A Demon's Guide to Wooing a Witch (Glimmer Falls #2)

by Sarah Hawley

“What part of Lilith is insane are you missing?” Astaroth snapped to cover up his unseemly fear. “Just because she wrote something down doesn’t mean it’s true. She writes explicit Wars of the Roses tentacle fan fiction, too.” Way, way too much Wars of the Roses tentacle fan fiction, which she posted to AO3 like a horny human teenager rather than the millennia-old demoness she was.

“I was young then, less than a century old, and I was studying human behavior across the Papal States.” More hazy memories unfurled, and he closed his eyes to focus on them past the residual echoes of his headache. “Mum sent me there. She said I needed to see what humans were capable of, and the Church was the best place to see the absolute worst behavior.”

“You’re a good person, even if you don’t always believe it, but I’m not. Say the word, and I’ll punish him in the vilest ways you can imagine.”

Astaroth’s breaths came faster and faster. How did humans bear this sense of inevitability? How could they carelessly enjoy life, knowing it would one day be ripped from them?

Calladia was shaking her head, but Lilith launched straight into it. “This is Lilith, first of her name.” “The Mother of All Demons?” Alzapraz gasped. Lilith looked pleased. “Oh, you know my AO3 username! What’s your favorite fic?”

“Being strong doesn’t mean winning every battle. Sometimes it means surviving to fight again.”