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deduce that Eclipse was not who he appeared to be.
    “He’s not human,” San finally shared with a curt laugh. His face illumed with amusement. He cordially inclined his head at Eclipse, impressed that he was able to conceal his true nature for so long. “A fellow Demon.”
    “That’s not possible,” said the Demon who had been sniffing my hair. “If he’s a Demon, then we would know.”
    “Not unless he’s a Dimmed Demon,” San said softly, knowingly. “A Demon who has had his powers stripped.” He eyed Eclipse, his amused smile still trained on him. “One cannot detect a Dimmed Demon, and vice versa, a Dimmed Demon cannot detect his fellow Demons, which is how this one must’ve gotten lost in our midst without any of us—or himself—being the wiser.”
    The red-haired Demon woman widened her eyes in shock. Her face paled exponentially. “Only an exceptionally powerful Demon would need to dim himself in order to walk around in the human world.”
    “Once powerful,” San corrected indifferently. He continued to stare at Eclipse with an entertained gaze. Behind him, the rest of his fellow Demons watched Eclipse with growing trepidation. “Now he’s merely a Demon who is teetering on being human.” San smirked before turning to me and then looking at Eclipse again. “Is she your own personal project?”
    “Let her go, you stupid cockroach,” Eclipse growled, his eyes becoming firmer. The steel in his voice was unbelievably intimidating. “I am not someone to fuck with.”
    “No wonder she wasn’t fazed by us Demons,” San went on with an air of nonchalance. “She has already been claimed.” He laughed at Eclipse, the amused smile morphing into a polite and civil one. San did not find Eclipse to be intimidating as the rest of his Demons did, but he did respect the aura that Eclipse radiated. He would rather have Eclipse on his side than against him. “I’m sure we can come to an arrangement, brother,” he appeased. “I do not want to fight you, especially when you seem like such a capable Demon. Join us, share her soul, and we’ll all benefit. Everyone can go home happy.”
    “I don’t share,” Eclipse dismissed without hesitancy.
    San smirked curtly, finally showing his distaste. Eclipse’s dismissal of his offer for peace was the last straw. “Then you get nothing.” 
    “Seriously, why does she smell so good?” asked the strange Demon who was still sniffing my hair. “San, get a whiff of her. She smells different from other humans.”
    I didn’t know what he was talking about until I realized that the side of my mouth was cut.
    Shit.
    My blood.
    It wasn’t my hair that smelled good to the Demon. It was my blood.
    Annoyed with the Demon and clearly wanting to shut him up, San came beside me. He grabbed the strands of hair that had touched the bloodied cut from my mouth, closed his eyes, and inhaled it. I could see Eclipse hold his breath when San did this. Even from a distance, he could see that my blood had transferred onto the tendril of my hair.
    Several heartbeats of silence filled the room before San opened his eyes. If it was possible, the fires in his eyes burned even brighter. I thought he was excited when he found out I was the six-year-old murderer, but it was nothing compared to the excitement pouring out of him now.
    “A Source,” he breathed out in amazement.
    As soon as he voiced this, a paralyzing silence swam over the Demons before cheers of excitement spread like wildfire throughout the room.
    “A Source!”
    “We have a Source!”
    They celebrated like they had found the elixir of life. Considering how powerful my blood and heart would make them, I didn’t doubt that they had every right to cheer like this.
    “No wonder the Dimmed Demon doesn’t want to share,” a Demon from the crowd voiced as they turned to Eclipse, their eyes mocking. “Storing your own personal Source?”
    By now, Eclipse had lost all his patience. “You worthless pieces of