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Devon watched the human girl from a distance as she fed her three chickens and talked to them as if they were intelligent beings. He wasn’t sure what it was about her that drew him in. Could it be her blood? He didn’t think so, he was sure it was something more. Her innocence?
He watched her for hours and it wasn’t the first time he’d done so since he’d left Madeya’s home. Most of Madeya’s people thought he was enslaved to her like they were, but the truth was that he was her grandson and he was free to leave whenever he chose to and do as he pleased. His mother was no more enslaved that he, but like him, she had nowhere to go, the Bryxx would find and kill her if she left Madeya’s, kill them both. They’d both chosen to live with Madeya over the last two millennia. Devon had never had an interest in leaving permanently, especially in going above ground to the human’s domain where the light was bright and he had to hide what he was, but after his grandmother had asked him to fetch the human girl, he’d found himself more interested in her than he’d ever been interested in anything before.
He’d masqueraded as one of the guards and escorted her and her buyer out to the human domain. He lost track of her at the airport once plane took off but was able to call in a favor with someone who worked at the airport for Madeya. The man had tracked the plane to Saskatchewan, Canada for him, and that’s when Devon knew exactly where they were headed. Madeya had made her money by selling the human back to her protector. Not that she’d care much; she’d gotten what she’d wanted. The only thing that would stop her from trying take her back and sell her again would be the contract she signs with all clients stating that she will not attempt to steal sold items back for resale. The girl was an easy grab and an easy sale.
Devon continued to watch her as her vampire master lifted her up and kissed her on the lips. From their conversation, Devon knew that they were lovers. The vampire he assumed had marked her as his or would soon enough. He’d never seen a vampire in love with a human. He’d never seen a vampire able to stand near a human with blood like hers without attempting to kill her on the spot. At the auction they’d needed to ramp of security tenfold to keep the vampires away from her.
The vampire kissed her again and Devon felt like killing him. What was it about the vampire than made him so damn angry?
Devon watched intently as the two walked back to their new home and closed the door behind them. Then, without even thinking it through, Devon made a rash decision. He walked towards their home, through the demon wards that were useless against him, and changed his appearance into that of her brother’s lover, whom he found near the barn, raking a hay bed for the cows. He grabbed him and turned him to face him.
Devon pressed two fingers to Kai’s forehead before he could make a sound of protest. Kai then collapsed. Devon threw his arms out to catch him, not wanting to alert the others that something was off by making a sound. He then pressed two fingers to his forehead again, borrowing his memories. Then he took the limp man to the slough just off the property and dropped him down into it.
Devon trotted back to the hay where he finished Kai’s job of raking the as quickly as possible. God, other immortals were deaf. He’d been alive long enough to master silence in his every move. Hell, he’d been alive long enough to trick even Madeya into thinking he was someone else. He was strong, one of the strongest immortals in existence.
He approached the house, imitating the goofy smile that Kai always had on his handsome face, and threw the door open. He used Kai’s memories to pluck out the layout of the house. “What’s for supper?” he asked and entered the kitchen where Daniel slaved over the hot stove. As a demon, Devon wasn’t used to eating but since he was for all intents and purposes Bryxx for the time being, he’d need to get used to it.
“Roast beef and mashed potatoes,” Daniel replied before turning, grinning and pecking a kiss on who he thought was his boyfriend. If only he knew.
Devon didn’t mind the affection as a he’d never been objected towards homosexuality. In fact he didn’t prefer one sex over the other at all.
Then May came into the room and he tried not to stare too much, he didn’t want to cause suspicion.
“Hey, Kai, get the bedding situation figured?” she asked.
Devon grinned inside, but on the outside, he put on a face of annoyance. “Why do we have to have those stupid cows anyway? All they do is sleep, eat, and shit.” A classic Kai response.
May rolled her eyes and began setting the table. “I hope you’re hungry because I sure peeled a lot of potatoes.”