I can tell that Halo enjoyed the dinner with the human family. Personally, I kinda wanted to puke. Socializing with pathetic little humans goes against everything I am. But I gave her this. I have a sinking feeling in my gut that someone won't make it back from the dance tonight. Despite everything, I'm alright if that someone is me. But I also know that's not how she works.

When the dinner finished Tony grabs a grey suit jacket and we all head towards the school together. They walk together in the front and I hang back a little, trying to keep an eye out for the she demon.

It's a calm and quiet night. Too calm. Too quiet. It's putting me on edge. Despite everything telling me something bad is going to happen we make it to the dance without so much as someone tripping on a stray rock. When we get to the dance they head straight for the gym, figures.

I take my time pacing around the open halls, looking for any sign that things are not right. I search for the terrible excuse of a Fallen everywhere. But there's nothing. Nothing is out of place. She isn't anywhere I look. With a resigned sigh I head into the gym.

I scan the crowd. Looking for both the enemy and my allies against her. I cling to the shadows as I watch the crowd sway to the music pulsing around the room. Bodies and colors flash across my vision. Everything is a blur of movement and color. It's almost sickening to watch.

"Fancy seeing you here demon," an all too familiar voice says in a mock accent from beside him.

My muscles tense immediately and I glance to my side where she stands with a smug smirk on her face.
She's dressed in her usual scarlet red. She's wearing a tight red dress that only goes to her mid thigh and has a plunging neckline. There's a layer of thin black lace over the scarlet fabric. Black ribbon ties the top of the dress around her neck. I can't see her shoes but I assume she's wearing some sort of black heels, that's what she usually does anyway. Her black hair is pulled up into a fancy knot on her head. Her makeup reflects her choice of dress. Her eyes are surrounded by dark smoky eyeshadow. Her lips are a bright scarlet color. I can just see the red in her eyes through the glamour due to this.

"You're accent is terrible," I point out in a humorless tone.

"What makes you think I was trying?" She asks, her lips stretching into a devilish smile.

"What do you want?" I question, getting tired of her games.

She cocks her head to the side. "I'm here to give you one last chance," she starts, her tone getting suddenly serious. "Come back with me. Let me get rid of this little pest. Be my partner, and all is forgiven. Lucifer need never know of your betrayal."

I tilt my head as if thinking over her offer. I know what she's really asking. Or threatening. I have to pledge to be her mate or she's going to tell all the dirt she has gathered on me to Lucifer. But I'm not the demon I once was.

Before I might have considered her deal and found a way to get rid of her myself later. But now? I don't even think about considering her proposal. It's disgusting to me now.

Still, knowing what all of this is really about does help. Now I can try to plan a defense against whatever she's planning. But despite the warning of this being the last chance of ending things quickly, I know there is absolutely no way of allowing it.

I let my mouth spread into my former evil like smile. "I will never go with you. I know what you really want from me, and I will never give it to you. Consequences be damned," I hiss at her.

Her smile disappears. "Be careful what you say. Because if I don't get what I want, the consequences will be a damning," she promises. "Only it won't be you who will pay the steep price." With that final warning she walks away into the crowd.

I don't relax with her absence though. If anything I'm even more on edge than before. I read between the lines of her threat. She's goin after Angel, and she's not going to stop until her rage is satisfied. Or she's dead. And she's going to start tonight. I have to find Halo and Tony. Hopefully before it's too late.