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“There’s something trying to break through our wards. Come stand next to me.”
“It might be Eamon.” I held the note up.
“Or it could be Amrita and Nastafar. We don’t know.”
Right. Couldn’t be too careful. I hurried over, but just as I got there, Liam popped into existence beside me.
“Let him in, Seth. But shield yourself from attack. Our little Tansy has a visitor.” He grinned, looking every bit the troublemaker he was.
“What did you do?” Seth demanded.
“What had to be done,” Liam said cryptically. “You’ll thank me later. Try not to hurt our guest, would you?”
“Fine, but this better pan out.” Seth made a gesture with his hands, and the air around us shimmered.
Seconds later, a very angry and shirtless Eamon appeared in the room. He glanced around, saw me behind Seth, and snarled. He lunged at Seth, looking ready to beat him to a pulp.
Fuck! Things were about to get ugly.
I darted out in front of the wizard, screaming,“Stop! Eamon, please!”I grabbed onto his arm, hoping he wouldn’t just phase right through me to get at his target. Just in case, I sent a soothing spell his way. Just like many of the spells I knew, it was meant for a more domestic chore, to soothe a crying baby. I hoped it worked for angry demons, and I hoped I had enough energy to maintain it.
It did. Eamon stopped and seemed to calm.
“Eamon, so good of you to finally join us,” Liam said.
Eamon lunged for him, and this time, even I was unable to stop him. He threw something at the other demon that looked like a fine, see-through net. It landed and disappeared, doing no harm, but when Liam tried to phase out from Eamon’s punch, he was unable to. The net had trapped him in solid form.
The punch landed on the demon’s face, then another.
“Stop it!”I wailed, trying to pull him off the other demon. “What is wrong with you?”
Suddenly Eamon froze, unable to move. Seth held his hands out as if holding him.
“Liam, you have ten seconds to explain what is happening,” the wizard ordered.
Liam wiped his face with his hands, and his crooked nose straightened. “I might have implied that we were going to sleep with Tansy.”
“What?!” Seth and I exclaimed in unison.
“Why would I do that?” the wizard asked. “She’s most likely my sister. Even the wizards at the WEC don’t do that to preserve their magic line, now that we understand genetics.”
“We weren’t going to. I just wanted to get Eamon to come over.” Liam sidled over to his wizard. “It worked, didn’t it? Now, let’s give these two some time alone. I think you owe me a dinner.”
Seth sighed. “Fine.” He turned to me. “We’ll be back in two hours. Don’t let him pee on the furniture.” He gave me a pat on the back, and I felt the magical threads holding Eamon transfer to me. Then the two left, and I was alone with my demon.
Chapter 32
Eamon
Istoodfrozeninplace as the meaning of Liam’s words slowly filtered through the angry haze. The asshole lied about banging Tansy to get me to come here.
Tansy looked amused as the two got ready and left the home. She fidgeted with something in her hands. I wanted to gather her in my arms and whisk her away from here, but I still couldn’t move, even though the two were gone.
Fuck. The fucking wizard better not be leaving me frozen the entire time. If he did, I’d rearrange his face, even if he hadn’t touched Tansy. I might do that anyway for implying that I wasn’t housebroken.
“Did you write this?” Tansy held up a familiar piece of paper.
After checking that goddamned cupboard for what seemed like the millionth time, I’d written that note and put it inside. I’d convinced myself she’d destroyed the purse attached to it. I’d wanted to tell her how I felt, but at the same time, I’d worried that she wouldn’t want the love of a demon. So, I’d written the simple note and left it in there, my little shrine to her, believing she’d never see it.
