“But–”
The demon moved so fast it looked like she disappeared from next to me only to reappear behind Jess. My sister’s screams ripped through me as the demon cut off anything else she was going to say. I wasn’t able to look directly at them but from the sides of my vision it looked like the demon’s hand was inside of my sister’s back and she was being lifted off the ground. Her voice gave out and even after the air left her lungs her mouth was open trying to scream.
Finally, after what seemed like a lifetime, the demon released Jess and I watched as she fell to the forest floor. Her knee began bleeding from where she’d been dropped onto some rocks scattered across the ground. “Please, stop, you don’t have to make me do this.”
“You’re confused, I’m not making you do anything,” the demon said as she stroked Jess’s head. She made a face as she looked at her palm. She wiped it onto her pants, and said, “Ew, sweat? You’re going to need to control that.”