Hear No Evil: Dark Paranormal Romance (The Demon Lords of Blackwood Book 2) by Jewel Killian

Author:Jewel Killian [Killian, Jewel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-05-09T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

JADE

After Chonk leads me back to my room—I have no idea how I would find anything without him—I spend the afternoon trying to patch up the relationships the demon lords destroyed with my clients.

It proves more difficult than I thought.

“Yes, Mr. Kilcher, I understand what you heard, but I can assure you I do not use children in my practice. I don’t even like children that much, to be quite honest.”

“All the more reason for you to abuse them by forcing them to make pacts with demons.”

Mr. Kilcher was my biggest fish.

My whale client. He had me on a five-figure retainer per month just in case he needed me for a cleanup job.

Corporate espionage is a brutal way to get ahead, but he’d paid me well to do it and now, he sits comfortably as the CEO of Blackwood’s biggest importer.

I got him there by getting him access to his rival’s import scheduling data.

He paid me so well for the service that when I stumbled across his competitor’s sorting facility schematics, I threw it in at a discounted rate.

And now he pays me to make sure no one finds out.

Or, at least, he was paying me.

“Mr. Kilcher, that’s not how demon summoning works. Only someone capable of bringing a demon to our plane can make a deal with them. A child could never—”

“I don’t know how your magic works, Ms. Greenly, and frankly, I don’t care. This is about optics. If news that you use children to make blood pacts with demons gets out, even if it’s not true, anyone who’s associated with you will have a black mark next to their name.”

“Oh, you know how fickle the news cycle is. Even if it gets out, any negative effects won’t last long. And you know what they say, all publicity is good publicity.”

“Ms. Greenly, we’re going in circles. I’ve tried to be kind. Tried to explain my position. And now it’s time I’m blunt. Your services are no longer needed.”

He ends the call abruptly, and I throw my phone to the bed.

Chonk gives me a stink eye as it sails over his head.

“Fuck!”

I stomp around the room, pacing, trying to get my thoughts in order. Trying to think my way out of this.

But he’s right.

Until I can prove the lies Ryker spread were just that none of my clients are gonna touch me with a ten-foot pole.

I let it noodle around in my brain for a while longer before I decide to let my subconscious do the work. The second I get back in bed, Chonk curls up next to me, tucking himself tight to my side as if he agrees with the decision.

More likely he just wants to leech my body heat while we nap, but I’m taking wins where I can.

I fall into a sleep so deep that when I wake, I have no clue where I am, or what time it is. I check my phone. Midnight.

I slept for six hours. Chonk is still curled next to me, but he’s wiggled his way under my arm somehow.

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