Nameless The Darkness Comes by Mercedes M. Yardley

Author:Mercedes M. Yardley
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Ragnarok Publications
Published: 2014-01-15T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Eight

I had to admit I was taken aback.

“Help me, huh? That’s a new one. And why would you want to do that, demon? Picking up some brownie points for the afterlife?”

He snorted. “That’s a good one. It would be nice if I could do that, but no. Truth is, I was a friend of your father’s.”

Now it was my turn to laugh, but it sounded ugly to me. “A friend, huh? I’m sure you were. You were all lovely friends, weren’t you? Hanging around Dad until he couldn’t stand it anymore. Taunting him and luring him until it was easier to take his own life than to listen to you any longer. Some friend. No thanks.”

I dropped the picture on the ground and turned away. Although I was loathe to head back into the room with the burning girl and the two doors, at least it was better than being here with this nutcase who claimed to pal around with my father. Ho, ho, that’s rich.

“Luna,” he shouted from the floor.

In his desperation and fury, all former trace of my father’s voice had disappeared. The demon’s voice was unfamiliar and sounded strangely strained. Good, let him be upset. He deserved it. I stepped on the picture with my heavy combat boots for good measure and grabbed the doorknob.

“Nice seeing ya, loser,” I said, and turned the knob.

“I know the demon’s name! Sparkle’s demon’s name.”

I stopped short, my hand still on the knob.

“I’ll tell you. Luna, come back. I’ll tell you the name.”

I turned around, my fingers lifting from the brass of the doorknob.

“You really know it?”

“I did know your dad, you know. We really were friends. Why else would I be here?”

I sat down cross-legged and picked the picture back up.

“This isn’t the time to be screwing with me, demon. I’m in a fragile emotional state. I have anger management issues. I’m likely to get mad and, oh, I don’t know, rip you in half or something. Got it?”

He was quiet for a minute, looking off into the distance.

“Your father saw beings of darkness, but he also saw beings of light. You knew this, yes?”

“Yeah.”

“It was harder for him, I think, seeing both. Next to something so beautiful, a demon becomes even more twisted, even more horrific. You compare a demon to a human and there’s not much of a difference.”

“Hey.”

“Well, there isn’t, really. But you compare it to an angel, and that’s when you see how low and pathetic demons really are.”

I wanted to tell it not to be so hard on itself. I also wanted to tell it to hurry up because I had demon butt to kick, but I forced myself to sit quietly. Believe me, it wasn’t easy.

“There are few people who can see us, Luna. Much fewer than you’d think. And something about your father…was special. Can you see that?”

I knew he was special. He didn’t have to tell me.

The demon used my father’s eyes to look into a distance I couldn’t see. “He was a good guy, through and through.

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