Chapter 23

“Lily?” Dana turned off the hot water and stepped out of the shower, pausing long enough to dry off. She stuck her head out of the bathroom to see that the succubus wasn’t back yet.

She frowned. She thought she had heard Lily’s voice, but was clearly mistaken.

Back in the bathroom, she dried her hair with the blowdryer. Wet hair in a motorcycle helmet was the absolute worst, and the last thing she needed was another reason to be miserable on the drive home. Even if the flask was the only thing they brought back, every victory counted.

“What a load of shit,” she muttered under her breath, already dreading the long, midnight hours she would spend later justifying her decision to leave. It was hard to be objective, and if it wasn’t for Lily, she would be figuring out how to follow these Order people and see what they knew.

Still, if the succubus was afraid of them, it had to be for a good reason.

Once her hair was dry, she walked into the bedroom and chang