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“I’m not entirely convinced thattimeis going to help.”
“You have a good mind, Charlotte,” I reminded her. “You’re just having all of your previously held beliefs upended. You need time to cope with that. I have a feeling that once you do, you will throw yourself into what you do best. Studying shit. In no time, you’re be the world’s best expert on demons and demonslayers.”
“And vampires and werewolves and witches… am I missing anything?”
“Do you really want me to answer that question?” I shot back, giving her a smirk.
“You know what… no,” she admitted with a little laugh.
“Look at it this way. You’re safe here. You have time and space to process this. And if you have any questions, you are surrounded by experts. Demons, the Devil, a demonslayer, a witch, and a thrall.”
“Thrall,” Charlotte repeated.
“Nova. She was a vampire thrall for a long time. She can answer your questions about them. The only thing we don’t presently have is a damn wolf. But, fuck, you never know.”
“I can really stay here?” she asked, her gaze moving away, her lip finding itself between her teeth.
“Yes.”
“You don’t need to ask—“
“No,” I cut her off.
“But isn’t he your—“
“Not really,” I said. “We may defer to Ace because he’s the oldest and because he knows the most, but he isn’t the boss. Not really. This is more like a community here. We do what we want with our personal lives, but coexist.”
“I will have to figure something out eventually. When my father comes around.”
“We will figure something out,” I assured her. Since it seemed like her father and she were a package deal.
“Bael…” she said, shaking her head.
“I’m not demanding anything from you,” I said, shrugging. “But I am happy to accept anything you want to give me.”
“I… feel things toward you,” she admitted. “Things I don’t really understand. But I’m not ready to say this is a forever sort of thing.”
“I understand.”
“Or that I am willing to give away a piece of my soul to become immortal.”
“I understand that too.”
“But I like being with you.”
“So be with me.”
“I don’t want to hurt you.”
“You’re not. And if you need to in the future, that’s fine.”
“Can I ask you something?”
“Sure.”
“Do you really hate humans?” she asked.
“Yes. For the most part. You’re the exception.”
