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“Eden? Are you alright?”
She runs to him, throwing her arms around his neck and I fight back the urge to go pull her back to me. Instead, I fall into the nearest seat and wait.
“Are you alright? Demon said you didn’t want anyone to know about him getting out early.”
He’s shaking his head. “No. I realized that bitch would be plotting something. I just knew it.”
She takes a step back and then turns and comes back to me. I pull her down onto my lap showing the whole room that she’s mine.
“Has everyone been introduced, or do we need to do that before we start? I’ll go first. I’m Lori, or as I’m known here, Lilith. I’m with Odin who is my ‘old man’.” She speaks to just Eden now. “That means he’s my man. We’re married. Why they put the old part on is beyond me but…” She shrugs.
The other woman jumps up. “I’m Poe’s. They call me Dolly but you can call me Pru if you want to.”
Both women touch hands with Eden like they are not formally shaking but still acknowledging each other with a sign of respect.
“I…I’m Eden. This is my father, Edmond and, um, I don’t have an old man?” It ends with a question mark as she turns her eyes to me.
Before I can inform her differently, Lilith is laughing. “I’m pretty sure you do.” She looks at me too. “Does he get all growly when you’re within arms reach of another man?”
“Or is willing to kill or die for you?” The other woman puts in.
“Can’t take his eyes off you and has to have you in his lap? Yeah, you got yourself an old man, honey.”
Chapter Seventeen
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Eden
“You have an old man.” The second woman, Pru, says in total agreement with Lilith. I sit looking from one woman to the other. I open my mouth to say something but Demon’s hand lands on my thigh. “It can be shocking at first. But there’s nothing like a Son of Chaos falling in love with you.”
But Demon isn’t a part of the Sons. My heart drops at the girls’ confusion.
“She’s my old lady. Mine. End of story.”
My eyes come to his and he’s looking right at me. The corners of my mouth tilt up no matter how hard I work to keep them from lifting.
“I’m the president of the Sons, Odin. This is my VP, Poe, and we’ve both known Di…Demon since he was young. His father used to be a member.”
Lilith turns to Odin, “Ooh, you didn’t tell me that. You have got to tell me about it. I bet there are some stories there.”
“Later, Kitten. Right now, we need to figure out how we can best help him and Eden here.” Hearing a big man like Odin call a woman kitten is both shocking and pleasantly surprising.
All eyes turn to me and my father at Odin's words.
“What have you found out?” Demon is the first to ask my father something but quickly follows it up. “He was there today. I barely got to her in time.”
“I know. He wrote a message in blood on the mirror. Apparently, he went on a hellbender and broke a lot of stuff causing him to bleed pretty badly.” My father looks from me to Demon. “I would show you the note but…not in front of you, princess.”
“Shouldn’t I know though? Shouldn’t I be aware of what is out there coming for me? I’m not a little girl, Dad. I can handle it.”
“But you don’t have to, angel. You can, but you don’t have to. You already know what kind of man Snake is, you don’t need to have it shoved in your face.” Demon’s words have me settling back down a little bit. He’s right. I do understand what kind of person ‘Snake’ is. It’s in his name for fuck’s sake.
“You mentioned ‘the bitch’, Edmond. Who is that?”
“My old lady. For now.” He gives Odin my stepmother’s name and just the very mention of it sends a shiver down my spine now. How can you hate someone so much you want them to be tortured before they die? Did she not feel any sense of like for me at all? “The video I was shown, shows her putting something in his hand before he’s taken back to his cell. She was also banging a guard to help with the escape.”
Oh God! My stomach pitches and rolls, “Which one?”
