9. Nero
Iwas so glad Kujo came to get me when Sydney was awake.
She was definitely not a morning person, and I had a time sensitive present for her.
I texted Wrathhog and then had a minor freakout I was actually texting the Wrathhog.
She said she was interested in seeing what I’d be showing Sydney and maybe I wanted to show off a bit.
“You sure you want to show her this before she eats?” Celix asked.
“Are you kidding? If what I think is going to happen, I might never get to show her this again. Would you stick around if someone showed you this?”
“Set the scene. Do you mean Sydney or just a one and done?”
“That’s valid. It would be completely disgusting, but I’d forgive Sydney.”
“If she doesn’t get grossed out and punch you in the dick, I think she’s going to love this.”
“There will be no assault on my dick. You’ve heard her taste in movies. She’s going to love it.”
“You’re holding her hair back if she’s a sympathy puker.”
We managed to not make arses of ourselves entering the room this time. Celix let me go first since I was the one with the present. Before I could say anything, Wrathhog portalled in. It meant a lot that she wanted to see this enough that she couldn’t wait to walk.
I whipped out the toothbrush and presented it to her. I guess with everything else going on, she forgot the significance of this toothbrush because she was looking at me like I was utterly insane.
“So, I marked your ex when I cursed him. He’s about to try to initiate sex with the child he left you for. It’s going to get explosive. I swiped his toothbrush so we can watch in the mirror and you don’t have to smell it this time.”
“Oh, holy fuck. Can I keep you?”
“I want to watch,” Wrathhog said. “My mom hasn’t had to do that kind of magic since she married my dad, but she told me about it. Knowing this guy was a dick to my baby cousin just makes it sweeter.”
“How does this work?” she asked.
I just needed to brush the toothbrush across the mirror and put some magic into it. Any demon could do that if they had someone’s DNA. Wrathhog had magic from her angel DNA that I didn’t. She waved her hand and the mirror that was hanging on the wall suddenly took up the entire wall.
“That’s kinky. Can I do that?” Sydney asked.
“Eventually. Honestly, I don’t know what you’re capable of.
Lucifer was an archangel. The rest of the Fallen aren’t.
They’re a little stronger than the average angel.
We don’t know what kind of angel your great grandfather was.
Could be another Grigori falling in love with mortals, but they might not make that mistake again. ”
“Not to go into the sordid history of the Grigori and how the other angels massacred their kids right at this moment, but we’re going to miss it if I don’t get the mirror up and running.”
Sydney had questions while I activated the mirror. No, angels couldn’t mirror watch. Demons couldn’t either without DNA. Blood worked best, but that wasn’t always practical. Hair was a bit of an inconvenience, but a toothbrush was perfect in a pinch.
I dipped it in the glass of water I swiped from her nightstand and brushed it across the mirror.
It instantly lit up. I finally laid my eyes on the man she married.
I could take him without using a drop of magic.
I also knew what she was into since she ended up in Hell and I was a little surprised by the man I saw in the mirror.
I wasn’t the only one, but only Kujo felt the need to comment on it. I guess he thought his nuts were safe while her wings were fragile.
“He doesn’t look like the type to throw you around and maybe choke you a bit. I got you pegged, Killer.”
She flipped him off, but she was laughing.
“I’m versatile. Tortured artists are also my type. Except I later learned he couldn’t actually sit down and produce any art and that was everyone else’s problem. Ah, fuck. He finally went and got a prescription for the boner pills.”
Was that what he was swallowing? We didn’t have those here.
If anyone, male or female, needed help in the bedroom, you could just buy a potion off an incubus or succubus.
It was basically just moonshine, some fruit to flavor it, and then we spit in it.
Worked like a charm with zero side effects and tasted delicious.
Made my kind who sold that kind of thing decent money if they never talked about who bought from them.
He stripped down naked and started walked out of his kitchen. I’d be honest, I wanted to see this too and him cheating on Sydney wasn’t the only reason. I had this defensive power for a reason and I’d be put to death if I used it to defend myself.
I’d never seen this aspect of my magic in action before. Technically, this man hadn’t tried to kill me, but he hurt the heir to Hell and I happened to care about her.
I couldn’t wait to see this either.