The Lure of the Devil (The Demons' Muse #4) - Auryn Hadley Page 0,106

can only create. I cannot remove their memories. I cannot erase time. I do not have an answer.

"But you can make a town for them," Sam said. "That's creating, right?"

It is...

Hearing God sound uncertain wasn't what I'd expected, so I decided to press the advantage. "Then, if you can't help get the slaves back, can you fix them? At least the ones who want to stay on the wrong plane? Can you make them into whatever race belongs on that world?"

With Sia's help, it could be possible.

Ok, that was progress. "And moving them?"

That is not something I can do.

"But," Luke told her, "you can give Sia this divinity, making sure she has the power to destroy what she has to, right? So, if she can move them, then you should be able to make sure she has the fuel to do it. I think you owe us that much."

But that would be for her, not for you. The dragon was clearly getting flustered. How would that repair my mistake to you?

"It's not a fucking deal!" Sia groaned. "Now I know where the angels got it. No, God. That's not how this shit works. You screwed it up, so you're going to help me fix it. We're running around, doing our best to correct your mistakes, so that is why you owe it to us."

"And helping her makes me happy," Bel added. "She is all that matters."

I realized Bel was on the right track. "We don't want to watch the woman we love hurt herself because of this. We don't want to see her suffer because we know what it feels like. You asked how to make it up to us? Well, that's a pretty good start. Help us so that we don't feel pain, or loss, or sorrow. Give us a little advantage so we can finally have a world where we don't always have to fight for everything. Some things, sure, but not every single thing."

I can do that, she agreed. But there are no angels here.

Sam made a sound like he'd found a problem. "Can't you go to the other worlds?"

I can.

"Then what's the problem?" he asked. "Because Earth is where the angels are attacking now. They're stealing humans, and we're going to stop them. That's just the first step, though. But the sooner we're done with it, the sooner all of this is over and you can go back to doing whatever dragons do."

They eat. I do not, so I watch instead. I see my satyrs killing each other, and I think of ways to make them not do that. I move so that people will become what they must to change the thinking of others. I plan, but never as fast as you do.

I laughed once. "Kinda sounds to me like we're going to be planning this whole thing then."

Sia moved closer so she could slip her arm around my body. "Sounds like your mother was a thinker too." But the look she gave me made it clear she had a lot more opinions on that.

"Maybe we can teach her?" I said, trying to keep my voice down. "Because it's a lot different when you're just watching than when you're living it."

"Teach God?" Sia scoffed. "Isn't that, I dunno, an oxymoron or something?"

Bel moved to her other side. "I think that God wants to learn. I think she is to us what we are to most humans."

"I think she's going to need to be smaller," Sam said.

Nick was nodding. "Yeah, but if she can't help us with the slaves, then we need to get some more help, and I'm not sure that God is going to be a benefit there."

"Sayeptal," I realized.

"Yeah," Nick agreed, looking at Luke. "And we're going to have to figure out how to work with a dragon. You up for this?"

"Sia will live forever," Luke said. "Nick, just think about that. Not that she can keep refreshing her skins, wards, and runes. That dragon just said she made Sia as immortal as we are!"

I did, Tiamat agreed.

Luke ignored her. "Michael can't kill her. She can't give up and let go. She can't die on us."

Nick reached up to palm the back of Luke's neck. "Yeah. I got that part. I'm talking about the thing that comes after."

"I don't give a shit," Luke whispered. "My legion cannot die. I'll fight whatever the fuck you point me at, because no matter what, I know that we'll come through it, so yeah. I'll help you