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“I’m telling you the truth. She paid me to mess with her.” Qina shrugged her shoulders. “I don’t know the exact reasons, but she mentioned something about the war with the angels that’s approaching. That she could use Iza.”

“Why would she need to use Iza?” I asked.

The mischief faded from Qina’s eyes, and suddenly, they were a crystal-clear green color, that of Envy. Qina wasn’t acting off any feelings of desire or lust for me. Her jealousy over Iza was shining through, and it wasn’t because Iza had me.

No, it was because Iza had power. And Envy demons always sought power.

“She’s special,” Qina whispered. “And you practically gave her right to Dani.”

CHAPTER

TWENTY-NINE

IZA

“Where are you bringing me?”I asked Dani because we didn’t step out into Lust.

The dry air of the portal room slithered around my throat, like a serpent did to its prey. I coughed and walked down the blackened steps to the large, unguarded orange doors. When Dani pushed open the doors, I stepped into an even more suffocating arena.

“Welcome to Wrath,” she said.

Wilted leaves hung off the brittle trees, falling away with the humid breeze. Large steel gates glimmered underneath the orange sun in the distance. Fires burned in every direction as ash rained from the sky.

Dani took my hand. “You’re safe here. I’m dating the son of Satan.”

“But I thought you were married to that other demon.”

“Eros?” she asked with a giggle. “I am.”

“And you’re dating someone else too?” I asked.

“A few people actually …” She guided me down a long path filled with horrid screams from people I couldn’t see. Children with sharp red horns and vexed stares ran by us on the busy cobblestone walkway and made a beeline for the gates. “Biast, Minseok, Luficer.”

My eyes nearly popped out of my head. “Lucifer? Like, the Lucifer?”

She smirked. “The Devil himself.”

A small giggle left my lips. “So, do you like … tell him what to do since you’re the leader?”

“Oh boy, I wish,” she said. “He leads the Kingdomof Pride. There are many realms here—Lust, Pride, Wrath, Greed, Envy, Gluttony, Sloth, and even some smaller ones in between that house many different races, like humans, demons, werewolves, and vampires.”

“Wow,” I whispered. “I didn’t know humans lived here.”

“I’ll have to take you to Durnbone sometime,” she said with a smile. “One of the demon kings in Durnbone is mated to a human. I think you both could get along quite well, and I’m sure Maxine would love to meet you.”

“That would be great,” I whispered.

Maybe she could give me some pointers about dating a demon.

Instead of going through the gates and into the kingdom, Dani led me down an arid path near the gate entrance toward rivers of lava. Bones drifted down the river, brittle and fleshless. I held my breath at the stench.

“What are we doing here?” I asked Dani as we stopped feet from the lava.

“I want you to meet someone.”

“Who?”

“A fallen angel.”

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