the words dried up in my throat and i had to swallow a gulp of my wine to get my windpipe working again . i can still hear the sound of metal being ripped . the night i first saw the demon lurking in the shadows at the dark edge of the sand . well , did he even want to taste you in the first place ? ward laughed and then said , youve been letting them fill your head with nonsense . `` you like to pretend bad things never happen . 