Chapter 15
‘Go away, Jake. I’m too tired tonight. Come back tomorrow if you must.’ I opened one gluey eyelid, knowing full well who was snarling like a dog in my hotel room. Sure enough, the shabby form of my high school friend stood by the window in a narrow sliver of moonlight, pacing back and forth. Illogical relief flooded through me as I saw him in his human form. Even though it meant this was probably an actual visitation, I still preferred it to the dream I’d had of the demon itself and the image of my own alien shape.
‘Brave of you to still sleep alone. Or have you two had a fight? Did Bane finally let slip how jealous he is of your new boyfriend?’
I sat up and watched as he passed his fingers back and forth through the curtain, concentrating hard. He grasped it between two care
