Runes of Truth (A Demon's Fall #1)(4)

“Oi! Assholes!” I shout, making the men turn towards me.

“You want to join in, demon bitch?” the man on the right says in a thick Scottish accent. Honestly, I barely understood the idiot. Their gun is on the floor next to the man, they must have dropped it. Bad move. I step on it as I step forward, making it clear that its mine. I look at both of them slowly, seeing they are just humans. Ugly and clearly stupid ones at that. I look at the demon, seeing her pink skin and red hair, and I would guess she is a succubus demon. Human men can’t resist them and will lose their minds over one if they get too close. She shouldn’t be on the streets, so why is she?

“I will count to ten. When I get to five, I will stab you, and if you still don’t run away by the time I get to ten . . . I will be chopping other parts off,” I purposely look at where I’m thinking of chopping as I spin the daggers in my hands.

“One,” is all I need to say before they turn and run away. Cowards. The demon woman crawls across the floor, picking up the man’s head and placing it in her lap.

“Don’t die, I need you,” she pleads as she starts to sob, resting her forehead against his. I don’t want to interrupt, so I pick the gun up and open it, emptying the five bullets inside before snapping the gun in two and throwing the pieces away.

“You should leave, the humans could come back any moment,” I eventually say to the succubus demon.

“I don’t have anywhere to go. I lived in a demon compound in Spain, but it was raided and destroyed. We came here because we heard there might be somewhere safe, but it’s even worse. I can’t live around humans, I might as well just die with him rather than going back to hell,” she says, breaking into sobs once again.

“I can take you somewhere safe, with other demons, and the humans there are in relationships with demons, so they won’t hurt you. We have to leave now. The human police will come soon, and we don’t want to be here for that.” I tell her. They will kill her, and me, for disturbing the peace. She nods, shakily standing up and walking over to me. She follows me into the training room, and I close the doors behind us.

“Evie?” Hali’s quiet voice comes from behind me. I turn to see her looking at the succubus demon, and then back to me.

“She needs to go to you know where, get the car started, Hali,” I chuck her the keys from my back pocket, and she nods, running to the entrance and out the doors.

“Can I trust you? Are you a demon?” she asks, clearly guessing demon because of my blue hair. My blue hair let me fit in with them when I was younger, and it helped hide me.

“You can trust me, but I’m no demon, I’m not going to lie to you,” I say, and she pauses, giving me a nervous look. I walk to the entrance, seeing the other demons near the door shooting me nervous looks.

“She is the assassin. The one we whisper about,” one of the other demons says, fear creeping into his voice.

“Then you will know to stay silent about her mate, and what happened here. You never saw us,” I tell them all and they all look away, nervous. I know they won’t speak, but we can’t come back to train here anymore. I look back at the succubus demon behind me.

“Are you coming or not?” I ask, knowing I don’t have a lot of time before police get here. Or worse, protectors.

“Yes. I’ve heard of you, and you protect demons. At least, that’s what they say,” she says quietly, walking out the door with me.

“I protect people like you, that had no choice. Nothing more,” I tell her firmly.

“But to us . . . it is everything that no one else freely gives, and demons never forget,” she says. I spot Hali, and my car right out in front of the car park; my old Rover is hard to miss with its dirt-covered hood and the awful noise it makes. I’m surprised it’s still working, considering I can’t remember the last time I took it to a garage. The succubus demon gets in the back as Hali slides over to the passenger seat, and I get in the driver’s. I frown as Hali hands me a red rose, with a small white note attached to it.

“Where did you find this?” I demand.

“On the wheel,” she says, and I grit my teeth as I open the note. It doesn’t say anything, just an ‘A’ written on it. I open my window, chucking it out before winding my window back up.

“Why do you throw such a lovely gift away?” the succubus demon asks.

“When the sender is your ex, and pure evil. Literally,” I say, and her eyes widen as she sits back in her seat, and I turn around. Hali whacks my arm, huffing.

“Azi isn’t evil,” she exclaims.

“Don’t,” I warn her, and she sits back with a scowl on her face as I start the car and drive off.





Evie


“I’m going to be back late tonight. You will need to get your own dinner,” I tell Hali, who nods as she picks her bag up. I look out the window at the foggy morning, not even being able to see the end of the street as the fog is so bad. I finish the last of my bacon sandwich, before putting the empty plate in the sink.

“Work?” she asks as she grabs a drink and some fruit off the side. When she does look at me, the disappointment in her voice isn’t hard to miss as it reflects in her eyes.

“We have to survive somehow, so don’t look at me like that,” I roll my eyes at her.