Page 46 of The Good Char
Chapter28
DZIK
There wassomething terribly wrong with me today.I was anxious for her arrival.I watched the clock as the hand slowly crept to the next minute wondering where the hell she was.She was never this late.She was always here at least ten minutes before the official opening and it was already nine minutes til.
My skin prickled and my back tensed the moment I sensed her presence.It was the smile and look of pure joy on her face that made her practically glow as she made her way to the counter, singing a happy upbeat song.
Must she always come in so…loudly?I found that though she still annoyed me, she no longer agitated me.
She placed her hand over her mouth endearingly as she giggled, relaying to me her tales of saving tiny beasts from dying on the streets.
“Now they have a bright future.It’s all because of you.Thank you so much!”
Now, wait a blasted minute.Was she accusing me of assisting her in her good deed?This female is going to be the death of me.I was gonna end up banished in the human realm forever.
As I pondered what to do to counteract what happened, the hairs on the back of my neck rose as I watched her wave at a couple of young human males across the mall.Possessiveness took over me and all I saw was red from their limbs being torn apart.The last kill didn’t nearly satisfy my lust for it as much as I thought it would.
Didn’t she realize that the claim was already made?She made it, for demon’s sake!How dare she tempt others when I was standing right beside her.I walked up behind and glared in their direction, threatening to peel their eyelids off mentally.My skin itched to take off their heads and shove them into Justin’s dough.They must have felt the death aura I was sending in their direction because they quickly left the vicinity without me having to cross the other side of the counter.Good.
I needed to make things clear to her simple little mind.Perhaps she just needed a reminder.I pulled her to the back room to give her a piece of my mind.She responded by widening her large, dark innocent eyes but I wouldn’t fall for her tricks.Not this time.No, this time, she would understand exactly who the master was around The Good Char.
But she had another trick up her sleeve I didn’t anticipate.Her eyes fluttered as she fell forward and I quickly caught her before she could hit the ground.Of course, her plan to deter my anger would work.My anger quickly morphed into trepidation as I dragged her over to one of the folding chairs and lifted her onto my lap.
I gnashed my teeth at the situation, confused as to how we got here.But the longer I stared at her unconscious form, the more I was lost in her presence surrounding me.
“One shouldn’t look this enticing while unconscious, Kimmy.Your womanly wiles never fail to tempt me,” I grumbled.
Of course, she didn’t answer.I gently wiped her brow and pushed back some of her strands as her striped hat fell to the ground softly.Her skin was hot.I didn’t think humans ran this high in temperature but what did I know?Most of them were being burned alive back home.
Gently tapping her face, I called out her name to no avail.I could feel my flesh suit ready to tear apart as my vehemence over this uncontrollable situation coursed through me.
With a split decision, I got to my feet with her cradled in my arms and gently laid her down on the bags of dried batter ingredients.Making sure she wouldn’t fall off the mound, I took off my apron and swiftly made my way to the main area of Hellscape Mall.
I needed Pashar’s advice and aid.I couldn’t go back to the underworld with this.The other demons wouldn’t let me live it down if they found out.As luck would have it, Pashar’s shop, Dark Spell Comics, was on the first floor.
I made my way through his doors and he snapped his head up from where he stood behind his dark counter.
“What the bloody hell do you want?”he greeted me.
“I need your assistance.How does one revive an unconscious human?”
He tilted his head curiously without leaving his spot.
“And why would you want to do that?Are you having a problem killing humans now, Dzik?Has the human realm softened you?Are you developing some sort of dysfunction?”
I stomped toward his counter and brought our faces nose to nose.He didn’t back down from the challenge.His eyes bored into mine with the same hatred I had for him.
“I need to revive my human, Pashar.She seemed to have overheated herself on her way to work.At least, that’s my assumption.I also need…” I casted my gaze at his store and wares.“A book on how to coerce a human to stay with a demon.”
Pashar threw his head back and cackled and my hands turned to fists on top of his counter.
“Look here, you bloody stupid demon.There are no books on how to coerce a human to stay with you.You just make them!Did you lose your demon card while you were here?”He shook his head in utter disappointment and I snarled, biting the air in front of me.
He ignored it and leaned into my face.
“I suggest you get your ass out of my store, demon.There’s nothing that will help you here.”
“Fine!”I barked out.“I need to get some fleas, can you at least do that?”
