Chapter Twenty

CHAPTER TWENTY

“What are you doing here?” I demanded. I was so angry I was shaking.

Sparkles laughed. “Oh, darling, you never cease to amuse me. You’re always so quick to lose your temper. You realize that’s why you’re always alone, don’t you? Nobody can take your attitude.”

“Shut up,” I bit out. “Tell me where she is.”

She smiled. It was reptilian. I saw demonic appendages waving in her hair and hatred emanating from her skin. She and the demon had become one, alright. I wanted to throw up. I wanted to hit her. I wanted to hit Reed Taylor, who was standing there looking more angry than I had thought possible.

“Whatever are you talking about? Everybody knows you’re touched in the head, talking to things that aren’t there. Do you really think you see them? Or do you simply lie? Nobody would blame you if you do. What a tragic childhood. What a horrid, difficult girl.”

A dark tentacle slid out of her mouth and went up through her nose. Her eyes looked like they were leaking oil.

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