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“We’ll take care of the sword by then,”Mrak said.“Or we can say we failed. But you cannot make that weapon, Aisling. Even if I were to aid you, the danger is too great.”
“Why does he want it, then?”
For a long few moments, Mrak didn’t reply. So long that I thought he might’ve gone away for a while. He sometimes did that. He wasn’t around all the time. Then, finally, he said,“I think he might be demon hunting. You do not want to be involved in that.”
Except I had a feeling I already was. Mrak wasn’t human. He was monstrous. And in a world with werewolves and vampires and witches,monstrousmeant near-otherworldly.
Mrak might have been a demon. Not that he’d tell me if I was right.
“Okay,” I said. “We’ll figure it out. Will you let me go on finishing this dagger for Willa now?”
Mrak’s embrace retreated. “Of course.”
My heart squeezed at the feel of him pulling away. I hated arguing with him. It hadn’t happened more than a few times right when I was still getting used to this whole possession-not-possession pact. But I’d had to speak up about this.
“Will you stay?” I didn’t want him to go far.
I felt ethereal lips kiss my cheek. “Of course, Aisling. I love watching you work.”
I smiled in the mirror before grabbing Willa’s unfinished dagger. “Then let’s get to it.”
