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his hands in his lap and met
my gaze. “She’s in danger.”
    He seemed awfully calm for such a
statement. He was a complete wackadoodle. “Danger?” I tried to keep
my voice calm. “Again, if you don’t know Jennifer, then how do you
know she’s in danger?”
    “ You just have to trust me
on this. Have you seen Jennifer today?”
    “ Of course I have. She’s my
roommate.” An uneasy feeling settled in the pit of my
stomach.
    “ Well, I have to find her.”
He looked around the room, then focused his attention back to me.
“Like I said, she’s in danger.”
    “ First off, maybe you should
start with telling me your name.”
    He gaze remained on me as he smiled.
“My name is Cole Palmer.”
    “ Okay, Cole Palmer, that’s a
start. Now can you tell me what it is exactly you are doing. Why
you want to talk with her?” My eyes narrowed.
    “ I’m a demon hunter and I
need to talk her about her demonic possession.”
    I swear it was as if someone had
punched me in the stomach. It hadn’t been what I wanted to hear.
Another demon hunter? So he had to know Neil. “What are you talking
about? The demonic possession thing?” If I ignored his words would
that make everything okay?
    I knew something was wrong with
Jennifer. But if this guy was making up stories about Jennifer, I’d
be highly perturbed. I’d jump over my desk right there and strangle
him with my bare hands. Cole had spiked hair and a boyish face. He
wore jeans and a white t-shirt. Hunting for demons must have been a
good workout because he was in good physical shape. He had a little
scar on his forehead and I wondered if he’d gotten it from fighting
the demons.
    “ What have you done with
Jennifer?” I demanded.
    “ I haven’t done anything.
I’m here to help her, don’t you understand?”
    “ No, I don’t understand. All
of this is just come out of nowhere. You tell me she’s possessed by
demons, but it’s so hard to accept. I don’t want it to be the
truth.” I gave him an exasperated look.
    “ Unfortunately you have to
accept it. She’s possessed by a demon. Thank heavens it’s only
one.” He glanced at his watch again.
    “ So, tell me how you know
she’s possessed by a demon.”
    “ I know because one of my
incompetent demon hunters screwed up last night.”
    “ And because of his screw-up
my friend is in danger?”
    How was that possible? She had been
acting weird before Neil came along. As much as I didn’t want to
defend the guy, facts were facts.
    “ A demon got hold of
her.”
    “ Well, I don’t understand
how this demon got hold of her.”
    “ During this fight that
should have never happened.”
    “ So you think last night
when she went outside to help your lame-ass demon hunter she was
possessed? She was trying to help break up a fight.”
    “ I’m aware. One of the men
was possessed and got a hold of Jennifer’s soul.”
    “ I don’t know about all that
because…”
    I hesitated and he studied
me.
    “ Because?” he
pushed.
    “ Because she was acting
strange before this happened. The other night, when I came home her
eyes were glowing red and she felt feverish. She’s been doing a lot
of uncharacteristic things.”
    Before we could discuss this more, a
knock sounded on the door frame. I glanced over and saw Jack
standing there with the funniest expression on his face when he saw
Cole sitting in front of me. How long had he been listening to our
conversation?
    It looked like he was jealous, but he
had nothing to worry about. It wasn’t like him to be like
that.
    I met him at the door. “Jack, this is
Cole Palmer. He’s looking for Jennifer. He wants to help
her.”
    “ What does she need help
with?” he asked while staring at Cole.
    “ Jennifer left this morning
and she wasn’t feeling better, if you know what I mean.”
    “ Did you try calling her
cell phone?” Jack asked.
    I nodded as he entered the room. He
sat on the edge of my desk and fixed his gaze on Cole. A nervous
vibe hung in the