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“Your terms,” Mammon asks him.
“I will have beaten them. Seems worthy enough.” He moves his hand towards ours to bind the agreement, but at the last second pulls back. “But I’ll take a kiss from Brianna as a reward as well.” Mammon looks to her for agreement. She nods and it makes me wonder if I had asked the same, would she still agree?
Beelzebub puts his hand in the pile and Mammon places one hand on top and the other on the bottom. Golden light shines on through his hands and a small burning sensation lingers on my palm. “It is done. You may start your race.” Wrath reaches Brianna and Rellick before any of us and blinks out of view. I follow them, teleporting to the arena.
The field has changed. It is no longer a giant clock of different terrains. Now, it looks like an American football field. The stands are filling with demons, Brianna is sitting on Wrath’s throne with Rellick on her lap, and my brothers not participating are in their own boxes at the top of the arena. “The rules are as follows. There are three hooks of your designated color on each goal post. You must fly to the post, grab a hook, and place it on the corresponding pole in the center of the field. You can only grab one hook and must interchange posts every time.”
I look to the middle of the field where purple, red, and orange poles stand side-by-side. The two yellow goalposts on either side of the field each have nine hooks hanging from them.
Not much strategy is needed for this type of relay. I just need to be faster than my brothers.
“The mark on your palm is a spell. If you intentionally fuck with another Sin, you will automatically be disqualified and frozen in place until someone wins the relay. Now, into positions.”
The three of us line up centerfield, facing the northern post. “Ready? Go!”
I pay no attention to my brothers as I take off, my wings charging me forward. I grab the first purple hook, not stopping to turn, but flipping backwards to keep my momentum. It gives me a few seconds’ lead. I drop the hook onto my pole and keep flying to the other post.
I’ve tuned out everything around me, my pride refusing to let me lose, and yet… I can hear Brianna’s voice cheering.
For me.
The second I pause to verify what I’m hearing allows my brother’s pull ahead of me. Fuck! I try as hard as I can to catch up with only one hook left for each of us.
With the last hook in hand, I spin towards the pole, now even with both my brothers. Wrath’s arms are a touch longer than mine and Beelzebub has two extra giving them a slight advantage. Enough for me to place my hook a millisecond after each of them. They finished the race at the same time.
Wrath and Gluttony laugh and high-five each other, congratulating the other for beating me. I came in last place. I came in last place. I stand there frozen, not believing that I LOST!
Brianna and Rellick run down to the arena, the boy wrapping himself around Satan’s leg while Brianna throws herself into Beelzebub’s arms. Gluttony shifts his face human before kissing her completely.
When she pulls away, Brianna turns to me, a knowing smile on her face. I move forward, grabbing her jaw to force her to meet my eyes. “Why?”
She knows what I’m asking. Why did she cheer for me? “I thought your pride could use a boost. I guess it didn’t work in your favor.”
“Hey!” Rellick pushes against my legs, and I let him. I could have kept her in that position, but the child doesn’t need to see his mother hurt, even if I wasn’t actually hurting her. “Don’t do that to my Mommy!”
“It’s okay, sweet boy. I’m not hurt.” She bends down to get on his level. He’s half her height for being such a young child, but then again, she’s not very tall either. “How about a kiss to make me feel better?” she says as she points to her cheek.
Rellick leans forward and presses his lips to her rosy cheek. A bright flare of light shines where their skin meets shorter than a blink. I look to my brothers who are all watching to see if they’ve noticed, but none of them look fazed. “There, Mommy. All better.”
I make my tablet appear in my hand, Brianna’s chart already pulled up, and watch as her sins are cleared.
I fucking knew it!
30. Bree
Josie and Mera are sitting next to each other on my couch, a glass of wine in each of our hands. I don’t think they are trying to hide the fact that they are super into each other, but I can see the side glances and their fingers touching on the cushion. They are incredibly cute together!
I called Josie this morning, asking her to come over so I could talk to the girls about what’s going on in my head. She drove up with Mera in her passenger seat.
Nik is off doing who knows what. The 24 hours will be over around seven PM, and he and Mera will be sent back to Hell.
Rellick is currently taking his afternoon nap, so us girls decided to have a drink. We had much to talk about.
“So, what happened last night?” Mera is jittery, with a big smile on her face. “You left with the VIP of the club!”
“Nothing happened.” Her smile turns crushed. “He took me to grab my son. We didn’t get much time to ourselves, so we just talked.”
“Well, that’s good!” Josie is cheerful, trying to show the positive. “It’s better to talk to someone than just jump into bed.”
