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“It won’t be easy,” Kristy says, shaking her head.“I just…I just find it really hard to think that his astral projection is stronger than he actually is.”
“I do too,” I tell her.“I have to hit him with all I’ve got.”
“What about you dad?”Nicole asks.“Can’t he help?”
“Not anytime soon.Lucifer told me the other angels are growing more and more suspicious and if they dig into things, they’ll realize two angels disappeared from this exact spot.As scary as Paimon is, having an army of archangels come after me isn’t something I could survive.”
“The demon knows how to do the spell to repel angels,” Lucas reminds me.“How do you know she won’t lead you into Hell, preform the spell, and then try to possess you?”
“I…I don’t.”My throat starts to feel tight and it takes everything not to grab Evander’s glass of wine and take a big drink.The more I think about trusting Drea, the worse it sounds.But I need her to get into Hell undetected.“I could bind her powers once the portal is unlocked.”I shrug and nobody tells me that’s a fool-proof plan.
“Or,” Evander says.“I could give you the amulet I’ve been working on.”He reaches into his pocket and pulls out a necklace.A tear dropped shaped piece of tiger’s eye hangs from it, surrounded by several metal beads.“It’s robust at best, but it should at least buy you a little time.I don’t know the incarnation or whatever is used to activate the spell, but it’s a simple banishing charm at the heart.”
“You are a freaking genius!”I tell him.“Thank you!”I put the amulet on right away, not waiting to waste any time.I fill my friends on the rest of the details from everything that’s happened the last few days while we finish eating.
“Here she is,” Ruby says as we start cleaning up.“Drea.There’s not much about her, really.She serves under Asmodeus.”She makes a face.“He’s kind of a big deal, like Paimon and Bael.”
I’ve been so preoccupied with Paimon, I haven’t thought about Bael in a while.He was just as powerful as Paimon, yet he attacked from afar too.And when push came to shove, I tapped into my powers, claimed the throne, only to give it up later, but it was enough.I opened the earth and sent him straight to Hell, burning away to nothing before he even got there.I’ve been resisting and holding back.
Lucifer told me I was, and I can feel it.I’ve been so terrified of what would happen if I gave into that power I’ve held back.But now…now I’m even more terrified of what would happen if I didn’t.
* * *
“Hello, Callie.”
Inhaling deep, I sit up.But I’m no longer in my bed next to Lucas.I don’t hear the gentle whirl of the motor from Juliet’s swing going back and forth, keeping her asleep.My familiars aren’t in bed with me and Scarlet isn’t snoring on the floor.
Instead, I sand rubs against my feet as I take a step down a dimly lit hall inside a pyramid.I’m in the Underworld, and I have no idea how I got here.
“Osiris?”I call out, blinking to adjust my vision.“Why am I here?”
“I was going to ask you the same thing.I didn’t expect to see you back so soon.”
Looking down, I’m so thankful I pulled on one of Lucas’s t-shirts on my way back from the bathroom.But I don’t have underwear on, and I make a mental note to put on appropriate clothes before passing out from now on.The scarab was on my nightstand when I went to bed, evidently close enough to use.
“I’m not here to accept your proposal,” I start.“But I do have a question.Can you teleport my physical body to my Hell?”
“From here?No.Why do you want to go to your Hell dimension?”
Running my hands down the t-shirt to make sure it’s long enough—it is—I take in a breath.“A demon came to me today and said she can get me in through a portal, and if I can get in then I have a chance at killing Paimon.But unless you can zap me in, I have to trust this demon to actually help me and to kill me along the way.”
Osiris looks at me for a few seconds, considering his words.“You really should accept the proposal.It would benefit you.”
“You know, in my world, people date a while before they get hitched.”
“You want to date me?”
“Not in that sense.But in aprove to me you’re trustworthykind of way.”
He leans back.“Haven’t I though?Between the Horsemen, the angel, and your vampire husband, haven’t I?”
“Fine, yes,” I huff.“And I do trust you.It’s convincing the other people in my life to trust you too.”
“That’s what I thought.”He smiles and blue firelight flickers across his face, illuminating some of the scars.Mythology says he was cut to pieces and his wife put him back together…which is something I need to bring up.Not being hacked to pieces, but his wife.
“So can you take me to Hell?”
“No, or not yet at least.I’ve never been to your Hell so I would need something to grab onto.”
