Demon in Denim by Rain J.R. & Mallory H.P

Author:Rain, J.R. & Mallory, H.P.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rain Press
Published: 2021-07-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

“The cavalry has arrived!” Marty announced from where he stood in my driveway.

I stepped out of the duplex and blinked at the cars that were already skidding into view from all directions. Poppy, Finn, Darla and Libby hopped out of Poppy’s Jeep Wrangler. Henner, RJ, and Marty were standing in front of Marty’s hearse and all of them headed towards me with expressions of concern. Lorcan’s Porsche was just behind the hearse and he was the only one in it.

“What are you doing here?” I demanded. “It isn’t even five-thirty in the morning.”

“I called them.” Lorcan said, as he strode toward me.

“Why?” I asked.

He shrugged. “Libby came to my office a half an hour or so ago, talking about how you were out of control and raising all sorts of dead things.”

“So he called in the big guns,” Henner finished for him, motioning to himself.

“I was going to offer to take Astrid back to our house,” Poppy chimed in as she put her arm around Finn, forever playing the role of mother and protector. “She can stay with us until you’re ready for her to come back.”

I hung my head and blew a shaky breath into my cheeks as I realized this was all for the best. This situation—it was too big for me to handle now. It was more than I could deal with. “Thanks. Just…” I jerked my thumb toward the house. “You should probably take Astrid out through the back door. I don’t want her walking through… the mess in the kitchen.”

“Leave it to me!” Poppy said as she forced Finn to stay in the Jeep, but he was already arguing with her. In the end, she managed to keep him put with the help of Libby, who had taken on the role of his second mother. Pretty soon, Poppy disappeared into the house, by going around the back.

Henner walked past me toward the front door. “We’ll handle the clean-up,” he said and gave me a gentle smile. Then he turned to face RJ. “Grab the trash bags!”

I spun around to protest, but Henner, RJ, and Marty were already on their way inside. So I followed them, with Lorcan right behind me. When we reached the kitchen, I almost fainted from the smell of rot and death, but Marty, Henner and RJ didn’t even seem to notice it. Instead, they pulled on heavy dishwashing gloves and started pitching the animal corpses into the black plastic garbage bags.

I turned around to face Lorcan with an apologetic expression. “This is the second time I’ve destroyed the duplex,” I said, shaking my head. “I’m sorry.”

He looked around and nodded. “You really did a number on it this time.”

“Is it… fixable?”

He looked back down at me and smiled. “I think so. Regardless, that is not a prime concern of mine at the moment.”

“It’s not?” He shook his head as I continued. “Then, what is?”

“You, my dear, are going to accompany me to Seattle to see Rupert.”

My head snapped up. “What? Why? What do you mean?”

He shrugged.

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