Demon Possessed (mc-3) by Stacia Kane

Author:Stacia Kane [Kane, Stacia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: sf_fantasy_city
Published: 2010-03-18T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

Lots of things did not appeal to Megan. Skydiving, for example. Root canals. Lamb chops. Things she simply avoided.

Way up at the top of that list she would have to put “Making a list of people who might want me dead and why.”

It wasn’t the making of the list that was so awful, although—actually, yes, making the list was really fucking awful. Watching the list grow longer and, worse, realizing that she could provide legitimate reasons why any one of the people on it might want to see her dead . . . it felt as if she’d swallowed an anvil.

Oh, no, wait. The best part of all was getting to see how fucking enthusiastic her supposed friends were.

“Don’t forget any of the patients of that Fearbuddies group or whatever it was called.” Tera popped a tortilla chip into her mouth. “They might be pissed that you killed their therapist.”

Roc plucked a chip from the bag too. “Wouldn’t they have come after Megan sooner?”

“Not necessarily. Maybe they’ve been saving up the money, just plotting and planning all these months, obsessing over her—”

“Hey, do you think whoever it is has pictures of her all over his house?” Roc’s beady little eyes lit up. “Like, they’ve drawn big black X’s over her face and written ‘Die Megan Die’ on their walls, or—”

“That’s enough, Roc,” Greyson said.

“I’m just wondering, I mean, someone who’s been planning and waiting that long must really hate Megan, right, so—”

“Cut it out, Roc,” Megan said, and not a moment too soon; she thought Greyson was going to leap off the couch and throw Roc out the window. Not that she would mind. And not that it would hurt Roc. Because of what he was, he could simply dematerialize before he hit the ground. But—

“Hey!” She sat up, Roc forgotten. “The angel. He could fly. I mean, he could materialize and dematerialize. Just like Yezer. Right?”

“Apparently,” Greyson said.

“So can the Yezer follow him wherever it is he’s going? If we tell them all to look for him, maybe they can find out where he’s staying.”

Roc nodded. “We’re already on it. But don’t forget, he can hide himself from us too, so I don’t know how effective that will be.”

She slumped. “Shit, I had forgotten.”

Roc had reported to her in the morning the results of his conversations with the Yezer who’d been guarding the door the night before. Unfortunately, none of them had seen anyone except Elizabeth Reid, so there wasn’t anything to go on with that.

“It’s something to start with, though.” Greyson patted her thigh, a second’s touch that made her feel a little better, while he spoke to Roc. “It’s very possible you guys will be able to see him if he dematerializes. Certainly if he wanders into the psychic plane, you might be able to feel him, if you’re paying attention.”

“He’ll feel like a demon, right?”

“Yes.”

“Why?” Tera and Megan asked at the same time.

Greyson smiled, a thin smile that bore only a touch of humor. “They’re related to us.

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