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"Possibly." He bends down to scratch the cat between the ears. "Only if he jumps in the car when it's time to leave. We'll leave the decision to him."
Meow.
Ghost bites at my leg and I lightly kick him away. "I think someone's hungry."
"Oh, I left the food in the car. I'll get it," he says, walking toward the front.
"Want me to come with?"
"No. I got this. Order that pizza, will you? You remember how to look up numbers and call people, right?"
"I do. I'll have it done by the time you come back."
The cat jumps between him and the door, hissing.
"If you want food, boy, I have to go outside."
Walking around the feline, he opens the door and Ghost bites at his shoe, like he's trying to keep him inside. "I got him too used to the tuna and he thinks I'm going the wrong way."
Relaxing, I laugh half-heartedly. "Don't worry. I got him.” I pick up the cat and hold the squirming animal until Everly is out the door. Carrying the cat, I grab the phone from the bedroom and finally set him down when he attempts to strike me with his paw.
"Okay, okay. Back on the floor you go, you vicious beast." His tail sticks straight up, tickling my nose. Smoke and fire.
Quickly standing up, I step back as the cat transforms in front of me into the human I saw the first time I went into town.
My brother.
"Fuck. Why does that always hurt so bad." He spits. "Damn hairball."
"Cannon? Were you that cat this whole damn time?"
"Unfortunately. I wish I had chosen a dog instead. They groom themselves a lot less. Do you have any idea how many times I had to lick my own ass?"
"What the hell are you doing here?"
"Father had sent his minions to earth a lot over the last couple of months, so I followed them. It's how I knew Everly was important. He was after him for a reason. So I came here to see why."
"That's why you scratched the floor. You are why Everly fell and cut himself."
"I had to see if my suspicions were right. If Father caused a plane crash because he wanted to stop your true mate from reaching you. I saw those floorboards move and I knew I was right."
"So he crashed the wrong plane?"
"Yes. I switched Everly's name last minute to save his life. I'm only sorry about all those people on the other plane. They didn't deserve that." Regardless of what most assume, a lot of us demons don't want to hurt innocent people if we can help it. Cannon won't forgive himself for a long time. He did what he felt he had to in order to bring me back by ensuring Everly stayed alive.
My heartbeat quickens. "Everly. He hasn't come back yet. I have to check on him."
"You two need to leave. Go somewhere Father can't track you. You can't stay here. I think he's going to try and kill Everly again. Last week, I overheard him ordering his minions to follow Everly's dad because he didn't trust the guy."
"His father was here earlier."
"Fuck," Cannon says, and we both hurry to the front of the house, running out the door right behind one another.
"Everly," I shout. "Sweetheart." My heart stops when Cannon picks up a bag of cat food from the ground. The trunk is still open and Everly is nowhere near it.
"Everly," I scream louder.
A harsh shrill sound comes from the backyard. Cannon and I loop around the house, my brother's powers allowing him to get there quicker. As I turn the corner, I see Cannon on the ground, holding his hand to his chest. He starts to fade, gripping the ground. When a demon is killed on earth, we get sent back home.
