Chapter 61

Ophelia

Ryker, Jude, and Kimberly returned the very next day.

“We managed to find another two demons after the one Jude interrogated,” Ryker supplied, looking much too appealing in his crisp suit. This one was the color of storm clouds and matched his intoxicating eyes perfectly. “They were lower level, so we weren’t able to get any information from them.”

Nova frowned and brushed a lock of pale hair from her face. She peeked into the dining room and called out, “The tables been set.”

We were going to discuss everything we’d learned over dinner. I wasn’t sure how to reveal what Lucille had told us without alerting Kimberly to the fact that we used magic on her mother, but I was sure I’d figure something out.

I turned to Ryker. Butterflies swarmed my stomach. I pushed them down, along with the blush that rose to my cheeks.

“How exactly do you kill a demon?”

His thick brows gnashed together, telling me this was a sore subject for him.

“The only way to expel the demon back to their realm