Chapter 20
He’s Helping, Honest!
FilliusTen Years Ago
“You sure took your time,” a familiar voice said.
I opened my eyes. There was a demon lounging on my bed. He looked naked without the feathers, his body an expanse of smooth white skin. Thankfully he wasn’t naked, though he might as well have been. His only item of clothing was a square of leather no bigger than the spell book in my hand. The codpiece affixed to the demon’s body by way of a thin cord tied around his waist.
He caught my stare and leered. “Enjoying the view?”
My face reddened. “I-I-I…I didn’t think it would work.”
“The voyeurism or the incantation?”
I forced my eyes back to his face. “The spell. I actually performed a spell!” Realization slowly dawned on me. I’d finally opened myself up to magic, which meant that
