heard
Emmett say.
“ Arrggh !” I said in frustration. “Can’t you
people see where I’m coming from here?”
“There’s more, if you’re ready to hear it,” Nicholas said softly.
“Yeah, can’t wait to hear what other lies this soothsayer spun,” I said
sarcastically.
“I can stop there,” Nicholas offered. “If it’s too overwhelming for you.”
He looked at me and shrugged his shoulders. “Your choice.”
Nicholas was calling my bluff. Of course I wasn’t going to let him stop
there, even if I was 99% sure I didn’t believe any of it so far. Well, maybe 75% sure. After my laughing fit, I
was starting to think a little clearer, and honestly, compared to everything
else that had happened, this wasn’t the most bizarre thing.
“No, go on,” I said. “I’m calm now. I want to hear what else the demon
said.”
“Leon was skeptical as well, until the soothsayer let him look into her
crystal ball. This demon said that, even a year later, Leon won’t speak of what
he saw in the crystal ball. But it made him believe the soothsayer without
question.”
“Leon already had some power in Hell, he just wasn’t top dog,” Nicholas
continued. “Like Lucas said, Magnus was running the show. Leon rallied some of
the demons together and repeated what the soothsayer had told him. The
soothsayer he visited – although she lives on Earth – is greatly respected in
Hell. She’s not a demon herself, but she has a soft spot for them – why, I’ll
never figure out. Tries to help them out however she can. So she wouldn’t lie
about it.”
“Anyway, there was no time to waste. For all Leon knew, Aurora could discover
how to kill demons the next day or in the next twenty years. But Leon and the
other demons weren’t about to wait around and find out.”
“You’re almost to the part where I died, aren’t you?” I asked nervously.
Nicholas nodded. “If it’s too much, just tell me to stop, and I will,” he
offered again.
“Thanks.” I smiled gratefully. “But it’s better to know the truth.”
I locked eyes with Lucas briefly. He smiled and gave me a reassuring
look.
“There was a new demon in Hell that had never possessed anyone on earth
before,” Nicholas continued. “She was begging to go to the surface, said she
would make him proud. Leon reluctantly agreed to let her do the job. The plan
was for this demon to come to Earth, possess Aurora – and this is the truly
awful part – commit suicide. So Aurora’s body would be dead and the demon could
leave it and go back to Hell.”
I shuddered. “That’s terrible. I can’t imagine anyone would have believed
I killed myself, though.”
“We wouldn’t have,” Henry said. “But don’t think about that now. It’s not
important.”
“Don’t worry,” Nicholas interjected. “The demon who took over your body
got what was coming to her. It was supposed to be a quick job. But the demon
found out she liked being in a human body a little too much for her own good.”
“Didn’t Leon know what she was up to?” I asked. According to Emmett and
Henry, I had been possessed for days before my murder!
“She told Leon the job was done, and he didn’t question her,” Nicholas replied.
“Said she could stay on Earth for a few extra days before returning to Hell.
Reward for doing such stellar work I guess.”
“So Leon just assumed some random demon from Hell followed through on his
orders? Leon sounds like some kind of moron for not double checking,” I said.
“When he realized this demon was camped out in your body, he was livid,”
Nicholas explained. “He sent his right hand man, Richard, to take care of the
situation. There was a very bloody, very violent fight between the two demons –
while they were in their human hosts. Unfortunately, your body got so cut up during
the fight that you really did die.”
I gulped. Now I knew. I actually knew the point at which my heart had
stopped beating, the point I had stopped
Emmett say.
“ Arrggh !” I said in frustration. “Can’t you
people see where I’m coming from here?”
“There’s more, if you’re ready to hear it,” Nicholas said softly.
“Yeah, can’t wait to hear what other lies this soothsayer spun,” I said
sarcastically.
“I can stop there,” Nicholas offered. “If it’s too overwhelming for you.”
He looked at me and shrugged his shoulders. “Your choice.”
Nicholas was calling my bluff. Of course I wasn’t going to let him stop
there, even if I was 99% sure I didn’t believe any of it so far. Well, maybe 75% sure. After my laughing fit, I
was starting to think a little clearer, and honestly, compared to everything
else that had happened, this wasn’t the most bizarre thing.
“No, go on,” I said. “I’m calm now. I want to hear what else the demon
said.”
“Leon was skeptical as well, until the soothsayer let him look into her
crystal ball. This demon said that, even a year later, Leon won’t speak of what
he saw in the crystal ball. But it made him believe the soothsayer without
question.”
“Leon already had some power in Hell, he just wasn’t top dog,” Nicholas
continued. “Like Lucas said, Magnus was running the show. Leon rallied some of
the demons together and repeated what the soothsayer had told him. The
soothsayer he visited – although she lives on Earth – is greatly respected in
Hell. She’s not a demon herself, but she has a soft spot for them – why, I’ll
never figure out. Tries to help them out however she can. So she wouldn’t lie
about it.”
“Anyway, there was no time to waste. For all Leon knew, Aurora could discover
how to kill demons the next day or in the next twenty years. But Leon and the
other demons weren’t about to wait around and find out.”
“You’re almost to the part where I died, aren’t you?” I asked nervously.
Nicholas nodded. “If it’s too much, just tell me to stop, and I will,” he
offered again.
“Thanks.” I smiled gratefully. “But it’s better to know the truth.”
I locked eyes with Lucas briefly. He smiled and gave me a reassuring
look.
“There was a new demon in Hell that had never possessed anyone on earth
before,” Nicholas continued. “She was begging to go to the surface, said she
would make him proud. Leon reluctantly agreed to let her do the job. The plan
was for this demon to come to Earth, possess Aurora – and this is the truly
awful part – commit suicide. So Aurora’s body would be dead and the demon could
leave it and go back to Hell.”
I shuddered. “That’s terrible. I can’t imagine anyone would have believed
I killed myself, though.”
“We wouldn’t have,” Henry said. “But don’t think about that now. It’s not
important.”
“Don’t worry,” Nicholas interjected. “The demon who took over your body
got what was coming to her. It was supposed to be a quick job. But the demon
found out she liked being in a human body a little too much for her own good.”
“Didn’t Leon know what she was up to?” I asked. According to Emmett and
Henry, I had been possessed for days before my murder!
“She told Leon the job was done, and he didn’t question her,” Nicholas replied.
“Said she could stay on Earth for a few extra days before returning to Hell.
Reward for doing such stellar work I guess.”
“So Leon just assumed some random demon from Hell followed through on his
orders? Leon sounds like some kind of moron for not double checking,” I said.
“When he realized this demon was camped out in your body, he was livid,”
Nicholas explained. “He sent his right hand man, Richard, to take care of the
situation. There was a very bloody, very violent fight between the two demons –
while they were in their human hosts. Unfortunately, your body got so cut up during
the fight that you really did die.”
I gulped. Now I knew. I actually knew the point at which my heart had
stopped beating, the point I had stopped
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