Page 88 of My Salvation

“Meryn, is it true that the demon contacted you,” the queen asked?

Meryn nodded. “He said he felt how angry I got earlier and asked if I needed any help killing the ferals. I told him I was cool. So, he said he’d just owe me a favor.”

Aiden shook his head. “No, you were not cool! You were unresponsive!”

Meryn held up her finger. “My heart didn’t stop and I wasn’t stuck sleeping for like forever then waking up to a bursting bladder. This was a cakewalk.”

“No it wasn’t!” Both Aiden and Ryuu shouted at the same time.

Meryn rolled her eyes, then looked around. She spotted the small brick box. “Snacks?”

Cas pushed the box closer. “We brought them to help with the network stuff. Those are Peter’s mocha truffles.”

Meryn’s grabbed the box and popped the lid open. “Hell yeah.”

Pip laid a hand on her arm. “Are you really, really okay?”

She nodded. “Yup. I wouldn’t lie to you, Pip. Right now, demon dude is nice. Maybe in the future, he won’t be nice, but for now, what we want aligns, so he’s not killing me.”

Pip nodded slowly. “That’s…good?”

“It sure is! I’ll take a hot guy being honest about possibly killing me than a lying douchebag saying nice shit while stabbing me in the back, any day.”

Pip thought about it. “Okay.”

Nigel laid a hand on her head. “You’d call out to us if you needed help right?”

Meryn shoved an entire truffle in her mouth and nodded. “Ooo an Re-oo,” she said with her mouth full, pointing to her squire. She swallowed. “Where’s my laptop?”

Neil picked it up from the end of the table and handed it to her.

Groaning she lifted it open. “This shit is hopeless.”

Behind her Aiden was still pacing and ranting about reckless behavior. Ryuu had yet to move his hands from her shoulders.

Abraxas eyed her then nodded. “You are handling him well. Remember you have my favor if he decides to act on his baser impulses.”

She gave the Guardian a thumbs up. “You got it!”

Sighing and shaking his head, he returned to the courtyard.

Brennus eyed his niece. “You’re really okay?”

“No. My eyeballs hurt looking at this train wreck,” she grumbled, pointing to her laptop.

Ari chuckled. “Sounds like Meryn to me.”

Meryn looked over to where Priest, Ari and Brie sat. She held up her hands and made two finger guns. “Pew pew!”

Brie shook her head. “Yup, that’s her.”

Aiden pounded the table next to Meryn, causing her laptop to shake. “No more demons!”

Meryn sighed. “Dude.”

“Don’t dude me, Meryn. You have no idea what they’re capable of!” Aiden shouted.

Meryn picked a shiny silver stick. “Go ahead. Keep yelling.”

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