Dating for Demons by Serena Robar

Author:Serena Robar [Robar, Serena]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Vampires, Fiction, Horror, Best friends, Dating & Sex, Horror & Ghost Stories, Juvenile Fiction, Social Issues, Love & Romance, School & Education, Friendship, Dating (Social customs), Fantasy & Magic, Horror stories, Education, Family & Relationships, Universities and colleges, Demoniac possession, Higher
ISBN: 9780425237663
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2010-08-03T04:00:00+00:00

Nine

COLBY

“Mr. Holloway said to give you anything you asked for.”

The librarian looked positively ill saying the words. Instead of being snide, I thanked her.

Surprised by my attitude, she escorted me to the back room. “The exhibit just arrived. No one else has been allowed to see it yet. Here is an original copy of the Prophesy and a symbol found in a Demon Slayer archive.”

“A what?” Surely I’d heard incorrectly.

“A Demon Slayer. Haven’t you ever heard of a Demon Slayer?” The librarian had adopted her superior air again.

“No, would you tell me what a Demon Slayer is, please?”

I thought she’d fall over from shock. I’d actually asked her for information with a “please.” I could almost see the wheels turning in her head: The Protector wasn’t being surly. It was one of the signs of the apocalypse, what with the Prophesy so close at hand. Or something along those lines.

The truth of the matter is I’m rarely surly. Only to rude vampires, which she totally was, normally. But Mr. Holloway told her explicitly to give me anything I wanted so she was trying hard to comply. Had to give her props for that.

“A Demon Slayer is a person who slays demons.”

I smiled tightly. Duh, I could have figured that out.

“Where do they live?”

“Unknown. Not a lot of them left anymore,” she replied.

I looked at the symbol on the wall again. “It’s sort of pretty, in a dark way.”

She grunted at me. “Good riddance I say.”

“Why?”

“Because Demon Slayers used to hunt vampires. That’s why.”

A good reason for a biased opinion, if I do say so myself.

“They used to? But they don’t anymore?”

“During the founding of the Tribunal, a proclamation was sent to the Demon Slayers that all vampire matters would be dealt with by the new Vampire Investigators. Possessions, rogue vampire activities, half-blood creation—all those issues were now officially vampire jurisdiction only.”

“You mean they weren’t always?” I was surprised.

“No, demon possessions were dealt with by the Demon Slayers but other items in vampire society were given to them as well. It seemed”—she seemed to struggle with the right wording—“easier that way.”

“Like, execution of half-blood vampires?” I tried to supply helpfully, with a minimum amount of sarcasm.

“Among other things. Look, Demon Slayers are no friends to full-blood vampires but I would think you, most of all, would have strong feelings about them.”

“Why, because they used to kill half-bloods centuries ago? Full-bloods have done the same thing.”

“What are they teaching you kids in college today? Don’t you even take Vampire History 101?”

“It’s on next semester’s course load.”

“Well, then you will discover that half-bloods found by a Demon Slayer were in for a fate worse than death.”

“Why? What would they do?”

“What wouldn’t they do? They used them as lab rats. Controlled experiments to record demon possession and test how long the process of full possession could take. They called it ‘valuable research.’” She snorted. “Was it coincidence that vampire blood fetched a very high price on the magick black market? I think not; and even mongrel blood was better than none.

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