Oh God. He impregnated all of them. He did. I know it. What the fuck is going on here? My mind ran through all possible scenarios, but I’d only come to two possibilities, and I wasn’t sure which I liked less. The first was that we’d all been impregnated by Azazel and then drugged and kidnapped until it was time to give birth. For all I knew it was March of 2020 already, not 2019. I could have been missing for over a year. That was the most logical explanation—albeit horrific. Because the only other option was that Azazel was not human and these babies had been conceived, grown, and were about to be delivered all within a matter of weeks.

My whole body trembled. I had to get out of here. I had to make a run for it before they found me out here and dragged me back inside for whatever kind of demonic ritual that was. I took a deep breath, then jumped to my feet and raced down the spiral staircase. I had no idea where I was or how far I’d have to go to get help, but I was going to try.

But when my feet hit the cold dirt and I looked up—I slid to a stop.

I was too terrified to even scream.

Two people stood in front of me, but they weren’t people at all. They only barely resembled a man and a woman. They both had black-feathered wings like dark angels—Wait. Azazel. AZAZEL. I’d never been religious, but everyone knew the name of an infamous fallen angel was Azazel. No, no, no, no. Please, God, save me. Save my Little Bird.

The female had long navy-blue hair that blended in with her black wings. She had golden topaz eyes and little matching horns of the same color, but they seemed to be made of the crystal itself. In the center of her forehead was a metallic gold symbol that seemed to be stuck to her skin or was part of her body. Her topaz eyes sparkled down at me. The male had long brown hair where the front two strands were snow-white. He had black horns and eyes that glowed green and were identical to the glowing green orbs on his necklace.

The female leapt forward and cocked her head to the side like a confused puppy, then she reached out and placed both hands on my belly.

I gasped but didn’t dare move. I may not have understood how I got here or how long I’d been here, but I knew I would do literally anything to protect my Little Bird.

She grinned and it sent a sharp chill down my spine.