as she tried to wrap her mind around this. She looked down at the sandwiches with a frown.
"How are you caged here when you're so powerful?"
His eyes narrowed. I'm cursed. I cannot leave the cave.
She wanted to ask the obvious 'Have you tried everything?' but she didn't want to be extra crispy so she asked instead, "But you still have magic?"
I can conjure any worldly comfort and I have seen the world change through the eyes of humans, but I have not been able to summon anyone here. I have never been able to communicate with anyone until you arrived.
She shifted uncomfortably and began to eat again, hoping he wouldn't ask what she was dreading.
Why is Luc, a Master Demon, plaguing you?
The bite of sandwich caught in her throat. She choked and gulped down iced tea when she got her breath back. Her hands began to sweat and her stomach twisted with dread. "Demons infect people with greed, madness, rage, lust," Cara took another sip of tea because her throat was dry. "Under Luc's influence, he can cause a whole town to go up in flames in a matter of hours. He knows which humans are weak and influential, what they crave. He possesses them for a couple hours and brings forth their worst qualities. By the time he jumps to the next puppet, they're bent on destruction. I've always been able to sense demons."
She trailed off and squeezed her eyes shut, trying to keep the sandwich in her stomach. A long silence fell. She couldn't explain the horror she felt as a child, watching demons breathe chaos into those around her. Luc never inhabited one human for long. Right now, the puppet he possessed was one of the richest men in the world, a man who influenced the politics in seven countries.
So you became a demon hunter.
"Yes. I left home when I was sixteen," she said and tapped ragged fingernails on the glass.
You must be good at what you do.
She looked up with a frown. "What makes you say that?"
You're alive and Luc punished you by trying to kill your sister. You're a threat. I know how his kind works. Luc won't tolerate interference.
Cara stared at him for a long minute before she shifted awkwardly and muttered, "Thanks for what you did in the hospital. I've never seen Luc scared of anything."
His talons scraped the stone floor. Luc has gone unchallenged for too long.
She seconded that. Before her, no one dared challenge the Master Demon, much less managed to thwart him. It was Luc's arrogance in not taking her as a serious threat that allowed Cara to do her work for so long, following Luc's trail and undoing the evil in his wake.
"You know him?" she asked uncertainly.
She was stepping into La La Land now, sitting as casually as you please in a cave, chitchatting with a dragon about demons. Then again, she'd never lived in the real world. What she sensed, no one else could. As far as most people were concerned, she was an evil witch. It was better for people to believe that than the truth.
Luc and I know one another, but he didn't dare come out so openly then.
"He's powerful," Cara said.
She wrapped her arms around herself and closed her eyes, unable to block out the sound of Luc's voice in her head, exploiting every human need in her. Cara didn't make connections, knowing Luc or other demons could use them against her. Sky and Dawn were pure of heart and therefore couldn't be possessed, which is why Luc infected Sky with a sickness no healer could cure. She pushed away those dark thoughts. It was done. Sky was fine and under the protection of an Ancient.
You're safe from him here.
Cara's head snapped up. "What?"
My power eclipses his while you're in my vicinity.
A bubble of something foreign erupted in her chest. Luc couldn't touch her or her family? Her mouth curved in an unfamiliar manner and she raised a hand to cover it as something burst from her mouth. Did she just giggle ?
You're amused about something?
With her tongue pressed against her cheek, Cara said, "Luc
"How are you caged here when you're so powerful?"
His eyes narrowed. I'm cursed. I cannot leave the cave.
She wanted to ask the obvious 'Have you tried everything?' but she didn't want to be extra crispy so she asked instead, "But you still have magic?"
I can conjure any worldly comfort and I have seen the world change through the eyes of humans, but I have not been able to summon anyone here. I have never been able to communicate with anyone until you arrived.
She shifted uncomfortably and began to eat again, hoping he wouldn't ask what she was dreading.
Why is Luc, a Master Demon, plaguing you?
The bite of sandwich caught in her throat. She choked and gulped down iced tea when she got her breath back. Her hands began to sweat and her stomach twisted with dread. "Demons infect people with greed, madness, rage, lust," Cara took another sip of tea because her throat was dry. "Under Luc's influence, he can cause a whole town to go up in flames in a matter of hours. He knows which humans are weak and influential, what they crave. He possesses them for a couple hours and brings forth their worst qualities. By the time he jumps to the next puppet, they're bent on destruction. I've always been able to sense demons."
She trailed off and squeezed her eyes shut, trying to keep the sandwich in her stomach. A long silence fell. She couldn't explain the horror she felt as a child, watching demons breathe chaos into those around her. Luc never inhabited one human for long. Right now, the puppet he possessed was one of the richest men in the world, a man who influenced the politics in seven countries.
So you became a demon hunter.
"Yes. I left home when I was sixteen," she said and tapped ragged fingernails on the glass.
You must be good at what you do.
She looked up with a frown. "What makes you say that?"
You're alive and Luc punished you by trying to kill your sister. You're a threat. I know how his kind works. Luc won't tolerate interference.
Cara stared at him for a long minute before she shifted awkwardly and muttered, "Thanks for what you did in the hospital. I've never seen Luc scared of anything."
His talons scraped the stone floor. Luc has gone unchallenged for too long.
She seconded that. Before her, no one dared challenge the Master Demon, much less managed to thwart him. It was Luc's arrogance in not taking her as a serious threat that allowed Cara to do her work for so long, following Luc's trail and undoing the evil in his wake.
"You know him?" she asked uncertainly.
She was stepping into La La Land now, sitting as casually as you please in a cave, chitchatting with a dragon about demons. Then again, she'd never lived in the real world. What she sensed, no one else could. As far as most people were concerned, she was an evil witch. It was better for people to believe that than the truth.
Luc and I know one another, but he didn't dare come out so openly then.
"He's powerful," Cara said.
She wrapped her arms around herself and closed her eyes, unable to block out the sound of Luc's voice in her head, exploiting every human need in her. Cara didn't make connections, knowing Luc or other demons could use them against her. Sky and Dawn were pure of heart and therefore couldn't be possessed, which is why Luc infected Sky with a sickness no healer could cure. She pushed away those dark thoughts. It was done. Sky was fine and under the protection of an Ancient.
You're safe from him here.
Cara's head snapped up. "What?"
My power eclipses his while you're in my vicinity.
A bubble of something foreign erupted in her chest. Luc couldn't touch her or her family? Her mouth curved in an unfamiliar manner and she raised a hand to cover it as something burst from her mouth. Did she just giggle ?
You're amused about something?
With her tongue pressed against her cheek, Cara said, "Luc
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