Dark Gift (Shadow and Light Book 4) by Kim Richardson

Author:Kim Richardson
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2019-03-18T04:00:00+00:00

16

I’m your father...

I flinched, his words chilling me. I was not expecting that. My fear was quickly replaced by anger as I gripped the hilt of my knife.

Tyrius’s jaw dropped. “Is it me, or did he just steal Darth Vader’s line from Star Wars? Dude, you don’t mess with the classics.”

The cunning smile on the demon’s face only ticked me off more. I didn’t have time for games. “I had a father,” I said, practically growling like an animal. “His name was William. And he’s dead, no thanks to your kind.”

“Our kind,” corrected the demon, making me scowl. He watched me for a long moment, holding his cigarette between his fingers. “The angel-born male raised you, yes,” said the demon. “You even have some of his DNA, some of his traits, but the rest is all me.”

Oh. Hell.

I swallowed hard. Twice. “You’re... you’re the...the archdemon...”

The archdemon grinned. “You can call me Daddy.”

“I don’t think so.” I thought I was about to puke. No, I was going to puke. My mind whirled. Archdemon. The most powerful demons in the Netherworld. Once archangels, but now the fallen, and the darkness in the light.

“Rowyn,” came Tyrius’s voice, though I wouldn’t meet his eyes. “Why do I get the feeling you knew about this?” The accusation in his tone cut me like my own hunting knife. When I finally looked at him, his eyes were creased in anger. Damn. If I lived through the night, Tyrius was going to kill me.

My insides twisted. I hadn’t told Tyrius about the archdemon blood in me. Part of me was really freaked out, and the other part was hoping Lisbeth had lied. It wouldn’t be the first time that manipulative old bat screwed with my head.

But if what this archdemon said was true—apparently not.

“When did you find out?” asked Tyrius, his voice sour as he sat on the ground between me and the archdemon, looking positively pissed.

My eyes met the cat’s. I didn’t want to have this conversation right now. Especially with an audience of the demon kind.

“Lisbeth told me,” I said, shifting from foot to foot, both my head and heart pounding. “Just before Sylph Tower came down.”

Irritation crossed the cat’s face. “And you didn’t think to share this bit of information?”

I shook my head, feeling like an asshole. “I didn’t think it was true.” I had prayed that it wasn’t.

“Oh, it’s true,” said the archdemon, showing off his perfectly straight teeth. “I agreed to give my blood to that old angel-born once I heard of her plans to make a more powerful race of angel-born.” The archdemon took a long drag of his cigarette. “But you’re not truly an angel-born,” he continued, his words mixed with coils of gray smoke. “You never were.”

“Tell me something I don’t know,” I mumbled, wanting to go home to get drunk on wine and binge-watch a series on Netflix. “Why would you agree to something like that? Angel-borns kill demons.”

The archdemon’s lips quirked. “I have no reason to lie. I gave my blood willingly.

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