I was dead inside.

  As I made my way down the cramped alleyway, I felt nothing but disgust, remorse, and hatred for myself and the system that made me like this.

  I wasn’t always this way, I used to have a bright future and even though we didn’t have money, we had each other.

  My family was loving, kind, and would never hesitate to help someone in need.

  And where did that get me? My entire family was dead from starvation and debt hunters while I was roaming the streets in the rain.

  The only hope for me now was that job that Mr.Valens was offering in North Carolina but that too was quite far away.

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  I was starving and I was close to death. As my eyes drooped and I seemingly embraced the concept of death, I heard a scratchy voice.

  “Hello there, Fin.”, The voice said, “Seems that you might not live.”

  The voice then asked, “Would you mind making a deal with me or at least entertain the thought?”

  As I heard the voice, I asked, “What’s in it for me?”

  The voice replied, “I’ll give you power, food, and time. All I need you to do is to accept the job and carry out a simple little task for me at the Valen’s manor.”

  “Fine, I’ll accept.”, I said however, I then felt a sharp pain all over my body that felt as if someone was poking me with hot needles while stabbing me repeatedly. This pain was the worst thing I felt in my life. I screamed until my vocal cords gave out and blood dripped on the hard stone ground as I inflicted wounds on my face with my fingers.

  Soon after, the pain stopped.

  Fin slowly got up and as he did, a grin took over his face.

  That night, hundreds of people were killed in gruesome ways from decapitation to getting burned alive to getting flayed.