Page 87 of Beauty's Monstrous Demons

“There she is… Holy fuck,” Bast mutters, hurrying behind the wall next to us. “She was talking to me, and we had an argument. Adares is supposed to be locked away still.”

“He…he said his parents had him released,” I gasp. I’m trying to calm myself down, but I can’t. “They told him to take his revenge.”

“Fucking revenge demons,” Phenex grunts. “Samael just made the bastard crazy and petty. This is why I said that Lorelei needed to be protected.”

“I shouldn’t have walked away,” I say, shaking my head.

Phenex types something out on his phone before shoving it back into his pocket, blowing out a breath.

“I should have told President Christa to take a short walk off a cliff,” he sighs. His chest vibrates with a deep purr as he hugs me to his body. “I need to get rid of the body, Baby Girl. Samael should be here soon to take you home.”

Bast stares at the ground at the scraps of my torn coat and dress in a daze, and shakes his head.

“I still think it’s a mistake for you to be here at this school,” he mutters.

“Without us, she dies anyway,” Phenex says. “Falling asleep for a hundred years, Lorelei, is a death sentence. I’m not exaggerating anything.”

I didn’t say a word, but I guess my thoughts are still very loud.

“I know,” I whisper. “I don’t feel good.”

The last thing I see is Samael appear in front of us, his brow furrowed with worry, just before I pass out.

SAMAEL

“Lorelei,” I breathe, looking around. Seeing Adares, I take a step closer and kick his head with a snarl. The strength of my leg removes his stupid head from his neck, making a mess as it flies into a corner of the garden back here.

“Goddamnit, Samael,” Phenex groans. “I was trying to keep this bloodless so I could clean this up easier. The fucker was already dead.”

“I’ll call in a favor,” I grunt. Pulling out my phone, I call up a mafia boss who owes me a few favors. His clean up crew uses magic to get the job done.

“Samael, it’s been a long time,”Kyle Oliver says. “How can I help?”

“I may have kicked a man’s head off his shoulders,” I reply. “His dick is still hanging out and he tried to use it on my girl without her consent.”

“Well fuck. I can see your location. I’ll send my crew out. It sounds like the education gig isn’t what it used to be,”Kyle says. “And Samael? This one is on the house. Don’t use your favors on this.”

“Thanks,” I say with a sigh. “I appreciate it. There will be a nine foot monster with black hair waiting for you.”

Hanging up, I glance up to find Phenex and Bast gazing at me appearing gobsmacked.

“We all make connections over the long years,” I say with a shrug. “Kyle will send his cleaners over. It’ll all look good as new. Hand her over.”

“You still manage to scare the shit out of me, and I’m your best friend,” Phenex mutters, stepping forward to place Lorelei in my arms.

“I’m bonding her to me tonight,” I warn him, gazing down at her.

“After all of this—” Phenex blows out a breath as he stops himself. “Fine. I only found her because we’re bonded. She couldn’t tell me where she was, and she was just screaming in my mind. It was fucking terrifying.”

“Fuck,” Bast mutters. “This shit isn’t supposed to be real.”

“In the world we live in, you’re having a hard time believing that Lorelei is who she says she is?” I ask, glancing at him in derision.

He shudders as I throw desolation at him, a true taste of what it would feel like to see her die.

“Get with the program, or I will find a way to ensure you’re no longer needed,” I growl. “Obsession isn’t the same as what I feel for her. I understand you can’t fathom that, so I’m going to leave you with this feeling for a full twenty-four hours. Consider it a gift.”

“Aw, fuck. Wait, Samael!”

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