Magic and Mayhem: Fire, Brimstone and Chocolate Cake (Kindle Worlds Novella) by Mina Carter

Author:Mina Carter [Carter, Mina]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2017-10-22T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 7

“Well, it’s definitely a curse,” I mused an hour later as I studied the lines of corruption across Rafe’s skin. “And hellborn for sure.”

My fingers gentle, I pulled his skin this way and that. The thick, green-black lines didn’t move underneath the surface layer, almost like they were fixed in place. Which meant the corruption wasn’t running through his veins. A good sign, if any sign was good with curses like this.

I’d seen many, mostly in the later stages, back home. Usually after they’d already killed their victim. So it was a rare thing for me to see one in the flesh, so to speak. But I’d seen so many, that given enough time I’d be able to work out where and with what demon this one originated. It was tricky work and took more knowledge of hell, its structure and hierarchy than anyone topside would have. If I wasn’t careful, it could blow my cover six ways to fucking Sunday.

I didn’t have much choice. Without the kind of knowledge I had, curses were always fatal. I needed Rafe alive, not just because he was daddy dearest, but because he was my best chance of healing my uncle and stopping a war in hell that could trigger the apocalypse. And stopping the apocalypse? Yeah, that was pretty high on my list of priorities.

“For sure?” Rafe chuckled. “Seem awfully confident there. You spend much time in hell?”

It was a joke, a way of lightening the tense atmosphere in the room, but I didn’t chuckle. Instead I leveled a look at him and carried on studying his arm. From what I could see the origin point was by his hand and it was working up toward his shoulder. It didn’t take a genius to work out it was headed to his heart. Once it hit that, it was end game.

I let out a sigh. Once I figured out which demon this curse had come from, I could either painstakingly unravel and lift it, or I could pop down home and kill the son of a bitch who’d given it to the humans in the first place.

You see, that’s how curses and bad shit like this had started. Some dumb fuck of a demon leaving something they shouldn’t have just lying around for the humans to find. (Pandora’s box, need I say more?) Trouble is, humans are a bit like toddlers. Perverted toddlers. If they find something on the floor, they can’t resist putting in their damn mouths. How do you think they found out about milk? I’ll let that one sink in… And, basically, they have no concept of the shit that can go wrong. We’ve got whole dungeons back home filled with “Here… Watch this…” accidents. Oddly enough, they’re mostly male. Go figure.

Rafe’s face paled. “How long do I have?”

I saw the panic in the backs of his eyes, and it was understandable. Like I said, curses tend to be universally fatal.

Unless you have a princess of hell on your side.

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