Page 24 of My Funny Demon Valentine
Bel chuckled. “Look, you should probably get back here. Meph ran into another gargoyle last night when he was out.”
That was the fourth one this week. “And?”
“And there could be more.”
“I’m not coming back for that. You can kill a gargo—” He cleared his throat. “Deal with it yourself.”
“I already did, and I got fucking blood stains on my favorite pants for my trouble.”
“If you dealt with it, then what’s the problem? Besides your fancy pants.”
“There could be more.”
“So call me if more show up.”
“Damn it, Asmodeus, this is serious. I don’t like how easy it is for them to find us. We should be staying behind the wards as much as possible.”
Gargoyles weren’t trackers. They didn’t have the brains, nor did they possess any unique powers to aid them. They were just strong and stupid, and there was an abundance of them, so they were used for everything. “It’s probably a coincidence that they’re here.”
“Or they’re following orders.”
Ash climbed up a chromatic scale with his thumb and forefinger. “Whose orders?”
“You know who.”
His hand curled into a first. “There’s no way they’d send him this early on in the game.”
“Yes, they would. I’m a goddamn King of Hell.”
He had a point.
“Look,” Bel said, “if the Hunter’s involved, he could have already tracked you to the human’s house. You should leave now.”
“I’m not leaving.”
“You’re a stubborn jackass.”
“And you’re a neurotic, overbearing bastard.”
“Ass-modeus.”
His eye roll was epic. “Never heard that one before,Bel-ligerent.”
Bel snorted. “All right, fine. Stay with your human for now, but I’m calling you if anything happens. Anything at all, and you get your ass right the fuck back home, got it?”
It was annoying when Bel tried to give him orders, but Ash played along for the sake of their dysfunctional little family. “Life or death, Belial. Don’t call me unless it’s life or death.”
7
Chivalry Isn’t Dead
Asmodeus hung up the phone and saw Eva standing in the hall wrapped in a sheet, staring at him with a crease between her brows. “Was that your brother? Do you need to go home?”
“No. He just likes to nag me.”
“His name is Belial?”
“Yep.”
