Page 7 of My Best Friend is a Demon

I bolt upright, my heart aching. He’s gone. I knew it was too good to be true that anyone would stay for me. I saw it all through my childhood. The promises and then always broken. Nobody ever stayed for me. This is the second time that Anders has left me. I sit up, wiping the tears from my eyes and clenching my jaw. There’s no way that I’m letting anything like this happen again. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

I stand up and grab my jeans and my sweater. The sky is bright already and I’m off of work today so I’m taking some time for me. Some time to make things right with my world.

My heart begs me to call him, find him. I need him. But I don’t know where he’s staying. I don’t have his phone number. There’s nothing that I can do.

Mate, huh? What a crock! I should have known it was a line that a horny male would use on a female.

My brows crease. But was he lying about everything. Was he telling the truth about Magic? Is it really full of shifters? I’m not even sure that I really know what a shifter is?

But I know someone that can tell me. Serenity. She seems nice and maybe another woman won’t lie to me like a man.

I close my door and pause, a chill rushing over me. It feels like a breeze but the trees aren’t even stirring. Nothing is moving.

I shake off my unease and follow the path back to town and then outside it to the house that sits separate from the town. Serenity opens the door and smiles, her green eyes glowing with happiness and something else. A glimmer of gold dances through her green eyes and I swallow.

“Can I talk to you, Serenity? I don’t know many people yet in town and I have some questions about Magic?”

She laughs and waves me inside. “Well, that could mean many things. But I’m gonna assume that you mean the place not actual magic.”

I cock my head, studying her and the inside of the massive house. It’s way more than it seems like on the outside and that uneasy feeling creeps across me again. It doesn’t seem right at all.

“Is magic even a real thing?”

She smiles gently. “Of course it does. There is magic all around us. Life would not be worth living without magic of some kind.”

“Oookay.” I nod my head although I’m not sure that I really believe her. I’ve seen nothing that would tell me she’s right.

“So what is magical about Magic, Wyoming. I’ve felt something strange around here. Felt something different, special. And someone that I know told me that the town is made up of paranormals. Shifters especially.”

She sighs. “This someone you speak of…you don’t trust him?”

I stare down at my hands, twisting them together. “I’m not really sure. He says he’s my mate but he also says that he’s ademon and then he promises never to leave me and I wake up to find him gone.”

Her head cocks. “A demon. Oh my. This will definitely be a fascinating relationship. I hope that it doesn’t frighten you, knowing what he is.”

“I’ve known him a long time. For some reason this doesn’t bother me at all. I feel safe with him.”

“It’s important to trust the one that you’re with. I trust my Saar implicitly.”

“That’s good. But are demons real? Are shifters real? And if he says that I’m his and then disappears, doesn’t that mean that he lied to me and there’s nothing real in our relationship. Nothing fated.”

She shakes her head, her flame-red hair making me sad. For some reason it reminds me of the flames in Anders’ dark eyes.

“No. It may not mean that at all. It may mean that he had to go. Just like any other person. But he’ll be back and then you can ask him.”

“Are you a shifter?” I ask her, narrowing my eyes when that streak of golden fire flares in her emerald gaze again.

“Yes, I am. A dragon in fact.”

I back away, not sure if I’m ready to hear all that she has to say. “I’m…that’s nice. I really need to get to work. I’m so sorry to dump all of my doubts on you. You’ve been so nice. Thank you for answering my questions.”

“Nobody here wants to lie to humans, Angel. It’s just a fact of life. Most humans don’t understand shifters and if history has shown us anything it’s that what humans don’t understand, they tend to fight and destroy. Our kind have been decimated over the years. We just want a peaceful place to raise our families.”

I nod my head, thoughtful. “I hope that you find what you’re looking for.”

“Oh…we have.” Her smile fades, sorrow filling her green eyes. “Unfortunately we may have to fight again.”

I nod at her and then walk quickly to the door. “I’m so sorry to bother you.”

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