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take you long, maybe a week or two.”
    Amber pursed her lips. “I’m wrapping up finals, and then I’ve got graduation, but I don’t start my internship in Napa Valley until August. Would June work?”
    “Perfect. The location might be a bit of a problem though. It’s in Hel.”
    She paled, her breath hitching. “Sam, are you insane? I can’t go to Hel.”
    Yeah, that was an issue. Elves considered her a blight on their beautiful genetic purity and would kill her if her presence was discovered. Demons probably wouldn’t be as murderous, but their fascination with her odd parentage could result in an enthusiastic welcome. Death by hate or death by lust—either one was still death. And then there was the fact that anyone could take her out to collect the bounty on her head.
    “Yeah, but it’s just a little tiny sliver of Hel. No elves. No demons. Just a group of formerly enslaved humans who are slowly starving to death because they can’t get crops to grow.”
    It was a low blow, but Amber had a soft spot for humans. She’d been raised as one, and the plight of her changeling stepsister haunted her. Nearly two decades of her sister’s enslavement had bought Amber’s safety. I knew it was a debt she felt she could never repay.
    The blond woman chewed her lower lip. “How can you guarantee my safety for the week I’m there?”
    Shit if I knew.
    “I can have one of my household guard you.” Of course, it would have to be one of my Lows. Leethu had her hands full. Dar was joined at the pelvis with this Asta angel. I’d have to assign her someone I wasn’t planning on using for Infernal Mates. Someone unsuitable to pair with an angel of any level, yet able to protect her from any demons or elves that got wind of her presence. Maybe that color-changing guy.
    Amber sighed. “Please tell me this demon of yours speaks English, otherwise I’m going to spend a week repeating the ten Elvish words I know.”
    Damn. I totally forgot about that. My mind raced, trying to think of who knew Demon, Elvish, and English. Nyalla, although I could never ask that poor girl to return to Hel after what she’d been through.
    “Kirby!” Amber jumped at my shout. “He’s a mage, and he lives in the human area. He’ll be the perfect translator for you while you’re there.”
    She gave me a sidelong glance before turning to secure a gaudy headpiece to her blond hair. “You know Irix is going to kill both of us if he finds out.”
    Where was she going with this? “Uh, then let’s make sure he doesn’t find out?”
    “I have something to request in return for this service you’re asking of me.”
    I caught my breath. Amber had clearly been learning more than sexual technique from her incubus boyfriend. “I will gladly offer you a favor in return for this. Any favor, as long as it doesn’t break any vow I’ve previously made.”
    Standard language, but Amber shook her head. “No. I want immunity for Irix. Permanent immunity.”
    “He won’t join my household.” Not that I blamed him. Membership in my household tended to dramatically shorten a demon’s life expectancy. “Only demons who are members of my household are granted immunity.”
    Amber arched an eyebrow. “You’re on the Ruling Council. You’re the Queen of Hel in their eyes. And more importantly, you’re banging the Archangel Michael. Get busy with the pillow-talk and get it done, girl.”
    I don’t know if I was more astonished that she knew Gregory’s real name or that she thought I could sway him on something like this—even in the throes of passion. Love only went so far with a six-billion-year-old angel, and Gregory always managed to see through my attempts to sweet talk him into doing something for me. That angel got such perverse pleasure out of telling me ‘no’.
    “He’s not heading up Aaru right now, Gabriel is. And we don’t exactly see eye to eye.”
    “ Please .” And now she was rolling her eyes. “We both know who is really in