She stirred.
“You’re still worried about what you’re becoming with my power?”
“Yes.”
“Don’t be.”
She scanned the garden. “Where are we?”
“At the hotel.”
She snuggled closer to me. “But. . .this feels like. . .heaven. . .”
“I’ve cloaked it in other smells and illusions, so Ferkos won’t find us here.”
“Do you think he’ll be a problem for us?”
“Notus, no.” I smiled. “Me.”
“If he comes after you, then I will help.”
I grinned. “You’ll shoot your needles at him?”
“Definitely.”
I chuckled.
“That’s funny to you?”
“It will be even more funny when I witness you do it.”
“Why?”
“Ferkos will be shocked that you were the famous fanged-incubus hunter this whole time.”
She leaned her head against my chest. “Have you slept?”
“There was no need. I’m charged up with several weeks of energy.”
“How soon will it be day? I can’t tell in this beautiful garden.”
I inhaled the air. “A few hours.”
“You can smell the sun?”
“Would it be off putting if I said yes?”
She lifted her head and looked at me. “I have so many questions, Azar.”
“We have time before we go after the Boto Brothers.”
She let out a long breath and slowly sat up. The towel fell from her head. Those beautiful dreadlocks spilled around her.
She raised the sheet up over her naked breasts.
I gazed at her. “What questions do you have?”
“How are demons made?”