Page 84 of Tortured Soul
“Scan him,” Arc said, eyes unreadable as they landed on the Nephilim.
Dimitri grinned, tilting his head to the side.
“Why, do you want to compare our sizes?”
Carrie coughed her water through her nose.
Arc’s eyebrow rose once again, the corner of his lips lifting in a strange smile.
“I’m just curious. Nephilims are a wide mystery for humans and Immortals alike, I wonder what it will say about you. I remember a time the news talked about capturing them to try and understand better what made them sodifferentfrom the rest of us.”
Dimitri’s jaw ticked, but he kept his smile on.
“Sure. Go ahead.”
I hesitated, but only shortly, before I scanned him.
Like it did for Arc, the arrow pointed to a blinking ten. Carter’s jaw dropped.
“Well, well, well,” Carrie crooned. “I was expecting an eight, or a nine at most.”
“I’m full of surprises,” he said, the red swirling in his eyes as they landed on me.
When the screen showed the data, Carter cursed. Arc frowned.
Nephilim - Higher.
1,500 to 2,000 YO
Madness - 100%.
Estimated threat: Avoid at all cost.
Reward:——
“Can’t put a price on what’s known to be deadly.” Dimitri grinned, stretching his limbs once more.
“Or, it means you’re worth shit.”
Carter looked way too proud of his little jab, but I felt my blood boil in my veins.
Dimitri’s hand landed on my thigh, sliding underneath my dress, unbothered.
“Sure, whatever rubs your ego. How’s your pride?”
“What about you, Lola?” Arc asked, interrupting what would probably have been a violent exchange, his eyes piercing my very absent soul, making my boiling blood suddenly freeze.
“There’s not much about me.” I shrugged it off. “It would probably say the same thing it said about Carrie, to be honest. Just a common demon.”
No one said anything, but all their focus was on me.Great.
“I’d like to—” Arc started, as he leaned forward to take the device from my hand, but Dimitri was quicker, swiftly grabbing it away first.
“I’ll do it. Smile for me,lille fugl.”
I tried to force my panic down, so as to not alarm anyone. They were my mates, what if they felt that something was off?
I forced a smile as Dimitri pointed it at me.
