Helluva Mate

6

Martha's evil laughter filled the air as four gunshots rang out through the woods, Blitzø dashing out from behind a bush with Ebony at his side, the female demon having one hand pressed to her gunshot wound. The two of them slid down a hill, Blitzø pulling Ebony behind a tree, her back pressed to his front as his tail wrapped around her legs, assuring her and himself that they would be okay.

"I know you're hurtin', little devil!" Martha said as she walked by the tree "I promise, that I can make that pain go real quick! Just come let Mama Martha put a bullet in your pretty little skulls!"

Blitzø let out a low sigh in relief as his mate looked down at her arm, a low groan emitting from her when she saw the wound. No blood came from it, which would be good news for any other demon. Instead, thin black smoke-like streams seeped from the wound.

"Fuck." She muttered, covering the wound with her hand "Papa will be pissed if he finds out about that."

A yelling ringtone suddenly filled the air, causing Blitzø to pull out his yellow colored cell phone, fumbling with it for a moment before catching it in his hands.

"Stolas!" He whispered "this is a really bad time."

"My love wasn't answering her phone." Stolas replied "you wouldn't happen to know her whereabouts would you, Blitzy?"

"She's with me." frustration growing in his voice "what do you want?"

"I've been meaning to follow up on our last little conversation regarding my grimoire?" He replied

"What did you just call me?!" glaring at his phone

"The book, my darling." Ebony replied, turning to look at him over her shoulder

"Exactly." Stolas replied "the book I was given to do my job? That I have allowed you to use to do yours?"

The sound of a gun cocking filled her ears, causing her to grab on to Blitzø, moving him out of the way as a bullet blew through the tree they had been hiding behind.

"I can hear you, darlin'!" Martha called out

"Shit!" Blitzø whispered as they ran behind another tree

"Anywho, I have been thinking." Stolas continued "you know, I have been . . permitting you to access the mortal realm less than . . legally for quite some time now, but I do need it back to fulfill my duties. I was thinking, what if we worked out some kind of exchange? Favors for favors? Doesn't that sound . . enticing?"

Blitzø took off into another run, keeping a hold on his mate as they ducked behind another tree, Ebony listening for Martha for a moment before kneeling down, placing her hand on the floor, her other hand still covering her wound. Blitzø's eyes widened slightly as black veins began to crawl up her injured arm, allowing her to remove her hand from her wound, watching as it began to seal itself shut, preventing the black streams to emit from it.

"You gotta stop using your fancy ass rich people talk, okay?" He said "I'm trying to concentrate on not getting fucked in my A!"

Another gunshot hitting the tree out a pause to her healing, Blitzø pulling her out of the way, her hand disconnecting from the ground as the black veins continued to crawl up her arm for a moment longer before disappearing into her gray skin. The gunshot was still there, but it was no longer emitting black streams, which was a good thing on her part.

"Then, let me keep it simple." Stolas said "once a month, on the full moon, you return the book to me, and I will hire your services to take care of a human in the mortal realm. And you get to keep it all the rest of the time, hmm? Sound fair, my little Imp?"