Bloody well done! (Sorry about that, I can’t resist, sometimes.) The story held my attention, although I admit I anticipated the ending. There was indeed two demons in it — the wicked step-parents. My only quibble is that they were both so totally bad — the stepmother for not being there at all and the stepfather for being an abusive creep. I would have liked just a little more back story — why was the boy a step child?( And is it possibe to have two step-parents? Wouldn’t they be foster parents?) Why would the stepfather hate the boy — was it only the art? The stealing? The dreams? Or was it something else? I want to know! But, Anton, if I didn’t like your story, I would not have gotten so involved in it! Keep writing, young man!