CHAPTER FOUR Demons aren’t supposed to live among humans. They wreak all sorts of havoc that you can’t really appreciate until it’s too late. First, they’re giant insects with human appendages pasted on their exoskeletons. Second, those appendages usually carry swords and other godawful weapons. Third, they murder without any remorse. Fourth, they make shadow deals with anything and everything that is willing. Unless you really, really know what you’re doing when you make that deal, there’s always going to be a loophole, and that loophole always means the severe risk of bodily injury, your death, or the destruction of the human race. You know me well enough by now to know that I’m not kidding. Fifth, you just can’t trust the buggers. And did I mention that they are giant insects? A

