A/N: Forgive the spelling of Artistitle Torqui, if anyone knows the right spelling let me know. One shot at the minute, I might make it into a story later.
The Ninth Gate
It was only after I saw the Ninth Gate, the genuine one, that I knew who she truly was. And I realized I could never raise the Devil. She was already here.
It only occured to me after I picked up my cheque from Balkans New York office, if she was already here, who had raised her?
I witnessed Balkans failed attempt, Mrs Telfer hardly knew what she was doing. Baroness Kessler dedicated her life to the book, lot of crap that was. Oh, and old Fargas. . . he had given me the biggest clue. Fargas had said the two brothers, his copy and Balkans copy, hadnt been reunited for over two centuries when I studied his copy of the book. So my educated guess, is that the three books hadnt been together, for maybe two hundred years before that, the 1600's. So Aristitle Torqui himself could have raised her, four hundred and thirty nine years ago.
She was safe alone, it's the typical Satan story. The Devil offers man power in return for his soul. As interesting as the subject had become to me, I knew things couldn't stay this way.
Boris Balkan was right, we both had the same passion. He'd spent his life trying to raise the Devil, and I knew I'd spend the rest of my life returning her to the Kingdom of Shadows.