Page 61 of The Angel's Kiss
She glared up at me, her fangs showing in her rage. “You traitor! I used to look up to you. You’re pathetic now... a fallen demon!”
She wielded insults like all demons did, nothing I hadn’t heard before. They no longer affected me.
“Play nice, Saraphell, and I won’t make you suffer,” I said.
“How low you are now,” she said.
“Yes, yes, he’s such a disappointment to you, big fucking deal,” Rai said as he joined us, then knelt beside her. “He’s my Champion, bitch, and I’ll have him gouge out your eyes if you sling one more insult his way. Got me?”
Saraphell’s eyes widened, then narrowed. She looked at me and I smiled, then winked. She growled, but returned her gaze to Rai because he was the one who was in charge. It took me a century to prepare myself for that realization. To accept it. I didn’t think I would, but the moment I saw him fighting demons, I knew he’d need me even if he didn’t, or kept refusing me. More importantly, I felt our connection and it made me want to serve him. Even now, as I carried out his orders, I felt a sense of satisfaction that had my cock hard. I wanted more of what only Rai could give me.
“What do you want, Guardian bastard?” Saraphell asked, her nostrils flaring as she struggled to breathe due to the weight of my foot pressed on her chest. Human bodies did have theirweaknesses if you weren’t strong enough to transform that weakness into your power the way higher level demons could.
“Are you trying to open Satan’s cell?” Rai asked her.
Hearing his voice brought my focus back and I paid attention.
“Yes! And he will rise to rule Hades and Earth and Heaven,” she said in her sycophantic exuberance.
“How will you open his cage?” Rai asked in a calm voice.
“Like I’d tell you,” Saraphell shot back.
“Do you need to kill the child?” he asked.
“We need only their blood, but killing the child will be fun,” Saraphell said, smiling.
“How will you find the child?”
“All we’ll need is a drop of her blood,” she continued to taunt.
Rai’s brows lifted. “So, it’s a female child you need?”
Saraphell looked off to the side as if realizing her error. “Fuck you.”
“How will you find her as the Seeker?”
“How much did you cry yourself to sleep after giving up your family?” Saraphell mocked.
I saw Rai’s body tense a bit. “What do you know of my family?” he asked.
Saraphell laughed. “More than you know.”
“She knows nothing,” I said. Demons were masters of manipulation and finding a human’s weakness was our bread and butter.
“I know everything!” she spat back.
“Oh? Then you must know his mother died, you can’t hurt him with that,” I said and I hoped Rai wouldn’t take my bait. I watched his muscles relax and knew that we were on the same wavelength.
“We know that... But the rest of his family won’t be safe. We’ll kill them for what he is doing now,” Saraphell said, peddling a wolf ticket, as they say.
We got the answer we needed regarding Rai’s family. Demons had no idea who they were, or that his mom was alive and well.
“Tell me how you’ll find the key,” Rai demanded.
Saraphell smiled as she snarled.
I sliced her throat a little with my sword, just enough to sting and bleed. She hissed and then glared at me. “Answer his question, Saraphell.”
