"Trick?" He looks my way from behind the bar "So I have this problem that I don't know how to handle or more like solve, I don't know if this is fae or just demonic"

"Well" he holds his hands out "tell me and I'll see if I can help"

Trick is the Blood King, he's a blood sage which basically means his blood can affect reality. But it comes at a price, everything comes at a price. Trick is a dwarf with a mostly bald head with grey hair on the sides, some facial hair, brown eyes and warm ivory skin. He owns the Dal Riata, this is his retirement. The Irish style pub here in Seattle, he's also an elder who is thousands of years old.

"I went down to the basement" pulling out the two drawings I drew of the creatures "once in person and the other astral projecting, but when I astral projected" pulling down my scarf showing the handprint bruises on my neck "this" tapping on the picture of the nun "whatever it is was able to grab me"

"Was there any smells that you smelt?" He asks looking between the two pictures.

"Yeah" nodding my head "there was this rotten egg smell, like really rotten mixed with shit, piss and—but I think it was because this" tapping on the other picture "was chained up and I didn't exactly see a toilet"

"Well, this" he motions to the nun "is a demon, not fae. Demons are pretty hard to get rid of, I'll have to look around but from my knowledge demons and fae don't exactly get along. This" he motions to the other thing "is a type of under fae. A type of sexual deviant"

"Should I also mention" I ask "that these creatures have been in my basement for years? Like maybe generations"

He shakes his head "Mal? You'll need to find out more about the demon because I can give you all the information I can on this under fae, but the demon? You might also want to see if there are any other demons or under fae in your basement"

"Thank you" he nods his head, looking over my shoulder and I see Dyson appear "Hi Dyson"

"Hey" he smiles "haven't seen much of you lately"

"Basketball" shaking my head smiling "no matter how many times I say that, it doesn't cease to amaze me that I'm apart of a team"

Dyson is this fae wolf shifter. He has brown hair with facial hair, light colored skin and brown eyes. He's a detective for the Seattle's 59th division. He was actually the one who found me and introduced me to this world that I didn't know existed, I knew supernaturals existed but in this world? No. He's light fae.

Dyson works alongside a siren named Hale, Hale is a pretty great dude. He's also got fae noble blood running through his veins. He wears a fedora most of the time, I don't know if there is much of a story behind it but he looks great wearing it. He has buzzed short black hair with facial hair, black eyes and almond brown skin. He's a bit shorter than Dyson but a few inches and Dyson is a tall dude standing at six foot four. Hale has more muscles while Dyson is more lean.

Dyson lets out a laugh "What's this?"

"Um...oh, you're a detective!" Motioning to him

"Yes" he nodded his head smirking "I thought that was clear by this badge" he shows me the badge on his belt.

"I have a problem that needs some help" showing him the photos and explaining "now unless if what I'm looking for is down in the basement, I'll need help searching the attic or my uncle's bedroom which is a mess"

"I'll help" he promises looking at the finger prints that are slowly fading "when did this happen?"

"A few hours ago" looking at Trick "can I have a blueberry martini with eighteen proof? Please"

"Only for the demon you encountered" he makes me a drink.

"Thank you" smiling his way then looking at Dyson "so, how have things been as of late?"

"Pretty much the same" he says "and basketball? Since when did you join the basketball team? I didn't think you knew how to play basketball"

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Dyson, Hale and I are walking around the attic going through boxes trying to find something on the demon in the basement. Hale is also here since he's curious about this, they've been ordered by the Ash to kill the under fae along with erasing the memories Charlie has of the fae and demon.

"Okay wait" we look over to Hale who holds up a journal "it seems...about three hundred years ago, your ancestor Mal was a witch"

"So she was fae?" I ask

"No" Dyson clarified going over to read the journal "you've got fae witches and human witches, the same but fae work towards nature and the magic inside of them and live a long time while human witches here will live human lives and will use the power of other forces. Fae witches are born while humans are made"

"And it seems" Hale says "your ancestor, this aunt of yours wanted immortality so she summoned the demon"

"What about the fae?" I ask

"She" Dyson grabs another journal reading it "she tricked the ancestor and wanted to use the demon's power, but neither knew that this is an upper level demon. According to this, the demon that was summoned was so powerful that use its power beyond normal wards" looking my way "you said you kept getting a feeling"

"Yeah" nodding my head "why?"

"It seems" Hale explains "the demon goes for women. Probably why your uncle kept telling you to drop this, the demon was getting to you"

"Is there a way to send the demon back?" I ask

"Not from these journals" Dyson shakes his head no "you said there were books in the basement right?"

"Yeah" crossing my arms "why?"

"Send us down there" Hale orders "if there's something, we'll find it down there and if not"

"We might need to go through the archives" Dyson says

"Mallory!" Hearing my uncle's voice

"Yeah?" I ask as we get down from the basement, Charlie looks at Hale and Dyson "this is Hale and Dyson. Old friends of my mom, they're helping me find something my dad had here that he gave mom"

"Oh" he shakes hands with them "your both cops"

"Detectives" Hale corrects