She shrugged.“Keep your panties on.It didn’t work, Skye.You are the only one who is able to touch Remi, magically speaking.”
Skye blinked as her mind raced with this new information.They got out of the elevator.The executive suites lined each side of the hall.
“The Devildidknow Remi wasn’t human,” Skye said.“That’s why he threatened me, offered me ten years of freedom.If just anyone could get Remi’s soul, he could have sent any demon to get it, but…”
“It has to be you,” Zara finished.
That was why Zara funneling her demon magic to Remi’s bargain wasn’t helping either.
Skye automatically rubbed the shadows within the diamond on her necklace.The remnants of Remi’s soul were cool to the touch, and energy hummed under her fingers, like the dark mist inside was excited by her attention.
“Fine,” Skye said.“Let’s talk to Laurie.”
Zara nodded.“You finish this bargain, and see if funneling devil magic through you to rebind the bargain works.I’ll go find out what I can get from Laurie.”
Zara walked back into the elevator and flames enclosed around her as she sifted.
“Than—” Skye snapped her mouth shut, grateful Zara disappeared before the words escaped.She must be tired or something.Demons didn’t feel gratitude toward one another.
Skye shook off the weird moment and tossed her hair over her shoulder.She’d already made the soul bargain with the wannabe rock star and had reverted the devil magic to her necklace to use later, but she wanted to make sure she could fulfill this end of the bargain before using the magic on Remi.
She leaned into her hips, swishing them left and right as she walked toward the top music exec’s office.
“He’s not seeing people today,” a receptionist said, running after her as Skye flung open the door to the office.“He’s on a call—”
The startled middle-aged man looked up with a disgruntled curl of his lip, but his expression cleared when Skye put both her hands on her hips and tilted her head with a wide smile.
He waved the receptionist away and bade Skye to sit in the chair in front of his desk, while he spoke into the speaker of his phone.
Skye ignored the gesture and leaned her hip against the edge of his desk, picking up one of his stupid glass awards that sat in the corner and tossing it back and forth between her hands.
“Just make it work,” he said.“I don’t care if you have to blow every single one of them.If their song isn’t played on the radio, we’ll start sending our artists to their competitors instead.”He didn’t bother to let the person answer before pressing the end button.
“My beautiful Skye.”
Skye put the glass award back on the desk, upside down.“Roger, how are the kids?”
“Sucking me dry, just like the ex-wife.”
Roger leaned back in his chair, spreading his legs wide.His gaze wandered over Skye’s body.The slinky top under her blazer was low cut, so she inched forward a bit to give him ample view of her cleavage.
“Well, I got something to help with the alimony,” Skye said.
“Do you?”A condescending smile spread across his face.
“New band that you can get for cheap,” Skye said, tilting her chin up.“But I guarantee they’ll have at least one hit single from the first album.Alt-rock but radio-friendly.I need you to give them a deal in the next forty-eight hours.”
Roger rolled his lips and smacked them together, continuing to leer at her.
“How many bands have I given you a heads-up about, Roger?”Skye said with a raised eyebrow.
“Eight.”
“And how many have I been wrong about?”
“None,” he said, interlacing his fingers over his stomach.“But this is the first one that you’ve stormed into my office for.”
Skye circled around to his side of the desk and grabbed his pen.Leaning over, she scribbled down the details on a sheet of paper.She pretended she couldn’t feel his gaze on her ass.
