A few days had passed, and business had become somewhat more chaotic for the Devil Hunter and his partner.
He'd had no time to sit and read the journal. No time for much of anything, really. Deciphering that journal was the last thing on his mind.
Not to mention he was avoiding it like the plague for one reason or another.
But he found he constantly had to ignore the call that came to him like a Siren's call to a sailor to come into the sea and find true happiness. He knew better.
Somehow, he knew in a place in himself that he kept buried deep inside, that to read that journal, could very well be the hardest thing he'd done. Not just mentally, but emotionally. In parts of himself he tried to ignore.
If his fears were true, and he HAD actually killed his brother, it didn't bear consideration. He'd have betrayed another part of himself. Even if his brother had turned traitor against all they knew. The thought of destroying the only other remaining member of his family...
He shook mentally. No, it wasn't possible. If it were...
He sat again at his desk, a cooling half-eaten pizza sitting in a box next to him. Trish was out on a smaller call. He'd decided to let her take some jobs solo. She'd proven to be as good a hunter as he was, if not better, since she was more demon than human. Her senses were far more keenly tuned than even his own were.
He prefered working solo anyway.
And she had come to the light.
Maybe he could have brought his brother back to the human world if he'd had a chance.
He shuddered at the frisson of premonition that moved over him, not unlike a chilled hand clutching his very soul. He tried to ignore that too. In vain.
He got up and answered the call from the book. Best get it done and over with.
He'd read the first few pages, already. Found that the author's script was becoming much easier to read, and with that, he settled onto his bed again, turning to the page he'd left on before.
It was now about when he'd come to Mallet Island himself. Apparently the author of the journal was aware of his arrival.