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stood his ground, staring the older man down and showing no fear.
“What are you doing here?” He adjusted the cloak around his shoulders and seemed offended by our presence. “Are you Americans?”
“We’re from San Francisco.” Moore’s voice boomed and echoed around the small chapel.
The man’s brow rose with interest, but he said nothing.
“We came here to find someone, or perhaps a group of people,” I said. “Through a series of emails received in America, we found the name Shadow Light and we were hoping to find him.”
He nodded and his gaze remained steady, giving nothing away. “And your search led you all the way to Italy? Why are you so eager to find this shadowlight?”
I heard the low and impatient growl that harbored in Moore’s throat. The incubi in him was surely working him up, and standing face to face with a new and strange demon slayer no doubt added to his strain.
Taking a determined step forward, Moore stood barely a foot away from the man. “A portal’s been torn open and we think this Shadow Light might know how to shut it down.”
Hoping to shut him up before he went on, I stepped forward and put my hand to his arm, but he pulled away and went on.
“You say you’re a demon slayer. Then you should know something about portals and the way demons go through them to get into this world.”
“And what makes you think I would know about such a thing.” He glanced at me, his teeth clenched in annoyance. “You have a professed demon slayer right there with you. Doesn’t she know the workings of the portal?”
I could see we would lose this man’s cooperation completely if Moore continued to intimidate him. “Sir, I apologize for my friend’s harsh ways,” I said as I stepped forward. “Moore has been through a lot lately and this portal opening is testing his patience at every opportunity. I may be a demon slayer, but I’ve never had to deal with a portal opening, at least not one of this proportion.”
His gaze remained hard and uncompromising. Moore took another menacing step toward him, but this time I took a firm grip of his arm and pulled him back. Standing between Moore and the British demon slayer, I tried to take the role of mediator.
“Please, not only do I not have the ability to close this portal, I’m also losing my ability to see demons at all. In certain instances I can still smell them, but I otherwise have no sense of their presence. This new influence, this new influx of demons since this portal opening is getting stronger and stronger, and the change is happening fast.”
“We also know that Dr. Kingsley had several communications with Shadow Light,” Moore interjected.
“Perhaps the answers you seek reside in this Dr. Kingsley. Your hop across the pond may have been in vain.”
“Unfortunately, Dr. Kingsley is no longer with us,” I said. “And his death has left the burden of mending this open portal to his nephew, Braxton. We’ve come here with him in the hopes of helping him.”
The man’s expression changed dramatically at the mention of Dr. Kingsley’s death. “Did you say his death?”
Feeling a shift in his emotions and deducing he’d known Dr. Kingsley, I nodded solemnly. “He was killed by a demon. It truly devastated everyone. In addition to the loss of someone we all loved and cared about, we also have a batch of stronger demons to contend with. Please,” I said as I reached out to him. “Is there anything you can do to help us?”
He turned away, troubled by the news I’d given him. For a long moment he faced the large crucifix behind the altar. “Kingsley has a nephew,” he finally said in a small remote voice.
Frowning I gazed at Moore and he nodded. “Yes,” I said.
“And he is now the gatekeeper?”
“Yes.”
Turning to face us, he shoved each hand in the other’s sleeve. “Is he here? In Italy?”
Unsure of this man’s motives,
“What are you doing here?” He adjusted the cloak around his shoulders and seemed offended by our presence. “Are you Americans?”
“We’re from San Francisco.” Moore’s voice boomed and echoed around the small chapel.
The man’s brow rose with interest, but he said nothing.
“We came here to find someone, or perhaps a group of people,” I said. “Through a series of emails received in America, we found the name Shadow Light and we were hoping to find him.”
He nodded and his gaze remained steady, giving nothing away. “And your search led you all the way to Italy? Why are you so eager to find this shadowlight?”
I heard the low and impatient growl that harbored in Moore’s throat. The incubi in him was surely working him up, and standing face to face with a new and strange demon slayer no doubt added to his strain.
Taking a determined step forward, Moore stood barely a foot away from the man. “A portal’s been torn open and we think this Shadow Light might know how to shut it down.”
Hoping to shut him up before he went on, I stepped forward and put my hand to his arm, but he pulled away and went on.
“You say you’re a demon slayer. Then you should know something about portals and the way demons go through them to get into this world.”
“And what makes you think I would know about such a thing.” He glanced at me, his teeth clenched in annoyance. “You have a professed demon slayer right there with you. Doesn’t she know the workings of the portal?”
I could see we would lose this man’s cooperation completely if Moore continued to intimidate him. “Sir, I apologize for my friend’s harsh ways,” I said as I stepped forward. “Moore has been through a lot lately and this portal opening is testing his patience at every opportunity. I may be a demon slayer, but I’ve never had to deal with a portal opening, at least not one of this proportion.”
His gaze remained hard and uncompromising. Moore took another menacing step toward him, but this time I took a firm grip of his arm and pulled him back. Standing between Moore and the British demon slayer, I tried to take the role of mediator.
“Please, not only do I not have the ability to close this portal, I’m also losing my ability to see demons at all. In certain instances I can still smell them, but I otherwise have no sense of their presence. This new influence, this new influx of demons since this portal opening is getting stronger and stronger, and the change is happening fast.”
“We also know that Dr. Kingsley had several communications with Shadow Light,” Moore interjected.
“Perhaps the answers you seek reside in this Dr. Kingsley. Your hop across the pond may have been in vain.”
“Unfortunately, Dr. Kingsley is no longer with us,” I said. “And his death has left the burden of mending this open portal to his nephew, Braxton. We’ve come here with him in the hopes of helping him.”
The man’s expression changed dramatically at the mention of Dr. Kingsley’s death. “Did you say his death?”
Feeling a shift in his emotions and deducing he’d known Dr. Kingsley, I nodded solemnly. “He was killed by a demon. It truly devastated everyone. In addition to the loss of someone we all loved and cared about, we also have a batch of stronger demons to contend with. Please,” I said as I reached out to him. “Is there anything you can do to help us?”
He turned away, troubled by the news I’d given him. For a long moment he faced the large crucifix behind the altar. “Kingsley has a nephew,” he finally said in a small remote voice.
Frowning I gazed at Moore and he nodded. “Yes,” I said.
“And he is now the gatekeeper?”
“Yes.”
Turning to face us, he shoved each hand in the other’s sleeve. “Is he here? In Italy?”
Unsure of this man’s motives,
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