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“It’s perfectly safe,” he said, moving toward it.
“I’m not worried about the Harrowgate. It’s”—she made an encompassing gesture with her arm—“everything. You’re taking me through a demon portal to a demon continent because I’m in danger from a vengeance demon. It’s…a lot.”
“I know.” He took her hand and led her to the archway. “And it’s about to be a lot more.”
How comforting.
Willing her sandwich to stay down, she stepped with Logan into the archway. Darkness swallowed her a heartbeat before glowing symbols and maps lit the uncomfortably close black walls. Thank God she wasn’t claustrophobic. She watched Logan tap a bunch of symbols as maps expanded or shrank, depending on what he touched.
Seconds later, an archway appeared, and she stepped out of the darkness into a well-lit warehouse filled with boxes, equipment, and even a couple of vehicles.
“What is all this?”
“We have a lot of room,” Logan said as he guided her to a door on the far side of the building, “so we let our families store shit here.”
Outside, they crossed a beautifully maintained, parklike yard full of ponds, sprawling trees, and water fountains. At the end of the pathway, a sprawling, three-story mansion wrapped in decks overlooked a pool with a waterfall.
They mounted the steps of a patio with an outdoor kitchen that could handle a party for fifty.
“Wow.” She craned her neck to check out the lazy river and slide on the far side of the building. “You saidwe. Do you have roommates?”
“Yep.” He held the door open for her. “Some you’ve even met.”
She nearly groaned. If she’d met them, then they worked at DART and hated her.
This was a terrible idea.
They took a hallway to an enormous living room that reminded her of a hotel lobby. She groaned again. Sure enough, she recognized one of the two demons lounging on the couch, playing video games on a TV that took up an entire wall.
Mace raised his hand in greeting but kept his eyes on the screen. “Yo.”
“I think you know Mace,” Logan said to her. He gestured to the other guy. “That’s Crux. Blade and Rade’s younger brother.”
Neither of them seemed to be paying any attention.
Logan moved around the couch so he partially blocked their view. “Hey, can you guys keep an eye on Eva for a few? I need to run by her hotel room and grab her stuff.”
“Wait, what?” Eva stepped closer and lowered her voice. “You’re going to leave me alone with demons?”
“Demons with excellent hearing,” Crux muttered.
“They’re cool,” Logan reassured her. “They’re not going to steal your soul or drink your blood or anything. They’re incubi, but they won’t touch you. I promise.”
Yeah, well, she hadn’t had the greatest experiences in the world with sex demons so far. Rade was a sadistic bastard, and Blade was just a bastard. “I’m not sure—”
“Oh, bloody hell, lady,” Mace said, stretching around Logan to mow down some enemies with his rifle. “Do you wanna fuck?”
“What?” she blurted, completely taken aback. “No. Hell, no.”
Mace shrugged. “Then Logan’s right. We won’t touch you. Take a seat, grab a controller, and kick some old-schoolCall of Dutyass with us. I’ll probably kill you in the game, though.” He shot her a look. “Seeing as how I can’t kill you in real life and all.”
“See?” Logan said. “They’re not going to hurt you. I’ll be back in a little while. If you get hungry or anything, the kitchen is down that hallway. Help yourself to whatever you want.” He gave Crux and Mace pointed looks. “You two behave.”
He left before she could argue, and she just stood there, unsure of what to do, until Crux picked up a controller and tossed it at her.
“Have a seat.” He gestured to a chair near him. “I’ll show you how to play.”
Having nothing else to do and no argument to make, she sank down and let them explain the game to her. Crux turned out to be pretty nice. Sparing with his words but nice. Mace was much freer with words, mostly of the four-letter and insulting variety.
