Chapter Thirty-Six

CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX

“So?” Seth said to me. He looked better than he had the last time I’d seen him. They must have slipped some perky meds into his breakfast. Now if only they’d give him some pants, things would be almost perfect.

“So I had a showdown with Sparkles’ demon, but she wasn’t there. And Lydia wasn’t there either.”

His face fell. “You didn’t see Lydia at all?”

I chose my words carefully. “Well, I thought I saw Lydia, but it turned out to be a demon instead. Wearing, you know, Lydia’s form.”

Seth’s face went red. I wanted to smile because it was something that used to happen to my father, and Seth hated that it was passed on to him, but I wisely abstained. This girl has some brains, I tell you.

“Tell me what happened.”

“Trust me, big bro, you don’t want to know.”

“Tell me.”

His voice sounded like rusty metal, sharp and dangerous. I told him with as little detail as I could. It still made my voice shake and my hands clench, however. I watched Seth turn red and white in