Chapter 20

[1750 B.C.]

When I realized I was walking towards the lounge to have dinner with Calisto, even if that conversation had not been exactly what I wanted, it had still been good and there was no reason to lock myself in my room and eat alone.

It would be childish and in a way, it would also be stupid.

"Are you sure about that?" I heard Asmodeus say as I passed in front of his room in the hallway leading me to dinner, so he smiles.

"Of what?" I couldn’t help but question and the demon raised one of his eyebrows as if trying to understand if I was dumb or naive.

"Are you sure you want to be around him? You can always find a good excuse and you know... stay away?"

It was a valid option, I realized, but I didn’t really want that, so I just briefly denied it while turning my back on it.

"I want to be treated like an adult woman, Asmodeus," I said simply as I stared him over the shoulder "I won’t get that if I lock myself in my room because I don’t l