Demon Magic by Linsey Hall

Author:Linsey Hall [Hall, Linsey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: BA
ISBN: 9781942085133
Publisher: Bonnie Doon Press
Published: 2016-12-19T00:00:00+00:00

The closest Underpath portal to Cwm Y Ddraig was located about ten miles away near the walled castle town of Caernarfon. I followed Roarke out into a graveyard in the shadows of the castle wall, stumbling over a fallen headstone. Threatening clouds hung low overhead, crowding around the surrounding mountains and promising snow at any moment. Chill winter air froze my lungs and made my cheeks sting.

“At least it’s daylight,” Roarke said.

“No kidding.” Because of the time change, we’d arrived here in daylight, thank fates.

I followed him through the tombstones toward the wrought iron fence. Just as we stepped out of the gate, a big black car pulled up, and a demon popped out. He’d pass for human among most people, but my new demon-savvy senses picked up his demonic nature from the strange gleam in his eyes.

“Just in time. Thank you, Florus,” Roarke said.

Florus walked around the vehicle and handed Roarke the keys, his gaze glued on me.

“What’s she?” Florus asked Roarke.

“None of your business, is what she is,” Roarke said.

I eyed Florus warily, waiting to see what he would do. All demons weren’t evil. So this one shouldn’t necessarily attack me on sight. But I was so used to the other demons—the ones who usually served as mercenaries or who’d just recently escaped the Underworld. They were trouble.

Florus’s nose twitched, as if he smelled something weird, then he turned to Roarke. “That all you need?”

“That’s it for now, thanks. Give my best to your family.”

Florus nodded and ambled off down the road, disappearing in a poof of gray smoke when he was about ten feet away.

“He’s another one of your minions?”

“I prefer to think of them as staff,” Roarke said as he climbed behind the wheel of the car.

I jumped in and sighed gratefully as warm air blasted from the heaters. “So how does it work? With the demons. He seemed much more…benign.”

“I told you not all demons are evil.”

“Yeah, I know.” I’d literally just been thinking about it, but given my line of work, it was sometimes hard to remember. “But what’s the deal with the ones who work for you? Do they live on Earth?”

He nodded as he pulled onto the narrow road and punched Cwm Y Ddraig into the GPS on the dash. “They do. They’re demons who’ve proven to be trustworthy and valuable members of society. So I allow them to live on Earth with their families, scattered all over the globe, in return for their help in situations like this.”

“Whoa.” I turned to look at him as we drove out of the town surrounding the castle and into the woods. “So you bend the rules for them? Because demons aren’t supposed to live on Earth. If they were, I’d be out of a job.”

“You could still hunt treasure.”

“True. But don’t change the subject.”

He grinned. “No. I don’t break the rules. I have a special dispensation from the Order of the Magica. They agree that it’s good to have some demons on our side.”

Roarke slowed the car as the GPS told him to turn in twenty meters.

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