Under the horse of the king lies a defeated enemy, the Parthian king Artaban; under the horse of Ormuzd, the devil Ahriman, with two snakes rising from his head.
His words were too extraordinary for her to understand fully, but she knew serving men like these for eternity was equivalent to living with the devil in hell.
The alternative – that her own body was about to betray her to the devil – wasn't something she could handle.
Funny how the devil is the one who's deceived me the least.
Put on the full armor of God, that you may be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil.
