on her wrist and the other on
Fin’s. “We are now your prisoners, Kean. A Sempire and, well, an
abomination of a Sempire .” She grinned at Fin. He grinned back. “Kean,
you want to be employed by Debol and we are your offerings to him to show your
worth. I’m not sure what to do with Araya or Kiberry.” She bent down to scratch
behind his ears.
Araya piped up. “I could be Kean’s Sempire . I mean, I
am his. Um. What I’m saying is Kean is an Incubus too and maybe he likes to
keep Sempires like this Debol creep does. If I’m addicted, I won’t be
running from him, right?”
Valia twirled it around her head. It could work .
“That leaves Kiberry,” Valia said. His ears perked up and he
turned his head to the side when she said his name.
Kean walked a few feet away and grabbed a piece of rope from
the ground. “He can be my pet.”
Kiberry wagged his tail and took a step back as his body
trembled and he let out a low howl. In seconds, he’d shifted into an
odd-looking dog. Kind of a cross between a beagle and rat terrier.
Valia laughed and Araya clapped her hands. Kean bent down
and held the palm of his hand above Kiberry’s head and said, “High five.”
Kiberry lifted a paw and touched it to Kean’s palm. Kean’s lips curved into a
cocky smile. “We’ve been practicing his shifting. He liked the pictures of the
huskies best but didn’t have much luck with it. I suggested something smaller
and less fancy.”
At one and one half years old, Kiberry was still considered
a baby. He’d been practicing his shifting abilities for months, but this was by
far his best shift. Usually, the dogs he shifted into looked deformed, mutated.
“Why would you bring your pet to a job interview?” Araya
asked.
He shrugged. “Because of my deficit as a demon, as
your mother likes to put it, he helps me track.”
“Whatevs,” Valia said, “we’ll give it a whirl.”
Kean bent down to tie one end of the rope loosely around
Kiberry’s neck.
Valia turned to Araya and said, “Hit me.”
“What? No!”
Valia turned and gave Fin a look. He nodded and she punched
him in the face five times in succession.
“Shit, Valia, are you crazy?” Araya exclaimed.
Kean said, “They need to look roughed up. The guards and the
Incubus will be able to sense how much human I have in me and they’ll never
believe I was able to capture two Sempires on my own especially without
a scratch on them.”
“Well, you could with my help. I’m not beating the shit out
of my sister. And don’t you hit Fin again,” she said to Valia.
His left eye was swollen and bleeding from the force of her
blows but he would heal soon enough.
“Either you can hit me, Araya, or Fin’s gonna have to do it.
I can take it either way but I know you’ll like it less if he does it.” Araya
put on her stubborn face and Valia knew what to do. She grabbed Kean by the
shirt, pulling him to her and licked his face.
Araya shoved Kean away and punched Valia in the mouth. Hard.
Damn. She hadn’t relished the idea of Fin marring her awesomeness but she
wondered if the force of Araya’s punch was any less than Fin’s would have been.
She spit some blood and said, “Not bad, sis. How do I look?”
Valia burst out laughing at the horrified expression on
Araya’s face.
“It’s not funny! Dammit!” Araya stomped her foot.
“It’s a little funny.” Valia grabbed a handful of dirt off
the ground, rolled it around her fingers and smeared some on Fin’s face. Then
she hesitantly wiped some on her face too and she messed up her hair. She
sighed, “This part is so not awesome but whatevs let’s go.”
“Wait,” Fin said. “Kean looks a little too spiffy. Don’t I
get to punch him? And Araya…” he looked disturbed and didn’t finish his
sentence.
Kean bent down and grabbed a handful of dirt. He gently
smeared a streak across Araya’s forehead and some on her shirt. He then ripped
her shirt. He took a knife out of his pocket and
Fin’s. “We are now your prisoners, Kean. A Sempire and, well, an
abomination of a Sempire .” She grinned at Fin. He grinned back. “Kean,
you want to be employed by Debol and we are your offerings to him to show your
worth. I’m not sure what to do with Araya or Kiberry.” She bent down to scratch
behind his ears.
Araya piped up. “I could be Kean’s Sempire . I mean, I
am his. Um. What I’m saying is Kean is an Incubus too and maybe he likes to
keep Sempires like this Debol creep does. If I’m addicted, I won’t be
running from him, right?”
Valia twirled it around her head. It could work .
“That leaves Kiberry,” Valia said. His ears perked up and he
turned his head to the side when she said his name.
Kean walked a few feet away and grabbed a piece of rope from
the ground. “He can be my pet.”
Kiberry wagged his tail and took a step back as his body
trembled and he let out a low howl. In seconds, he’d shifted into an
odd-looking dog. Kind of a cross between a beagle and rat terrier.
Valia laughed and Araya clapped her hands. Kean bent down
and held the palm of his hand above Kiberry’s head and said, “High five.”
Kiberry lifted a paw and touched it to Kean’s palm. Kean’s lips curved into a
cocky smile. “We’ve been practicing his shifting. He liked the pictures of the
huskies best but didn’t have much luck with it. I suggested something smaller
and less fancy.”
At one and one half years old, Kiberry was still considered
a baby. He’d been practicing his shifting abilities for months, but this was by
far his best shift. Usually, the dogs he shifted into looked deformed, mutated.
“Why would you bring your pet to a job interview?” Araya
asked.
He shrugged. “Because of my deficit as a demon, as
your mother likes to put it, he helps me track.”
“Whatevs,” Valia said, “we’ll give it a whirl.”
Kean bent down to tie one end of the rope loosely around
Kiberry’s neck.
Valia turned to Araya and said, “Hit me.”
“What? No!”
Valia turned and gave Fin a look. He nodded and she punched
him in the face five times in succession.
“Shit, Valia, are you crazy?” Araya exclaimed.
Kean said, “They need to look roughed up. The guards and the
Incubus will be able to sense how much human I have in me and they’ll never
believe I was able to capture two Sempires on my own especially without
a scratch on them.”
“Well, you could with my help. I’m not beating the shit out
of my sister. And don’t you hit Fin again,” she said to Valia.
His left eye was swollen and bleeding from the force of her
blows but he would heal soon enough.
“Either you can hit me, Araya, or Fin’s gonna have to do it.
I can take it either way but I know you’ll like it less if he does it.” Araya
put on her stubborn face and Valia knew what to do. She grabbed Kean by the
shirt, pulling him to her and licked his face.
Araya shoved Kean away and punched Valia in the mouth. Hard.
Damn. She hadn’t relished the idea of Fin marring her awesomeness but she
wondered if the force of Araya’s punch was any less than Fin’s would have been.
She spit some blood and said, “Not bad, sis. How do I look?”
Valia burst out laughing at the horrified expression on
Araya’s face.
“It’s not funny! Dammit!” Araya stomped her foot.
“It’s a little funny.” Valia grabbed a handful of dirt off
the ground, rolled it around her fingers and smeared some on Fin’s face. Then
she hesitantly wiped some on her face too and she messed up her hair. She
sighed, “This part is so not awesome but whatevs let’s go.”
“Wait,” Fin said. “Kean looks a little too spiffy. Don’t I
get to punch him? And Araya…” he looked disturbed and didn’t finish his
sentence.
Kean bent down and grabbed a handful of dirt. He gently
smeared a streak across Araya’s forehead and some on her shirt. He then ripped
her shirt. He took a knife out of his pocket and
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