Free Betrayal (The Divine, Book Two) by M.R. Forbes

would hear me calling you.” He began to grow angry when he mentioned me.
    Josette put her hand to Izak’s chest. “I heard you, and I am here. “she said. “Be at peace. I gave my soul to Landon of my own free will. Some things transcend loyalty to our Lords.”
    Izak took a deep breath. I could see the affection in his gaze. “They do,” he agreed. He reached up and put his hand over hers. “I’m sure you know. Gervais found Sarah. He tricked the dius... Landon, distracted us so he could take her.”
    “I’m so sorry, Josette,” I said in our mind. If she could hear me, there was no indication.
    “We’re on a plane to Paris right now,” Izak said. “I would have taken Landon through the Empire Gate, but I thought it was too risky.”
    “You did well,” she said. “Bring him through the sewers. Gervais will have his toys waiting there too, but he won’t be expecting both of you.”
    Izak smiled, debonair and mysterious. I could picture him using that face on the stewardess, making her giggle. The smile faded.  
    “I hope he can handle Gervais on his own,” he said.  
    He took his hand away from hers, reached up and unbuttoned the top two buttons on his shirt to reveal a deep scar; the archfiend’s name in demonic runes.  
    “He branded you?” Josette asked in shock.
    “I’m surprised you never guessed,” Izak said. “Without the brand, I would have killed him many years ago. To think that upstart got the better of me...” His gaze was distant, and the fireplace flared in response to his angry memory. “It hasn’t been for nothing. I didn’t believe in redemption before I met you.”
    “And I believed I would die of despair before I met you,” Josette said. She moved her hand up to the demon’s face, pulling it down so she could kiss him on the cheek. “Please Izak, help Landon. He has a hard road ahead of him, and while his soul is strong he cannot survive alone. If he is lost, Sarah will follow.”
    Izak softened under her caress, returning her chaste kiss with puppy dog eyes. “You know I’ll give my life to protect Sarah. I will do what I can, but he has to deal with Gervais on his own.”
    “Thank you,” Josette said.  
    “Of course. Will you stay a while?” Izak’s face lit up in hope.
    “I cannot,” Josette said. “It isn’t fair to Landon to usurp his consciousness like this without his consent.”
    Izak looked crushed, but he acquiesced. “Know that I love you, Josette,” he said. “You have brought me back from the depths of Hell, and for that I am eternally grateful.”
    Josette’s emotions were a mixture of joy and sadness. They washed through me in a flood. “Know that I love you as well, and that I am with you, even if only in spirit.”
    Izak kissed Josette on the cheek, and the room began to darken. I could feel myself being pulled away, taken from the demon’s Source and returned to my seat on the plane.  
    “ Know that I love you too, Landon ,” Josette said, her voice a powerful song in my soul. “ You have honored my request to the best of your ability, and her abduction wasn’t your fault. We will get her back. ”
    “We?” I asked. She knew I was there with her. My heart thudded with excitement.
    “I am with you, fellow,” she said. “I will always be with you.”
    When my vision returned, it was clouded over by the tears that had streamed from my eyes. Izak was still staring at me, his black orbs also moist with emotion.  
    “Another drink, Mr. Smith?” Farrah asked. She was leaning into our aisle a little bit, observing our moment with absolute professionalism.  
    Izak removed his hand from my head, flashed her that debonair grin, and nodded his head. I watched her walk away out of the corner of my eye. She looked back four times.
    “How did you do that?” I asked in a hoarse whisper. Josette’s soul, her power was part of me, and yet her voice had been more accessible to the demon. I was comforted by her parting words, otherwise