By demon politics, the number of human souls you have decides your rank. In simple terms, the scarier you are to humans, the more respect you earn in the underworld. And while Remy wasn’t looking, Ica– the name makes me snort, seriously– was gathering the souls of greedy ass citizens of Brighton Falls.He was laying perfect groundwork. All four of them actually applauded him for deceiving the demon king, I guess bad things impress them a lot, even if they’re basically screwed.“Do you not have a reserve of souls somewhere?” I ask him.He gives me a strange look, his shadow still gripping me by the shoulders. At this point, I’ve given up fighting and I’m bidding my time until the rising sun hits in my direction, his shadow will be long gone then.“Other, normal humans wouldn’t talk about souls as easily as you are.”Really? Oh.I guess I should be concerned about it. But it’s not like the souls are dead, they’re alive, and they sold their souls willingly to Icarus. I’m not sure what th
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