Davina's P.O.V.
"I don't understand. Did I do something wrong?" Adrick asks as we all run outside and watch the dragon fly away. I don't have an answer for him, but I'll try and get one. "Stay here. I'm going to talk to her." I prepare to make myself tiny, but Jessi grabs my hand. "I'll go with you. I'll teleport us. Did you see where she flew to?" Jessi asks. I saw the general direction, and I doubt she went far. "Try the nearest mountain," I reply. Jock kisses me, and Wyatt does the same to Jessi. "Be careful," Jock says, kissing my forehead. "We will." Jessi teleports us, and we're suddenly standing on the nearest mountain. It's much cooler up here, but neither of us can feel it. I look around but don't see the dragon anywhere. "Do you see her?" I ask Jessi. "I'm right here," I spin around and see Tania peeking over a boulder. "Are you okay?" I ask, walking over to her. She sighs as Jessi, and I sit nexJessi's P.O.V."Alright, while the demon, phoenix, dragon, and vampire are busy in their rooms, it's time to weed out the rats," I tell everyone after Tania and Adrick shut the bedroom door. I have been ready to rip Cerita's head from her shoulders since Davina discovered what she was up to. Now it's time to take care of her and her mate, Uroy. "I spoke to Satan's head hound. They know that Asmodeus is up to something, but until he makes a move, they can't intervene. Same with Surtur. The head hound said there's a portal in the forest that Maelani used to come here, so we can meet him there when we're ready." Davina giggles. She's the only one who can talk to a hound from hell and giggle about it. She really is a badass little fairy. "How do you know how to contact Satan's hound?" I ask her. She twirls happily while Rmina rolls her eyes. "I know lots of things, but I only share all my secrets with Jock." I want to ask her more, but I won't. Ha
Davina's P.O.V. Cerita and Uroy were killed, as they should have been. However, as we eat dinner, I wonder what other snakes are hiding among us. I look around the dining hall and feel uneasy. There have been a lot of changes since we defeated Cressida, but were there too many too fast? The palace has many new staff members, and a few of the old staff remain. What if we didn't find all the original snakes or let new ones in? "What's wrong?" Jock asks me. He's the only one who can tell something's wrong, even when I'm pretending everything is okay. I glance at him and smile. "I feel like there's something off. I thought it was because of Cerita and Uroy, but now I'm concerned that there are others just as bad or worse. If we're going to have to fight people from the underworld, then we need to be surrounded by those we can trust." I mindlink him. I'm feeling vulnerable as I take in the people around us.
Jessi's P.O.V. After feeding Camilla, I changed her diaper and laid her down in her crib. She was asleep within minutes. I'm anxious to play with all the toys Davina left for us, but like hell am I going to tell her. I'll need to walk around with my eyes closed tomorrow. I open our bedroom door and freeze. Hot damn, I'm wet already. Wyatt is standing with his arms crossed, wearing a pair of black leather pants I didn't know he had and nothing else. He's running his fingers through the flogger and has his stern boss face on. "It took you long enough. You will get an extra punishment for every minute you made me wait. Now shut the door and get over here." Okay, folks, how can I walk to him when my legs are already like jelly and I'm dripping wet? Should I play with him or do what he wants? "I was feeding our daughter. I don't feel like playing anymore. I'm going to get a sho
Melantha's P.O.V.I can't believe Maelani left to be with Davina. Now I'm all alone down here. Dad said she found her mate, and he's a raven phoenix. I know she never felt comfortable here, but I didn't think she would leave. I wonder what it would be like to have a mate. We don't usually have mates in the underworld because, according to Dad, they make us weak.I roll over onto my stomach on my bed and sigh. Maelani and I are different from our other siblings. Their mothers are either demons or from the underworld, whereas our mom is human; she was brought down here by Dad. Now, he considers us the weakest of all his children because we're part human. Mom is barely functioning, and Dad doesn't care. He's too busy with his young whores. He has a control over us that's hard to get out from under. I don't know how my sister did it, but I would like to be free as well. Everyone thinks I do what Dad says, but that's only for survival. I know that when I sto
Davina's P.O.V. After Maelani's arrival through the portal, we decided to keep it guarded in case anyone else tried to come through. We just sit down to have our breakfast when we receive a mindlink. "A demon and a hound just came through the portal. What do you want us to do?" Jessi looks at me before replying to the guard. "What do you want to do?" She asks. I'm curious to see who they are. "Let's go to the portal and see who decided to grace us with their presence," I reply. Jessi shakes her head with a smile. "We're on our way." After handing Camilla to Zoe, she teleports me, Jock, Wyatt, Trevor, and Rmina to the portal. When we arrive I recognize the two people immediately. It's Melantha and Dion. What are they doing here? "What do you want?" I ask, stepping in front of everyone else. I'm not scared of anyone from
Asmodeus's P.O.V.I'm waiting anxiously for Melantha and Dion to return with Maelani and her mate. I refuse to allow any of my children to disrespect me so blatantly. I will make an example out of them so if any more of my children get any bright ideas, they'll think twice. I'm impatient, so I go to the room to view the cameras and look at the footage from the one facing the portal. There's no one there. I thought Dion was going to wait for them. 'I rewind the footage until I see him and Melantha approach the portal. I'm relieved until I see them share a kiss. What's this about? Then, as I watch in horror, they hold hands and jump in the portal together. What the fuck is going on around here? Everyone is betraying me. They will die; they will all die. I push my panic alarm, and all my hounds come running. Well, all except my head hound, that bastard betrayed me."We're going through the portal. It's time to attack." I yell at them. They look at
Davina's P.O.V. I look at the man I've known since coming to the palace. Why would Alberto do this? He's been one of King Ryder's most loyal assistants. Or so I thought. I can tell Jessi is about ready to attack, but I'm scared he'll touch the silver blade to Camilla's neck if she does. I prepare to make myself tiny but stop when he speaks to me. "Don't even think about using one of your tricks, you stupid fairy, or I'll kill this little rodent." He snarls at me. Oh, that does it. This son of a bitch is going down. I see movement out of the corner of my eye. Tania is taking a deep breath, and Adrick moves so fast that he's a blur. Before I can blink, Camilla is out of Alberto's hand, and Tania breathes fire on him. He screams in pain as he burns, and everyone backs up. "He was one of Asmodeus' spies," Dion says, coming to my side. Adrick hands Camilla to Jessi. "Wh
Surtur's P.O.V. I can't believe that idiot thought he could go after Davina and the others with guns blazing but with no plan. Well, that's one nuisance out of the way. Asmodeus wasn't even worthy to be down here, in my opinion. He was too caught up in all his women. I understand he was the demon of lust, but there is more to life than sex. One of my hounds was spying on him, and he saw the entire fight. Even I almost laughed when he said Davina made Asmodeus and his hounds do the Macarena. That fool was probably madder than hell. He didn't have a firm grip on anything, it seems. Two of his daughters and his head hound turned their backs on him and chose another life. That would never happen to me. The people around me know if there was any type of insubordination, they would be dead. I look at the demons in front of me who have agreed to go against Satan and take over the Earth. It is time that w