Sinful As Hell (The Demon Academy #1) - G. Bailey Page 0,33

into this secretive life and never asked for my help. I would have and still would do anything for my family, but she never treated me as such. Now I might lose my son because of these secrets," she tells me.

"I love my mum and dad. I know my mum would have only kept secrets to keep us alive," I say.

"What if these secrets were too much for even your mum to hide?" she asks, shaking her head. "Something bad happened, and I never once thought Leo or Irene killed all those people and took their souls. We may be demons, but we respect our own, and most of all, we respect death. The five people killed were close friends of Leo and Irene. They would never have wanted them to lose their souls and die the way they did," she tells me. It makes me feel a little bit better because finally, someone thinks the same way that I do. My parents did not do this.

"I was seven when we left our home, and I don't ever remember leaving the house. I was homeschooled until the move and lonely. Really lonely to be honest," I say, biting on my lip. “I used to play dolls and pretend I had friends and more family. Including a grandmother.”

She smiles at me, a real smile. "They never told a soul about you, and that makes no sense. Can you think of any reason, anything at all, why they would do that?" she asks.

"No," I honestly tell her.

"One day you will see I'm not the bad guy and you can trust me. I will be leaving now; I want to go and see my son," she tells me.

"Can I see him with you? Please?" I ask.

"Witnesses can't see the accused until after the trial as not to tamper the evidence you give," she explains to me, stepping closer as I look down at the floor. For a second, I thought I had a chance of seeing them once again. Turns out that was wrong. "But I will pass along any message you want."

"Just—" I pause because there is so much I want to say, but I don't want it to be a passed along message. "Just tell him I love him, and I'm doing well. Don't tell him about the demon thing and being sick. He will just worry." I say, and she nods, walking to the door, stepping over the sick. She pauses with her hand on the handle and looks back at me.

"You belong to my family now, and that means if you need help, you only have to ask for me. Call my name into any fire, and I will appear for you. I may live in hell, but there are always ways of contacting Earth," she tells me.

"I don't belong to anyone," I whisper.

"We all belong to one person, Alexandria. His name is Lucifer, and one day you will meet him and bow, pleading your undying allegiance to him before you even realised what you said. All those who meet our king fall to their knees. You will not be different, Alexandria," she warns me, her tone much more serious than ever before.

"We will see," I mutter, and she smiles at me like I'm a sad child who knows nothing. I might not do.

Chapter 13

Who would want a monster for a soul mate?

"You're back early," Sera notes as I walk into the apartment, kicking the door shut behind me.

"Mr. Morganach cancelled on me for the weekend. Said he had other things to do and that I should amuse myself," I explain to her. “Amuse myself? Who does he think he is?”

"Did you actually speak to him, or are you still carrying on with the silent treatment?" she asks with a small smile.

"Silent treatment for the win," I say, dropping into one of the leather chairs, eyeing Amethyst fast asleep on the other chair. "It's amusing to see his frustration building every time I never reply when he is talking to me."

"You do realise dark angels aren't all holy and can actually kill you?" she warns. I get the feeling he really wants to kill me, but he can’t for whatever reason.

"I know," I say. "But everything at this academy is trying to kill me. Why not have some fun with it?"

"You're crazy, that's all I'm saying," she replies. I run my gaze to the window, including the wooden planks across the one section that Javier fitted. Luckily no one