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For an awful moment, it looked like Dee might burst into tears, and then she took a deep breath and regained her stoicism. “You think he’s got her on the earth plane?”
“Lucifer has Eddie.” Rosabella wailed and wrung her hands. “You have to stop him.”
Only Dee’s genuine upset stopped him from asking Rosabella firmly to modulate her tone. Her hysteria wasn’t helping the situation. He kept his attention on Dee. “I saw Mammon while I was in hell as well, and she hasn’t heard anything either.”
“You saw Mammon?” Rosabella ran up the stairs and stopped in front of him, so close he could smell her shampoo. It was the same one Eddie used and his heart clenched. Where was his daughter?
Rosabella’s eyes glinted at him viciously. “Why did you see Mammon? She has nothing to do with this.”
Wrath got the nasty feeling he was missing something because now Rosabella looked pissed off. “Haziel suggested that Ava might know something. If there’s something going down in hell, Ava almost always knows.”
Rosabella narrowed her eyes, her lips thin. “Are you sure that’s the only reason you went to see her?”
And Wrath was caught gaping like a trout after a fly. He glanced at Dee but her look of disgust aimed at Rosabella didn’t make things any clearer. “Why else?”
“Oh, I don’t know.” Rosabella tossed her hair over her shoulder. “Maybe renew an old acquaintance. Don’t think for a second I’ve forgotten who Mammon was and what you had with her.”
As he had left Ava for Rosabella, her anger baffled him. “What?” Stepping around Rosabella, he couldn’t formulate words that made sense. He’d gone to hell to find their daughter. Why the fuck would he be there to start his relationship with Ava again? “Haziel suggested it. It was a good suggestion.”
“Who’s Haziel?” Rosabella forced herself between him and Dee. “Was she the angel I saw here watching you?”
“She’s a seraph,” he said. “Ramiel’s second.”
“Where is Haziel?” Dee frowned and looked behind him.
Rosabella scowled at him. “And that’s all she is?”
“Yes.” He looked at Dee for help. Given how Rosabella was behaving, no way in creation was he admitting to liking Haziel. His conscience tweaked as he thought about how he’d left her.
“Stop it, Rosabella.” Dee’s voice sounded tired and strained as she stared at her daughter. “We need to concentrate on getting Eddie back.”
“Don’t you think I know that?” Rosabella wailed. “Don’t you think I spend every waking moment in torment about where she is?”
“Honestly, Bella, I haven’t got a fucking clue what you think.” Sighing, Dee turned and went back into the kitchen. She grabbed a beer from the fridge, popped the cap and handed it to Wrath. “Shade hasn’t found her either.” She got herself a beer and propped her hips against the counter. “And I don’t know if it’s related, but Bianca has disappeared.”
“Bianca?” He propped his hips against the kitchen counter and let the bitter bite of hops slide down his throat. “Who the fuck is Bianca?”
“Bianca?” Rosabella squeaked from the hallway. “Who’s that?”
“She’s a member of the theatre group.” Dee flitted a significant look in Rosabella’s direction and he got it. There was more but she wouldn’t say so in front of Rosabella.
Rosabella flounced into the kitchen. “I want a beer too.”
Dee motioned him to follow her.
“Where are you going?” Rosabella yelled. “Eddie is my—our daughter—and if you’re going to talk about her, I have a right to know.”
Daniel appeared at the top of the stairs and took the situation in with one quick glance. “Rosabella.” He strode into the kitchen. “I can see how upset you are. This must be awful for you.”
Wrath tuned out the sound of Rosabella pouring her woes into a receptive ear.
“Bianca is…” Dee sipped her beer and glanced about them. “I didn’t know it at first, but now things are starting to drop into place.”
He didn’t have time for games, but out of respect for Dee, he waited.
“She’s our witch,” Dee whispered. “She has to be. The one who performed the summoning. She showed up here a few months ago and knew all about the hell gate. At the time, she offered to help me, and I trusted her. She kept her mouth shut and even offered to keep an eye on Eddie while I was away.” Eyes wide, Dee leaned closer. “But she was behind the Macbeth thing. She suggested the play at the board meeting. Only a witch would know about the curse and how to capitalize on it.”
Wrath got it. “She wanted to activate the curse so she could summon one of us.”
