Kharon was staring at Victoria’s lips, in her turn she was staring the waiter, trying to recognize him as a saviour or a cuckoo in the nest.

‘May I have a coffee with a syrup… any one? Cappuccino.’ She said, holding firmly the demon’s hand. ‘Are they auditing?’ Vic asked herself, watching the waiter and the man walking away.

‘What auditing?’ Kharon asked understanding nothing.

‘You know, people sometimes come to check how other people work. Do you see our waiter being followed by a man? He looks like he’s not satisfied with the waiter’s work already.’

‘Why? It’s possible…’ Kharon said aloofly, looking at the lone figure of the waiter. ‘Auditing…’

‘There’re lots of people here…and you wanna kiss!’ Victoria smiled, pressing herself to Kharon who was deep in his thoughts.

In five minutes, the waiter came back with the same man nearby, put the coffee and left.

‘He doesn’t even look how the waiter is working!’ the girl surprised. ‘He was looking into my eyes! Have you seen that? How can he see the people’s work in proper perspective?’

Victoria was indignant at the auditor’s behaviour and Kharon was getting gloomier with her every word that she said.

‘Whom are you speaking about?’ he asked, having deflected his attention away from his thoughts.

‘About that guy!’ Vic showed at the empty space near the waiter.

Kharon shifted his gaze at Victoria, then back at the empty place and suddenly he started getting what was going on and his gloomy thought was being confirmed.

‘Ah, okay…’ he pretended, ‘I see. Let’s go for a walk.’

Vic smiled, having said that first of all she’d like to finish her coffee. All that time Kharon was on pins and needles, being afraid of that Victoria would notice that she was the only one who could see the “auditor”.

Fortunately, everything went smoothly until the girl went outside.

They were walking, holding hands, suddenly a couple appeared before them: a guy and a girl.

The young man was sad, hiding his hands in his pockets, looking at the road under his feet. The girl had glassy eyes and walked right into Victoria.

‘Damn!’ Vic jumped away trying to dodge away and bumped into another man.

‘What?’ Kharon caught the girl into his arms.

‘Have you seen?’ Vic exclaimed offensively. ‘She was gonna bump right into me! If I’d not got away, she’d have been hit me… Nothing new is in this city…’

Kharon frowned, shot a look at guy, who was lonely walking away. The demon didn’t know what to do that’s why he just kissed the girl and, embracing her, kept on going.

‘Are all people so heedless?’ he tried to shunt the conversation on another topic.

‘Mostly yes, they are.’ Victoria calmed down. ‘Where are you gonna live? Have you decided?’

‘Yes, I’ve found a flat in the centre of the city. It’s not far from Teatralnaya. Is there such station?’

‘Right, there is! Teatralnaya?’ Vic surprised. ‘It’d cost too much…’

The demon looked at her with a blank stare. She explained him that to live in the centre of Moscow was a very costly affair and often beyond means. After that Victoria understood that Kharon had nothing in common with people but only his appearance.

Nevertheless, his appearance was like an angel’s face. The girl had never ever seen such beauty…unnatural.

‘Forget about it!’ she smiled, pressing herself to him.

He was so hot, and his warmth was streaming through the young veins like hot chocolate; his hands were so strong that Victoria wanted those two years to be eternal. She was a naïve stupid girl not a complete idiot. She didn’t believe in in fairy tales.

‘Tell me what you felt for Daniel?’ Kharon wandered suddenly. ‘Did you love him?’

‘Why are you asking?’

‘Your relationship lasted not so long…You broke up with him because of that hot blonde, didn’t you?’

‘I still don’t get why you’re asking about it. Well if you’re so interested… I loved him. I loved him too much when we started dating. He was older than I, a presentable young man with hopeful perspective. What else did I need? Then I got that I needed long and eternal love. My love was killed by him. He was a man of a strong character and his disadvantages were opened one by one. Then you appeared and I… Jesus, I lost my mind. His hot blonde became a perfect reason to break up with no true explanation.’

‘Do you think you love me?’ the man stopped and stared into her eyes. ‘Tell me the truth, Victoria. What do you feel for me?’

‘What I feel for you is stronger than that I felt about Daniel. I want to live with you, live your life, I want you to be always near you, feel your hotness, strong hands, I want to be able to look in your eyes, where another universe is shining… I am lost in my own feelings.’

‘Do people call it love?’

‘No, I call it love. Love can’t be the same for different people.’

‘Yeah?’ Kharon pondered. ‘It’s strange, at least, women, whom I spent their nights, had the same end.’

‘You confuse love and passion.’ Victoria smiled.

‘Oh, dear, I think it’s you who confuse them, that’s why you have Lucifer’s mark on your shoulder.’

‘So that’s what you think…’ Vic looked in his eyes.

‘I’ve just supposed you to confuse them. What if it was thoughtless action?’

‘I have nothing to feel sorry about.’

Kharon went behind her. He watched her back, curvy red hair, T-shirt tight-fitting her waist, scent… That was not the same scent which France gave to the whole world. It was her natural scent which could be smelled by only the incubus, walking behind. There was something about that girl. Lucifer called her Sunshine for some reason. Victoria really radiated light associations. You would want to look at her and smile. That was what Kharon did.

The only one bad thing was that Kharon didn’t compassion. Every woman made a declaration of love for him, after having had sex with him. All of them suffered. The demon got used to his admirers. The only thing about Victoria made him be surprised: she didn’t make love with him, she just foolishly fell in love with him…. He was afraid of thinking about what would happen when the first most impetuous sex happened.

It was about midnight. Victoria was in her room, Kharon was in front of her. They both kept silence. The girl was just gazing at him and couldn’t take her eyes off him. Kharon didn’t know how to act. He was a first-class love maker. None of other incubus could be compared with his skills. But Kharon wasn’t able just to communicate.

‘Have you ever loved?’ Vic asked.

‘What?’ he asked in surprise.

‘Nothing. Nothing.’ Victoria smiled. ‘You know, thanks to this day I’ve spent with you, that kind part of day and the evening, I got that you’re not so scary. I’m not afraid of you anymore.’

‘Victoria…’ Kharon bowed his head. ‘I’m a demonic essence. There are no any definitions of some virtues in me. I’m, of course, never notable for cruelty as some of my compatriots, but not to be afraid of a demon is thoughtlessly. On no account I call you to be afraid, but there’s a due apprehension. I wonder why I’m telling this to you…’

Kharon smiled and sat near the girl. She got nervous immediately, getting her cheeks red, trifled hair tips.

‘I don’t understand your confusion, dear.’ Kharon took her hand. ‘Why is it? What are you feeling now?’

‘Desire…’ Victoria gave a deep sigh.

‘Desire?’ Kharon smiled, touching her shoulder with his lips. ‘Why are you resisting it? Why are you repulsing my endearment?’

‘You can’t make human relationship in such way.’ Victoria ran her hands over his cheek.

‘So, you chose a demon to make a human relationship?’ the man was surprised, undoing his upper button.

Victoria seemed to herself to be about to faint because of indescribable pictures.

‘No…Love did, not me. I’ve been still praying for God’s mercy, but it seems to be senselessly.’