Tempting Fate

114 Chapter 114: The Demon Bug (Part Two)

Reed let out black smoke to catch the bug and stop the girl from running away. It shocked the woman when she saw Reed and the black smoke flying around her so much that she couldn’t move.

“Who are you?” the woman asked.

When Reed looked at the woman, he made a frowning face. “You can see me...” he told her.

The woman followed his every step. The police came looking for the woman.

“Why are you running and yelling?” asked the police.

“There’s an insect that keeps flying at me. People might die because of this.”

“You are clever, and you know it right away,” Reed said.

“Who are you?” the woman asked.

The police officers looked at each other. “We are police officers, can’t you see? We have uniforms. Go back with the others to that side.”

.....

Reed’s black smoke caught a fly. The woman was looking at Reed, who was confused by the two police officers because they couldn’t see him.

“If you don’t want to become a victim, go back with the others,” Reed said something and then quickly disappeared from the woman’s sight.

What the woman saw shocked her so much that she could not believe it.

Meanwhile, Devin is busy with a man he thinks is a school guard. As he and Devin faced each other, he pointed the gun at his head.

Devin smirked. “Geez, you are way too dramatic. As if it bothers me if you kill yourself.”

“Who are you? What do you need?” the man asked. The bug is still flying around the guard, and it hasn’t gotten inside its body yet. However, the guard seems to go crazy while talking to Devin.

“I need nothing from you, but with that bug that has been going around you for a while, there is,” Devin said.

The man scowled. “Do you see the bug?” it asked.

“Hmm, yeah!”

The guy thought. Even though he’s said it a few times, the police still can’t see it. He’s said that maybe that bug killed people in the university, but they don’t believe him because they can’t see the bug he’s talking about.

“Do you see the insect?”

“Yes, and if you do nothing, I might catch it.” Devin quickly let out black smoke, which flew toward the man, and then his gun went flying off into the distance.

The man was surprised and just stood there, staring at Devin. The black smoke flew around the man again.

“What is that thing? What’re you doing?”

“That’s interesting. You see my power.” Devin said.

“Are you a demon? Are you a demon?” asked the security guard.

“Uh-huh, a prince.”

The man ran quickly, and he thought that the man was going to run away because he was scared. He caught the bug in his black smoke. Later, Devin turned around and saw that the man’s gun was pointed at him. He immediately fired it, but Devin quickly moved out of the way. The bullet went right in front of Reed, who also moved out of the way, and it hit a student who was standing behind Reed.

The male guard was surprised by what Devin did, and Reed was also surprised by what happened. He didn’t know that a student was following him; it was the girl who had seen him and talked to him earlier. He didn’t know that he had followed. The woman’s body fell into the grass. And Reed turned to hear another shot. The man shot himself, but there was black smoke wrapped around his hand, so the bullet went off the man’s head. Reed turned toward Devin. Reed held the woman and looked at her heart rate. Later, two police officers showed up, and one of them immediately called an ambulance. A police officer put the guard in handcuffs.

—

Jasmin and Emy ran after Avery, Devin, and Reed. Jasmin embraced Avery. Emy gave Reed an embrace. Emy took Devin’s hand and smiled at it as she did so. Devin smiled and didn’t complain. When the ambulances arrived, they turned around. Inside the car, they put the three bugs in an empty water bottle and locked it up. Avery observed it.

“These three killed so many people...” Avery said.

“Correction. There was only one person killed there, and that was the mother. The other two were her children,” Devin said.

“And if we got late for sure, it wouldn’t have been just three of them. There would have been more of them, and they would have killed more.” Reed said.

“So, what are you going to do with those insects?” Jasmin asked.

“I can keep it...” Devin said this as he was about to take the bottle from Avery, but Avery got out of the way. Devin chuckled. “Fine...”

Before giving the bugs to Reed, Avery took a photo of them.

“Why did you take a photo?”

“Ah, she’s writing that down in her journal for future generations,” Jasmin said.

Emy nodded and looked at Reed while still holding the bottle.

“What is your plan there?” Reed asked.

Reed didn’t respond and started driving their car.

—

Reed was sitting in front of the nook by the minibar in their house. The bottle sat on top of the nook, and Reed watched it while he was drinking wine. He doesn’t understand how the bug came to be in the human world. It couldn’t go through the portal, so he was sure that someone brought the bug to the human world. Reed may have held back because he knows Maria and her accomplice are gone, but he also has a new enemy. He hasn’t figured it out yet.

Emy caressed Reed’s shoulder down to his chest until he wrapped his arms around her. He immediately grabbed his wife and sat her on his lap.

“You want a drink?” Reed asked.

“When I drink, I feel like I lose myself.” E my said.

“If I’m with you, you can drink because I’ll go with you.”

“Silly!” E my said. “Why are you looking at those? What are you thinking about?”

Emy noticed Reed had been watching the bottle where the bugs were kept. Reed was quiet and seemed to be deep in thought from the moment they got to the house.

“In our world, it used those bugs as punishments. To traitors, sinners, and any other treason they have committed that may hurt the kingdom and the entire realm.”

“Then how did it get here?”

“Yes, that’s exactly my question, Wifey,” Reed said. “Because they have small wings, they can’t just fly through the portal. They can only get through small holes, and the brains of their victims are what they eat.”

“How did they get here? Does that mean there..”

They turned to see the news on the TV that was attached to the wall of the minibar. That’s about what happened at the university, where many people died for reasons no one could explain.

“So that’s you,” Emy said.

It surprised Emy to see Reed’s face on the drawing. A woman says that the man in the picture saved her, but no police officer or bystander saw the man, so people say that the girl is still hallucinating.

“Did she see you?” Emy was shocked.

“Yeah, he can see even my black smoke,” Reed said.

“So then, it’s possible that I’m not the one...” But Emy couldn’t finish what she was going to say because Reed bit her nip in a way she didn’t expect. “Gosh!”

Reed chuckled. “It blocked my mouth.”

Emy frowned because of what Reed did, but it also made her hot. Reed’s warm hand touched her neck to her chest and massaged it slightly. Even though he was wearing clothes, he felt his warm palm go through them.

“Are you getting ready for me and that’s why you’re not wearing a bra, huh?” Reed asked. “I wonder if you’re wearing undies.”

“Jeez, stop doing that. We better bond just like before.”

Reed raised one eyebrow. “What sort of bonding do you want?”

“Watching movies and cooking are things most newlyweds do,” Emy said.

“Is that what newlyweds do?” Reed asked with a frown. “I know they have sex all day long, everywhere and anywhere.”

“Oh my God, where did you see that?” Emy asked.

Reed did not answer and just laughed. Reed suddenly stood up and put Emy in the corner.

“What if I took you from here?” Reed’s smile was playful.

“If you can...” Emy said.

Reed put both of his hands into Emy’s dress and played with both of her breasts. Both nips were lightly squeezed, and both fingers played with them. Emy took Reed’s shoulder. When the doorbell rang outside, they both turned around to see who was there.

Emy and Reed stared at each other. “Who’s it?” Emy asked.

Reed fixed Emy’s clothes and put her down in the corner. Then she let out black smoke, and who knew what was outside? Reed took a deep breath and scowled.

“Why?” Emy spoke up.

Reed said, “It’s Devin.”

“Devin? How did he know where we lived?” Amy spoke up.

Reed didn’t answer but walked toward the door. No one is just allowed to walk onto the property of their married home. Because of this, not even Devin can just walk into their house. Reed opened the door, and Devin smiled as he did so. He was carrying a paper bag, and Emy’s father and Emy’s brothers and sisters joined them later.

“Hello, Reed...” Devin said.

“Reed, won’t you open the door for us?” Eddie asked.

Reed stopped what he was doing right away so that Emy’s family and Devin could come in. When they walked in, Reed was the first one to stop Devin.

“Let’s talk...”

.....

Devin agreed and gave Mark the paper bag he was carrying. Then they left the house.