“Relax. I don’t fuck humans…often. I have my hands full with my little bird at the moment, so your ginger snap is safe.”
‘Not to interrupt this cute little moment,’Gavin interrupted, clearly trying to keep Cal from getting himself dragged to hell.‘But are you really able to help these souls move on?’He asked.
The chaos demon nodded, that evil smirk still playing on his lips.
“Oh yes. Some of you will be reincarnated,” he said, turning to face the crowd of spirits that were now cowering before his colony of shadowy hellcats.
The demon’s green eyes landed on Cal’s mother, and his grin widened.
“And some of you… willnot.”
Cal’s mother screamed and ripped away from the two spirits holding her back, the massive gash in her neck gushing phantom blood. My eyes widened, but the hellcats descended on her, pinning her to the ground.
“You’re a demon, Callum! You’re a cursed, filthy evil thing!”
Rage flared through me at her words, and I was very glad Cal couldn’t hear her. I knew how much being called those things triggered him. I wanted to hurt this evil woman. How could she say those things to her own son?
How had she said them to a little boy?
Happily, I didn’t need to worry as the dark-haired demon stepped forward, glaring down at Cal’s mom with averyscary look on his face.
“You thinkhe’sa demon?” the creature purred, bending at the waist to get on the spirit’s level. “You poor,wretchedthing. You’re about to learn what a real demon is, and you’re not going to like it.”
The auburn-haired demon smirked, glancing at the other spirits. “The king of Hell is not happy with you,” he mused, speaking to Cal’s manic mother. “He doesn’t take kindly to souls that convince others to stay behind when summoned. All these souls are late for judgment. If they begin to fester, our Queen will be upset… and trust me. No one wants that.”
Cal’s mom began babbling. What sounded like a manic version of the ‘Our Father’ spilled out of her lips, and both the demons laughed.
“Your god won’t save you.” The rust-haired creature chuckled.
“He’s a little…tied up.”The chaos demon snapped his fingers, and the hellcats sprang forward, clawing and biting at the spirits, before dragging them screaming into the underworld.
Cal and I were staring with our mouths hanging open. I wanted so badly to ask if he could see the hellcats too, but now didn’t seem like a good time.
Gavin was frowning.
‘You’re taking all of us to Hell? Some of those spirits were good people.’
The chaos demon gave him a bored look and shrugged.
“For now. Like I said. Some of you will be reincarnated. The ones that our Queen decides are too rotten to be remade will be tormented.”
Cal’s hand shot into the air like he was a middle schooler with a question.
The demon quirked an amused brow.
“Yes, Callum?”
“Can you torment my mom?Puh-lease!?”
I elbowed him in the ribs.
“Don’t ask a favor from a demonic entity, Callum! What the fuck!”
Cal glanced at me, his face going white, but the demon chuckled.
“Relax. I planned on tormenting her anyway… and neither of you have anything I particularly want or need. You’re safe from accidental deals with the devil…This time.” The malevolent being’s green eyes flashed, and his tone darkened. “But your boyfriend is right, Callum Walker. It’s not typically a good idea to make deals with demons.”
“I can confirm,” the auburn-haired creature said, shooting an amused look at his partner. “I made that mistake, and now I’m bound to serve this asshole for eternity.”
