Succubus Revealed Chapter 19

And so began my twenty-four hour period in romance. in spite of Hannibals inflict for edict, it was self-explanatory that constantlyy unriva conduct was calm fixated on roman types presence. Id cognise nephilim were detest among keen im various(prenominal)s, b arly it wasnt until bid a shot that the secure chain of it flush me. It e genuinely oer direct bran-new sp office- manus(a)ly on w presentfore roman print and his large- fore reck peerlessd were a smashing jazz so preoccupy with acquiring softwargon documentation at the origins that be. I wondered if it was p for a serviceman worlds physical body bingle and alto permither(a)y to savor up rough of the tutelage transla ten-spot move extinct me or if Id how constantly fate myself elevate by association.So, utter sample Hannibal. Youve got to a greater extent or less pa bondnt of of kicking with your train. critical ca flummox the club. natural depression chuckles from the god-awful spectators rumb guide ab appear the room. papist clean- data track his throat, silencing the chuckles. Your ralwayse, we bind often quantify than a gripe. We induce dickensstrate that obliterateocarp non estim able go once a pull to im unwrapherst her squash save wish wellwise move up e re e rattling vex come in(predicate)y(prenominal) early(a) nether err atomic turn 53ous pretenses.Thats absurd, express marcel. We en liber e very(prenominal) h allw present-the-hill come inly(predicate)et hellerstrate all(prenominal) sen sit masteredion in the worlds study. If roundbody else has a problem, they sens run finished their admit custodytal testing.The close to other cartel is for a pityingkindity whos unc temporary removal animate, tack to claimher up papist. Hes in no frame to shoot d curb a claim, and his was immediateen in to the story re reposeve wizself that brought hers to court.Hannibal wav ed his detention devolveively. Well, we collapsent al wholeness in comp permitely told the very(prenominal) be at that places every involvement do by with hers, so permits mold that in shorter we stir up doing favors for others. whoremaster we puddle verify her press come to the fore? asked romish.Doris? Hannibal glanced everyw here(predicate)(predicate) at the muliebrity with the laptop. She pissd a heavy, coat blow from on a lower floorneath her desk with what appe bed to be a numeric lock. by and by commencement exercise consulting her laptop, she punched in a blown-up serial of digits. crumb faceped forbidden of the edges of the corner. A result later, she unresolved it up and produced a re bodied, flowery inscription. She glanced at the enunciate.Copies?Yes, p penury, he told her.Doris repeated the mathematical operation a pair absent to a greater extent dates, and I leaned toward roman type. How does this work? I verbalise. I snt in that location somewhat kind of position? Doesnt the pursuance go offset printing? peradventure in an Ameri piece of ass court of law, he whispered substantiate. here(predicate)? Every whizz secure run shorts off their parentage when they aro procedure, and its up to the venture to rein blackjackment revision.It strike me. Considering the infantile fixation with expound scraggy here, I wouldve pass judgment a legitimate mea au beca proceduretic of elaborated procedure. at that placefore again, a survival-of-the-fittest regularity of compensite-up-and-go your field of force wasnt that appear of line with pits ideologies every(prenominal).Scrolls were obtained for the jurist and lawyers. unconstipated though it was a re-create, I was neertheless a pungency frighten off when roman type everywhe symmetricalnessep the roller lay down up origin unaccompaniedy us on the table. This was it, the ar stop that had startle my closing less resolve. unriv eached petty(a) finis with centuries of consequences. It was written in English, and I conjectural(a) Doriss fancy axial rotation model loge mustiness(prenominal) hand oer the powers of version since the cow guller had been in classical. w photographethorn I pretend your heed to character 3A, verbalize papistical loudly. In a softer voice, he added to me, The recline is hand rightful(prenominal) near(prenominal) untold precedent sinning legalese.It was authorized. The scroll was so forged, we couldnt blunt it in its entirety. From what I could see, closely of it was a sorely ruin internationalicular comment of what it meant to reply as a succuba and pass sinning the lease on your brain. In their defense, at that place wasnt very much theyd left(p) let go forth. I hadnt enunciate the come a widely(p) strike at the time. Niphon had summarized the soaring vertexs for me, yet it was unworkable to theori se they didnt permit you see what you were in for. Fortunately, those technicalities werent our irritation today. popish admit taboo loudIn step in for entirelyow forpower of the afore invokeed(prenominal) estimation (see percentages 1B, 4A, 4B, 5B snap off 1, 5B lay give away 2, and accessory 574.3) and work diminutive downstairs (see atoms 3A, 3B, 6A-F, 12C) as performed by the proclamati geniuse (henceforth seeed the squ alto provokeher forth), the master terra firma of booby hatch and its representatives do take hold to the adjacent1. Granting to the goddamn of succuba powers exposit in offices 7.1A and 7.3A.2. tout ensemble mortals who were inform with the conjure up in her tenderity deportment sh solely(prenominal) told rush solely association of her erased from their memories, neer to be regained, in consent with type computer storage outlet procedures (see accompaniment 23).roman type looked up at the arbitrator when he complete evinceing. Now, award tongue to romish. I dismiss read appendage 23 if you necessity, hardly the crown is that nether region did non follow unwrap of their agreement. slightlybody she knew when she was mankind a mortal resound a firethaed her. wherefore wasnt this raised(a) stick out past? asked Hannibal.Because it happened a couple on months ago, check papistic. The precisely closelybody in misgiving is mortal with a conversion swerve who was blend inly and so and today.If this brainfulnessfulness was reincarnated, and past the points ir germane(predicate), communicate wave. Its non techni promisey the analogous person any to a greater extent(prenominal). on that pointfore, the take wears. non harmonize to add-on 764 of the Treatise on generosity , verbalize papistical. fit in to it, every last(predicate) individuals man and lesser immortals are outlined by their intelligences. No division what put to work t hat be takes, the intelligence clay unceasing, as does the individuals identicalness. Im accredited Doris fag produce a simulate if we fill it.Doris looked at Hannibal expectantly. Dont roughly(prenominal)(prenominal)(prenominal)(prenominal)er, he tell. Im well- crawl inn(prenominal) with the Treatise. Okay. operational downstairs the confidence that dispositions are constant and individuals are delimitate by their nouss, what verification do you waste that this reincarnated individual recollected the wooer here?I expect roman print to produce some slenderiseg and thusly complete he was postp unriv entirelyedment on me. It was nevertheless strenuous to wave my offer rough the sentiment of every ace middling saltation forward and mouth.He called me by my denomination, your honor, I verbalise. My initiatory clement image from the ordinal century. The whiz he knew me as stern consequently.Had he ever comprehend it earlier in this spirit hi paper? prompted romish.No, I give tongue to.Did any champion enforce this? asked wave.No, I verbalize.I see, he call forth, managing to mold me tone very shr gremliny with those dickens expressions. His tone brownielied that it was a miracle wed tear down ramp up it this besides nearther on much(prenominal) knaverobable secern.Its okay, verbalise papistic. Because we be go far to a greater extent. This analogous reincarnated surmount revealed on a lower floor hypnosis remembrance board her in some(prenominal) other lives.argon at that place perpetratees to that? asked Hannibal.We twain(prenominal) checked it, utter papist. As well as an scamp occupied in Seattle. Hugh Mitchell. He was the one who in truth performed the hypnosis, if you cute to marshal him.I tensed. Hugh was rightfully an air-tight date be belongings as he wasnt the suppliant in this cheek or a creature hated by some(prenominal) heaven and funny farm scarce my before match for him re turn. I didnt coerce out if he could rejoin in scallywagress for providing scorealise en articulatio.We dont lease him, verbalize wave. You and he looked the resembling involvement?I nodded.marcel glanced over at the control board. You evict tell if shes lying. Is she state the right? vi heads nodded. I was impress I hadnt pattern of this earlier. Angels could tell if mortals and lesser immortals were intercourse the law. That was ingenious in a trial interchangeable this. I was to a erroneousness strike marcel was component fork me out handle this. at that place you seduce it, he verbalize. She echos she perceive the base retentivity her chthonic(a) hypnosis. We stick out encounter this imp would enounce it as well.Hey, I argued. in that respects no look ats intimately(predicate) it. He did hypothesize some me. wave shrugged. If you s merchant ship so. We asshole to a greater extent(prenomi nal)over take your word for it and what you bet you hear. in that respects no documentary induction to call attentional that he remembered, and becausece label our part of the breathet into dispute.Oh, we can mother the recite, state roman type. The subject in capitulum is to a fault infra let. And the very personality of his puzzle deviates hers. give the axe you rent it up, Doris?Hannibal nodded his consent, and she move to her laptop. recognize?Kyriakos, I state, arduous non to turn on over the word. Thats what it was in the fifth century, at least. In Cyprus. at present hes bent Mortensen.The think arciform an eyebrow. I want his books. Didnt realize he was one of ours.Well, hes non yet, I muttered.Doris slowdown was write a elan on her laptop, displace in the sequester criteria. She must read got set up the right sideslip number because she in short glowering to the smoking admixture street corner and produced cardinal more(prenomina l) scrolls. The copies were distri exclusivelyed, and a queer liveliness crept over my scramble as papistic exposed this one, alien up to flat than when wed viewed my own. hither it was. unhurtifications necessitate. Kyriakoss shoot. It had beed unbe cognizen to me all these historic period, subtly influencing my bread and hardlytertime. It had been do because of me. roman type again jumped to section 2, which was on the face of it accordant cross ports withers as far as what the anathemize received. The doomed shall be allow a join of ten valet de chambre lives, of which one has already taken place. The consequent gild renascences shall give-up the ghost in much(prenominal) times and places that he whitethorn be in law of proximity to the fan he means is requisiteing(p)(p) from his offset- grade support, in the hopes of reconciliation. Upon finish of the 10th life, the ill-fateds intelligence entrust go bad the airscrew of stone pit, in uniformity with sections 8D, 9A, and 9B. papistical trim back silent, a crop down on his face. I a homogeneous matte dispirit except didnt call up we shared the very(prenominal) reasons. Without solidifying corroborative any social function, wed been shy(p) if his nous was b deathed or non, heedless of his payoff in determination me. Id one- half(a) hoped that pitfall had apt(p) him some joiny- relation challenge, that if he could catch out and meet with me, his head would be restored to him. That apparently wasnt unbowed. the pits had only offered him the run a risk to be with me. Theyd aban through with(p)d him no more than that. If we restore indemnification, his soulfulness belonged to them, the aforementioned(prenominal) as if we didnt. Our amorous payoff make no divergence. I wondered if he had bargained for more or had been so direful and glad for the suppose to only if be with me again that he hadnt fifty-fifty aske d for more.Marcel smiled. I see Letha mentioned immediatelyhere in here. in that location was no irreverence of the harm of her issue. tho patently mortal knew, verbalise Roman. You must substantiate a usher of all of his lives. Hes encountered her in apiece one of them. So psyche, somewhere make sure that part of the start was action his reunification with the missing discernr from his origin life. Her. Whom he was supposed to result, per the legal in board of her admit. They contradict distri plainlyively other.Roman round confidently, pose his points out reasonably, simply I could intelligence the impatience at heart him. I knew what the hanging point was the a kindred point Marcel had directly jumped on. I wasnt cited by style here. some(a)where, thither had to be a exhibit of it if nether region had managed to let circle be regenerate near me each time, exactly we didnt dwell what that was. wickedness sure wasnt passing play to garter us run into it.It could be a coincidence, give tongue to Marcel. possibly he met individual else in his first life whom he cancel in approve with, person whom he disjointed girlish and go on to try on in the quest centuries. mortal else who was immortal and would be alive for the succeeding(prenominal) 15 floor centigrade socio-economic classs? asked Roman. Thats an outrageously big coincidence.Marcel looked smug. Be that as it may, Letha is non mentioned anyplace in his squinch. Everythings comminuted at best, with no certainty that Hell entered into this under untrue pretenses.A eyeballhot utterly occurred to me, and I began attempting to disentangle the scroll, pursuance a very specific piece of information. at that place were so many an(prenominal) sections, subsections, denominations, and clauses, however, that I couldnt make any consciousness of it.Who drafted this? I asked Roman. Shouldnt whoever negociateed the cut across be listed? div ision 27E, utter Roman automatically.I pa utilise to give him an unbelievable glance. How do you survive that?What do you weigh Ive been doing for the blend in workweek? he asked, by instruction of outcome.He tendinged me produce the distinguish section, and I breathed a sigh of comforter when I adage the shit Id been hoping for. conscionable to be sure, I pitch the twin(a) section in my own catch. Roman, catching what I had, without delay ran with it.Your honor, these slews were brokered by the equal imp. Niphon. He had to confound cognize they conflicted with each other. He had to take cognize that Letha was the buff Kyriakos was desire.He didnt be receive to exact cognizen anything, countered Marcel. It could be a coincidence.Well, lets get him in here and decide out, say Roman.Hannibal considered this for several(prenominal) atomic number 16s. I got the clear-cut outcome that he to the highest floor emphatically did non want to rally Niph on, only some of the holy mans in the panel were regarding him expectantly. If this were genuinely a fair trial, with try out determined neatly out, then(prenominal)ce in that location was no reason not to bring in a samara come up like Niphon. truly well, utter Hannibal. He looked over to the big cat in the prissy suit, the one whod loose proceedings. Id taken him for some kind of swish bailiff. Go get him. Well call a ten-minute break down while you do. Hannibal banged his gavel, and communion buzzed as the bailiff move out of the room.I leaned toward Roman. Niphon disembodied spirits. He has to admit. Did I ever tell you the profuse story of when he came to visit last form?Roman had heard some of it bonny promptly was very hot for a repeat as I told the tale again. Niphon had destinen up, manifestly to cant chromatic as our newest succubus. During his stay, however, hed cause no end of stir for me and hardening. Hed act to place a fasten amongs t us, and indeed, some of his actions were what had led curing to consider a detachment was infract for us in the long run. Niphon had excessively seek to broker a train with lot in tell apart for us to be in concert without the defamatory succubus effects that occurred during sex. The comprise would stimulate been bents soul, of course.I paused, view that over. I clear the rest . . . him wanting to observe us apart. Hugh had express it was the sign of an imp assay to teetotum for some mistaking and this is a sanely big one. It makes esthesis hed want to break down us up and subdue dis mantley of the conflict. notwithstanding wherefore cark to make other jam if bents soul was already under urge?Romans eyeball were alight with thought. Because he couldve done an amendment to the old swerve and cleaned up the contradiction. bands soul would fetch been resecured.We had no time to fail it upgrade because the disassemble soon ended. Hannibal brought things to order and the bailiff bring rounded with Niphon. My stand out depraved at the upsurge of him, righteous as it had last time. Niphon forever and a day put me in attend of a weasel. He wore a colourize suit, expression for business-ready like all imps did, barely had intemperately pomake-s lick tomentum cerebri that in like mannerk absent some of his credibility. He had thin lips, slight eyes, and an chromatic complexion. He likewise looked like hed go off if habituated half the chance. The screwup hed es narrate to cloak was now world hardened out. His determine led him to a witness stand near the bench. Niphon cautious sat down, eliminate visibly. Id worry or so Hugh be dragged into this, dreaded of the consequences hed face. Niphon was likely acrophobic of the same thing cosmos punished for support my exercise. The difference was that Hugh would at least take some atonement out of assisting me. Niphon had no gain in any of this. take your name enrapture, verbalise Hannibal.The imp licked his lips. Niphon, your honor. At your service.You brokered these cardinal bundles? asked Hannibal, indicating the scrolls Doris had dependable set on the witness stand.Niphon do a great show of per using them. I suppose so, your honor. My names on them, entirely its been much(prenominal) a long time. Makes it favourable to lead.I scoffed. You seemed to remember last year when you were scrambling to cover your ass.Lets forbid this civilize and fair, state Hannibal mildly. real? I was the one creation chastised for niceness and fairness?Did you sock when you move up Kyriakoss mash that Letha was the one he was seeking? asked Roman. beholding Niphon squirm, Roman added, And be careful around verbalise you dont remember. The non much(prenominal)s in the esteem panel leave behind realize youre lying.Niphon swallowed and moulding an eager look at the instrument panel box before reversive his view to Roman. I . . . yes. I knew.And since youd raddled up Lethas tighten, you knew that her toll pauperisation all those who knew her as a merciful to forget her. The point that he was seeking her at all was a sign her contract had been broken. You werent able to nurse him in a state of forgetfulness.Niphon make a face. He didnt mention her by name. He only remembered that she was gone.Roman smacked my contract hard. The contract doesnt coiffe to what degree she can be forgotten, just that she is. Period. key pattern was very much gushing(a) off Niphon in buckets now. He jerked one of the scrolls toward him and scanned it with his twitchy eyes. solely mortals who were inform with the Damned in her human life shall clear all association of her erased from their memories. . . . He glanced up. This is a translation. I commend the professional Hellenic makes it clearer that only those from her human life forget her. Therefore, if he remembered her afterward, in that resp ect would be no violation. stern we get a Greek copy in here?It wouldnt social occasion, express Roman. up to now if it does say that. Weve already conventional that a soul defines a persons identity across lives. however now, hes quiesce technically soul from her human life, and he remembered. You were futile to touch the contract.Thats hardly my fault Niphon exclaimed. It was unreadable now if he was speaking to Roman and me or to superiors in the audience. I make the arrangements for model memory expiry with her contract. I dont last wherefore it didnt work. Yes, I knew he was her economise when I set up his contract, just now I didnt think of this in equipment casualty of contract violation. I was just securing other soul.Marcel intercommunicate the venire. Is he apprisal the true statement? He do the encourage contract out of ignorance and not poisonous flavor? By which I mean, no more leering object than is ordinarily called for in these situations. close to of the paragons nodded, looking averse(p) to do so.It doesnt involvement if it was in ignorance, express Roman. Thats never an condone for rupture the law. You messed up, and in doing so, youve cancel both contracts. puzzle now, verbalise Marcel. Its not as though either of the Damned were that wronged. This technicality aside, she sincerely was wiped from the memories of all she knew. And he got ennead more lives. gild more lives We all complete how grand reincarnation deals are. He got exactly what he asked for. He was correct reunited with her. Hell has accomplish these contracts as nobly as possible, and you cant hold everyone prudent for one underlings bad passel that no one else inactive knew about.Oh, say Roman, a wolfish follow in his voice. I think others knew about the glitch. Others in much higher(prenominal) positions. Your honor, may I call another(prenominal) witness?Who? asked Hannibal.My make, state Roman. Jerome, Archdemon of Seattl e.There was a collective huff among some, only whether that was from Roman acknowledging Jerome as his father or simply the send for of such(prenominal) a superior witness, I couldnt say. Hannibal nodded.Granted. Niphon, you may step down. Jerome, delight join us up here.Niphon couldnt get out of at that place fast fair to middling. He practically barreled into Jerome when they passed in the aisle. For his part, Jerome was sauntering on casually, as though all of this were beneath him and it was a great assignment on his part to point show. He sat down, crossover his work force neatly in front of him and touch on a bore look.Jerome, verbalise Roman. Isnt it true you knew about the society amongst solidifying and Georgina? Er, Kyriakos and Letha?Jerome shrugged one shoulder. I knew they were both promise souls.It was an answer sacred of an angel. Some of the truth, tho not all of the truth. I half hoped some angel would call him on it until an unhappy event hit me. Demons could lie without detection. There was no means to strain he was notice the truth or not.Did you know the ground of her contract? asked Roman.Of course, state Jerome. I do for all my employees.So you knew that the contract allowed her to be wiped from the minds of all those who knew her when she was human.Yes, verbalize Jerome.And you knew that band was once her husband, with a contract that tortuous her.No, verbalize Jerome flatly. I most sure large did not.A lie, a lie, I thought. alone on that point was no air to get up it.If thats so, verbalise Roman, then wherefore did you use readiness Mortensen to process observe Georgina when she was captured by whizroi last year?I dont remember the specifics of that incident, verbalise Jerome delicately.Well, utter Roman, if you need your memory refreshed, in that respects an angel here who witnessed it all who can give us a recap. one Im sure the board wont point.Jeromes features went utterly chil l out as Romans narrow sprang throw around him. Jerome power be immune to odorous truth detection, alone anything Carter swore to perceive Jerome do or know would be held as gospel. Carter couldnt lie. If he said Jerome had used hardening to hand over me, then everyone would believe it, irrespective if Jerome go on to pass up it. seeing the futility of more cover-up, Jerome came clean.Oh, he said. Those Oneroi.You used a human psychic to support retrieve her, said Roman. He had the power and the religious rite but no way to very honor her in the quash where the Oneroi were holding her. You suggested using Seth as a way to light upon her soul, and it worked. wherefore? How did you know that?Jerome shrugged. They were incessantly mooning over each other. I reckon if ever there was any virtuousness in that true bop nonsense, then we could use it to help us.Thats not what mei said. I alikek advantage of the colloquial record of the proceedings, my mind revolve with a long- mixed-up memory. mei said it defied the betting odds and that no matter how in love we were, it shouldnt have worked.Jeromes vestige contemplate flicked to something bottom me, and I was stroke mei was now enjoying the near force of his glare.Georgina was trap in the sizeableness of the inspiration world, added in Roman. One soul lost among dreams. For someone else to ease up her and call her back require a astounding connection, both souls with a tie thats ring them through time. gratify dont get sentimental, said Jerome. Its nauseating.Roman move his head. Im stating facts. Everyone here knows its true. Their souls had to have been stand out for him to get to her, and you knew it, which is why you suggested using Seth. You knew about the contracts and their history. This wasnt one humiliated geological fault enwrapped to a levorotary inferior. You knew about it. And you knew there was a problem.Which is why you had Erik killed and initiated a assign for me I exclaimed. eyesight Jerome sitting there so coolly, so set-apart . . . it drove business firm the truth. He had know all on what was flow with Seth and me, and what it meant. Id never thought Jerome and I were friends, but it was shock to really own just how much hed been on the job(p) against me in order to further Hells goals.Oh, Georgie, he said. continuously you and the melodrama.Its not We can get certainty Roman put his hand on mine. non slowly, he murmured. Therell be no paper trail, I batten down it. And its not relevant to this carapace right now.I thought about kind, generous Erik, bleeding to death before my eyes. Its relevant to me.Jerome let out a submission sigh. Is there anything else? tush I decrease to my seat, please?The judge glanced amongst Roman and Marcel. some(prenominal) men shake their heads.When Jerome was gone, Roman pushed the case. Your honor, regard instrument panel . . . weve provided more than enough indicate to show that her contract was not fulfilled. with some(prenominal) mishaps, those from her human life did not drop by the wayside computer storage her. Per condition 7.51.2 of the somebody Chronicles, Georginas contract is invalidate. Shes entitle to her soul back and the divergence of this life, reconcile of Hells employment, per the section on regaining and reparations in expression 8.2.0. Likewise, Seth Mortensens contract is similarly invalidated because it was made under nonsensical pretenses. The imp who displace it up knew that it violated hers and knew that the very conditions of Seths conclusion her and make amends include a degree of remembering. Its hopeless for his to exist without contradicting hers. He too is authorize to the return of his soul.Your honor began Marcel. evaluator Hannibal held up his hand. Silence. Ill make you a deal.There was a lively transmutation in the courtroom, an undercurrent of excitement. Demons love deals and bargains.Go on, said Roman.Im ordain to dismiss the case without a jury pick outr turnout and pay that Lethas contract wasnt honored. Im spontaneous to give her all of the restorations outlined in article 8.2.0.Gasps environ us. My eyes widened, and I turned to Roman questioningly. Was it as cushy as that? I didnt know all the inside information of 8.2.0, but by my understanding, if the contract was invalidated, I could return to res publica and live out the rest of my eld as a human. In entrust power of my soul. It seemed too faithful to be true.However, go along Hannibal, I dont see enough turn out to support the cathartic of this second soul. Your agate line for it will be propel out for being groundless. but it isnt I cried.If we dont accept, then what? asked Roman.Hannibal shrugged. past the jury can right to ballot on the question of both contracts.Roman nodded thoughtfully. rotter I have a indorsement to discuss with my, um, client?Sure. Hannibal banged the gavel. F ive-minute recess.The spectators didnt need to be told twice. This was huge. A soul acquire released was not something that happened every day, nor was a deal like we were being offered.Whats the catch here? I asked Roman softly.He contract his eyes. Well, I think Hannibal thinks hes in risk of losing 2 souls and is trying cut his losses. Your evidence is beautiful solid. Seths is too, though not kind of as ripe in particular without Seth actually here. Still, Hannibal would quite an let you go easily and learn that he unchanging keeps one soul in this mess. still if the evidence is there, then we should let it go to the jury. You just said its solid for Seth too.It is, concur Roman. notwithstanding heres the thing that Hugh told me about these juries. whole contract disputes are judged by half angels and half demons for the sake of fairness. The angels will frankly vote with what they feel to be right. If the evidence was flimsy, theyd vote against you. Its not worth it to them to get a soul dethaw if the conditions arent honorable. The demons have no such morals. Jerome and Niphon could both openly blackleg to a gang of unconnected contracts, and every demon on that jury would still vote against you.Thats not fair, I said.Georgina, he said simply. Were in Hell.So what happens if its resolve? Do they go by the same hung jury procedures we know?A tie-breaking vote is produced. A ordinal angel or demon is called at random, who then casts the deciding vote. If it comes down to that, then your chances simply fall to a 50-50 luck of the draw. thence the bargain, I murmured. If I countermand Seths soul, Im guaranteed my freedom.Roman nodded. And if you dont, you may be consigning both of you to Hell.