“We still haven’t gotten to what you get out of that sweet little deal,” he said. “What’s the bottom line? Six easy payments of $49.99?”
“Something like that,” she said. She met his gaze full on. “I want your soul.”
He barked laughter. “That’s a good one, tell me another.”
“No, Michael,” she said, and smiled. Her eyes, a dark chocolate color, became black as pitch, like oil had washed over the whites. Her teeth became razors, triple rowed and deadly as an unseen aura of power filled the room like a suffocating miasma. He scrabbled away from the couch, his eyes locked on her, but in a blink, she had returned to normal. She could have been a secretary or a paralegal but for that flash of vision.
“What are you?” he asked.
“Cassandra Black, nice to meet you.” She gave a little wave. “I’m a crossroads demon.”
“A what?”
She sighed. “I make deals with humans for their souls. We draw up a binding contract. You get what you want most on this Earth at right this very moment — within reason, of course, your soul’s not bloody priceless — and when you die, we collect. You live a full life, and we get your soul in the end.”
“So heaven and hell…?”
“Oh, they’re very real, but not many people see the point in going upstairs these days,” she said with a smile. “That’s the beauty of modern consumerism, it’s all instant gratification. I’ll have to remember to thank the boys in R&D for that.”
Michael Cartwright’s life is a shambles. His wife has left him for his business partner, someone he thought he could trust, until he stole Michael’s half of the business out from under him. And that makes Michael angry. So angry, in fact, that he’s willing to drive a bargain with Cassandra Black. If he can please Cassandra in bed, she’ll take his soul in exchange for revenge against the people who hurt him the most.
Vengeance is a dish best served cold, but Michael’s willing to brave the heat in order to exact his punishment.
(This sizzling erotic short contains explicit descriptions of rough sex and fellatio. Adults only!)
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