Eisheth grabbed three champagne flutes from a passing butler, handed one to me, and then gave another to Az. He took it begrudgingly and gave me a nod to do the same. I needed to play long until we could get rid of her, or she’d realize something was up.

As I took a sip, Eisheth latched her fingers on my arm. “I’d love to show you something, darling Mia.”

I opened my mouth to argue and shot a panicked glance toward Az. This wasn’t part of our plan. The Legion were waiting for me on the roof, and I needed to get out before things went down. Az would never stop the sacrifice with me here. All these humans—whichever ones they were—would lose their souls if we didn’t pull this off.

Still, there was little I could do as Eisheth dragged me over to a painted symbol on the floor. Drawn in bright red paint, it looked a lot like Az’s seal, just…different. The circles inside the swirling lines curled left more than right. And the pointed tail was nowhere to be seen. My heart pounded as I stared down at it. Another demon seal. That had to be it. Lucifer’s.

I took a step back as fear transformed my knees into jelly.

“What do you think?” Eisheth asked in a sickly-sweet voice.

“I…” With trembling hands, I down the rest of my champagne and shoved the glass toward Az. He watched me with pinched brows and flat lips. He couldn’t say anything, not without giving us away. I had to do this all on my own.

“I need to go to the bathroom,” I blurted out.

Eisheth opened her mouth, but I didn’t stick around long enough to hear what she planned to say. With a determination I didn’t know I had, I hightailed it out of the room and soared down the quiet hallway. Following Phenex’s instructions, I hung a left and practically ran to the end door. I flung it open and stumbled inside, lungs aching, heart racing. The door slammed shut behind me and I slumped against the cold, biting metal.

“Thank god,” I whispered, wiping the sweat off my forehead. I may have seemed a little frantic, but at least I got out of there. Now, Az could save those souls.

After I caught my breath, I pushed away from the door and reached for the window. It was shut. Frowning, I tugged at the bottom, wondering how that had happened. Phenex had said he’d left it open so that I could get out as quickly as possible.

The window didn’t budge an inch.