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"I&039; away my soul or anyone else&039;s," were my first words when I followed Ian and the dee Maybe if Balchezek thought I was unco on this point, he wouldn&039;t press ht take him up on

The demon snorted "Good, because I don&039;t want yours, and-newsflash-you don&039;t have authority over anyone else&039;s, Miss Overthinks Her Importance"

I was beyond relieved to hear that, but I pretended to bristle at the insult Ian laughed "She does at tio further, ould you want to help vaht be desperate, but I wasn&039;t about to ignore the ical question

"Because I hate my job," Balchezek said pro souls a job?"

"What would you call so you have to do in order to fit in, where you&039;re bitched at whenever you underperform, yet you&039;re never, ever appreciated for when you do it right?" Another snort "I guesssouls"

Was it possible that all demons weren&039;t evil incarnate? That one could feel re to condemn people?"

He looked atto ive it to ive it, then he bitches about the terms after the bill&039;s come due, and I&039;m the one who&039;s supposed to feel bad?"

All right, looked like I rong about hie of people when they&039;re at their lowest," I pointed out "It&039;s not fair"

He rolled his eyes "It&039;s not like I was consulted when the downstairs went to war against the upstairs I&039;m just supposed to do what I&039;m told, all day, every day, for the rest of eternity whether I like it or not And if I don&039;t do it, then I get thrown into the lake of fire Don&039;t talk tous?" I asked, giving Balchezek a calculated once-over "You&039;re offering us information to help beat this demon, and you just proved that it&039;s not out of a sense of repentance"

Balchezek smiled "Not at all I want a place in your world If I try to abscond on her-ups will co a humans But if I&039;m under a vampire&039;s protection, I become more trouble than I&039;m worth It&039;s like I said,beehive if they can avoid it"

"You want me to take you in as a member of my line?" I couldn&039;t quite keep the appalled sound out ofout the word like it was foul "Yet a deh for you? Besides, I don&039;t want protection froish, you&039;d make me crazy But you," a nod at Ian, "are ment of their similarities "You&039;re set in your decision? Because while I don&039;t require morals from members of my line, I do expect loyalty How can I be sure you won&039;t change your mind later?"

"Know that movie where the underappreciated cubicle workers flip out, beat their copy machine to smithereens, and then rob their own co too feral to be considered a smile "Consider that de secrets of my race to tell you how to save hi therasped without hesitation "Fulfill your promise, and you are welcome in my line with my full protection"

Balchezek shook his hand "Great That&039;s part one of my terms"

Why wasn&039;t I shocked that the deo of Ian&039;s hand and s without a few basic comforts, eh? I want money An obscene amount of money, to be specific"

I didn&039;t have tons in the bank, but Bones had built up a fortune over his centuries of bounty hunting and investlimpses of the future

"Fine When this is over, I&039;ll be sure you get a check that&039;ll make hed "I&039;ll need a little down paylanced down at the red diaiven me the day he asked me to marry him Its sentimental value to me was priceless Because of the rareness of red diamonds and its five-carat size, its h the roof

I twisted it off and handed it over without needing a moment to think I&039;d rather have Bones alive than a rock that would break my heart with memories if he were dead "Fine When you&039;ve helped us boot that bitch out of everyone without killing thee for your obscene check Agreed?"

The creature who had bound countless others to supernatural deals stuffed the ring in his pocket and s sure to show"I&039;ll hold you to that"

Two vaether It was a Christht, but of the macabre kind Still, I&039;d take et them