Blood and Snow 10: Alice in Demonland: Demonland Book One by RaShelle Workman

Author:RaShelle Workman [Workman, RaShelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Polished Pen Press, llc
Published: 2018-07-17T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

He Stole My Tart

Kade was quiet, witty, and had a serious love of tacos. If we had eggs and toast for breakfast, he stuck the eggs on the toast and wrapped it like a taco before eating it. Whatever meat and veggies we were served for dinner were stuffed between two halves of a roll and eaten like a taco. For snacks he put cucumber into a tortilla or shrimp or tomatoes or corn. It was crazy and strangely endearing.

He was also very regimented. Each morning he woke, stretched, and took a cold shower. Heathcliff had us stay in the sick bay for only one night and then we were moved to a regular dorm room. It was in the trainers’ hall closest to the door.

I figured I would tire of being in such close proximity to a person for so long, but instead I grew to like his silly stories and the way his voice lilted on certain words. He still hadn’t answered any of the important questions, and I was becoming frustrated.

Kade could fight better than anyone, especially as he continued to heal. Peter sparred with him a couple of times and I could tell he let Peter win. It was the same with weapons training and hand-to-hand combat. Kade held back. I wondered why, but each time I tried to bring it up he changed the subject.

I knew the feeling about holding back. Not once had I fully freed my demon power. It surged within, like boiling lava waiting to erupt.

Over dinner on the third night, I finally blurted all of the questions Wrythe wanted answered at once: “Have you killed your demon sire? Which of the royalty demons is yours?” My guess kept changing. At first I believed he was Envy, then Pride, then when he beat Peter the first time I thought Wrath. But I had no idea.

Kade offered me a secret smile. “Which do you think?”

I dropped my fork. “Gluttony?”

He rolled his eyes playfully. “No.”

“He was vague about everything, except the personal stuff, like where he worked.

“Sloth?”

“No.” He chuckled.

I picked up a roll and took a bite. “Don’t you want to return home? Aren’t there people who must be missing you?”

He took a bite of his cherry tart. “There’s no one,” he finally said after he’d swallowed.

I sensed sadness in his voice and realized that even after nearly four days together I knew very little about him. “What about your job? Don’t you need to go to work?”

He shrugged and put the rest of the tart in his mouth.

It was apparent he didn’t want to talk about it, but I couldn’t be put off so easily. “What’s the name of the place where you work?”

Pam and Georgia had been talking, but at my question, they stopped and focused their attention on Kade.

Steve and Gilbert also quieted.

The attention didn’t seem to affect Kade though. He kept chewing, swallowed, took a long drink of his water, and then looked at me. “The Caterpillar’s Place.”

“That’s a silly name.

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