Page 79 of Legacy of Temptation

Crux laughed and gave her a high five. “Well played. And kinda hot. You think you’ll be around in a few months? Maybe a year?”

Confused, she looked at Mace, who shrugged. “He can’t have sex until his transition. He’s due for it any day now.” Leaning back against a couch cushion, he threw his feet up onto the coffee table. “But until then, he can only window shop.”

She had no idea how to respond to that. She did, however, need to pee.

“I don’t suppose someone could point me to a bathroom…”

Mace grabbed a video game controller. “There’s one down the hall behind you. It’s just off the kitchen to the right.”

“Thank you.” She hiked it to the bathroom, closing the door as the sound of booted feet rang out. Hoping it was Logan, she cracked the door so she could hear better.

“Mace.” Logan’s voice rang out. “Where’s Eva?”

“Bathroom. And, man, your girl is a gaming badass. Not that I’d ever tell her that. But it was hot. If she weren’t an Aegi, I’d—”

“Shut it. We have a problem.” His voice lowered, and she had to strain to hear. “A huge fucking problem. I just texted Blade and Scotty. I saw Draven while I was picking up Eva’s things.”

Eva’s breath caught.

“Holy shit,” Mace said, voicing what she was thinking. “What happened? Did you talk him down?”

“No. I thought I had him. Then guess who showed up.”

There was a pause. And then, “No fucking way. You can’t be serious.” Obviously, Mace knew who Logan was talking about.

“Yeah. I am. I’m guessing she was there to harass me, but she realized she could use Draven, and he fell right into her trap. I don’t know what he’ll be willing to give up about me, us, DART…”

“He wouldn’t.” The conviction in Mace’s voice gave her hope. “Not Draven. He lasted three days in a Necromancer’s dungeon once, and he didn’t give up jack shit.”

Another moment passed. When Logan finally spoke, he sounded defeated. “You didn’t see him. You didn’t see him, man. He’s almost gone. His demon has a solid grip on him.”

“What do we do?”

“I called his parents on the way here. They’ve got a ritual ready to go. They’re putting out a call to everyone they know to be on the lookout for him and to bring him in hogtied if they have to.”

Mace let out a frustrated curse. “Who all knows about Draven’s new unholy alliance?”

“Just Scotty and Blade. Figured I’d tell everyone else when I got here.”

Mace mumbled something about someone being in their room and someone else being at work at a hospital, but she didn’t catch the names. “What about Kynan? And the Horsemen?”

There was another long pause. “I don’t want to get them involved. You know how they are. Especially Dad and Ares. They’re not going to care that Draven is our friend. They’ll kill him. Let them focus on her for now. Draven is DART’s business.”

“Okay, so what about Kynan?”

“I’ll tell him tomorrow at the party.”

Mace’s voice lowered, and Eva had to strain to hear him. “And Eva? Whatever you say to her will get back to The Aegis. We don’t need our rivals knowing we’ve got bigger problems.”

Bigger problems than a rogue vengeance demon bent on slaughtering Aegi?

“She needs to know about Draven. I’ll decide about the rest later.”

So, Draven had apparently hooked up with a female demon. Logan said he thought she’d been there to harass him, so was Draven’s new BFF Logan’s ex?

Figuring she would be missed soon, she hurried to use the toilet and wash her hands, then loudly opened the door and clomped down the hall.

Logan stood in the living room with her two suitcases and her Louis Vuitton duffel slung over his shoulder. He swung around, and she drew a breath at the way he smiled when he saw her.

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