Middle Demons (Angels and Demons Book 2) by Randall Morris

Author:Randall Morris [Morris, Randall]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-01-09T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 25

Murmur pulled the knife from his belt and handed it to Aim.

“Cut Jess free and run. I’ll hold her off.”

Astaroth erupted in a fit of laughter.

“Dial the drama back a few notches, big guy. I’m just here to talk. The only reason I subdued your pretty friend here is because she tried to attack me. Quite a feisty girl, aren’t you?”

Aim looked at Murmur again as if to confirm his orders. He nodded in Jess’s direction indicating that he still wanted her cut loose. Murmur pulled the mallets from his back, swung them around in the air a few times, and pointed one at Astaroth.

“If you want to talk, then talk. I doubt you’ll hold it against me if I prepare to leave with my companions. I trust you about as much as I trust Nightmare.”

“You know, I should be angry with you slugger. You just downed a minor demon descended from very noble stock. Reno got offers not too long after the trials. You never did.”

“I guess that shows you there’s a flaw in the trials because he’s pretty fucking dead out there. I punted his head into the woods.”

“I’m not too mad about that. We do have a problem though. You were trying to steal from me.”

Murmur turned to Aim and Jess. Jess had been cut loose and she had retrieved her staff from the floor. Aim had pulled his crossbow from his back and paired it with a pistol, aiming both weapons at Astaroth’s head.

“Get the souls and get out of here. I can probably hold her off for about a minute or so.”

“So brave. It’s a shame that you’re so ready to die. I’ll say it again; I’m just here to talk.”

“Then speak, Snake Queen. I’m listening.”

“I’m willing to give you these souls to return to Tannin, but I want something in return.”

“I’m not going back to Lucian’s army. I’m not jumping ship to yours either. Bringing back those souls earns me a minor demon spot in Tannin’s army and I’ll either go there or swiftly to my death.”

“You young demons have no fucking manners. Stop assuming you know what I’m proposing and let me finish.”

Murmur attached his mallets to his back and crossed his arms. He raised both eyebrows, silently asking the major demon to continue.

“Leviathan will die shortly. This is beyond your control. We only wanted Cain and Baal, but Leviathan chose to side with them instead of us. The wound he currently suffers from isn’t life threatening, but his army doesn’t know that. They’ll blame that wound as the cause of his death when, in reality, I snuck into his tent last night and poisoned him.”

Murmur had an overwhelming urge to attack Astaroth, but he knew Aim and Jess wouldn’t flee like he had asked them to. He remained silent.

“The only possible successors to Leviathan are Tannin or Belial. I don’t really care which one it is, I simply ask that you gift them these souls as a peace offering from me.

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