"And have you ever seen it?" the demon asks. "I can do things to him that will make your sister and mother look like they've never even been touched."

Something inside of Marcus sounds like it's breaking, a dry snapping of twigs. There isn't any pain and he wants to tell Kat not to come any closer, it's just an illusion, something the demon is doing to torment her, but he can't speak. His lips part, but nothing comes out of him by a thin line of bile drooling out of the corner of his mouth and down his cheek.

"Let's break every bone in his body," the demon says. "See how he's doing then."