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She looked down at her bowl, stirring it absently. "I honestly don't know.”
“What do you want to know?” I asked her, knowing I couldn’t keep the truth from her forever.
Her gaze met mine, a wariness, I felt all too deeply, held in its depths. "Why did you take me with you? What's your role in all of this?"
Sighing, I leaned back in my chair. "I admit, initially I wasn’t supposed to do what I did. What we did.”
Her cheeks turned red and my cock surged. I pressed down on it, trying to fight this pull between us that always surged at the most inconvenient time.
She looked at me, warily. “So what were you there to do?”
“I was hired to find Serge and to kidnap you.”
“Well, I would say you’re two for two,” she continued to stir the remnants of the food in her bowl.
“Yeah, you could say that,” I whispered, wondering if there was any way to fix this.
“So, who was it?”
“What?” I stared back at her.
“Who sent you?”
“Listen, I took you because I couldn't leave you there. There's something bigger at play here. Something that's after you, and I couldn't let that happen."
"After me? What does that even mean?"
Choosing my words carefully, I tried to explain it to her. I told her everything about me. The crossroads, my family, my sadness. I told her about Elara, and what happened there and why. And lastly, I told her about the demon and lucifer and she simply stared at me.
“Is it so hard to believe?”
She slowly shook her head. “I-I’ve seen things. I am those things that creep in the night. A supernatural entity if you want to call it that, but to think the Devil would want to remember me and my family is just a ridiculous notion. What in the hell could he possibly want with me?”
“To use you, Raven.”
“Like you did?”
“I didn’t use you, Raven. If I was, I wouldn’t be here right.”
“So am I supposed to be grateful to you. Maybe it’s best I get down on my knees again for you.”
“Why are you angry at me?”
“Because you lied!” She threw the spoon on the table and it clattered loudly before she pushed back on the chair and headed toward the main living room.
“You didn’t tell me you knew who I was from the start. You let me think that you were special somehow. That this thing between us was real.”
“Do you feel that it’s real?”
“Does it matter,” she turned away, crossing her arms over her chest.
I went to reach for her but she brushed her shoulder away, and I stood there, feeling helpless with my hands glued to my sides held in fists. "Your family has a history with the Devil, Raven. Your great-great-grandfather managed to escape a deal with him, and now the Devil is back for what he's owed. You."
Raven's eyes widened, and she sank back into the seat, absorbing what I was telling her. "You expect me to believe this? That my family made a deal with the Devil?"
I nodded, my gaze unwavering. "You were cursed, weren’t you? A curse you couldn’t get out of and your grandfather tried but he only got himself trapped. I don’t know how he escaped, but I wouldn't lie about something like this, Raven. I may have kidnapped you, but it was only to protect you from the Devil. We need to figure out how to break this curse, or deal, or whatever it is before it's too late."
“This is insane.”
