<strong>Melinda</strong><br/><br/><em>"It's not that I'm not happy about this, it's just...Sha'kos. I'm not really a fan of his work. And I haven't worked with a trio of your...well, caliber before. And I'll be blunt. Demons scare the crap out of me."</em><br/><br/>Melinda looked up as he spoke and smiled warmly, he was a smart one she realized. "Demons should scare you Jacob, it is when they stop scaring you that there is a problem." she replied, her voice soft and warm. She realized that all to often she herself no longer feared demons properly and she vowed to remember that in the future.<br/><br/><em>"Melinda start looking for anything you can find on Sha'Kos, everything on him in the book."</em><br/><br/>Melinda nodded turning to leave. Just as she was leaving she heard Tabitha speak and she turned around in surprise. Her sister was so cold and her words were nothing like her normal self. She looked to Jacob apologetically, hoping he could forgive Tabitha's rudeness. Shaking her head sadly she left to grab a book she kept notes in from her bedroom.<br/><br/>Once upstairs in the attic she sighed in relief to discover Tabitha was gone already. For some reason she did not really understand she did not want to face her angry sister just yet. As she hunkered down to read everything she could on the matter of Sha'Kos her mind focused and she fell into a trance. Over the last year Melinda had put together a computer program housing every single bit of information they learned on the demon. As she studied everything over and over she grew frustrated, where was the key to this demons demise?<br/><br/>Turning the page in the Book of Shadows Melinda froze, staring down at the newest page. It was a rendering of a very powerful demon, Eurynome, Sha'Kos number one minion. As she read she grinned, perhaps this demon would be useful in some way.....