he knew bringing her here was a bad idea. demon bars usually were, but he’d hoped she wouldn’t get too indulgent in the drinks. especially since he was here on business. so, he left her alone for maybe ten minutes to go to a back room – simple deal, nothing extremely dangerous, and then upon coming back to the general area he sighed.

“was i really gone that long?” he asked, running a hand over his face. “one more – just one.”