Total pages in book: 106
Estimated words: 99935 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 500(@200wpm)___ 400(@250wpm)___ 333(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 99935 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 500(@200wpm)___ 400(@250wpm)___ 333(@300wpm)
He smirked. “Naturally, the lords of hell have no interest in giving any of you that chance.”
A few demons traded scowls and furious looks. It really seemed like they were hearing all of this for the first time. Lucifer did tell me that it was dangerous to put demon children in school. If it was left up to their parents to educate them until they entered Abaddon Academy, it could explain why they left a few things out, like that, for example, they were doomed.
“And so because the gates of hell now only open in one direction, and because we don’t know the spell that banished us all and closed the gates on our side, and because we can’t interrogate or identify any of the witches who died and entered hell, and because heaven won’t do the denizens of hell any favors and tell us the spell, and because only demons can leave this place and only when they are specifically summoned by a mortal...” Radu gifted us a lazy shrug. “We’re fucked.”
I stared at him unblinkingly. Was all of this true? How was this the history of the world I live in? How could all of this have happened, but humans today only think of witches and supernatural creatures as characters in fantasy novels?
Humans fought a war for the mortal world... and they won.
“So all of you clueless, ignorant demons who whine about being invaded and demanding the Others go back where they came from, consider that none of us are fucking going anywhere until we take down the real threat”—a look I’d never seen before entered his previously blank eyes—“the witches.”
Sighing, he hopped off the desk. “But how we do that is anyone’s guess.” He flapped a hand over his shoulder. “All right, that’s all for today. Class dismissed.”
I shook myself, breaking free of the trance. The other students must’ve felt similarly dazed because they were packing up and exiting the room in a much more quiet and subdued tone than when they came in.
Murmurs drifted to my ears.
“Could that leech be telling the truth?”
“It’s not possible. My folks said the gods locked the gates of hell. It’s obvious only gods could have done it. A bunch of juiced-up mortal bitches would never get the best of us.”
“Nah. My old man said the leeches invaded hell to escape the sun. The werewolves came running here with their tails between their legs to escape wolf hunters, and those feathery pansies tried to pull a Lucifer,” a fox demon said to a group of guys hanging on his every word. “They were booted from heaven, so they tried to take over the mortal realm—that’s what all that psycho baby-switching bullshit was. They were slowly invading the population, and the mortals didn’t even know it. All they saw were their own chubby little brats,” he said. “But when that didn’t work either, they tried taking over hell, and got their asses handed to them.”
“But what’s the difference between the gods locking the gates, or the gods giving the witches the power to lock the gates?” his elephant-skinned companion asked. “Isn’t it the same fucking result? And if the fairy scum only came here to take over, why didn’t they leave when they failed? Same for the leeches. Why wouldn’t they just live in a damn hole? Wouldn’t that be better than chasing after wolf tail just so they don’t wither up and blow away?”
“Dumbass,” Fox Demon snapped. “All that we’re trapped, we’re starving bullshit is just that. So they can play like they’re the victims after they invaded our turf. If the gates were really closed on our side, how come demons can walk right the fuck through them whenever they’re summoned. And if mortals hate and fear us so much, why would they call on demons whenever the mood strikes them?” He tapped the side of his furry head. “Think, man. The leech is a liar—just like all the rest of them.”
“Yeah, you’re right.”
With that, the demons filed out—dropping their textbooks in the trash on the way.
I shook my head. I’m sure that was done in protest against Professor Radu, but the same professor literally told them everything in that book was nonsense propaganda, so who exactly are they sticking it to?
“Men,” I muttered. “Playing pointless power games in all realms.”
“It’s only pointless if you lose.”
Ronin’s sudden voice in my ear spun me around. I narrowly avoided bonking my nose against his, but I didn’t avoid losing my notebook. Flipping through my notes, he ripped out the pages.
“Hey!”
Cool as ever, he crumpled the pages, tossed the ball up, and snapped his fingers. A flash of light and heat singed my cheeks.
I could only gape at him as the burning remnants floated down.
“I will not need notes for this class. That leech’s lies aren’t worth the effort of being put to paper, and you should’ve known that. I will forgive you this lapse just this once, but don’t let it happen again.”