“Iknewthere was something off about her.”
Her lack of surprise by the revelation made Obsidian smile.
“Is that who destroyed my apartment? Demons?”
“Yes. Under the orders of Perfidious.”
“Perfidious?” She chuckled. “That sounds terrifying.”
“He’s not a boy scout.”
“So why’d they destroy everything? Why didn’t they just kill me?”
“Perfidious likes to play games, but more than likely, they’d intended to. Since you weren’t home…”
She gasped. Evidently she hadn’t considered that outcome.
“I’m not willing to wait around for him to make his next move,” he continued. “Once you’re safe, I’ll deal with him.”
“You said there’s a list. How many are on this list?”
“Seven, including you.”
“And the others?”
“My brothers are out looking for them. It’s the only reason we separated. The sooner we’re back together, the better off we’ll be.”
“And when you’re not out looking for your soul mates… When you said you worked in protection, you meant on a grand scale, huh?”
He peered over at her once more. “Yes. I protect humanity from demons.”
Penelope sighed. “My dad warned me I’d meet some strange people in Vegas.”
Chapter Twelve
Saturday, July 27, 2019
FINDINGTHEBROTHERHADN’TTAKENMUCHEFFORT.
Getting him away from the demon had been another story altogether.
Luckily Reidar had a few tricks up his sleeve.
After making a call, pretending to be one of his co-workers who needed some information, Reidar managed to lure Oliver Calazans out of his apartment.
Of course, he didn’t have time to play games, so rather than wait for the human to make the trek across town, he hijacked him in the parking lot of Oliver’s complex.
Initially, he’d considered taking the friendly route but ended up stuffing Oliver into the backseat of his Camaro, which had required more effort than he was willing to admit. The human had a wicked fight-or-flight instinct, Reidar would give him that much. A punch or two might’ve been thrown. And received.
He wouldn’t admit to Obsidian who’d done which, though.
“Who the fuck are you?” Oliver snapped.
“Nice language. Perhaps you could rephrase that. And maybe use your inside voice.”
“Fuck you. Who the hell are you?”
Clearly the human wasn’t going to respect his elders, but considering the circumstances of their meeting, perhaps Reidar could be lenient on the male.
