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possible.”
    She’d thought about this too. “Since you’re supposed to be here from out of town—”
    “Sweden, to be exact,” Madison interjected in her usual wry way.
    “I said I’m sorry about that,” Emma mumbled. “And we fixed it by telling Poppy he’s been in Connecticut.”
    “Since you’re from out of town,” Daisy repeated, “then you are going to ask her to show you around.”
    The demon frowned. “This doesn’t sound quick to me. I am busy, you know.” Then he muttered something about Satan, and he was clearly pretty agitated.
    Daisy hadn’t considered that. But she supposed being evil did take up quite a bit of time. And she was counting on this guy … this thing? Whatever, she was counting on him to find her sister Mr. Right?
    “Maybe this was a bad idea,” she said to her friends.
    “No—duh,” Madison said in her usual helpful way.
    “It isn’t one of our best,” Emma agreed.
    “Well, since we are finally in agreement on something,” the demon said, “why don’t we call this whole matchmaking scheme off and let me get back to my world?”
    Daisy reached behind her and pulled the book that had started everything out of her back pocket. She flipped the dog-eared pages right to the exact spell she wanted. She scanned the spell that she knew nearly by heart. Shaking her head, she offered him a pained look over the top of the open book.
    “It says this spell is binding until the request is fulfilled. Nonrefundable, nontransferable.”
    She jumped as the demon snaked out a hand with blinding speed and plucked the book from her grasp.
    “Hey!” she said, but watched as he read the passages she’d just perused, then snapped the book closed and scanned the cover.
    He made an irritated noise low in his throat as he read the author’s name aloud, “Ellina Kostova. I should have guessed.”
    “Do you know her?” Emma asked, excitement raising her voice an octave, a fan-girl moment clearly overshadowing her fear. That was until the demon glared at her. Then she shrank back to her place in the corner.
    “I know of her,” he said. Obviously, he wasn’t a fan. He looked at the book again, then held it back out to Daisy.
    “So what was the exact wish?” he asked.
    “Well, I asked that you find my sister her true love. Someone who will stand by her, make her laugh, inspire her, understand her, and …” Daisy hated that she could feel herself blushing. “And you know, make her toes curl.”
    The demon frowned. “Make her toes curl?”
    Daisy shrugged, feeling more heat creep into her cheeks. “You know … make her feel all giddy and excited and …”
    “Get her off,” Madison said.
    The demon shot the girl a surprisingly parental frown. “Are you old enough to say things like that?”
    Madison rolled her eyes.
    The demon ignored the look and turned back to Daisy.
    “And why would I be able to find this person for her? In fact, what do I know about all those things? Except the last one,” he said quickly, holding up a hand to stop Madison, who’d started to speak. “I know how to handle the last one.”
    Madison looked doubtful.
    Daisy only half-registered the exchange, considering why she did think this guy—this demon—could find such a person. Surely the spell had brought forth this particular demon for a reason. It wasn’t like they’d had their pick of demonic entities. He was just the one who came. He had to be the right one.
    “Do you have any special powers?”
    He didn’t answer right away, and Daisy got the feeling he didn’t want to share that information.
    “Tell me if you have any special powers,” she said, putting as much authority in her tone as she could.
    He gritted his teeth, but then said, “I have the ability to control thoughts and feelings.”
    “Whoa.” Madison actually looking impressed for the first time since entering the apartment. “See, we totally could have gotten him to convince my mom to let me and Connor date.”
    This time