Book One: Chapter 74

“Why Tink so dozey?” The goblin held her head, leaning against the side of the bed. Mike stepped around her, standing over Lily with his hands on his hips.

“We had a deal,” he said, his voice suddenly hard. “Now honor it.”

The succubus was silent for several moments, other than the sounds of her heavy breaths.

She chuckled quietly, there in the dark, and in her laughter Mike could detect a single sob.

“Fine. We had a deal. One prison for another.”

On her knees, she held one hand to her chest, summoning a ball of fire. Yanking it away, she held out a sparkling ruby roughly the size of a silver dollar. “Here it is-the heart of a succubus. You are my new master.” She tossed the heart to Mike, who caught it in midair.

“Now command me to do whatever it is you plan on doing. I don’t care anymore.”

Mike’s heart pounded in his chest, his own breath ragged. Lily had put him through so much pain and fear inside the Dreamscape, a place that was already