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Candy and Abaddon rushed over.
“Help me help her,” I begged as Pandora grew more transparent.
“I told you not to touch me,” she whispered brokenly as she faded into nothing.
“Where the hell is she?” Abaddon ground out, glancing around wildly.
“Hold that thought,” Candy said as she began to glow. “I just need a sec here.”
No one said a word as the Keeper of Fate glowed so brightly we had to look away. She chanted in a language I’d never heard, and diamond-like crystals rained down from the ceiling, covering every surface on the sound stage.
It stopped as abruptly as it began.
“Fuck me,” Candy Vargo said with a surprised chuckle. “Can’t quite explain it. She’s gone but she ain’t dead.”
“Then where is she?” Abaddon demanded.
Candy shrugged. “Not sure, but it ain’t far.”
I stood up and dusted the crystals off my clothes. In a move that shocked everyone, Pandora’s henchmen got down on their knees and bowed to me. “All hail, Bitch Goddess Cecily,” the Demon in the front shouted.
The others repeated it.
“Wasn’t expecting that,” I muttered, keeping an eye open for any sign of Pandora. If anything would bring her out of hiding, I would assume that her people swearing fealty to me would do it.
“Let me out,” Pandora begged in a weak and haggard voice.
I whipped around and produced my fire swords. Abaddon followed suit, his expression confused but ready for a fight.
I didn’t see Pandora anywhere.
“What’s wrong?” Abaddon asked. “Did you see something?”
I shook my head. “Didn’t you hear her?”
“Hear what?” he asked, scanning the room.
“It was Pandora,” I told him. “She said, let me out.”
His brow dipped as his gaze met mine. “I didn’t hear anything.”
“Neither did I,” Candy Vargo said, looking concerned. “But I believe you. I can still feel the shitty whore close by. Try answering her.”
I swallowed the knot of anxiety in my throat then asked, “Pandora?”
“Yes.” The relief in her voice was palpable. “You can hear me. Good. Now, let me the hell out!”
I had no idea what she was talking about. I kept looking around the stage to see if I could pinpoint where her voice was coming from, but to no avail. “Where are you?”
“I warned you, and you wouldn’t listen,” she hissed. “Now, you have to find a way to let me out or else.”
I looked at Candy and Abaddon for help. They both still looked bemused. “Don’t you hear her?”
Both shook their heads.
I glanced around the room at the other Demons. “Did any of you hear her?”
The answer was no. No one heard her except me.
