Sarah was still watching Fredrick when some of what Eve was saying began to filter in. "Please, baby. Don't you want to be together forever? Isn't that what we promised each other? This is the only way we can make true on that promise. I have been waiting all year just to give you this gift so that we can be together." Stunned, Sarah looked at Michael while Eve continued to coo in his ear, keeping Fredrick in her peripheral. She wasn't sure what choice Michael was going to make but she could see his resolve crumbling. He had truly grieved the death of this woman, this demon, when he thought she was dead. What would Sarah do if he chose to take Eve up on her offer and join her forever in Hell?

Fredrick listened to Eve croon on to Michael about being together forever, knowing that she had him hooked the minute she brought up their promise. His concern was over little Sarah, the kitten who chose this night to show she had claws. Did she feel Michael would be worth fighting for? Or would she let Eve take him and become a casualty of this so called war?

Eve knew that she had Michael but was worried that Sarah would find a way to talk him out of his decision. If he changed his mind before the transformation was finalized, then all would be lost and she would not be reunited with her true love. But do demons truly love??

Sarah watched Michael's face as a variety of emotions crossed over it. His anguish over losing Eve, the grief he was starting to get past, the happiness that he had found her alive, the confusion that she WAS alive and what she was telling him and the fear of the commitment he was being asked to make. She moved to put herself between Michael and Eve but Eve anticipated her move and slid the length of her body along his.

© DJ Shaw