I turned the page and found that I had reached the end of the book. According to the book, out of all the possible demons which represent the sins, none of them had possessed me. So, the book had proved a complete waste of time. I sighed (it seems like a repetitive hobby of mine nowadays) and picked up the next book: The Fallen Demons. 

Well, I certainly didn't know that there were fallen demons, much like fallen angels. This book gonna be interesting. I had just reached the second page, when there was a loud thump. I looked up to find that Haniel had dropped a book. I ignored him, and started reading the index. 

I didn't want to read about the cruelest demon, the most famous demon, the demon lord. Maybe I did want to read the last one, but the thought that the demon lord himself would possess a pesky little mortal like me, hurt my head. I looked towards the end of the page. The first demon, the last recorded demon, the banished demon, the most handsome demon, the most powerful demon, wait. The most handsome demon. I am reading this one.

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My head is hurting now. There is apparently a demon called Barbatos, who seduces females in summers. He is physically the most attractive demon in hell, and he can change forms. There was also a long description after this, but who cares about that. The thing is, he can possess humans during mating. He was also removed from his very high status as an Earl and chained, due to failing some unknown task. 

I have mated (saying the other word in a place which I assume is near heaven kind of makes me feel guilty) with many people. But this possession business seems new. Let's see, who did I sleep with in this week. There was that James guy, but I actually knew him from college. Then there was also Trevor, but he was not that handsome. The only reason I slept with him was that Rosie couldn't attend her date with him. There was no one on Wednesday and Thursday. Then on Friday night there was that party, where I slept with Peter. But then, he was also an acquaintance. Maybe not mine, but Rosie's. There is nothing fishy there.

Hold on, a corner of my brain chimed up, there is something fishy. Peter appeared out of nowhere, and Rosie did tell me that she also didn't know him directly. Then, my name sounding weird on his lips, when it never did so before. My name is cool like that. Anyways, his black eyes, blacker than I had ever seen. His disappearance in the morning. Plus, the red eyes came after that night.

But, why am I not considering that this Barbatos guy, was literally damned. He can't come out. Yeah, that's right. It can't be Barb. I am just connecting pieces that aren't even of a puzzle. That Peter thing is just a freaky coincidence. Unless...

"Hey Haniel," he turned up to look at me, "demons which are chained can't come back out, right?"

"Why would you ask that?" Upon seeing my stubborn stare, he answered, "Yes, they can. Hearing of demons take place all the time in the Underworld. They can be unchained and brought back up. The demon lord, Asmodeus, takes requests from smaller lords about such demons."

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