(eng) Lisa Emme - Harry Russo Diaries 04 by Hell to Pay

Author:Hell to Pay [Pay, Hell to]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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“So those guys were demons?" Tess stabbed a jellied cherry off her plate and then looked at Max.

We were finishing dinner off with Black Forest cake courtesy of Hilde. Not my favourite, but one of Tess’s which was fine, since it was her get-well dinner, not mine.

Max had arrived shortly after Nash, and we had all sat down to eat before moving into the living room to talk about what happened at the club. Nash and I were sitting together on the sofa, while Tess and Max occupied the two comfy chairs. It was like we were having that double date after all, if you didn’t count the fifth wheel, Isaac. He was odd man out because Christina wasn’t able to join us. She was busy creating her culinary magic over at The Lodge. Isaac had insisted on cleaning up after dinner, so he was listening from the kitchen.

“No, daemons,” replied Max, pronouncing the word day-mon.

“Po-TAY-to, po-TAH-to.” Tess shrugged and scraped her plate clean, licking the last of the whipped cream off her fork before putting her now-empty dish on the coffee table.

Max paused for a moment, watching her lips intently, and then glanced around self-consciously. Interesting. Maybe the crush was mutual?

“It’s not just pronunciation,” he said after clearing his throat. “There is a difference. Daemons are the lower-level servants of demons. I suspect these particular ones were incubi. They use sex to feed on their prey.”

“I didn’t have sex with them!” Tess folded her arms around herself defensively.

“No, of course not! I didn’t mean…” Max took a long, slow breath. “I mean they use sexual attraction to lure and feed on their victims. You were drugged, more than likely with something that lowered your inhibitions, which allowed them to feed on your aura, draining you of your life energy.”

“So they’re like the Otherworld version of a vampire?”

“They most certainly are not!” A crash came from the kitchen, and Isaac turned around from the sink to face us.

“Oh, oh, Harry. Now you’ve done it.” Tess waved an accusing finger at me.

I stared wide-eyed at Isaac. I don’t think I’d ever seen him lose his cool like that before. “What did I say? I’m just trying to understand.” I frowned at him. “Max said that incubi feed on life energy. Well, so do vampires. So do I sometimes!" I gulped. It had taken me a long time to allow myself to admit that. Denial ain’t just a river in Egypt, you know. “How is that different?”

“The difference, Harry, is that we have a conscience.” Isaac put his hands on the counter and leaned forward to look me directly in the eye. “We have a soul.” He glared at me, as if waiting for me to deny it.

“Isaac is right,” Max said, quickly filling the awkward silence. “Daemons, demons and other denizens of the Otherworld are purely malevolent creatures, without a soul or conscience. Their purpose is to bring pain and chaos to the world.”

“I don’t know,” Nash deadpanned, “Harry’s got the chaos part down.

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