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CHUMLEY (KRODAN)
The days turned to weeks, and I watched as Lily slowly began to get a grip on her hellfire. Too many times now we’d glimpsed her naked, and it was hard to avert our eyes quick enough. To be honest, I think she was starting to accept that we’d see her naked and she wasn’t freaking out as much each day she practiced.
Mr. Baron didn’t participate in these classes anymore. He’d given her all the guidance he could, now it was up to her to learn to draw it forth and extinguish it on her own without our help. Once she learned that, he would come back and teach her more.
So we’d spent power sessions with her, making sure she didn’t burn the place down. The training yard was looking worse for wear, the concrete blocks blackened and the dummies used for training burned away.
New ones had been made and set up in a different area, and this space had become our hellfire area.
It was tucked away in a corner of the mansion’s grounds, so Lily was safe from prying eyes, not that I thought any of the other guys would try to catch a peek, even though over dinner one night, Diane and Hadley had discovered her burning of clothes when she’d asked if they could all go shopping for clothes soon.
Dezikiel had said no, stating that until she had her hellfire under control, she couldn’t leave the mansion, but Hadley offered to pick her up some stuff when she popped into town on the weekend.
I loved watching her get to know the others, taking the time to build friendships with all the other students, even Xander, who was a little bit of the odd one out. None of us had ever dealt with a demon before, but Lily was warm and open with him.
It seemed we all had a thing for her, even Jack, who focused on our duty most. Creeper was just as soldier-like, but in a darker way. Even he was falling for her though, and we’d spent countless afternoons taking turns being with her.
I’d watched some new Netflix shows with her in her room, making sure to sit at the desk so as not to weird her out. I’d felt her looking at me, and whenever I got the chance, I admired her beauty and savored her laugh. She was just so true to herself and honest, not trying to be someone she wasn’t.
Creeper was adjusting too, finally understanding things better.
Which also meant we’d all had a serious sit down to discuss feelings and… horniness with him.
I knew he was embarrassed that Lily had had that effect on him, but we made sure he knew he wasn’t alone.
We were all attracted to her, even though our duty was to protect her.
Maybe it was a part of our wiring, but ever since her powers had awakened, we all agreed that we felt even more drawn to her.
Creeper spent some afternoons helping her learn how to play the flute, and I’d found them at times, sitting with their shoulders brushing as he played on the piano and she watched.
He’d then watch her try to play the flute, and she was learning, slowly.
Bug would spend time with her in the library, reading books or studying with her. When she was working on her essays, he was always willing to help her out. He’d gotten the best results in our history class over the years.
And Jack, well, he helped her hone her combat training outside of the general combat training afternoon sessions. She struggled when with the group, and needed more one-on-one time with someone, and he’d been more than happy to assist.
She was diving right into all the training, and she was slowly learning how to clean the guns quicker and more efficiently, along with the other weapons. And she’d been learning how to wield a knife and shoot a basic handgun.
There were times when she got frightened or frustrated, and somehow, she became a momentary master of whatever it was that she was doing.
Miss Sage had startled her when she was trying to get better aim at target practice, and she suddenly got three bullseyes in succession.
We felt it too when that happened. That other power inside her, that extremely strong one that simmered beneath the surface in her. It flared up in that moment, and she’d become so calm and still.
And then it would die down, and she couldn’t recreate it.
Creeper said it reminded him of the pawn shop encounter, when she had just acted out of instinct.
When we brought it up with Dezikiel, he just nodded, saying he believed it was something that lay dormant inside her most of the time, but in moments of dire need, it flared up.
Although he never elaborated as to just what it was.
We’d spoken about it, just the four of us. We had a slight hunch on what it was, but we kept it to ourselves. If we were right, we didn’t want anyone else knowing anyway.
So we kept quiet, continuing to help Lily grow and learn.
After all, she was the most important thing to us.
