Epilogue

So tell me, how tragic was your past?

Don't pity me. My life and my mistakes were all my doing, so I bear that burden and responsibility. But watching one of the people that I cared for most deteriorate to such a state took me by surprise. Nobody would have ever guessed just how much hatred Sebastan bore towards the world and the people in it.

There are times when I think if I had chosen to do something different, how would have the butterfly effect worked in our favor? But it's usually just a passing thought. I know that so long as Sebastian had been born, the outcome would have likely stayed the same.

I still see Sebastian lurking around the bowels of Hell from time to time. We get along a little bit better, especially after he was allowed to run a demon sword through me. He's grown out of brutally torturing others in our realm, but he's going through a phase where he always wants to be alone, perhaps to reflect on some of the things he's done over these past few centuries.

Our relationship with our parents remains the same though. While I am willing to speak with them, Sebastian will offer a decapitation as a greeting and and eviscerating as a farewell. As for William, our relationship has been sort of strained, as he's a full grim reaper and we're lowly demons. Turns out he still really hates Sebastian, though.

I have reunited with Hannah, as well as our children. I was surprised to find that her pregnancy followed her to Hell. That wasn't the only thing that surprised me. Do note that I said children; three rather tame sons that were named Thompson, Timber, and Canterbury. Since they were born in Hell, they were born demons and without a single sin to mark them, as well. Hannah herself went several centuries without wanting to see or talk to me, but after our time at the Trancy manor we have finally managed to patch things up and come together as a family.

Take this as a word of advice. The relationships you have with your family - your mother, your father, your sister or brother, your husband or wife, and your children – mean so much. You'll never know what they're going through entirely, and in the next life it might be too late to make amends.

Love your family, hold them close, and never take a single breath you take for granted. Because you never know which day you wake up to or if the next breath you take will be your last.