“Where did you go?” Clara asked Caiden. Now that they were in an established relationship it was odd for him to be away for more than a few hours. He normally spent most the day with her and was only missing in the early morning. Caiden looked triumphant. “I have spent so much time in the demon archives over the past few weeks and I have finally found what I’m looking for,” he announced. “What were you looking for?” Clara asked. “I wanted to find Azrael’s contract with Beckah so we can find out what we’re dealing with,” Caiden said. “The archives are rarely used so there’s no filing system and I've been going through every record myself.” Clara was intrigued to hear more about Beckah’s demon contract. They knew some information about the contract already, but they couldn’t be sure that Azrael had told Caiden the entire truth. “What did you find out?” she questioned eagerly. “It’s mostly as Azrael said. They made the contract when she was 10. She used a summoning circle to brin
Clara unzipped the dress she was currently wearing and Caiden hastily turned around. Clara didn’t bother to tease him as she was in a rush. She pulled on the blue dress and opened up her drawer of accessories and picked out a white butterfly bracelet and her most expensive watch. The blue dress had a white trim and she was planning to add white accessories to accent it. She was ready to go in five minutes. She selected a pair of white heeled shoes from the shoe closet by the front door and went to find the driver. “Henry, can you please get me to St. James Park as soon as possible?” Clara requested when she found him. “I want to get to an event at a decent time.” The car arrived outside the park just after the start time of the event. Clara breathed a sigh of relief as she got out of the car. Caiden had gone to follow around the bullies and she knew she had got to the park before her targets as there was no sign of Caiden. Clara walked into the park and looked around for an ev
Clara’s heart began to thud loudly in her chest. Beckah had noticed she was up to something. The bully’s gaze was piercing down on her. Clara reminded herself that Beckah didn’t have any proof that she had done anything and was fishing for a guilty reaction. It was the same tactic Beckah had tried at the fashion social. Clara calmed herself down and smiled sweetly at Beckah. “I don’t understand what you mean. I just happened to be filming for a post when you three fell into the fountain. As for coming here, when I worked at my grandfather’s company I worked on a project with influencers and I became interested in the industry so I came here,” she explained. Clara realised that her excuse would prompt Beckah to think of Victoria. If Beckah had seen her video that had exposed Victoria, it would be easy for her to come to the conclusion that the woman with the blurred face was her. It was too late to backtrack now. All Clara could do was act unbothered and wait for her reply. “That’s
“I’m disappointed that we won’t have much time to go on dates,” Caiden sighed. “We can have more dates when they leave,” Clara reminded him. “There’s nothing stopping us have a movie night together.” “I have a meeting with the king in the evening,” Caiden told her with a pout. “I’ll come here as soon as he’s finished.” Clara wondered what the demon king and prince talked about when they were together. She hoped they weren’t talking about her. From the things that Caiden had told her over the years, it sounded like no one in the demon realm liked how long their contract was taking to end. “Have you told your friends in the demon realm about your true identity?” she asked. Caiden shook his head. “It would change the dynamic too much. I have been avoiding them since I found out. If they see me in a crown, it will be easy for them to work it out and they might start bowing to me.” “Do a lot of demons bow to you?” Caiden pulled a face. “They do. I didn’t find it odd when I w
“I accept that I owe you an explanation,” Clara said. “When I’ve finished with what I’m working on, I’ll tell you.” “I hope you achieve the outcome you wanted,” Arthur replied. “Please let me know when you need my help again.” “I will,” Clara promised. “I will look up somewhere expensive to eat so I can reward you.” “I want to eat at that fancy Italian place again, let me know when you’re free to go there,” Arthur said. “Bye.” He ended the call and Clara was left staring thoughtfully at her bedcovers. She had promised she would tell Arthur the truth when she had achieved her revenge. In reality she would be dead soon after so she didn’t really need to hold up her end of the promise. “I won’t really tell him the truth,” Clara assured Caiden. “I’m sure that you won’t want me to tell someone about the existence of demons and how the human life cycle really works.” The demon prince looked thoughtful. “I will allow you to tell him some version of the truth. You will have to leave ou
“I don’t want you to go to that game if she’s going to be targeting you,” Caiden said with concern. Clara agreed with him. Based on the little she had read so far she knew that Beckah was truly a murderous psychopath with the face of an angel. “We’ll talk about that after,” Clara said. “According to this report, the child stole her pencil and Beckah’s reaction was to burn the child’s arm with a cigarette lighter she took from the teacher’s pocket.” She shuddered. She had been the target of some burns over her years of bullying. Some of them had been from Beckah. The bully had certainly started out young. “...I’m not adverse to helping you kill her,” Caiden said slowly. “That’s something else to talk about another time,” Clara replied immediately. “We need to finish the report.” She continued with the report. The school had been concerned about the incident and had suggested a psychiatric evaluation which had been rejected by Beckah’s parents. The child with the burn had been pai
Clara arrived at the event location in London dressed in her most fashionable sportswear. As this event was more about speed than appearance, it had made sense to dress in a suitable way. When she saw some of the other participants arrive, she could tell that not everyone had thought the same way as her. One girl was even wearing heels and she could see someone else in a miniskirt. She received her body cam and a fluorescent pink player vest and went to find people that she knew. Billie waved at her from the sidelines. “Clarissa! You made it,” she said with visible excitement. Billie had dressed comfortably for the event in a black tracksuit with chunky sneakers and her hair was tied back neatly. “Hello,” Clara said with a smile. “Have you planned any tactics?” Billie shook her head. “I’m not interested in winning. I just want to have fun.” Clara wasn’t interested in winning either. She was just interested in surviving and finding a way to show Beckah up. “That’s nice
Clara kept a careful watch on Beckah’s activity as she got onto the first train leaving the station. Her target seemed to have taken a taxi instead of a bus judging by the continuous movement. “I think she’s taking a simple route to see if she can catch up with some of the easier targets,” Caiden commented after looking over her shoulder. “Some people did not look like they came here to run.” Clara agreed with that. Not everyone thought tactically and took public transport to get away from the starting area as fast as possible. Beckah’s tracker came to a sudden stop and Clara could only assume she had seen someone and had got out of the taxi to tag them. Clara’s phone buzzed with a message from Billie asking where she was. Clara texted back to say she was on a train and Billie texted back saying she was going to do the same thing. She wondered how many people Beckah would be able to track down and tag. There were 100 players scattered around the playing area hiding with membe