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He thinks he’s on a quest to save a life, but he slowly discovers a part of his past that had been erased forever.  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nCopyright © Claire Farrell  \n[Claire_farrell@live.ie](Claire_farrell@live.ie)[ ](Claire_farrell@live.ie)Cover by Yocla Designs Licence Notes:  \nAll rights reserved. This eBook may not be re-sold.  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nChapter One  \n“Point made, Sparky.” Phoenix wrinkled his nose and crossed out some entries on the list laying on the countertop.“We probably shouldn’t try anymore fruit.”  \nThe apple had been flung in the air like a ball, whereas the banana had been slowly chewed then spat out at his feet—while maintaining eye contact. Other fruit had triggered a more visceral reaction. He couldn’t tell if the fruit was actually toxic or if the creature sitting on his kitchen floor had forced herself to puke out of protest, but either way, he wasn’t going to repeat the test. Both of his adult children had vanished after the vomit incident, leaving him to clean it up.  \nHe gave the creature one last hard look, trying to gauge if she were likely to throw up again. She was rolling on her back as if scratching an itch, so he supposed not. Sparky was likely a demon, and an ugly one at that. She resembled part dog, part gremlin, and even had a horn on her snout. For a year, she had been under the care of a six-year-old who assumed she had a pet dog on her hands. That was how strange the world had become. He found some cleaning materials, filled up a basin with hot soapy water, and set to work. He didn’t mind the labour. His childhood had been privileged, but the people who cleaned up after him had been forced into alife of indentured servitude by his mother, one time leader of the fae and member of the old ruling supernatural Council of Ireland. He hadn’t been allowed to lift a finger in front of her. Cleaning was now comforting, something he could control.  \nHe wasn’t sure if that had something to do with the section of his past he couldn’t remember, or if he was still rebelling against everything his mother had deemed beneath him. Not that she could touch him now. He had taken her life, after all.  \n“Are you ready to try something else, Sparky?” he asked when he finished cleaning.“I think you might enjoy the next test.”  \nSparky didn’t look impressed. As a member of the Senate who now dealt with supernatural creatures in Ireland, Phoenix should really have made her existence public and then taken measures to exterminate, but the creature had saved the child who cared for her from a dangerous demon. He felt  \nobliged to give her another chance. The tests were a stopgap in a greater scheme.  \nHe opened up the fridge and pulled out some raw and cooked meats. Sparky leapt onto the counter before Phoenix could lay the food.  \n“Hmm.” Phoenix smirked.“So you don’t live on treats that a child has sneaked outside to you.” He cut off a piece of raw steak followed by some from the cooked leftovers. He left both in front of Sparky.“Now. Which do you like best?”  \nSpark used her unicorn horn to steal both larger chunks of meat from the plates then leapt off the counter and ran away with the food.  \n“You little…” Shaking his head, Phoenix jotted down some notes. Although he planned on shipping the creature off to an expert, he had to admit to a fascination with Sparky. She was new, a missing link between worlds that had once crossed each other. A long time ago, demons had been trapped in books by a great deal of magic. A desperate man had gone through copious amounts of dark magic to open one of those books again. That was likely where Sparky had sprung from.  \nAnd yet she wasn’t the demon the world imagined. 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