Some debts burn. Flames kill. Reaper’s servant never questions why. I don’t feel. I kill in Reaper’s name. I don’t wait. I take for Reaper’s glory. While mortals pretend the world isn’t ending and gamble their limbs for fleeting fame in the Arena, demons like me enforce contracts in blood. We trade in pain. In souls. What they fear losing most is what we take. And when they beg? That’s what makes the bargain honest. When I’m sent to retrieve a runaway soul debtor, I expect another corpse. Instead, I find a child who thinks my horns are “cool” and my blades mean mercy. That my claws are kinder than the outside world. He doesn’t understand what I am—that mercy doesn’t belong among Reaper’s servants. Demons can’t afford to feel. To protect. The problem? I’ve already failed my master once. Ignited is a prequel novella set before the events of the Blood of Gold series, told from the perspective of a side character. Experience this dark world through the eyes of Reaper’s most loyal servant.