Esme: Ok...ok....so...let me start with...um...the person I was engaged to...um-oh gods...he...was the king. I was engaged to the king of hell.
Esme: Well...I was dressed up and brought to the castle...I-I did want to fight it but...what was I really going to do at that point...? They...they brought me to a room and they told me to wait. That...that he would come for me when he was done with his other affairs...I...
She shudders
Esme: ...he never came. Thank gods, but-another demon did. And then...and then I did something rather stupid...he-he offered me a deal and...I took it.