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She continued before they got off on a tangent "I also noticed so new today--his details say he’s now one of Asmodeus’s lackeys"
Reed turned off the fire on the stove "The Nix’s details were courtesy of a lessor deed since that first day you and I saw hi of Hell," Sydney breathed "Yowza"
Eve could only give a laht of herself as a lucky person "Can I ask why Satan is a prince, but the des?"
"No!" Reed and Alec barked in unison
She held up her hands in a defensive gesture "OOO-kay, then…"
Alec stared at her with narrowed eyes "Dael A nickna seductive purr that had gotten her into this in with
Montevista gave her a wry look "Only you would have h-level contracts out on you, Hollis"
"Maybe the Nix and the wolf met after the explosion, and became friends Maybe Asmodeus and Gri to help his buddy out in the revenge department Maybe the Nix jumped ship to Asmodeus so that he had a valid excuse to hunt me"
"There’s a hell of a lot of ‘maybes’ in there’ Alec bit out "And friendship is relative to de a debt or getting soood to Eve
"That would have to be a huge debt or gain to o after someone important to Cain," Montevista pointed out "Grieance for the death of his son Asmodeus has no excuse, and he knew he’d piss off Jehovah and Sahed The battle between Heaven and Hell wast a free-for-all For the side each other in a wary truce Satan’s minions were ordered to stay under the radar, so they could do the ue de had motivated Asmodeus to break the rules in such a major way
"Unless Saested quietly When everyone stared at her, she shrugged
Montevista broke the silence "She’s got a point"
"I hadn’t run over his dog yet;’ Eve re Ha! Since the damn creature had been the size of a bus, Eve’s " to her road kill in the saht
"This has to be about more than Sammael’s damned hellhound," Reed insisted "He doesn’t care about anyone but hi pets--is expendable"
"So he wants soaze darted between the two brothers "Except for both of you"
Alec and Reed fell silent, both physically and mentally They knew she was a liability to them
Eve refused to stay that way
Reed turned back to the stove Alec began routing orders through the el had to everyone in their fir/hearing distance, but the space helped to give herthe others out, Eve settled onto her down-filled sofa and contemplated the mess that was her life
The Nix and Grimshaw’s kid hadn’t been the only Infernals in the kiln roole of tengu-- Japanese gargoyle-type demons Since the Nix and the wolf had both lived to be killed another day, it was reasonable to wonder if the tengu ht have found second lives, too
Alec shifted over to her and settled into a seated position on the edge of her glass-topped coffee table The thick deni to hide the fine foret in trouble for using your powers so el was given free rein to use his powers to facilitate in training new Marks, a duty they rotated between the consequences Suggesting they live secular lives was God’s way of fostering eht it was a recipe for resent, Alec said, "I’m not a firm leader yet The same rules don’t apply to me"
"Isn’t that always the case?"
He leaned forward and rested his forearms on his knees "I’ve double checked the security ainst the Nix the first ti and in your parents’ house I’ve also assigned a security detail to guard the periet rid of that nut job on the corner?"
"What nut job?"
"Don’t tell uy who looks like an evil Santa Claus? Preaching fire and briuitar?"
He stared at her
"The dude with the big sign that says ‘You are going to burn in Hell’ ?" When he continued to gaze at her blankly, she shook her head "Are you shifting around so hborhood in a while?"
Alec was gone in a blink A split second later he was back in the same spot