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“No.”
    Nathan stared at her for nearly a full minute and it took all her willpower to remain quiet. Anger started to build as he made her wait and she forced it away. Anger was what had gotten her in this mess. The numbness was her best chance to get out of it. She forced herself to relax. There’d be nothing gained by trying to hurry Nathan. He liked being in control far too much.
    “It’s not often we’re both fooled. Although I guess when we first hired them, they were exactly as they portrayed themselves. Life can sometimes change people beyond all recognition. I won’t go into all the details. But between the two of them, they nearly bankrupted our company while they lined their own pockets. They’ll never benefit from their theft.” A smile, a mixture of pleasure and cruelty, appeared momentarily. “They left one more problem behind. It’s a large piece of land, which if we can change the zoning, will restore our company. But people are too environmentally conscious these days. So we need to call a demon to change their minds for us.”
    “A what?” Alyssa was certain she couldn’t have heard correctly.
    “A demon.”
    “But demon’s don’t exist.”
    “Our manager and accountant wouldn’t think that. Well, that is if they were alive to think.”
    Alyssa frantically tried to call back the numbness. As she listened to him speak so calmly of the deaths of others, she wanted to run. And she couldn’t. She was handcuffed to the bed. She forced her mind away from thoughts of death and shook her head. “They don’t exist.”
    “Demons are real,” Nathan said softly. “My grandfather was the first of us to learn about them. He was an antiques dealer and came across a book on summoning them. He thought it’d be fun. Instead it turned out to be one of his most profitable finds.”
    “They aren’t real.”
    “Don’t you believe in God?”
    Alyssa shrugged. “I don’t know.”
    Nathan grinned. “Perfect. The demon we call will be very pleased with you.”
    “Me?” Her voice came out higher than usual.
    “What did you think you were here for? Demons need blood sacrifice to bring them into this world and bind them to the task. Living blood sacrifice. You’re the sacrifice.”
    Alyssa shook her head. “You’re crazy, they aren’t real.”
    “They’re very real. And you can’t conduct business with them without being marked.” Nathan undid the button at the cuff of his left sleeve and pulled it back.
    A narrow black line with a hint of red in it slashed across his wrist, as if he’d tried to slit it. And yet it was more like a tattoo, or maybe a burn mark. It was part of the skin, not ink added to it. The mark went from the pulse point in the middle of his wrist and travelled to the outside of his arm where it ended abruptly.
    “What-” her voice failed her.
    “I believe it’s known as a demon mark. You have dealings with them that are deep enough, or even frequent, then it appears. Not many people tie themselves so closely to a demon to gain a mark like this. Or come in contact with enough to make such a mark. It took three demons to make it this long.” Nathan’s fingers traced the mark. “When you ask them to take lives it makes a longer mark. Calling on a powerful demon lengthens it too.”
    “What… how… the blood sacrifice-”
    Nathan’s smile didn’t reach his eyes. “Have I finally got your attention, little rabbit? Have you taken your head out of the sand to see those headlights coming straight for you?”
    Alyssa could only shake her head in disagreement. Words seemed too hard to form. The only word she could hear was demon and it caused all sorts of vivid images to appear in her mind. Ones that involved fire, blood, cloven hooves and horns.
    “Surely blood sacrifice is self-explanatory. We need your blood, Allie. We’ll cut you so you bleed and use that blood to call the demon. Then you’re all his. And the only use he’ll have for you is dinner.” Nathan’s