Chapter 19

Pippa's POV

“I’m a what?”

“A Cambion.”

My head spins like a wild merry-go-round, and I can’t think clearly. I’m half demon. He just said it. How can that even be? How is that possible? “I…I’m the antichrist?”

“Noooo,” he says. “That’s not how this works. The antichrist is a very human notion. There’s no such thing.”

“How can I have a demon parent? Demons can’t die.”

“Yeah, no, they can. It takes very specific spell work, but they can absolutely die.”

I have gone completely numb. I swear I can't feel anything from the eyebrows down. “But…how? How could I not know that I’m this…this thing? ”

“You’re an orphan.”

“But…shouldn’t I feel it?”

He gave me a lopsided smile. “You do feel it, sweet girl. You said so yourself. You feel wrong and like you don’t belong.”

“But…that means I’m evil, right? I’ll go to hell or…or something. I have to. I’m half demon.”

He folds his hands around his mug. “You are not evil. You are incredibly good. So good that I’m afraid I’ll…” he shrugs and sip