One Part Human by Viola Grace

Author:Viola Grace
Language: eng
Format: mobi, azw3, epub
Tags: Ghost, Magic, Shapeshifter, Paranormal, Demons, Vampire, Romance, Fantasy, Fey
ISBN: 9781987969009
Publisher: Viola Grace
Published: 2015-05-01T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Tremble was staring at her with intense focus. “You are not human?”

She lifted the book with the initial explanation of the ritual and opened it to the ritual. “No. I look human, but that is a trick of my genes. If you look at my mom’s ears, you can see the point and a slight ridge from a siren ancestor; there are signs of troll and fey around her. I think there is even some shifter in there.”

Argyle wandered over and looked at the books. “I can’t read that.”

She pinched the bridge of her nose. “You can’t. There are reasons that few people are capable of being demonology experts. Demon blood is a requisite for being able to read the script. I will translate if you like, or my dad can do it.”

Her father grinned, flashing his deadly and shark-like teeth.

Smith nodded. “We trust your translation, Benny. Please proceed.”

She squinched her eyes shut for a moment and then began. “All right. Well, the suspect is looking for a demon, a very specific demon.”

Argyle was suddenly all business. “What demon?”

“A demon with a soul. The question is why that woman?”

Smith lifted his head. “She isn’t the first. She is the seventh woman born on the same day to be killed in that particular way. The others were out of our jurisdiction, so it took most of the day to find them. The ladies were all the same age, within one week.”

Benny whirled when she heard her father growl. “No.”

Her mother placed her hand on his, but he continued to flex his muscles in agitation and the fan-like crest rose out of his dark hair.

Tremble whispered, “What is he doing?”

Benny scowled. “He is angry, but I don’t know why.”

Through clenched teeth, her father asked, “All born here thirty years ago in the ninth month on the twenty-third day, give or take?”

Her mother gasped. “Harcourt, you didn’t!”

He nodded grimly. “I did. I mirrored Benny’s soul on the other eight girls in the nursery.”

Benny felt sick. “You have to be kidding.”

Her father came to her and held her tight. “I wanted to protect you and that was the only way I knew how. Your power signature was distinctive, even when you were a baby.”

Smith asked, “You are thirty? You don’t look thirty.”

The sound he made immediately afterward indicated one of the others had struck him.

“Why not just a shield?” She mumbled it against his chest.

“Magic is too noticeable. The other girls were all healthy with young parents, so the likelihood of them moving was strong.”

“They died because of me.”

His hand stroked her hair, and he murmured to her as he had when she was a teenager. “No. They died because someone is trying to kill you, or at least part you from what is rightfully yours.”

“Ripping a soul from a demon. Why would someone do that?” She let him continue to hold her. It was for his need and not hers. He could not defend her in the wide world, but he could offer her comfort here.

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