I turned on my heel, again without saying goodbye or thinking of any last words. Either way, I was sure he didn't care if we didn't have a good send-off, or if we ever saw each other again or not. So I shouldn't be interested either. I would see later the way to get him away from my family, and to protect them. There had to be one. If I needed to mop the floor in my house with holy water so he wouldn't come near, I would.Even at my distance, I managed to hear his voice."Amy…" he murmured, but I forced my legs forward, paying no attention to him, "do you want to know why Mabrax called me a freak ?"I stopped short. Something in my chest reacted the wrong way. Ignoring the warning screaming in the back of my mind, I looked over my shoulder at him.I hadn't managed to get too far away either, although there was a slight possibility that he had followed me, but I didn't think about that. My thoughts drifted in the tentative direction of curiosity."Are you serious?"A tired sigh made he

"Find out everything that happened the day you were born," he said suddenly. I looked up and he seemed to notice something abnormal in my countenance, so he reluctantly added, " Please."The latter was somewhat funny to me, but I forced myself not to laugh and nodded."I will," I promised. He stared straight ahead, resuming his haughty face as he squared his shoulders. I watched him for a couple of seconds. Know? I've known more about you in these two weeks from them than during the time I've been with you.-I imagined it. Her.” He rolled his eyes, irritated. They are idiots."Khaius is a little distracted," I added.“It was something I was risking. He let out a short breath. But I know he wouldn't hurt a human like you."Is it special or something?"He frowned."In his own way, yes.""What about your nov… Akhliss?" I corrected myself.He frowned almost dismissively."That was careless on our part," he said angrily, still not looking at me. He learned of your existence through my slip

I bit my tongue as I looked with surprise—and revulsion—at the new uniform that had just been delivered to me, the one we were to wear starting the following week. My stomach clenched at the thought of wearing a skirt to work, especially for someone as prone to falling in public as I am.I put the clothes in my bag, sighing, not even wanting to imagine what I would have to deal with for the rest of the day. My only consolation was that the next day I rested. Generally, Sundays still counted as my "normal" day, my quiet day. The demons also seemed to give me a break, since they didn't dare show up at my house.I wasn't in the best of spirits, not after the conversation I had with my parents the night before. I couldn't help but shuffle around the cafeteria, because it had occurred to me that I didn't want to spend time finding out about what happened the day I was born.I started the conversation before they went to sleep, on the pretext that I had Googled my own name out of curiosity

However, she spoke before I did."I can't believe you do this every day," she whimpered, crossing her arms as if in a tantrum. I haven't even been here ten minutes and I'm already bored.“Akhliss, you can't come here and do this! I exclaimed, clenching my fists. I'm working, dammit!"And can't you get out for a while?" I'm getting bored!“Hey, it's not my duty to entertain you, okay? If you really came to take care of me, then get out of here and do it from outside.She stared at me until her eyes narrowed and she scratched her chin thoughtfully."You look stressed," he told me, "do you want a massage?"Before I could say no, in less than the blink of an eye, she was behind me. I felt her hands on my shoulders, and then she moved her fingers in a soft, rhythmic way. I didn't walk away right away, just because the kneading was welcome on my muscles.“Akhliss…” I murmured in warning.—Do you know what is good for stress? She ignored me. The sex. I can take male form too, did you know? I

-Please!"Calm down, Amy," he said under his breath, very calm for I was losing my temper. Nothing will happen, let her.-That? I questioned. Can't you see what he wants to do?Akhliss was nimble, and without doing me the least bit of harm, she slipped out of my grasp and walked quickly over to David. He froze; I could see how his face paled in a heartbeat.“Akhliss, damn it! I growled.I got to them as diligently as I could. She had already started to speak, David swallowed loudly and seemed unable to articulate a word. I managed to make out that there were traces of sweat on her forehead.I took the devil's arm."Let's go, okay?" I asked urgently.She pursed her lips and uttered a denial. She watched Dave through narrowed eyes for a minute. And then, as if nothing had happened, his nerves disappeared from her expression and something dark took over her gaze, behind the lenses of her glasses, making her smile back at the devil.She was sure she had never seen him like this before...