A Demon's Work Is Never Done: Latter Day Demons, Book 2 (32 page)

How sweet the kiss was, as brief as it had been. Afterward, the wedding guests would think I'd skipped away with her.

Only I felt the rush of power as Bree sent us back to Earth.

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Epilogue

Morgett Blackmantle

"You're telling me the library saved your life?" I stood before the Prince, who'd allowed me inside his private study. Outside, V'ili, Deris and Daris waited. Their lives were safe, for the moment.

"Yes, my Prince," I bowed my head. "It could have killed all of us easily. Instead, it flung us away from the enemy, who was prepared to attack."

"Where is the library now?"

"I have some information on its possible whereabouts. In my opinion, it is now studying the situation, and may allow me to approach it again, when there are no others there. Perhaps it will approve of my mission, or will hand the dark books to me."

"Why do you believe this?" The Prince handled a gold statue on his desk—a priceless artifact that meant nothing to him. It was merely a reminder of a world he and the others of my kind had devoured long ago.

"I stand before you. It knew my hopes and dreams—I outlined that in the report on the temptations it set before me."

"Yes, it did understand, didn't it?"

"Yes, my Prince. That is why I wish to pursue it a second time. It beckons to us. To our race. We could rule all, with you upon the throne."

"And you believe it is still on Earth, somewhere?"

"From what I have heard, it has always been there. It merely moves from one location to another, whenever it is threatened or discovered."

"Then go. I will allow you to search for it again, as it has left you alive to seek it a second time."

"Thank you, my Prince. You have my loyalty in all things."

I bowed and backed away.

Yes, he had my loyalty—until I found the library and then found a way to unseat him. Once, he'd been a mortal, without power.

I, on the other hand, had been born powerful and nearly immortal. We would see who would rule all—with the library's power behind him.

The End