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11
Isat in my room, alone now as I rested on my bed. I’d decided I needed some alone time after the walk with Chumley.
Everything I’d learned since this morning was quite unravelling, and I was doing my best to remain calm.
So there were other things out there apart from angelics and demonics. Vampires, werewolves, witches, you name it, it was most likely real, or it originated from something.
And to think just yesterday I was stressing about my unemployment and being crazy.
How things had escalated.
I was surprised with myself at how well I was handling it.
I guess breaking down and freaking out wasn’t going to be of any use, but I wasn’t even anxious.
Maybe because I’d grown accustomed to such strange things, like my monsters, that it now finally made sense, even if it was so otherworldly.
Nut I wanted to learn more about my father, my potential powers, and why my mother had died. Why would another Prince of Hell kill her?
A knock on the door made me sit up, and I called out that it was unlocked.
As if summoned, all four hellhounds entered, with Jack taking up the rear.
“Apparently, birthdays are a celebration day,” Chumley beamed.
I smiled at this as they all walked over, and then noticed Jack was holding a tray of cupcakes. What was the bet he was the one who had instigated this?
Now that I thought back on it, I’d never celebrated my last few birthdays, although they all seemed to be around on those days.
“Cake is the traditional thing we’ve discovered, as everyone celebrates their birthday, and gifts are big too!” Chumley beamed, while Jack and Bug exchanged amused looks.
Maybe Chumley and Creeper were the main two still struggling with the more human side of things. Jack studied it, and Bug did a lot of reading in general, so he’d probably picked up a lot.
They all clambered onto my bed adorably, sitting cross-legged as Jack offered me the tray of cupcakes. It was sweet having them all perched around me, although I couldn’t help the flutter in my stomach at their sudden closeness.
“Happy birthday,” Jack smiled warmly, and my stomach flipped at the gesture as he held the cupcakes out.
“Thanks, all of you,” I murmured as I chose a cupcake, wondering if they’d commissioned the keepers to make them. Somehow, I doubted any of them knew how to cook a whole lot, and these rainbow colored cupcakes looked far too elaborate for them to have done.
I bit into it, the sweet vanilla with a raspberry swirl flavor exploding in my mouth.
“We got you presents too,” Bug said after he demolished his cupcake. He scampered off the bed, disappearing out into the hall and returning with a box.
He joined us back on the bed, opening it up with a wide grin.
“This is from Chumley,” he smirked, pulling out a TV remote and glancing at Jack. Jack kept a straight face as Chumley lit up when I accepted the remote.
I inspected it, wondering what was so special about it, and pressed the power button.
My TV turned on.
I wanted to laugh, but the sheer delight on Chumley’s face stopped me.
“I set up your Netflix, added in all your favorite shows,” he grinned. “And you can always call upon me to be your Netflix buddy, like always.”
Ah, now that made a little more sense. I pressed the button for Netflix, waiting for the load screen to move to the profiles.
Sure enough, the little ninja icon was labelled Lily, and opening it up revealed my preferences had been set.
