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19
Iawoke with a start and sucked in a breath as I sat up.
“You okay?”
I turned to spy Bug in my reading nook as he put down his book and headed over.
I glanced down, and heat flushed through my face as I quickly pulled the blanket up and covered myself.
“Where are my clothes?” I hissed as I clutched the blanket tight to my chest, my heart hammering. Had he seen anything? “And how did I get to my bed? And why have you got horns?” I fired off the questions, noting the horns protruding from his head with a frown. They were two-pronged and oddly suited him.
“They got burned off, and Jack carried you,” Bug said as he sat down on the edge of the bed and gave me a gentle smile. “As for my horns, sometimes they randomly sprout. It’s why I can’t leave the mansion like the others.”
“He carried me, naked,” I stammered, unable to focus on what he’d said about his horns. I was more stressed that they’d seen me naked.
“Well, we were all naked. We shifted and withdrew the hellfire that came forth from you,” he clarified.
“We were all… naked?” I mumbled in disbelief.
“Jack cleaned you up too, you had ash on you from your clothes,” he said with a wide smile.
I felt like my face was on fire.
Jack had seen all of me naked… and he’d even cleaned me.
I could never look at him again.
Hell, they’d all seen me naked.
“Wait, hellfire?” I frowned, forcing myself to focus on something else he’d said.
“Yeah, big explosion of hellfire. Was strange actually, the power that awoke in you affected us too. It was like we were programmed to do what we did,” Bug said as his brow creased.
“What did you do?” I asked. I didn’t remember much after standing in that pentagram and closing my eyes.
“We all shifted, took up a formation around you. Felt a power inside us too. Then we held onto you as the hellfire was unleashed. You collapsed after that, and Dezikiel said to bring you back to your bed to rest,” Bug relayed.
“Dezikiel, is he okay?” I gasped.
“Yes, he’s fine. A little hellfire is nothing for him,” Bug chuckled.
“He’s not a demonic though. Are demonics immune to hellfire? And angelics?” I asked quickly.
“No. Not all demons are immune either. Lower class ones will be destroyed by hellfire, so Xander would perish. But higher class demons, ones who’ve walked through Hell for a great time, have developed an immunity. Demonics aren’t immune, except for the few who can wield it, but hellhounds are immune. You know, being forged in Hell and all that,” he explained. “Angelics, we don’t know many of them, so I guess they are.”
I just sighed and closed my eyes as my mind whirled. Just like Dezikiel said, everything made more sense now. The whole revelation of demonics and angelics didn’t bother me. I guess being awakened and becoming a true demonic did that.
“Sucks about your horns,” I said as I opened my eyes and glanced at them.
“I’m used to it. Probably why I love reading so much, since I can’t leave here until I get a handle on my horns.”
I just nodded, my heart pulling for him. To be unable to explore the world and trapped here would be terrible.
“I’m sorry about your name,” I blurted.
“Hmm?” Bug cocked his head at me, his horns now receding, and I had to bite my lip at just how utterly adorable he looked like that.
“Bug. You were always so nervous, it made me think of a jitterbug. Hence why I called you Bug. I can’t believe it stuck, I’m sorry,” I murmured as I looked down at my bracelet. Guess the sterling silver didn’t melt. Either that or I’d somehow protected it from my hellfire. Or it was charmed. Jack did say Hadley and Diane had helped him choose it. They’d probably spelled it to withstand a lot.
