Without warning rage can take over.........

Trigger warning: This chapter contains violence. You have been warned.

***Hope's POV***

It has been a couple months since Alastor and I went shopping together and he's been a bit weird. Most days are normal, and we hang out and talk, but lately at random times he will become distant. I have asked about and I get the same response.

"It's nothing dear. Don't worry about it." He always tells me.

I know that is a lie and would press him on it, but I get the sense that whatever it is he is the one who needs to work through it. So, I will just hope and trust that when he figures out whatever it is that he will tell me.

Also, over these last couple months we have a few new demons staying at the hotel and they are not here for Angel. They are at least willing to give redemption a try.

One is an older demon. He is hunched over most of the time, which make him look shorter than he is. His name is Hawker. He used to own a shop near but recently it had been shut down. He never said why though.

The next demon was a woman, and she was a fox demon. Her name is Clara. She had just gotten out of a bad contract and was looking for some place better.

The third one is a wolf demon named Kay. She shy and sweet. Unfortunately, I don't know much about her yet. She had just gotten here a couple days ago. Once she gets used to being here, she will most likely open up.

Today I was in the lobby with Nifty just chatting away. Charlie asked me to watch the front desk while she checks in on Kay. She just wanted to see how she is doing. Husk had just left the bar for a few to take a break. Not sure where he went. Alastor is most likely in his office doing paperwork.

So, it was just me and Nifty in the lobby. During our chat the front door opens really hard. For a second, I was worried the door was damaged. That thought didn't last long when I saw the demon that was walking toward the desk.

I can't say I know what powers he has, but this guy was physically strong. I tell Nifty to get Charlie or Alastor quickly. She nods and runs to find one of them.

I can sense this isn't going to go well, but hopefully I can calm him down until Charlie or Alastor can get here.

"Hello sir. How can I-" I start to say before he cuts me off.

"Shut your trap bitch. The only thing I want to know is where Clara is at. I heard she was last spotted at this crappy hotel." He shouts at me.

I hate people shouting or yelling at me. Always have. It makes me want to sit in a corner and cry. I hate so much. Plus, now that I'm a deer demon my hearing is more sensitive. So that makes the yelling worse.

I force the urge to breakdown and cry back as my mind tries to piece together who this guy is. The only one I can think of that would be looking for Clara is the demon she ran away from once her contract was done.

If I remember right, she said he was a volatile, abusive, and violent. Fuck. What have I gotten myself into?

The moment he calls me a bitch I can feel one of my senses growing stronger in anger. Oh no. He woke HER up. I haven't felt or heard from her since before arriving here in Hell.

'Did that ass just call you what I think he did?' She says in my head.

Her voice sounds like mine only more slightly more distorted.

'Shade. No. Don't you dare.' I think to her, hoping to stop her before she does something I regret.

'Come on, Hope. Let tell off this weakling.' She says in a slightly pleading tone.

'No. Last I need is you causing trouble.' I think to her.

Before she could respond he speaks to me.

"Listen bitch if you can't tell me where Clara is then you are useless. The only thing you might be good for and that's a big might is a sex slave. Other than that, you are fucking useless!" He shouts at me.

Unfortunately, him saying that pisses Shade off so bad she takes over my body for a few seconds and insults this demon back.

"At least I would be of some use then unlike you, you small, dicked bastard." She says before I could stop her.

'Shade! What the fuck!' I chastise before turning my attention back to the demon in front of me.

He looked shocked for a second.

"I-" I start to say.

*Smack*

Before I could apologize the demon slapped me hard across the face. Pain stung the side he smacked and old painful memories surfaced. Memories I worked hard to forget for good reason. The last thing I felt before blacking out was Shade's rage.

When I come back to my senses, I look at the clock and only a couple minutes have passed. The lobby once again seemed empty. Well until I looked on the ground in front of me.

I gasped at the sight. The demon who insulted me was laying face first on the ground. Cuts littered his body. I reached out to help when I noticed my hands and claws are bloody.

Oh no. What have I done? I lost it and now this demon is...

Instincts taking over I rush into the kitchen. I use my elbows to open the door to avoid getting blood everywhere. I run over to a corner and sit there as tears fill my eyes.

What have I done?