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The Owner nodded. “Make sure she drinks all of it.”
“How much does it cost?” I asked, because nothing was free in this place, not even advice.
He looked at me with his black eyes. “The price is to be determined. First...” he turned back to Rai, “I would like to speak with you privately.”
Rai blinked. “Privately?”
The Owner nodded.
Rai looked at me and I shrugged. He snarled, then returned his attention to The Owner. “Sure.”
The Owner smiled and beckoned for Rai to follow. I decided to browse around. Maybe there was something here that could enhance the pleasures of sex.
Chapter fifteen
Rai
A Fortune is Told
The Owner led mepast a curtain to an area of the shop that was more colorful than the rest of the place. He sat down on one side of the round table and then gestured for me to sit down.
“If it’s all the same to you, I’d rather just pay for this potion and get going. I’m trying to save a little girl’s life,” I said.
His black eyes were freaky to me and the whole vibe of this place felt right and wrong at the same time.
“You’ll have time to give that potion to the girl, but you won’t be able to save her,” he said.
I frowned, because that didn’t make sense. “What are you talking about?”
Again, he motioned for me to take a seat. I huffed and decided to humor him, even though I didn’t want to. I sat down. “Why won’t I be able to save her?”
“Because you don’t know why they wanted her, or if she’s the only one they want,” The Owner said.
“That’s why I need to get back to her and finish my investigation after I get her somewhere safe,” I stated.
“Demons who need the lives of children never stop until they get what they want.”
“Yeah, I’m aware of that,” I snapped, because I didn’t appreciate him holding me up with information I already knew.
“And you won’t be able to stop them as you are.”
I sighed. “If this is about that demon out there, I alreadyCalledhim,” I said. I had broken down and done something I’d promised myself I’d never do. I had to accept my demonic Champion.
The Owner nodded and then reached for a deck of Tarot cards.
I frowned. “I don’t really have time for any of this,” I said. Did he understand that I was on a clock and the seconds were ticking?
“Oh, time you do have. And you’d be wise to spare me a bit more of yours,” The Owner said.
I exhaled as I looked at him. He didn’t seem like too much of a big deal, but even Azazel had bowed his head to him and showed him a level of reverence that seemed out of character for him. If he could get that from a Demon Knight of Azazel’s grade, then perhaps I was being foolish right now. It was just that I wanted to save that poor child. I’d already been too late to save her family.
“To make it easier for you to come to a decision, I won’t allow you to leave until you give me a bit of your time,” The Owner said.
Considering we were in the middle of ‘nowhere and everywhere’ as Azazel had put it, I decided to agree. “Fine. What do you want to do, read my fortune?”
The Owner smiled and nodded. “Exactly.” He began to shuffle the cards and he did it so fast, I almost didn’t see him mixing thecards. He then laid only one out for me, and sighed with a shake of his head. “The Hanged Man.”
I looked down at the card of a man being hung upside down by one ankle and both hands behind his back. It didn’t look good and I frowned. “What does that mean?”
