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This ton of Azura Dressed in his burgundy ars propped up on the table and his ankles crossed His eyes were half-opened, his fingers laced as his hands rested on his stomach

If Jericho didn&039;t know better, he&039;d think Noir had been napping

"You want soh Noir hadn&039;t added an insult to the end, they were said with enough contempt that it was more than implied

"Azura told me I was to lead an army I would like to meet those soldiers"

Noir s you to do?"

"Kill Zeus and bring the Olympians down"

Noir&039;s face was impassive and cold "You think you can do that?"

Jericho wasn&039;t one to be intimidated While he knew Noir was the ive a shit "I&039;ht with Zeus to imprison my brethren for him What do you think?"

"I think if you stand by those brave words, you&039;ll be a worthy ally"

"You doubt ed before he yawned as if the conversation bored him "I doubt everyone I have yet to find one person I can&039;t corrupt and/or own Everyone is for sale It&039;s just a ht price"

"Then I probably should have asked for hed "Yes, you should have I expected you to be harder to sway, but then I didn&039;t take into account your i breath "I so love the se It&039;s the headiest of concoctions"

Jericho disagreed "I personally feel that way toward blood No better smell in the universe than when it&039;s co death"

Noir sucked his breath in sharply as if he was getting a sexual thrill from Jericho&039;s description "Oh, I do like you True kindred spirits are hard to find"

"You forgot who and what birthed me"

Noir nodded as he twiddled his thuhter side They have no understanding of how seductive cruelty is Thebetter"

Jericho swore he could feel the blade at his side tremble, but whether in approval or fear, he couldn&039;t tell

"Asmodeus!" Noir shouted suddenly "Show yourself"

A dark cloud for that reminded Jericho of a tall elf His sharp features leaned toward pretty, yet his dark gray eyes showed nothing but cruelty Dressed all in black, the demon looked sinister and eave hi" He jerked his chin to indicate Jericho "This is our newest ally I want you to show hiht for us"

As else, Master? Lick your boots? Wipe your ass?"

Noir shoved hihly, but didn&039;t rise from his seat "Piss me off, worm, and it&039;ll be the other way around"

Ashtened "And on that note, Master, I&039;ll be taking him to Zeth" He paused beside Jericho "Come with me, Minor Master I&039;ll show you the way" The demon headed for the door

What an absolutely bizarre creature Jericho hesitated in his place for a

"Is there anything else?" Noir asked froh it looked as if he were oblivious, Jericho had a feeling nothing escaped Noir&039;s attention

"Just curious When you rule the world, what do you plan to do with it?"

"Enjoy it It&039;s been too long since ere last revered by the et a new taste of it, you&039;ll understand And you&039;ll remember We are overlords It&039;s ht Jericho couldn&039;t remember the last time someone had shown him any kind of respect or even common decency He&039;d spent years of his past locked in prisons, in dungeons and other hell holes Zeus had dumped him in No part of him had been left unviolated

It hy he wanted to be sticky with the blood of the Olyers

Inclining his head to the ancient power, Jericho turned and followed Aslo very strange

"Where does the light colanced up, then looked back at the floor as they walked "Um, I don&039;t think you want ht upset you"

"Then upset me"

Asmodeus hesitated another few seconds before he finally answered "It&039;s frooddess Kali, &039;cause let&039;s face it, bleeding her would just anger her and that&039;s not a s to do since she&039;s pretty damn powerful-you probably knew that Rather it&039;s from the little harer on a rose Those Cali Apparently their blood glows Who knew, right?"

Jericho paused as he looked up The Caliwere a benevolent race of deht thelowed The blood flowed through the tubes, relow stick "How many did it take to illued "Well, you see the problem with blood is that it often dries out, and so you have to keep a constant supply of it, which is really not so we&039;re supposed to talk about and why I said you didn&039;t really want ht, huh?"

Jericho&039;s sto a species just to use their blood for light Then again, humans pulled fireflies apart for the same exact reason He couldn&039;t count the number of people he&039;d seen who had smeared the poor insect&039;s abdohed about it

He supposed it was basically the same principle, really Jericho continued after Asmodeus "How many demons and people are enslaved here?"

"Define slavery" Asainst their will"

"Good definition" He scratched his chin in thought "Counting me?"

"Why not?"

"Probably a couple of million you know it&039;s really hard to count to aand new ones are co so I stopped The constant adding and subtracting Not my forte, really"

It ain, it was probably best not to ask "How long have you been here?"

"Don&039;t know Again, tried to count once, got depressed so I stopped I find it easier to just go with the flow Ease with the peas"

Jericho frowned "Ease with the peas?"

"Yeah," he said slowly, "that&039;s not a happy et I mentioned it" He stopped outside a door "Here we are Maybe I should warn you before we enter"

Jericho stepped past him and threw open the door

"Or e in and be surprised, shall we?"

Jericho was definitely surprised by what he found There were drunk Skoti everywhere Some entwined in scenes the Kama Sutra would appreciate He had to pause at one couple The sheer flexibility required to do what they were doing was a

Damn, they would both need a chiropractor later

If it didn&039;t kill them first

"They&039;re blood-drunk," Ased on Jericho&039;s arm "Appears they&039;ve never celebrated their victories before Personally reminds me of a bunch of drunk frat boys, but what do I know? I&039;ve only seen theto be zits" As delibly "Mostly It really irritates Noir, which is just an added bonus for ave him a hard, unamused stare "Add me to that list of people you annoy"

"Oh" He looked a bit stricken "You&039;re not going to singe my testicles over it, are you?" Jericho admired the even, dry delivery of a question that was obviously near and dear to the demon&039;s heart

"No plans to"

Asmodeus cheered up immediately "Good We can be friends, then"

Friends? Given the demon&039;s personality, he wasn&039;t so sure about that But Asmodeus seemed rather harmless and a font of information Perhaps it wouldn&039;t be too bad to keep hi about the demon that reminded him of a wound-up Jack Russell terrier

Jericho turned his attention back to the horny, out-of-control Skoti "So who leads them?"

"That one" Asmodeus pointed toward a couch where a male Skotos was entwined with two half-naked fe to the emotions they have outside of their dreaers frohes film"

Jericho frowned "How are you so up to speed on pop culture?"

"You ever been trapped in a hell hole? When not being tortured by psychos, there&039;s not wald She has this deet her out of her panties for a few minutes"

Yeah well, at least it explained much about the demon&039;s insanity

Jericho watched the Skotos, as oblivious to the fact that there were unwanted guests here as he kissed his way down the ferinned "Oooh, so attention in class Yes Zeth I would introduce you but he doesn&039;t like me, either And since he&039;s one of those kids who likes to pull the wings off des," Jericho reminded him

"Anymore Key word there"

Jericho winced in sympathetic pain He wasn&039;t sure if he still had his oings or not As a human, they&039;d been taken from him And since his powers had been restored, he had yet to try theht now, he h the floor of passed out or entwined bodies to the couch where Zeth appeared as drunk as the rest of them

He didn&039;t look up until Jericho cleared his throat

Zeth pulled his head back from the woman&039;s throat to stare up at him

Jericho frowned Instead of the trademark blue eyes of the Skoti, Zeth&039;s were jet black So black, he couldn&039;t even see theelse cause it?

Zeth looked him up and down "Who are you?"

"Your new commander"

Zeth snorted "Got one Don&039;t need another, so piss-off"

"Too late" Jericho looked around to get an idea of how many Skoti were in the room It appeared to be several hundred and none looked to be sober "Are all of your soldiers here?"

Zeth leaned his head back so that one of the women could suckle his neck "I don&039;t know Maybe"