Demon Bewitched by Stark Jenn

Author:Stark, Jenn [Stark, Jenn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Elewyn Publishing
Published: 2019-03-18T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

“You’re looking good, exorcist.”

“Not nearly as good as you are, demon.” Granger grinned, eyeing Stefan with clear speculation. “You realize that a demon having sex with a witch changes the playing field significantly?”

Stefan laid an innocent hand on his chest. “I was being compelled.”

Granger chuckled. “Yeah, you keep telling yourself that.” He looked around the room. “When do you suppose they’re going to show up?”

“Any minute. You know this room is wired for sound.”

He nodded. “Sound and sight, yep. I happen to have been an expert in surveillance in a former life.”

“Former life. Would that be the life before becoming a priest, or after?”

“The good Lord grants us but one life to explore to the fullest before calling us back to His embrace and setting our feet on a new, unimagined path,” Granger said. “Who are we to limit the possibilities that His creation affords us?”

Stefan regarded the man steadily. Granger was right, of course, but the man stood too easily with him, too relaxed, especially considering that Stefan was a demon.

The older man smiled. “I know what you’re thinking.”

“I sincerely hope that’s not true.”

“I suspect a small company of witches will be breaking down my door quickly, so all I can really say is this: we’re all part of the divine plan, Stefan. Our choices are our own, but they’re choices we mapped out long before this moment. One million different pathways, one million different steps, one million different yeses and nos—all of them within the realm of possibility, all of them blessed by the Father.”

Stefan snorted. “I can guarantee you there have been some choices in my life that have not been blessed by the Father.”

“Then you don’t give Him the credit you should,” Granger said simply. “All the joy, the suffering, all the intensity of a single human lifetime is the swiftest intake of breath before an exhalation of stunning and powerful love. And we are all loved, Nur-ayya Dadanum, until we cease existing entirely, which only the barest few souls ever do. Yours will not be one of those souls.”

“How did you know—” Stefan’s barked question was cut off as someone pounded at the door, however, which was pushed open a second later.

He pivoted as Cressida and Dahlia entered. He didn’t miss the fact that Cressida’s eyes leapt to him, while Dahlia focused solely on Granger. She shuttered her gaze quickly enough, but not quickly enough to miss a demon’s careful focus. Interesting. The exorcist might think he knew a thing or two about Stefan, but Granger wasn’t the only smart guy in the room.

“Why did you guys even bother to knock if you were just going to break the door down?” he asked, to give Dahlia a chance to collect herself.

Cressida scowled at him. “Sound?”

“Jammed. I could keep blocking visual as well, but you seem to get off on Marcus taking a peek.”

“No, keep jamming it,” Cressida said, surprising him. “I’m here with my captain at arms, and I’ve locked down the floor as a precaution.

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