She pinned my button on me. “I haven’t heard anything about Candyman.”
“Not that. Ever heard of an oshk?”
Leo laughed. “Where’d you hear that urban legend?”
“Not so legendy. I saw one.”
Leo looked skeptical. “Oshk is the bogeyman of demons. It’s what mommy and daddy demons tell baby demons when they’re bad. Bad in the wrong ways for demons.”
“I never thought about demon parenting,” I said.
“It leaves a lot to be desired.” She scratched her cheek. “s**t. That might explain why some of the demons in town seem to have disappeared.”
“I’d noticed. Eaten?”
“Or took off.”
“Do oshk hurt people?”
“It’s only the one. The oshk is a Unique. But no on the hurting people. Not that I’ve ever heard.”
I hoped this wasn’t a first-time-for-everything scenario.
Citrus perfume teased my senses as a
