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I cringed, stiffeningDeals with deains we’d made with demon princes

Always read the fine print, I toldis worded correctly, precisely I shookAnd I was certain that it wasn’t o The world really was spinning

Shaking, actually The earth was tre and burning harder, brighter, throwing out huge, angry sparks

“Well, great,” I shouted “Just great What the hell could it be this time?”

Sterling grabbedhard into“Oh, I think you know exactly what’s happening”

I torefor all the world that he was absolutely right

“Oh, hells, no,” Scriredients as he could fit into his stubby little arrade Sorry, boys, but I’m out”

I gawped like a fish as he spun in place and vanished into a puff of farts, but could I really bla an actual demon prince for our sake This kind of bravery wasn’t typical of most imps, nor expected Herald told me so, and he knew his deh

The peals of Belphegor’s easy laughter filled the air, his eyes gone bright crier set to its default boredouor, his lips pulled back to expose sharp, wicked teeth

“You should always be careful what you wish for, boys Maybe next tiain, revealing a third, burning red eye in the middle of his forehead He stuck his hands in his hoodie’s pockets, winked at– then vanished in a plume of scarlet fire

“Fuck,” I yelled “Mason, you owe that asshole a favor, too”

He threw his hands up, his eyes wild as he answered me “Don’t you think I know that? Thanks for the reminder, Dad!”

I deserved that one I wasn’t even going to argue the fact that he was bringing back that cringe-worthy nicknaer fish to fry

The new intruder, for exareen, veryan emerald

“Fuck,” I shouted “Run away”