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teak wood. She’d lived in another realm long enough to know that they could get any sort of luxuries just like in the human world, especially gods and goddesses. They just willed stuff into existence and it was usually better quality than that of the human world. She just hadn’t expected the same thing in a Hell realm and it made her even more curious about these two.
Ian shrugged as he opened a vintage-looking refrigerator. Retro she thought the word was. “We’re curious about you. And you seem to hate our father as much as we do so you get points for that. So how’d you guys end up here anyway?”
“It wasn’t on purpose,” Bo said, his posture stiff.
When it was clear he wasn’t going to expand, Nyx decided to. Maybe they’d know something. “We were in a cemetery and when we were standing at a gravestone, we were transported here. Like…” She started to say that it was like when she transported herself but thought better of it. “It was like being in a whirlwind. Then we landed in those ruins.”
“Ruins which are complete rubble now, I hear,” Rory said. “How’d that happen?”
“None of your fucking business.”
Nyx winced at Bo’s rudeness. She cleared her throat. “So, do you know what could have made us end up here?”
“A trap,” Rory and Ian answered at the same time.
Okay, so there was no doubt about it. Either her mother or the person she’d been dispatched to deliver that package to had been the culprit. Deep down, Nyx figured it was her mother and the knowledge pierced her deep.
“She will pay for this,” Bo said, his gaze snapping to Nyx’s. It was full of fire and anger.
Nyx just shook her head once, not wanting to talk about her family. Not ever, but definitely not in front of strangers.
“So…where are you guys from?” Ian asked, returning to the table with two plates. He gave Bo one with raw-looking meat that didn’t seem to disgust him. She realized she’d never seen him eat before, not really. Maybe this is what half-demons ate.
Ian placed a plate in front of her that looked like a gourmet meal of grilled lamb, sautéed vegetables and a small side salad. No way could he have whipped this up in the last couple minutes. Feeling uneasy, she eyed it, then him. “You just had this ready?”
He snorted and sat in front of his own meal. “Hell, no. I can transport stuff from the human realm. There’s this jackass chef I take food from all the time.”
Bo’s lips twitched at his half-brother’s admission.
“So stuff just disappears from his kitchen randomly?”
“Yep. He deserves it, trust me.”
It sounded a bit mean, but she was starving. Even though she’d only had breakfast a couple hours ago, the transportation to this realm, then the running, fighting and use of her chaos powers had drained her. Before she could take a bite, Bo slid her plate over and inhaled deeply. When he was satisfied that it wasn’t poisoned, or she guessed that was what he was doing, he moved it back to her.
“We live on the Gulf Coast of the United States,” Bo said, answering Ian’s earlier question.
Bo picked up the half-full carafe of water in the middle of the table, smelled it, then poured them both a glass.
“I’m from Ireland originally,” Ian said, confirming her earlier thoughts.
“Are you full brothers then?” She’d assumed they were half-brothers.
He shook his head. “We’re half-brothers. Rory is from Scotland. We have different mothers and we only met about fifty years ago.”
Only? She flicked a glance at Bo, who hadn’t touched his food. She’d heard talk at the club and knew he was about eighty, though he didn’t look to be over thirty years old.
“How old are you?” Bo asked.
“I’m a hundred and one and Rory is ten years older.”
“I’m eighty,” Bo said after a moment.
Everyone was silent as they ate, eerie howling sounds from somewhere outside the fortress made Nyx a little nervous. She might be able to create the
Ian shrugged as he opened a vintage-looking refrigerator. Retro she thought the word was. “We’re curious about you. And you seem to hate our father as much as we do so you get points for that. So how’d you guys end up here anyway?”
“It wasn’t on purpose,” Bo said, his posture stiff.
When it was clear he wasn’t going to expand, Nyx decided to. Maybe they’d know something. “We were in a cemetery and when we were standing at a gravestone, we were transported here. Like…” She started to say that it was like when she transported herself but thought better of it. “It was like being in a whirlwind. Then we landed in those ruins.”
“Ruins which are complete rubble now, I hear,” Rory said. “How’d that happen?”
“None of your fucking business.”
Nyx winced at Bo’s rudeness. She cleared her throat. “So, do you know what could have made us end up here?”
“A trap,” Rory and Ian answered at the same time.
Okay, so there was no doubt about it. Either her mother or the person she’d been dispatched to deliver that package to had been the culprit. Deep down, Nyx figured it was her mother and the knowledge pierced her deep.
“She will pay for this,” Bo said, his gaze snapping to Nyx’s. It was full of fire and anger.
Nyx just shook her head once, not wanting to talk about her family. Not ever, but definitely not in front of strangers.
“So…where are you guys from?” Ian asked, returning to the table with two plates. He gave Bo one with raw-looking meat that didn’t seem to disgust him. She realized she’d never seen him eat before, not really. Maybe this is what half-demons ate.
Ian placed a plate in front of her that looked like a gourmet meal of grilled lamb, sautéed vegetables and a small side salad. No way could he have whipped this up in the last couple minutes. Feeling uneasy, she eyed it, then him. “You just had this ready?”
He snorted and sat in front of his own meal. “Hell, no. I can transport stuff from the human realm. There’s this jackass chef I take food from all the time.”
Bo’s lips twitched at his half-brother’s admission.
“So stuff just disappears from his kitchen randomly?”
“Yep. He deserves it, trust me.”
It sounded a bit mean, but she was starving. Even though she’d only had breakfast a couple hours ago, the transportation to this realm, then the running, fighting and use of her chaos powers had drained her. Before she could take a bite, Bo slid her plate over and inhaled deeply. When he was satisfied that it wasn’t poisoned, or she guessed that was what he was doing, he moved it back to her.
“We live on the Gulf Coast of the United States,” Bo said, answering Ian’s earlier question.
Bo picked up the half-full carafe of water in the middle of the table, smelled it, then poured them both a glass.
“I’m from Ireland originally,” Ian said, confirming her earlier thoughts.
“Are you full brothers then?” She’d assumed they were half-brothers.
He shook his head. “We’re half-brothers. Rory is from Scotland. We have different mothers and we only met about fifty years ago.”
Only? She flicked a glance at Bo, who hadn’t touched his food. She’d heard talk at the club and knew he was about eighty, though he didn’t look to be over thirty years old.
“How old are you?” Bo asked.
“I’m a hundred and one and Rory is ten years older.”
“I’m eighty,” Bo said after a moment.
Everyone was silent as they ate, eerie howling sounds from somewhere outside the fortress made Nyx a little nervous. She might be able to create the
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