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Chapter 32

I wished I could let go of my resentment and just trust her again. Have us pick up where we left off like nothing had changed between us.

But everything had, and given the equal parts anger and hurt in her voice when she snapped, "Enable your death wish, Rasha? Why, I'd like nothing better." Leo wasn't ready to let bygones be bygones either. "Are you sure about this?" she asked a few minutes later.

I speared a cheese curd. "Do you want to be friends with me again?"

She grimaced and took a big bite of mushroom burger, glowering at me until she swallowed. "No, but still. Asmodeus is bad news. And when you upset a demon-"

"Bad things happen, yada yada." I made a talking mouth noise with my hand. "Believe me, I've gotten the spiel."

Just to be certain, Leo went into graphic detail about what he might do to me in payback, using two forks, half a hamburger bun, and the desecration of my poutine to illustrate. "You still want me to pass on this message?"