Flame of the Succubus by Jason Herc

Author:Jason Herc [Herc, Jason]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-11-19T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 18

We followed the underground waterways until we found a set of metal rungs embedded into the wall leading up to what looked like an exit. I climbed up to the trap door and opened it. Someone shouted and stepped away.

I popped my head out of the opening and found myself squinting at the sudden rush of light. I ducked as a horse or bull drawing a cart rolled past. We were in the middle of a busy city street.

I quickly moved out of the way. Ember and Allura flew out of the narrow trap door under their own power of flight, landing besides me. A couple figures passing by glanced at us with eyes of various shapes and colors, but nobody stopped or paid much further attention to us.

Ember pointed to our right. "To the crown."

North, then, or the closest thing to that they had in the Abyss. I had no idea what shape the Abyss even was. A globe? A flat plain? Did the idea of north even make sense here?

The three of us moved to the side of the street and walked briskly.

"We should be able to cross the city within a few hours, right?" I asked. I had seen the walls of the city when approaching from below, but I hadn't gotten a proper view of the city's entire size due to the way the walls were built into the mountain itself. I picked up my pace, trusting the two succubi to match my stride.

"Wait," Allura said. She tugged on my arm.

I stopped and gave her a questioning look. She beckoned for us to move to the shadow of a stone building.

"What is it?" I asked.

Ember poked the bag slung across my back. "That. She wants to know what's inside."

I hadn't really given Crowley's request much thought. He wanted me to deliver something. I would deliver it. "That's Crowley's business," I said.

"Didn't you hear the clinking?" Allura asked. "It sounds like a lot of money in there. We should take a look."

I frowned. Clearly, the Abyss had different expectations of morality, and I wasn't above snooping around for any advantage I could get. But Crowley had helped me.

"I don't think that's a good idea," I said. "It belongs to Crowley."

Ember bit her lip but didn't say anything. It was obvious that she couldn't take her eyes off the bag, either.

I sighed. "Fine. A quick look. To satisfy your curiosity." I unslung the bag and unbuckled the clasp on the cover. I checked to make sure there was no one around us. Then, I pulled back the cover.

Polished obsidian coins glittered under the soft light of the pink sky. Mixed with the coins were small, berry-sized globes that gave off a dim but perfectly white glow. Those had to be demon cores of some kind, except they were a purer white than any of the stained demon cores I had found so far.

Ember gasped and closed the bag.

"It's a fortune," Allura said, her voice heavy with her lust.

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