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Red Phoenix

Red Phoenix

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his voice full of awe.
    ‘Please do not do this thing, Emma,’ John whispered.
    ‘I won’t. Don’t be ridiculous. Right now you can defeat Wong. Why should I go with this guy? There’s really no point.’ I glared up at the Demon King. ‘Understand?’
    He nodded. He smiled again, and his beautiful face lit up. ‘You are extremely remarkable.’
    ‘You owe me a gold coin,’ I shot back. ‘Listen to me, all of you.’ I felt ridiculous laying down the law to these giant fearsome deities. ‘I have made a promise to Xuan Wu to wait for him until he returns. Do you understand, Your Most Loathsome Majesty?’
    The Demon King sat back, aghast. ‘How did you know my correct title?’
    ‘Look at yourself. Did you actually hear what I just said? Or are you too busy drooling at my tits to take any notice?’
    ‘You promised to wait for him.’ He grinned at John. ‘Of course she will keep her word to you. She is a woman of honour.’ He leaned back slightly, looked at me, then looked back at John and his grin widened. ‘But she didn’t say what she’d do while she waited!’
    A shot of pain stabbed me right through. My throat thickened and I tried to swallow it. I looked down.
    ‘I will never love anyone else the way that I love you, Xuan Wu,’ I said softly to the table, ‘but I would do anything for Simone, you know that.’
    The expression on John’s face matched my emotions, even through the Celestial Form.
    ‘Anything,’ I said.
    He glanced away.
    ‘And I know you would too.’
    I looked back up at the King. ‘Can you give mesomething so I can call you if I change my mind and decide to go to you?’
    His beautiful face lit up and he nodded.
    I put both hands in my lap and looked down at them. ‘Would you only hold me until Xuan Wu returns, so that I can keep my promise to him?’
    ‘I swear,’ he said.
    I glanced up at him. ‘You could have a full-on try to convince me to stay with you. You could go for it. You’re very attractive, you know that? I could grow to like you.’
    His smile widened. ‘I could give you more than you could ever possibly desire.’
    I folded my hands together in my lap. ‘Do you solemnly vow not to give anybody any assistance in going after us? That you’ll stay out of this in the meantime?’
    He nodded.
    ‘Stand up and do it right,’ I said sternly.
    He rose and put his hand on the table. His face went hard and fierce. ‘I solemnly vow that I will not assist anyone in their efforts to harm the Dark Lord, Xuan Wu, or any member of his household. I hereby swear that if the Lady Emma chooses to come to me of her own free will, I will ensure that the Princess Simone remains safe for the rest of her natural life. If the Lady Emma comes to me of her own free will, I will only hold her until the Dark Lord returns, if that is her wish.’ He smiled kindly at me. ‘Will that do?’ He sat again.
    ‘What do you think, Bai Hu?’ I said without looking at the men on my side of the table.
    John remained perfectly still, but it was obvious he hadn’t missed the significance of me not asking him.
    ‘I think you’ve covered all your bases there, my Lady,’ Bai Hu said softly. ‘Remind me to have you innext time I have to negotiate a treaty with one of my neighbours.’
    ‘ I’m one of your neighbours,’ John said.
    ‘Sure, Tiger.’ I felt pain; my hands were held so tightly together my fingernails had drawn blood from my palms. I shook them to loosen them up, then looked up at the Demon King. Bastard. ‘Why do you want me so badly, King? I’m just an ordinary human female.’
    ‘He wants everything I possess,’ John said. ‘He wants all that I love. He wants my Mountain, he wants my Lady, he wants my daughter.’
    ‘One out of three already, Xuan Tian,’ the Demon King said. ‘I hear it will take you years to fix the damage we caused with our little party on top of your Mountain. Do you have any idea how many of my children are after your head?’
    John stiffened very slightly. ‘I have caused him a great deal of grief over the centuries, and he would love to make me suffer.’
    ‘I love you dearly, Turtle.’ The Demon King smiled right into John’s eyes. ‘I would particularly love you stewed with vegetables in a hotpot. Right after,’ he smiled gently at me, ‘a large tureen of shredded snake broth with sliced pig’s ear. And,’ he looked at the Tiger, ‘braised tiger penis on yin-yang rice.’
    ‘You won’t be eating my dick, you’ll be

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