Page 72 of Spookily Yours

“Right. Well… I haven’t told you everything about why I came to your world.”

She cocked her head. “What?”

“Maybe you should sit down.”

The anger in her eyes flared. “I don’t want to sit down. I want mybabysister to be sitting on her couch, safe and sound. Not in thefucking demon realm!”

“I know.”

“She’s my little sister, Damien. I was supposed to protect her. Make sure she was okay.” Her voice choked up as she finally slumped onto the couch. “I can’t believe your brother would kidnap her.”

“He believes that, well…” I shook my head. “That she’shisfated mate.”

Surprise, Willow,I thought to myself bitterly.My brother’s a giant asshole who couldn’t keep his filthy paws off your sister!

Yeah, I was royally screwed.

“Luna?” Her jaw dropped open. “Like… he wants to…” Her brain must have been running a million miles an hour. “How long have you known about this?”

I sighed, sinking onto the floor next to her. “A while. It’s why I was here.”

“In Pleasant Grove?”

I nodded. Whatever had called me here when I was still in cat form, it had been right. “And the human realm. He sent me to look for her.”

“And you found…”Me.

“Yes. Finding you, Willow… That was the happiest coincidence of my life. But I never thought Zain would be looking for your sister.”

“Why didn’t you tell me?” Her voice was almost a whimper. “We could have done something. Stopped this.”

I shook my head. “I didn’t want to lose you. And if he made me go back—”

“But now I’ve lost her, Damien. She’s my only family. My best friend.”

I pulled her into my arms as the first tears fell, holding her upright so she didn’t fall onto the floor. “I know, baby. I know.”

I held her as she cried in my arms, rubbing a soothing hand over her back.

“We’ll get her back,” I promised. “We can go tonight.”

She blinked. “To the Demon Realm?”

Yes. I offered her my hand, pulling her off from the couch. “We’ll go make sure she’s okay. No harm will come to her, I promise you that.”

Okay.Her sweet voice slipped into my mind, clutching my hand tight.

I brushed away her tears with my free hand, rubbing over her jawbone with my thumb.

I’m so sorry,I murmured into her mind.

Leading her back down the stairs, I moved to the back alley. The same one I’d opened a portal in weeks ago. The day I’d realized who Luna was.

I was thankful that most everyone in the town was currently in the town square, or milling about downtown, because no one was back here to witness this.

Opening up a portal, I commanded the shadows to do my bidding.

“Are you sure this is a good idea?” Willow murmured, clutching onto my arm as I commanded the shadows to open a portal to my brother. “Me going there?” Her eyes were still red, and full of worry. “What about the demons?”

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