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He froze as Stephanie’s earnest eyes held him captive.
“I don’t wish to set it free; I just want to understand what it is,” Stephanie said carefully.
Kit could hear the truth in her words, but admitting what he had here was something he’d not done in three hundred years.
“Forget it. I’ve made things awkward. I’m sorry,” Stephanie mumbled as his silence continued. She rose to her feet. “Thank you for dinner.”
Her hand touched the door handle—
“Demon,” Kit blurted.
“A demon? That’s not so scary, is it?” Stephanie was confused and turned to him.
“Not a demon you see on TV. This is a real one from hell. Some demons are created on earth, which are weaker than their hell spawn cousins. This creature came straight from the devil’s side, having slipped through a portal opened by a foolish witch. The idiot lost her head before she realised she’d summoned something more powerful than her.
“Because of Margery’s deal with the devil, it joined her and became her general. This monster is beyond evil. Killing a babe or children meant nothing to it, and in fact, he thought of them as a mere snack.”
“And you captured it,” Stephanie said awed.
“After giving my life to trap it, yes. Should this creature escape, Stephanie, it will rampage through today’s world. This current generation and society is extremely well suited for it to fade into and become a part of. And with crimes being as they are, this demon could easily hide within any population in any country,” Kit explained.
“I know little about demons, only what I’ve seen in paranormal programmes. My understanding is they either possess someone or float around as a black blob,” Stephanie said.
“Black blob,” Kit repeated and chuckled. “This monster is truly from hell. It has the power to control an individual and completely dominate them. By doing so, it would feed on the victim’s soul and inhabit their body as if their own. That’s what makes this one so dangerous. It would have access to all the individual’s memories and could easily pass as them. Worse, a true demon carries a contagion.
“This infection will worm its way into people’s hearts, then make them act out against their true nature, unless they are already in possession of a dark soul. However, a good person can be corrupted and transformed beyond recognition. This power belongs only to a genuine demon seated at the devil’s right hand. Not even being aware of the demon’s identity could gain total control over it. Using its real name would stun it for a few moments, and then it would recover,” Kit explained.
“So, how did you capture it?” Stephanie asked curiously.
“CeeCee had crafted several prisons, and we all carried one. While I engaged in combat with the demon, enduring as many injuries as I inflicted, I refrained from utilising its name untilit was in proximity to the trap. Once close enough, I yelled its name, stunning it, ran my sword through its heart and then threw the prison at it. The snare acted immediately, but its last move was to break my neck as it was pulled down. My overconfidence led to my own downfall. A lesson harshly learned,” Kit said.
Stephanie
Stephanie shook her head at how casually Kit mentioned his own death. She sensed there were deeper feelings than the casualness he displayed.
“You don’t have another trap?” she asked. That was her primary concern.
“No. Which is why I’m so frightened that this one might fail because of your presence. You don’t understand, Stephanie; a demon feasts upon pure souls like yours. Already, you being here calls to it, and it is fighting to free itself. A soul such as yours is ambrosia to a true Hell demon. To eat you would cause it raptures,” Kit said seriously.
“Okay, I don’t want to be eaten,” Stephanie replied instantly.
“Nobody would, dove.”
“And you say all your siblings carried one?”
“Yes. It was the single piece of equipment we didn’t go anywhere without. Even to a ball!”
“Logically, there should be a trap at every inn,” Stephanie mused.
She saw awareness dawn in Kit’s eyes.
“If they died at the inns, the traps would be present somewhere,” Kit agreed.
“All I have to do is visit one of them and then grab it and bring it back.”
“That is true. But they would be zealously guarded. None of my siblings would hand it over, not even if you explained I was still here. They wouldn’t believe you. You’d have to steal it,” Kit said, tongue in cheek.
“Well, the way everyone is fighting, I should be able to slip in and grab it. What does it look like?” she asked.
