Avery walked over to Kimiko while she told everyone the plan. He didn’t mind the idea, especially if it allowed him a few moments alone with her while they changed. Avery stood behind Kimiko, wrapping his arms around her and kissed the side of her head. He knew PDA wasn’t really their thing, but Avery felt comfortable around his friends. Besides, the day had been trying, and he just wanted to hold his girlfriend.
”Are they the silky ones?” Cassi asked. She had bought the wicked things for Caden as a joke one year.
Avery chuckled. ”Alright, so we’ll meet back here after we are changed. The kitchen staff worked all day to make this meal, so we definitely can’t let it go to waste.” Avery gently tugged Kimiko back as he stepped towards their room.
Cassiopeia walked into the house and gathered the clothes Kimiko had gotten for them. She still had a change of clothes, but that was in Kimiko’s room unless she had already moved them to one of the guest rooms. She reclaimed Nic’s hand and a bottle of whiskey as she passed the cabinet.
”Yes. And we should drink all the most expensive liquors. Caden spared no expense after all,” Cassi said and pulled Nic towards the quest side of the house.
Caden had weaved some spell work with Cassi’s supplies and his own magical ability to create a space that would prevent the demon from smoking out before Caden had his answers. Still, Caden’s hand remained firmly fixed to the demon’s shirt while he demanded answers. Caden’s eyes glowed with a purple-green fire, the only sign of his wavering control.
”What do you know about the Knight of Hell, Nero?”
“I know they haven’t been in Hell for a long time,” the demon sneered. “Always thought they were too good for us.”
”And what of their relationship with Mundus?”
The demon’s eyes narrowed, a puzzled expression on their face before they smirked. “What would a shifter want to know about the King of Hell?”
”King of Hell? Last I heard he was rotting.”
The demon thrashed in Caden’s hold. Caden pinned the creature against the wall, bottles of liquid crashed to the ground and cast an interesting smell to Cassi’s workshop. Caden was going to be in so much trouble with Cass if she didn’t kill him.
“How dare you speak of such horrible things!! The King lives and will return to us! He—-gargh!” Caden turned the knife he had grabbed earlier from Cassi’s drawer and stabbed it into the side of the demon. It burned the creature's side as Caden had soaked it in holy water before.
”Focus, if you please.”
“That demon whore is betrothed to them. Everyone in Hell knows that,” the demon said, fighting against Caden and his knife. “And he wants them back. We’ve been searching endlessly for them, but we can never get close enough. Until you two were seen at their house. Oh yes, shifter…We know all about you. Thought you were clever, were you, pretending to be the bitch?” The demon laughed, and Caden cut into them again.
”My patience wears thin. Answer my questions and nothing more or die now.”