Chapter Five
Seb went into the kitchen and started fixing steaks for dinner when Sawyer
shimmered in. "There you are! I've been looking all over for you, where'd
you go?" he asked. Seb looked up and replied, "Well, I had to go help Julie.
She got attacked again, another demon tried to grab her!" "Is she okay?"
Sawyer inquired, not really caring but still curious. "Yeah, in fact I decided
to help her out magically, so I brought her down here to stay for a while."
Seb said quietly, dreading Sawyer's reaction. "What! Why on earth would you
bring her down here?" Sawyer burst out, mad. "You're the bodyguard, you know
that you have to stay close to your client in case of attack! I'm sorry, I just really
like her and I want to solve this problem for her if I can." Seb exclaimed, starting
out mad but calming down. Julie came out at this moment, dressed in a light
blue shirt and denim shorts and smiled at the two guys. "That smells wonderful,
let me make a salad to go with that!" At Seb's nod, she hurried into the kitchen
and opened the fridge, pulling out a head of lettuce. The two warlocks watched
as she washed it then got out a bowl and started pulling off chunks. She put
them in the bowl then chopped up some tomatoes and carrots. "There, all done!"
she exclaimed, setting the bowl aside. "Thank you Julie! I think the steaks are
done, let's sit down and eat." Seb said, hoping they could get through the meal
without Sawyer starting a fight.
Julie sat down at the table and smiled at Seb, taking a bite of steak. She
moaned, "Oooh, this is so good!" Seb blushed but smiled really wide. "Thank
you Julie!" he beamed, glancing at Sawyer who frowned and shook his head, but
ate his food. After a quiet meal, Julie offered to do the dishes and Sawyer got up
and stomped off to his room to do some work. Looking after him Julie leaned
closer to Seb and whispered, "Is he okay?" Seb nodded and sighed. "Sawyer
just doesn't understand why I want to help you. He thinks we should be scaring
humans, not helping them." Julie bit her lip and asked, "Should I leave? I don't
want to come between friends like that." "No, just stay out of his way for right
now, he'll come around. We need to put our heads together and figure out how
to solve your problem, and Sawyer's a bodyguard so he knows a lot of demons.
He might be able to get some information for us about if there's a specific demon
after you or if you got on the possible slave list somehow. I'm also going to talk
to the slave traders tomorrow and see if they'll tell me anything." Julie smiled
and replied, "Thank you Seb for helping me! I love the room, it's cozy!"
Yawning, she finished the dishes and said, "I think I'm going to bed now." Seb
nodded and replied, "Sleep well okay? I'll let you know what I find out from the
traders." Julie walked into her room and shut the door, waving at Seb. Seb
couldn't help grinning as he went to his room and got ready for bed.