Taming the Demon - Book 1 (Completed)

Chapter 21 - Kadis

That was close!

I instantly portal as soon as I’m out of the Archives area. Then I portal multiple times to different areas all over Earth and Helis, sometimes visiting multiple places mulitple times. Hopefully if anyone is following me, the twisted trail of portals will be too confusing for them to decipher. When I lost count on how many times I jumped between worlds, I portaled to the park near Jane’s place. The bag I’m carrying is getting heavy. Hopefully the guard who saw me didn’t get a good look. I didn’t see him until it was too late. I could hear Jaed’s voice rising in volume as the ceremony drew close to an end. I was rushing to get out before he finished and all of a sudden this guard turned the corner. Before he could do anything, I rushed past him. I think I lost him in the corridors. But to be sure, I got out of there before more guards arrived. I let myself into Jane’s place and put my bag in the broom closet. I happen to see the clock on Jane’s stove. 

3:00 already! Damn it! I missed Jane’s friend’s funeral.

I look down at myself. I’m covered in who knows what. I take a quick portal to my place, change and portal to the funeral home. I peek in the doors and see people milling around chatting. 

Good, Jane is probably still here. I hope she’s not too mad at me.

I scan the room. I don’t see Jane, but I see that Michael guy from the library. Jane told me that she told Michael that she was only seeing me. Maybe not the best thing to do but I decide to go rub a little salt in the wound, and tell him to stay away from Jane. I didn’t like his tone or what he implied when he interrupted us in the park the other night. I got the last laugh though, cause I got Jane.

The lady he is talking to starts to stare at me as I approach. Michael looks over and narrows his eyes. He breaks away from her and makes his way over to me.

“Can I help you sir?”

A well dressed man is standing to my right.

“Yes, you can. I’m looking for Jane. Jane Quinn.”

“She’s currently indisposed right now.”

I dial up my aura.

“Where is she?”

“In the quiet room, sir.”

“I want you to go get her, can you do that?”

“Yes I can sir.”

“Well then do it.”

He turns and scurries away. I turn back to Michael. He’s stopped a few feet away and is glaring at me now.

“How do you know doing that doesn’t have any lasting effects?”

“I have no idea what you are talking about.”

“An Archon’s aura. How do you know there’s no lasting effects on a human? Do you even care?”

The shocked look on my face must have been what he was waiting for, because he breaks into a grin. And not a very nice one.

What the Helis! He knows! How does he know?

“You better watch what you say. There are things that you don’t want to be dabbling in Michael.”

I bring my frame to full height, and push my aura to even stronger amounts.

“How do you know about Archons?”

His eyes flare with an inner light.

“I know a lot of things, demon.” He spits the word at me in distaste. “I also know what your kind tends to do with humans. Use them and discard them. Is that your plan for Jane?”

What is he? Is he like Jane? My aura is not working on him either, but I’m not getting the urge to tell him the truth like I do with Jane.

“What are you?”

“You demons are parasites on this earth.” I can feel his anger radiating off of him. “Unfortunately I have to follow the rules.”

The light in his eyes fades, “I am a Daemon. A protector of humans. And I will not let you subjugate Jane.”

I’m not sure what a daemon is doing here, or exactly what he can do. Dammit! I wish I could remember anything about them. I have a lot of reading to do after this. I don’t know if he can do anything while we are on earth. I’m subject to a ton of rules while conducting business on earth, so I assume that he does as well. I bluff.

“Well, if you are what you say you are, you also know that I can’t force Jane to come with me. But nonetheless, she will come with me Michael. And you can’t stop it.”

I spot Jane heading towards us and smile when she sees me. I dismiss Michael and start to go to her. Michael’s hand shoots out and grabs me. 

“This isn’t over, demon.” 

I shrug out of his grip and hold my hand out to Jane. Looking back over my shoulder, I put as much venom in my voice as I can, “No, it is not, Michael.”

Although Jane falls into my arms without hesitation, I have to watch as she gives Michael a hug as well. He’s beginning to become a bigger thorn in my side than I originally thought. What the world is a daemon doing here? And what does he have to do with Jane? Does she know what he is? Does she know what I am? Does Michael know what she is? I don’t know what to think anymore. But I do know one thing, I definitely have to get him out of our lives. 

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I grit my teeth as I watch Jane and Michael talking. We only had a few moments alone before she wanted to head back out again.

At least she’s not too upset that I wasn’t here.

I can see them looking over at me. Michael is obviously telling her something about me. I’m wondering how much he is telling though. Will he tell her I’m a demon? Or just a sleazeball? Will she believe him? I might have to ask Jane gently later. Unfortunately I can’t even use my aura to help. I don’t want to be hit by the backfire. I’ve come to believe that Jane not only can resist an Archon’s aura, but reflect it back. Could she resist other demons' powers? I’m itching to get to the books I snagged.

I managed to grab about twelve books that looked like they pertained to what I want to know. Mikkas’ map helped to narrow it down. Unfortunately, if I chose the wrong books I can’t just go in and exchange them. It was like looking for a needle in a haystack. Except this needle can get me killed. 

I finally see Michael leave and Jane heads back towards me. I’ll have to put my thoughts on the back burner for now. I want to prove to Jane that I am sorry for not being here. Maybe being super supportive will help me find out about what Michael was saying.

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I ease my way out of bed trying to not wake up Jane. She said she was tired, so I played the nice guy and snuggled with her till she fell asleep. She didn’t say anything about what Michael said, other than she didn’t want to talk about it. The issue of Michael will have to wait. I need to concentrate on Jane.

I shoot Jaed a text, congratulating him on his hand-binding, asking him how it is going with Mikkas. He hasn’t responded yet. I’m hoping he ‘gets’ the message and lets me know if there is any news about anything in relation to our break-in. I send one more nonsensical text about hunting my pet and hope to mark her soon. I can’t outright ask him anything about the Archives in case he is being watched. Leaving it at that, I head to the closet and set the books out on the kitchen table. After putting on a pot of coffee, I start looking through the first book.