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“If she casts the spell again—”
“I will rip her to shred,” Lucas interrupts.
“Take Juliet out of here.”I shake my head.“I’ll be fine.”
Lucas’s brow furrows and he knows there’s no arguing with me either.She’s my daughter; there is nothing I wouldn’t do to save her.
“Wait,” Eliza says as she gently takes her sister into her arms.Juliet starts to fuss and casting that sleep spell on her right now would be so wrong but I can’t be distracted, worrying about my baby when there’s a freaking demon in the room.“What about astral projection or whatever?You’re just going out there?”
“If Drea wanted to hurt me, she had several chances,” I say slowly, trying to convince myself that it’s true.
“I like that name,” Eliza notes.
“Right?Me too.”I playfully nudge Lucas in the side.“If we have a second kid, that name is on the list.”
He gives me blank stare and shakes his head back and forth.If there was a way for us to have another child, he would be all on it.I would be all for thetryingpart of getting pregnant again, but I didn’t enjoy actually being pregnant one freaking bit.Giving birth was awful too.I’ve been tortured, almost burned to death, drained of most my blood, and had my divinity ripped out yet giving birth was still the most painful thing I’ve ever gone through.I really don’t want to do it again.
“Let’s do this,” I say and Lucas and I go out of the office.We close the door behind us and I put up one more warding, specified at keeping curses away.Those types of wardings are far from fool proof.Curses are very specific and can get around lines of protection easily.Lucas stays back, acting like he needs to hid in the shadows like a vampire would.
Staying several yards away from the door, I throw out my hand and telekinetically open the door.I can sense the demonic energy coming off of Drea as soon as the door opens.It’s heavy and oppressive and reminds me of exactly what she is: a demon.
She is not to be trusted.
“You’re early,” I state, blinking as my eyes adjust to the light shining behind her.
“Well, this body isn’t going to last long.”She steps inside and I can smell the decay coming off the person’s skin she’s wearing.“You wanted ethically sourced and Chicago has no short supply of homeless people.This one has been dead for at least a few hours.Rigor mortis had already set in and I had to crack a few bones just to be able to walk here.”
Drea is possessing an older woman with long gray hair hanging in messy braids on either side of her face.She’s thin and pale, with deep purple circles under her eyes.Blood pools in her hands, which is typical of a freshly dead body.
I telekinetically shut the door behind her and Lucas immediately zooms over to me, putting himself between me and the demon.I can’t see his face, but I know he has his fangs drawn.
“Before we even entertain the idea of talking,” he begins.“You need to answer one question for me.”
“Of course,” Drea says, voice hoarse.The woman who’s body she’s in must have been a heavy smoker at one time.
“What’s in this for you?And don’t tell me it’s because you don’t want the world to fall under Paimon’s rule.”
“I mean, that is a majorwhyas I told your wife,” she explains.“I don’t want to have to answer to anyone, let alone some douche canoe sitting on the throne.”
“It’s more than that,” Lucas insists.“Isn’t it?”
“Yeah,” she admits and I feel my heart skip a beat.I summon an energy ball just in case.“There is one more thing.”
“Pray tell?”
“When this is over, you have to promise not to kill me.”
ChapterEighteen
“What do you expect?That we braid each others hair and talk about boys every Friday night?”I retort.
“It could be fun,” Drea says with a shrug.“Once I’m in a different body.But I’m talking asanguinis vinculum.To ensure my life.”
“Blood bond?”Lucas questions, tipping his head ever so slightly so he can see me.
“It’s a binding spell,” I explain.“Similar to what was cast on my mother and her sister.”
“You can tweak it however you want,” she goes on.“Just as long as you promise that you won’t smite me, kidnap me, torture me…ya know.Nothing unpleasant.I want complete immunity when this done.”
