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See, it used to be that just two Furies could monitor and control the demons throughout the world, but within the last few hundred years, demon activity has been spiked. So now we communicate with humans and get them involved, which makes our job easier and we get the added benefit of catching more demons. The humans who help us are specially trained agents, usually with police or military background, and are known as Enforcers.”
    Capri nodded as she glanced back at the demon tracker. “So these Enforcers hunt down the demons for you?”
    “They assist us with the more trivial cases, and then alert us if there’s a really bad case and then we swoop in and take the bastard out.” He swiped his finger across his throat and grinned. “All demons are better when they’re dead. And only we have the ability to banish a demon who has possessed a human, and the power to sense if a demon is nearby or has recently vacated an area. So many times the Enforcers require our help to finish the job.”
    “How do the demons live amongst humans and never get detected?” She asked curiously. “I never even knew they existed until I came here.”
    “A demon’s true form is that of a serpent, or snake, and most of the time they simply search for an emotionally vulnerable human and latch onto them, possessing their body and living like that. Some of the most horrific murderers and dictators in history have been under the influence of a demon.”
    “You’re kidding?” Capri managed, looking horrified. “So I might have come across someone who was possessed and I wouldn’t even know it?”
    “Probably not. But then again, if you crossed paths with someone possessed by a demon and lived to tell the tale, you’d be damn lucky. They would have sensed your Dryad blood and known within two seconds what you were.”
    “Oh, well…” Her hand came up to her heart to steady herself. “That’s terrifying.”
    “It’s a harsh, cruel world out there, girl. Better get used to it.” He chuckled and turned his eyes back to the demon tracker screen. After a moment, he spoke again, and his voice was kinder. “But you’ll be safe here, on Euphora. It’s the safest place there is.”
    Capri looked at the screen again as well, and her eyes focused on Richmond, Virginia, where there were three or four tiny red dots.
    “So, let me show you how we fight these demons!” Roarke said suddenly, his booming voice startling Capri back to reality. She nodded again, still feeling disturbed at the thought of ‘positively lethal’ demons living within miles of her just yesterday…
    Roarke led her back over to the shooting cages, where Clynn was busy watching Rian firing off rounds from what had to be the largest revolver Capri had ever seen.
    As they entered the cage, Roarke laid a hand against Rian’s shoulder, and he pulled the ear plugs out of his ears and turned to face Capri.
    “Hold out that revolver, son, let’s give the girl here a lesson in demon weaponry.”
    Rian skillfully removed the rounds from the revolver, and Capri noticed that they were no ordinary lead bullets.
    He caught her staring at them with wide eyes, and his lips twitched into a smirk as Roarke began to speak.
    “In case you’re wondering, these are called Demon Fire Rounds, or Eternal Fire Rounds, depending on who you ask.” Roarke chuckled, grabbing one of the rounds as his son passed it to him. He held it up to Capri‘s face, so she could see it up close. “See, it has a lead casing at the bottom that holds an extremely flammable liquid, something more potent than anything humans use, trust me. And above it is eternal fire encased by glass. Eternal fire is something that can only be found in the Underworld, and only demons can control it. It needs no oxygen, no fuel, nothing. It burns, just like its name suggests, eternally. When this round is fired and hits a target, the eternal fire combines with the liquid underneath, and BAM!” He swung his arms out,