“Nah, I’m having a whale of a time. My soul is bound to a total dick of a demon. How could I have more fun than this?” I turned to Serena. “Speaking of dicks, I have a question. Do demons have weird ones? With a pointy thing at the end. You know, like demon tails? And also, does he have an actual tail, too?”

She gave me a blank stare. “Did you just ask about his dick?”

I shrugged. “Aren’t you curious?”

“No. No, I am not.” She shook her head. “I feel like you aren’t taking this seriously.”

Sighing, I pressed down the front of my dress, wondering exactly how my life had gotten to this point. Hiding from a demon at a party for supernaturals and hoping that I could hold onto my soul for a month. “I’m taking it seriously, but there’s not much either one of us can do. Just gotta keep my head down and get through this next month. Shouldn’t be that hard, right?”

Her lips flatlined. “My world is crazy, Mia. There’s a reason I never invited you to come with me to things like this. Noah, too. I have to socialize because of my job. If I didn’t have to, I wouldn’t be here. These people can be dangerous, especially for humans.”

My heart pounded, and I swallowed hard. “None of them can be much worse than a demon, right?”

“You’d be surprised.” She crossed the room and took my shoulders in her hands. Her dark eyes bored into mine. “As crazy as this sounds, I want you to stick close to Asmodeus. He needs you for something, which means he won’t let anything happen to you. You’re under his protection, which ironically, is probably the safest place you can be. For now. No one is going to fuck with one of the Princes of Hell.”

“Sure,” I said in a small voice. “No one is going to fuck with Lucifer’s right-hand man, except maybe the angels?”

Her face clouded over. “The angels? What do you mean?”

A fist pounded the door, and a girl called out on the other side of it. “Hurry up! I have to pee, and you two are taking forever in there.”

Serena grimaced and released her grip on my arms. “Our time’s up. Remember what I said. Stick close to Asmodeus. And keep me updated. Some of the rules might not apply to him, but others do. If he does anything that seems off, let me know. I might be able to get you out of this.”