Page 17 of Guarded by the Hellhound (Accidental Monsters #3)

RAIDER

T he asshole who dared to touch my Kat softly whimpers as I drag his body through Hell. He stopped screaming when I took him down underground. Creating my entrance to Hell turned out to be another neat little trick in my book.

I am disgusted by this piece of filth. Leaving him in the hands of my king is not going to be a hardship.

“That was fast,” Lucifer’s voice sounds through the pits. I huff, letting go of the body, and step away from it. Shifting in the process.

“I live to please, sir.” Sarcasm drips from my tone, but the devil ignores it.

“Let’s see what you brought me,” he says as he walks towards us, appearing out of thin air.

“That looks like a fine, rotten specimen.” He makes a hand gesture, magic brimming in the air. The asshole starts crawling back, pleading and crying. He is pathetic.

“Here’s your soul, Lucifer.”

“That gives you a year, Raider.”

“A year? ”

“Yes, until you bring me another soul and another, and so on.”

Lucifer crouches before the human. “You’re a pathetic little bitch, aren’t you? I see why he took you.” Another wave of his hand, and the human disappears.

The devil stretches out, giving me a blank look. “Every year, on Halloween, you bring me a soul. A dark one, like this. Halloween gives them extra spice, and it’s the one night I can take a soul that’s not rightfully mine.”

“You can live out your life with the human girl as long as you stay close to the gates and keep guarding them.”

Nodding, I look him in the eye. “You have yourself a deal, Lucifer.”

“Yeah, you mentioned that before. Goodbye.”

He disappears in a cloud of red smoke. I turn around and shift as I make my way back towards the gates, back towards Katherine.