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The demon’s head cranked around with a hiss. “You can see me?”
In answer, Logan flicked the trap at the fiend. Lightning-fast, it evaded the head shot, but the little marble caught the base of its torso.
“No!” it screamed as the trap sucked in its blurry body. It clawed at the device, it’s long arms flailing. “We did not agree to this!”
We? Agree to what?
The demon’s spirit wailed so loudly Logan winced, his ears ringing painfully.
And then it was gone, and the marble plopped to the bed, its work done. He tucked it into his pocket with the other from tonight and then threw his bag over his shoulder.
Eva sighed softly into her pillow, and the slightest smile turned up her lips. What was she dreaming about? He didn’t want to wake her, but he’d promised. So, he went down on his haunches next to the mattress and laid his hand on her shoulder.
“Eva?”
“Hmm?” Her eyes flickered open and settled into slits. “Logan?”
“It’s me. The demon is gone.”
He expected joy. A smile. Something other than the sudden tear that beaded in the corner of her eye.
“Finally,” she whispered. “Finally, I can sleep.”
Her lids dropped, and so did the tear, and then she was snoring.
Chapter Thirteen
Eva got the best night’s sleep of her life.
She barely remembered Logan waking her, but she knew the moment she woke up that the demon that had haunted her for over twenty years was gone.
It was as if a weighted blanket had been tossed off the bed and now, she was sleeping on a cloud.
She owed Logan so much. So, so much. Although she’d have to ask what he’d done with the comforter.
She was so alert and awake that she passed on her morning coffee and drank water with lemon instead. Then she left a message for her mom. She couldn’t wait to tell her the demon was gone. She no longer cared why her parents didn’t contact DART about capturing it a long time ago. The thing was in the past, and that was where it would stay.
After that, she met with a former Aegi named Tayla at DART HQ, which had been…unpleasant.
“I’ll bet The Aegis tells you I betrayed them.” Tayla stood near the window of her Special Investigative Unit office, her arms crossed over her chest, her green eyes spitting fire.
Eva kept her voice even, conducting the meeting like an interview because it was. She was even recording the conversation. “We’re taught that you were supposed to blow up a demon hospital, but you didn’t because you were seduced by an incubus who slaughtered several Guardians.”
“They were killed in battle, fair and square because they were trying to kill us,” she snapped. “And I didn’t fail to blow up the hospital. Your precious Aegis set me up as a suicide bomber. So fuck off with that shit.”
Suicide bomber? How ridiculous. “I’m sorry, but I don’t believe they intended for you to kill yourself.”
“Then you’re delusional. Everyone is expendable to The Aegis. Everyone.”
Nope, it had not gone well at all.
Now, she was settling her nerves on one of DART’s two outdoor patios. Well, she wasattemptingto settle her nerves. Maja had placed a holocall thirty seconds after Eva sat down with a much-needed coffee. She hoped the Elder would spill the beans about The Aegis’s choice for their Chief Spokesperson, but if the woman knew anything, she kept the information to herself. She was more interested in discussing DART.
“How many demons have you seen?”
I don’t know. Everyone looks human.
“How well trained do their people seem to be?”
