Page 12 of My Demon Neighbor
Five
Pythor
The moment I steppedinto my house, I snapped my fingers, setting a silencing ward around my place. Not to keep sound from coming in, but to keep it from escaping.
Then I shifted—I'd picked this house especially because the ceilings were high enough for me to do it comfortably—into my true form and let out a screech that would've sent terror through the whole area without my ward.
I'd been able to feel the panic that'd washed through my mate, and it'd driven me crazy. Sensing auras was an ability demons had, though we usually kept it shut off because it could get overwhelming fast. But my mate's pain had been strong enough to reach me despite that, which meant whatever had happened to him had been truly terrible.
I'd held on to my composure in front of him because I hadn't wanted to terrify him further, but now I wanted to rageand destroy and hunt down whoever had hurt him, which I couldn't do because I wasn't fucking allowed to hurt humans.
Fuck, how did the other demons with human mates do this?
Then again, I didn't think any of the other demons' mates had been hurt the way Codie had. I knew Calux's mate's baby was almost kidnapped at one point, but other than that, I didn't think any of the demons had had to deal with their mate being in pain.
Was there really nothing I could do for Codie?
Feeling a little calmer, I folded up my wings, then shifted back, removing the silencing ward as I slumped on the couch.
If I focused hard, I could hear the familiar scritch-scratch of brush against canvas. It was harder during the daytime since there were a lot more sounds around, but I could still hear it, and it made me smile.
Pulling my phone out of my pocket, I opened the group chat between all demons, and started typing.
Me: You remember the neighbor I mentioned?
Star: You mean the one you talk about every fucking time?
I snorted, then typed a reply.
Me: Yeah, him.
Lux: Yes, Pythor. We remember. What about him?
Me: Well, I met him today
Nico: And?
Me: And...
Ryk: Oh my god
Really?How was he the one to clue in first? I'd have thought it would be Elva. Or Nico.
Eshim: What?
Ryk: OH MY GOD
Star: Ryk!
Ryk: Fuck, this is rich ROFL
Ryk: His neighbor is HIS MATE
Star: Holy fuck
Eshim: Really?
Me: Yeah
