Page 128 of Legacy of Temptation

Eva looked up sharply. “Did you see the leaked video of the incident?”

“Appalling.” Anger turned Lukas’s normally pale face bright red all the way to his thick blond hair. “Sig shouldn’t have had the weapon, but it’s a good thing he did. He saved you all. It was exactly as he said it happened.”

Saved us all? The asshole had said that?

Eva scowled at the Elder. “That’s not what happened, though.”

The Elders exchanged glances. Maja braced her elbows on the table and leaned forward. “What do you mean?”

“I mean, I was there.”

“And you saw everything?” Maja asked.

“Well, no, but I saw DART’s video, and it matches up with what Ididsee.”

Maja seemed relieved. “They must have manipulated it before you saw it.”

“I don’t think so. They didn’t have time.”

“They employ demons,” Lukas explained as if Eva was a toddler. “I’m sure it didn’t take one of them any time at all to tamper with the video.”

Maybe, but her gut said no.

“It’s just that—”

The door opened, and her parents entered. Torn between wanting to hug them and ask why they’d saddled her with a nightmare demon, she clenched her teeth and smiled politely. She could wait until the right time.

And the right time would be soon.

“Honey, I’m so glad you’re back.” Her mom hurried over to hug her, and then she was engulfed by her dad’s strong arms.

“We were worried about you, Pumpkin.” He gave the Elders a stern look. “She’s staying here until that demon bastard is killed, right?”

Maja nodded as Eva’s parents settled into chairs next to her. “This is the safest place in the world for her.”

No, the safest place would be with Logan.

The thought just popped into her head as if it had every right to be there. And as if it were true. It couldn’t be. Because, surely, in a complex full of Aegis warriors, in a city that Freemasons and Aegi had designed to repel Satanic forces, she was in the safest place she could be.

“Now that we’re all here,” Elder Hammond began, “let’s go over everything that happened while you were at DART. We’ll start at the beginning.”

Eva settled in for the interrogation. When the Elders said “everything,” they meant it. And when Elder Dmitri asked if she was on her period on any of the days, she decided thateverythingwas bullshit.

“Excuse me? That is none of your business.”

Maja reached across the table and laid her hand on hers in a comforting gesture. “I know Dmitri could have been a little more delicate about something so personal, but it really is important. A lot of demonic spells involve the usage of menstrual blood. Other spells are either more or less effective depending on a female’s cycle.”

“So you think DART did something weird to me? Based on my menses?” Eva stared at the other woman. The other woman who had slept with Logan and then betrayed him and broke his heart. “Are you kidding me?”

“Let’s move on.” Maja cleared her throat and shot the others a pointed look. “Next question.”

Lukas looked down at his notes. “Were you involved in any sexual acts with any DART employees?”

Eva had anticipated that question. Leave it to Sig’s creepy father to be the one to ask it. No problem. She was practiced at this—at staying calm in the face of challenging questions and hostile questioners. And she’d given her fair share of half-truths and vague responses.

She could do this.

“I’ve told you everything relevant to my stay at DART. I wasn’t on my period, and I didn’t eat anything weird or see any demonic rituals.”

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