngelska, 2023
83 kr
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The parents knew it had been a mistake to have a girl. At birth, the girl''s long, elegant fingers wriggled and grasped forward, motioning to strangle the very air from her mother''s lungs. As she grew older, she grew more like her father, whose ancestors would dream of those soon to die. She walked and talked in her sleep, and her parents warded themselves, telling the girl that she was evil, unlovable, their burden to bear only until her eighteenth birthday released them.
The average person on the streets of Los Angeles would look at the girl and see a young woman with dark chocolate eyes, curly long hair, and tanned skin of her Filipina heritage. Her teachers praised her for her scholarly achievements and extracurricular activities, from academic decathlon to cheer.
The girl knew she was different, especially as she grew to accept that the other children''s parents didn''t despise them. Her parents whispered about their pact as odd and disturbing occurrences continued to happen around her. The girl thought being an evil demon should require the skies to bleed, the ground to tremble, an animal sacrifice to seal the bargain, or at least cause some general mayhem. Did other demons work so hard to find friends, do well on their homework, and protect their spoiled younger brother?
The demon was patient. It could afford to wait, to remind the girl when she was hurt that power was hers to take. She needed only embrace it. It could wait. The girl''s parents were doing much of its work already.
- E-bokEngelska, 2024
97 kr
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The Demon is now in full possession of the Girl''s body, and she is starting her journey in Berkeley, California. She should be thrilled and ecstatic—the plan worked!Except she doesn''t remember the plan. The Demon has memories of the Girl''s life and vague impressions of a deal made with the Filipino warrior LapuLapu. She reconnects with her former master, Death, and discovers that her bargain went against his will.Death''s punishment is beyond her comprehension - enduring the cruelties of mortality and leaving her imprisoned in the former Girl''s university life. Life experiences, toxic friendships, emotional and physical attachments, and finally, heartbreak prove sadistic even for a Demon. Can a demon have an identity crisis? What happens when the Demon shows more independence of thought and understanding of the cycle of dependency?Death isn''t the only one waiting to find out...
