His tone annoyed her. “Okay…what does that mean?”
“It’s not a hellhound. If it was, it’d smell like brimstone.”
Oh. That was why they were being so strange. “There’s a word you don’t hear every day. How very archaic of you.”
Smirking, he ignored her comment. “Get it back to the lab, Helly. Thanks.”
The imp dove out of sight again, then vanished.
Sorcha wasn’t sure what to make of the imp’s casual teleporting. “Ever wonder if that gives her a complex?”
Luke scowled. “What?”
“Making her dive out of sight in public like a married girlfriend. It can’t be pleasant for her.”
He snorted. “She’s fine. Hiding is what she prefers. It’s weird that she’s been hanging around you so much. Normally, she avoids humans as much as I do.”
“Really?” That made her feel better about all this.
“Yeah. She’s not really fond of y’all. She definitely couldn’t stand my last partner.”
There was no missing that wistful note in his deep voice as he spoke. It made her feel awful for him. “You must get homesick.”
“Every minute I’m stuck here. Hate this place.”
At first, she was aghast. Until she thought about it more. In a weird way, it made sense. The human plane wasn’t exactly the paradise she’d wanted, either. Living was hard, and some days it felt impossible.
Being away from friends and family made it worse. There was only so much Facetime could do to alleviate the loneliness.
Which made her wonder if he could Facetime with the inhabitants of Hell.
That was a truly scary thought. Could demons use it to escape?
Or possess someone?
Before she could ask, both of their phones rang.
This can’t be good. “Hello,” she said at the same time he answered his. “Teivel.”
She wasn’t sure who called Luke, but her call was from Bernadette.
“We have another body. Is the Sexy Wonder with you?”
Sorcha laughed at Bernadette’s term for her partner. “He is.”
“Good, then he’ll know where to take you. See you there.”
She hung up at the same time Luke turned his phone off. “Did you get any details about the new body?” she asked him.
Nodding, he put the car in drive. “Another student. Factors Walk.”
“Where’s that?”
“Near the river.”
She was glad he knew his way around the city. Especially since her relationship with GPS was seldom harmonious. In fact, the damn thing had almost driven her into the river on her arrival in Savannah.
Real evil was modern technology.
