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“Down girl. You can hump your hero later,” he snarked as we watched his twin siblings fight with foam swords.
I rolled my eyes and we went back to enjoying the party like he hadn’t just destroyed a seven year old kid.
Later, after cake, Tamara introduced a surprise guest, and a man dressed in a Superman costume sprung out from behind a wall. We spent the show watching all of the little kids, their eyes wide with rapt awe.
Halfway through the show, the doorbell rang. Remy waved away Tamara who was on the other side of the room. “I’ll get it,” he mouthed. He squeezed my hand and then walked away to grab the door.
Five minutes passed before I wondered what was taking so long.
Another five minutes passed before I went to go look for him.
The front door was wide open as I turned the corner, and my steps stalled as I walked towards them.
My gaze darted around, peering into the dining room where the food was almost all gone.
He wasn’t there.
He was just in the bathroom.
The door had blown open.
That’s all this was.
Or at least that’s what I told myself.
I walked through the doorway, my heart hammering against my rib cage.
And I heard it.
Sweet Caroline. Blaring from someone’s car as it drove down the street.
A normal person would have thought someone was just rocking out to some oldies in their car.
But I knew better. A million memories of the Demon torturing someone flashed through my mind.
Except this time, all the faces of his victims were Remington’s.
The car drove slowly past, the music a roar in my ears as the stranger in the car locked eyes with me.
I watched as the car disappeared from sight. A white envelope caught my eye from the ground, a familiar sprawling script on the front of it.
My hand was trembling as I reached down and picked it up, pulling out the note inside.
Delilah, it read.You really shouldn’t be so careless with your toys, darling.
I immediately dropped the letter, bent over, and threw up the entire contents of our Starbucks run.
He had him.
Remy was gone.
The Demon had him.
The air felt thick and cloying around me, and everything seemed to be spinning. Cold was spitting through my veins, until I felt completely numb. I dropped my phone three times before I was able to grab it and dial Cain’s number.
“Aurora,” he said, and a hitched sob burst from my lips. I worked to clear my throat, but words felt so hard at the moment.
“He’s gone,” I finally spit out roughly. “He went to open the door, and he’s gone.”
