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time there was for them. For now he was going to make things as comfortable as he could, especially for her.
Chapter 5
Jonas looked in the mirror in his room. Right now he was trying to decide if he liked his woman persona or preferred the male, as he was now. Both were very lovely to him, sexy even, but it was the woman that had the others staring at him. He shifted to her body just as the door behind him opened.
“You’ve been above ground.” Not bothering to turn to look at the man behind him, Jonas asked him what he was talking about. “First of all, I can smell the putrid smell of it on you, and secondly, someone saw you coming back. You should take better care when you sneak away.”
“I had business to attend to. I have mentioned to you that there is a soul that is mine for the taking, haven’t I?” He turned then and showed his breasts to Peter. “Are these too large, do you think, for my body?”
Peter came toward him and lifted them up. Jonas was surprised at the feeling he got from it, but when he let them go with a hard bounce, it was sort of painful. Peter told him that he liked them just fine. Jonas shifted to a man again, thinking he’d go back to his woman figure later.
“This soul you have, does he have a name?” Jonas said it was a girl child and he had no idea if it had been titled or not. “Named. Not titled, but named. And it’s female, not girl child. For as much time as you spend up there, you’d think you’d have a better understanding of things. I’ll look into things for you. See what I can find out. I might even try a few things while I’m there just to see if I’m as powerful as I think.”
“I go there to recruit, not to socialize. And if you go, be very careful. I think she has help, or at least someone there lending her some confidence. She was most rude to me last night when I spoke to her.” He sat down near the fireplace and stoked it up more. “You should see how they are. Some of them have no idea what is in store for them. I should like to bring them all down here and see how they manage. And this girl child…female, is no different other than she is mine.”
“Is this the female that her mother sold you?” Jonas nodded. “It must be coming close to the end. Have you talked to the girl yet? Have you tried to bargain with her?”
“She’ll come around. I know that she will. No one would willingly come here if they had a chance to get out of it. For as much as I love it here, there are just as many who don’t care for it.” Peter nodded and said he was amazed himself. “I have spoken to her about what I want, but she refuses me. But the closer she gets to her time, I’m sure she’ll come around. And if nothing else, I will threaten her with her mother. I don’t care for her in the least, but you know the bonds between mother and child. I don’t understand humans, but they do serve their purpose.”
Both men shivered. Love. That word alone could make him sick to his belly. And he’d run from the room should even one of the others talk about it. It wasn’t something he liked to think about.
“She knows you then.” Jonas shook his head then looked away. The mother knew him, his name as well as what he looked like in his truest form. He’d been arrogant when he’d gone to her when she called and he’d thought to show off. But now that the girl-child—daughter, he supposed—was coming to him, it would matter little to anyone the grave mistake he’d made. He was going to take the mother too, but no one knew that just yet. He decided to share with Peter now. Not that he fully trusted the other demon, but he might need him for something later on. A scapegoat or something similar sometime.
“The contract has my name on it but little else. My blood of course; as you know, that is how a contract is signed. But she told me that she’d keep it in a safe place, and she wants immortality too much to let that go.” He smiled at Peter. “When I
Chapter 5
Jonas looked in the mirror in his room. Right now he was trying to decide if he liked his woman persona or preferred the male, as he was now. Both were very lovely to him, sexy even, but it was the woman that had the others staring at him. He shifted to her body just as the door behind him opened.
“You’ve been above ground.” Not bothering to turn to look at the man behind him, Jonas asked him what he was talking about. “First of all, I can smell the putrid smell of it on you, and secondly, someone saw you coming back. You should take better care when you sneak away.”
“I had business to attend to. I have mentioned to you that there is a soul that is mine for the taking, haven’t I?” He turned then and showed his breasts to Peter. “Are these too large, do you think, for my body?”
Peter came toward him and lifted them up. Jonas was surprised at the feeling he got from it, but when he let them go with a hard bounce, it was sort of painful. Peter told him that he liked them just fine. Jonas shifted to a man again, thinking he’d go back to his woman figure later.
“This soul you have, does he have a name?” Jonas said it was a girl child and he had no idea if it had been titled or not. “Named. Not titled, but named. And it’s female, not girl child. For as much time as you spend up there, you’d think you’d have a better understanding of things. I’ll look into things for you. See what I can find out. I might even try a few things while I’m there just to see if I’m as powerful as I think.”
“I go there to recruit, not to socialize. And if you go, be very careful. I think she has help, or at least someone there lending her some confidence. She was most rude to me last night when I spoke to her.” He sat down near the fireplace and stoked it up more. “You should see how they are. Some of them have no idea what is in store for them. I should like to bring them all down here and see how they manage. And this girl child…female, is no different other than she is mine.”
“Is this the female that her mother sold you?” Jonas nodded. “It must be coming close to the end. Have you talked to the girl yet? Have you tried to bargain with her?”
“She’ll come around. I know that she will. No one would willingly come here if they had a chance to get out of it. For as much as I love it here, there are just as many who don’t care for it.” Peter nodded and said he was amazed himself. “I have spoken to her about what I want, but she refuses me. But the closer she gets to her time, I’m sure she’ll come around. And if nothing else, I will threaten her with her mother. I don’t care for her in the least, but you know the bonds between mother and child. I don’t understand humans, but they do serve their purpose.”
Both men shivered. Love. That word alone could make him sick to his belly. And he’d run from the room should even one of the others talk about it. It wasn’t something he liked to think about.
“She knows you then.” Jonas shook his head then looked away. The mother knew him, his name as well as what he looked like in his truest form. He’d been arrogant when he’d gone to her when she called and he’d thought to show off. But now that the girl-child—daughter, he supposed—was coming to him, it would matter little to anyone the grave mistake he’d made. He was going to take the mother too, but no one knew that just yet. He decided to share with Peter now. Not that he fully trusted the other demon, but he might need him for something later on. A scapegoat or something similar sometime.
“The contract has my name on it but little else. My blood of course; as you know, that is how a contract is signed. But she told me that she’d keep it in a safe place, and she wants immortality too much to let that go.” He smiled at Peter. “When I
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