Page 54 of Summoning Sex Demons

A tall, angry demon emerged from the river, lava dripping down his body. “Dani.”

“Biast,” Dani exclaimed. “This is Iza. Iza, Biast.”

After barely sparing me a glance, he nodded to the other side of the river. “He’s here.”

Dani wrapped one arm around Biast’s arm and the other around mine, pulling me toward the river of literally flesh-melting lava. I dug my heels into the ground in an attempt to stop her from moving me.

“Come on,” she said. “You won’t get hurt.”

“It’s lava.”

“I’ve gone in this river a million times.”

“You’re a demon!” I exclaimed. “I’m not.”

“You won’t burn,” Biast said. “Keep hold of Dani.”

Dani yanked me closer, and I tried to stumble back. But before I could, she had tugged me all the way in. I winced and waited for the searing pain to begin melting me alive, but all the lava felt like was warm sea water.

My feet reached the bottom of the river, and I walked with Dani and Biast to the other side. Chest rising and falling quickly because I hadn’t expected to survive a river of lava, I shook the excess lava off my body like a wet dog.

“We are at war,” Dani said.

“With who?” I asked, looking back as Dani led us deeper into the brittle woods.

“The angels and God herself.”

“Herself?”

“Yes, unlike what the Church believes, God is a woman.”

A couple of moments later, we emerged from the brittle forest and stepped out into a clearing, where a man sat, naked and chained up to a tree.

“This is Minseok,” Dani said.

“Why is he in chains?” I asked. “I thought you said he was your lover?”

“It’s … complicated.” Dani sighed softly. “He’s a recently fallen angel.”

“I’m not a fallen angel.Yousank your claws into me and pulled me down. I am here against my will.” Minseok yanked on the chains that burned into his body. His wings were completely bare. When he looked at me, his eyes widened. “Beliel …”

“Who’s Beliel?” I asked Dani.

“Beliel was the first fallen angel who prophesied about the war I mentioned earlier,” Dani said, reciting the prophecy. “Three demons will rise from the ashes—the Devil, the Beast, the False Prophet. God will call them the Triad of Sinners; we will call them the Unholy Trinity. Under them, Hell will rule the Earth, and heaven will fall to ruin.”

My eyes widened slightly, and I looked back at Minseok, who still stared at me in disbelief. I furrowed my brows and averted my gaze, not liking the way he looked at me like he knew something that I didn’t.

Dani fished into her pocket and pulled out her vibrating phone. “Give me a second.”

After I nodded, she tapped a button on her phone, took Biast’s hand, and walked deeper into the forest.

How did phones even work down here? Were there cell towers and satellites that connected with Earth?

“You need to get out of here,” Minseok said. “Now.”

My eyes widened, and I glanced over at him. “Why?”

“Because they’re using you.”

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