Glass Hearts

18

Once they return to the house Jeremy has Zee let go and face him. "Okay, Zee why don't you tell me what's wrong.

"Master, I don't know," Zee says with tears in his eyes. "I'm scared and I don't know why. There's something wrong and it has to do with the demons of the lower hell."

Jeremy kneels down in front of Zee and looks him in the eye, "Tell me what you know or feel okay? This might be very important."

"It's just a feeling I have, in my gut you know? It tells me that something on the lower levels of hell is wrong and that we should stay far away from it. Master, I have survived over a hundred years and various fights because I listen to my gut. It's not safe for you or me or Mister Lance to go there. They will be waiting for him if he does. It won't be like last time," Zee is shaking he's so sure of what he's feeling.

"Shh, it's okay Zee. Go get the tub ready," Jeremy orders and Zee reluctantly releases his death grip from Jeremy.

Once Zee is out of the room Jeremy takes out his phone and makes a call. "Leann, whatever you do don't let Lance go back to hell for more of his fun. My pet Zee, he's had some sort of foretelling, he must have a touch of witch's blood in him, and he says it'll be a trap. He's terrified for Lance and you. Even more terrified that I will want to go and take him with me. Werewolves don't show fear like this. Yes, I know Leann, but you'll have to convince Lance to not do it, not without a plan of action anyway. They are waiting for you to show up like you did last time. If you and Lance die no one will be able to control your demon child and then this world will die, so I think I have a right to be worried." Jeremy hangs up the phone more angry and worried than he had been before he called. He thought Leann at least would have sense and could rein in Lance's wilder tendencies.

"Master? Your bath is ready," Zee says still shaking in the doorway.

"Attend me," Jeremy orders.

"Master, Mr. Lance will be here soon. Do you wish to get up now?" Zee asks the next day.

"Zee, I need to eat," Jeremy says and moves over to the edge of the bed. He closes his eyes as he feels the pleasure. He is careful to take only what he needs to from Zee.

"Thank you, Zee. You better get ready since you'll be helping. I don't know where she lives so you'll have to direct Lance there. Once there he'll make a portal to here and I'll take over the portal so you both will be able to help Lena move."

"Yes, master."

"Have you eaten?" At Jeremy's question Zee smirk's. "I mean food Zee, I don't want you getting sick from not eating."

"Yes, master, I've been up for about an hour now and had breakfast. I thought you needed sleep so I let you sleep as long as I thought you'd want."

"You were right. Thank you Zee." He looks thoughtfully at the wolf, he's finding it far too comfortable being with the wolf. He decides he'll have to change things up a bit tonight. He's not too sure about how either of his slaves will like it. He smiles and it holds more than a little darkness to it, he doesn't care what they think. And that pulls him up short. Since when has he been so callous towards others even if they were his slaves? Perhaps he is changing and he's not sure he likes the change.

"Where is he?" Rosa demands as she sits very bored in her room at the hospital.

Leann looks at Rosa with more than a little irritation. "He's busy, Rosa, like he told you yesterday. And he's very, very pissed at you. You can't lie to a demon you know. The only better lie detectors are vampires. It probably has something to do with the fact that they make games out of lying to each other and to those they come in contact with."

"You mean about me not being as weak as I said I was? I thought we were starting to move beyond that?" Rosa's petulance is very trying to Leann and she just wants to smack her hard.

"No, but what you pulled last night just about insures that he'll never trust you again." Leann snaps at the stupid witch.

"Last night? What are you talking about Leann?" But Rosa knows and there's a growing pit of cold in her stomach.

"What am I talking about? You know full well. He asked you to adjust the wardings around the house and you said you were too weak. He was furious when he came out of your room, he knew you lied and said as much. That's why I broke your wardings and reset them. By the way, you no longer have access to the house like you did before. You'll have to have Jeremy let you in if you leave." Leann was a little too happy to give this information to Rosa. Rosa has been too wrong in her dealings with Jeremy for Leann to be okay with her.

"What! How dare you interfere between a bonding pair." That was it, Rosa's screech was cut off when Leann smacked her hard.

Rosa holds her hand to her face and backs up as far as her bed will allow her from Leann, "Don't you dare go there bitch. How Jeremy has tolerated you is beyond me, but I think you will find things are different now than when you first got your hooks into him. You better be careful, I know I would if I were you, but you never listen. You are such a selfish bitch, you make me sick." Leann says and storms out of the room.