Page 34 of Beauty At Stake
“What about another Demon?” Kill asked.
“What race was the person who summoned you?” I asked Losuc. “And were they male or female?”
“It was a human woman.”
“Well, shit,” Kill whispered.
“Impossible,” Star muttered. “It couldn't have been.”
“Why?” I crossed my arms. “Because she's human or because she's a she?”
“Don't go all women's rights on me now,” Star huffed. “You know that it's the human thing. She'd have to find the right spell and then use it properly. One mistake, and this Demon would have appeared but not under her control. He would have killed her instantly.”
“Humans now believe in things they have discounted for centuries.” Raza looked from me to Losuc. “There are probably millions of humans who have been researching Heaven and Hell. It's not impossible that one of them found a spell to summon a Demon and learned how to use it.”
“Perhaps their family passed down the spell, and an elder taught them,” Killian said.
“Humans can't do magic!” Star snarled.
That little gem dropped into the pond of our conversation and sent waves out instead of ripples.
“Let's clarify something here,” I said. “Humans can't do spells, but some have magic. It seeped into us from the planet after Anu had to balance the Earth with magic.”
“That's psychic talent, not magic.” Star slashed his hand through the air.
I lifted a brow at him.
“Wrong move, dude,” Kill muttered.
“What? It's the truth.” Star motioned at me. “Your real magic doesn't come from your human blood, Seren.”
“Oh?” I swept a hand at the bar and apportated a bottle of liquor over his head. “Care to rethink that?”
Star glanced up, grimaced, and grabbed the bottle. “Fine. Some humans havea typeof magic. But not this.”
“Unless the summoner is not completely human,” Raza said.
“No,” Kill said. “It can't be a Witch.”
“As if they aren't above it.” Raza lifted a black brow.
“Anyone of any race has the potential for great evil,” I said. “Even those who have pure souls.”
“Yeah, but that would mean they've turned on their own,” Kill whined.
“Babe, you know better than most that Witches have no problem turning on their own kind.” I laid a hand on his thick arm.
“That's different. That was Coven bias against Casters. We're working through that. And Biters are not Casters.”
“Maybe it's a Caster Witch getting payback.”
“No. No fucking way. Now, you're just talking nonsense.”
I looked at Losuc. It was worth a try. “Losuc, did you sense any magic in the human woman?”
“Yes.”
“Fuck!” Killian growled.
