King of the Underworld by RJ Kane

Chapter 495

495
Adril
Sephie and Andrei stayed in the penthouse the entire afternoon. The rest of us finally joined them once we were all done for the day. The penthouse smelled of promises of gastro-intestinal bliss when we walked in. My eyes landed on Sephie immidiately. Her smile stretched wide across her face as she freed up her hands to
come to me.
“I missed you, “I told her as my lips found hers.
“I missed you more,” she told me, deepening the kiss.
“How did it go with Andrei?” I asked her as I continued to kiss her. I could hear her giggling in her head.
“I think his level of control might be almost as good as mine,” she said, her lips still on mine. 7 like this multi-tasking thing.”
“Me too. Gives me reason to not stop kissing you. I fully support this,” I told her, holding her tighter.
She laughed, placing both hands on either side of my face. “I love you so much,” she said, her wide smile threatening to stop my heart. Even still.
I pressed my lips to hers once more before she turned around to return to dinner. I felt a moment of disappointment as she went to leave. She looked back over her shoulder, grinning at me. She caught my hand, pulling me with her. Of course, she felt it too.
“Have you found out where Battista is yet?” Sephie asked as she looked between Ivat, and Viktor.

“We’re meeting him tomorrow. He’s coming here, in fact,” Ivan said.
“Oh. That’s different,” she said, looking at me, her eyebrows raised. She looked to Andrei, who also looked somewhat surprised. “Do you think he’s going to surprise us with something again?”
“That’s what I was thinking, too,” he said. He thought for a moment, then looked to Vktor. “I think we should have a tune-up before he gets here, if you can manage.”
Viktor nodded in agreement. “I can make sure everyone is protected, but I’m finding that your auras get stronger once you’ve connected to your demons. It’s pretty much exactly the opposite of what I was thinking when it first started happening. So owe everyone an apology. I was convinced it would make you all weaker, but it’s made you all stronger.”
I was surprised that he’d admitted that. We all knew. We’d all forgiven him. He was struggling with everything at the time. It was surprising that he brought it up in front of everyone.
“I know you grew up in a very traditionally religious household. It can be difficult to merge that world with the one you’re currently living in,” Ivan said.
“That’s a lot of what it was. Religion teaches you to avoid evil as completely as you cas. Like somehow not even acknowledging evil exists will magically make you a better person,” Viktor said.
Sephie smiled her sweet smile at him. We all watched him melt as she smiled at him.
think that’s the trick of religion. They want to keep their customers, right? What better way than to convince them a significant portion of each individual is intently wrong and needs forgiveness? I think we know better than most that everyone has both good and evil. It comes down to the choices you make and which aspect of yourself you give attention to.”
“That’s also what helped me see the error of my ways, if you will,” Viktor said. “Watching you help Jessica, someone you didn’t even know, made me realize that the line between good and evil is very wide and very grey. I was trying to make it much more black and white than it actually is.”
She smiled at him again. “You realize we’re doing the same thing with our demons that you did for Kostya, right? It’s not as traumatic, of course, but by them helping us, they’re clearing their Karma.”
He looked at her, his eyes wide. Everyone’s eyes went a little wide, to be honest. None of us had thought about it that way.
“How did you figure that out, Sephi?” Stephen asked.
“Bubba and Kostya helped me. I was reminded of Kostya saying something similar when I was helping Bubba connect with his demon today. He was worried he was going to be able to control it, but Bubba was the first one to figure out that my demon was trying to save me when all that happened with Ilya. I was trying to
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convince him that his demon was no different from mine. They all want to help,” Sephie said.
“It’s true. The longer you guys are connected, the more you’ll be able to feel that your demons have their own opinions on things,” I said, I glanced at Sephie, grinning at her. “Sephie’s demon, for example, is just as opinionated as she is. On literally everything.”
They all looked at Sephie, trying to keep a straight face. “I know what you’re all thing. We agree on everything. But I promise to let you all witness it if there’s ever a time where we don’t agree.”
“That’s all we ask,” Misha said, laughing.
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