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beings. Not good odds even for me. Oh well, might as well
be eaten for a lion as a lamb. “I have a life and clients waiting. Why did you
drag me here?”
    The she-devil smiled but the smile didn’t quite reach her
black eyes. “She has fire, don’t you think, Dialle?”
    Prince Dialle gave me a look that reminded me strangely of
that aforementioned element and nodded mutely. Seems the she-devil had got his
tongue of fire.
    “Please stop discussing me as if I wasn’t here. It really
pisses me off.”
    She-devil laughed and merely squinted her eyes at me. The
effect was immediate and very disturbing. My knees buckled and went out from
under me. My back hit the soft carpet and jerked my leaden head after it. As I
looked up from my newly horizontal position, I could see, through blurry eyes,
that the entire ceiling was covered with naked people doing things you’d expect
a bunch of naked people to be doing. Figures.
    I struggled to my feet, my head whirling with the effort and
grinned at her. “Not bad, but I’ve had better.”
    The she-devil came to her feet with a snarl and her slender
arms came up. Suddenly a deep, incredibly sexy voice filled my mind. It took me
a minute to understand that he wasn’t speaking aloud. Shit, shit, shit. He was
in my head again.
    Do not taunt her, pretty Tweener. She will kill you
without a thought.
    Aloud he said, “She is not very bright, my love. Are you
certain that she is the one to help us?”
    This distracted the she-devil enough so that she didn’t kill
me on the spot. Things were looking up.
    “Unfortunately she is all we have. I have been told that she
is the one. We must make do.” She sat back down with a disgusted sigh.
    “It’s just so hard to get good help these days.” Even to me
my voice sounded slurred and mushy like I’d been drinking all day.
    My lovely prince chuckled and shook his head. “Yes, my love,
you are correct, she does have fire, but no sense to go with it. She will be
lucky to survive against Nerul.”
    The voice filled my head again and I glared at him.
    You are lucky I have reminded her that we need your
services. See if you can keep your mouth shut long enough to survive this
audience.
    I really wanted to stick my tongue out at this guy.
    Instead I raised my hands and tipped my head in her
direction obligingly. “Tell me, Princess, what can I do for you that you can’t
do for yourself?”
    The look I got back really made me wish I had access to a
bathing pool full of holy water.

Chapter Five
    When Evil Calls
    I donned my pretty black dress, I donned my tall
leather boots,
    I set out to fight my wicked foes and wound up in
cahoots.
     
    “It all began about two thousand years ago,” Dialle said
with a straight face. “There was a war between the two royal courts and many
souls were lost. The war has continued, in one way or another since that first
battle. It shows no signs of ending, even now.”
    He stood up and began pacing behind the long table. The
other devils watched him with avid faces as if they’d never heard the story
before either. Mostly I just watched the way his tight little butt moved under
the shimmery pants.
    “The first Princess that we lost to Nerul was used for
pleasure and sport by the entire court. She held up surprisingly well, but
eventually even she could not withstand the abuse. Her soul fled her and feeds
our hatred for Nerul to this day.
    “We lost a young Prince to Nerul next, as the result of a
war to avenge Princess Kaar. Prince Dev lasted only a few years and his soul
was too battered to join with us, so he is out there somewhere, tortured for
eternity.”
    The Devil Court seemed bothered by this, which surprised me
a little, since I thought being tortured for eternity was pretty much business
as usual for devils.
    “And now, Queen Kaline has been taken. We cannot allow Nerul
to get away with this defilement. He and his entire court must die.”
    I know I should have kept my mouth shut but by now