Chapter 13, Though Satan Bar the Way Summary

Zane returns to tell Luna what he's discovered, but she's gone. He finds a note from Satan, threatening to torture Luna until Zane takes his next soul. Satan appears on Luna's television. He has arranged that Luna is no longer his next client, and he promises that her experience will change her balance for good or evil, so that Zane cannot come for her. He shows Luna being threatened by thugs, but Luna, realizing that Satan is trying to throw her soul out of balance, refuses to either reject or accept Satan. The thugs begin to torture her.

Unable to stand seeing Luna tortured, Zane pleads with her to curse Satan. Luna, though, does not believe the disembodied voice. She says it must be the Prince of Lies. Zane tries to use one...