Something Wicked (50 page)
Authors: Michelle Rowen
Caroline Riley watched from the shadows as her daughter left her apartment building and headed toward her rusty Toyota. She was about to run up to Eden and give her a big hug, but held back when the demon came into view.
He was tall with unruly dark hair that fell almost to his broad shoulders. He casually pulled on a black jacket as he trailed closely after Eden. He was handsome, of course. Most demons had a highly attractive human visage they wore when not using their demonic form. It made it that much easier for them to prey upon humans.
He was going to be a problem.
She wondered why Eden would choose to spend time with this creature and allow him into her home. Maybe he was threatening her. Blackmailing her.
Or . . .
sleeping
with her.
Was her daughter having an affair with a demon?
Caroline ran the scenario through her mind, but it didn’t sound right to her. Eden had always been a rule follower, a perfect student, a hard worker, although one who lacked career direction. Someone like that wasn’t one who’d have her head easily turned by one of Lucifer’s minions.
Despite her natural beauty—that she’d inherited from her mother, of course—Eden had never had very much confidence in herself, poor thing. That must have been what the demon had seized upon.
Caroline had arrived just in time. Sure, she had other pressing matters to attend to, but rescuing her only child from the clutches of a demon had now been added to her lengthy to-do list.
It would be nice to talk to Eden again. It had been much too long since they’d last spoken.
Then again, Caroline
had
been dead for the last three months.
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