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Sarimaced at Dev "What do you mean two demons were found drained?"

He slid his phone into his pocket "The police found their reht out in the open for the world to see Luckily, the demons were in a human form so we don&039;t have to do cleanup with theto us and not to scare the humans Why else leave thes were just a bunch of unlucky hued?"

That made sense to her, but she did have one question "If they&039;re in human form, how does Acheron know they&039;re demons?"

"Their remains were sent to the deputy medical examiner for Orleans parish Siod and they live with two ghosts If that&039;s not enough, her boss is a Squire with a long history of covering up preternatural blips on the human radar Believe me, she knows demons when she sees theave a short, dark laugh "This is an interesting town"

"Ain&039;t it though? And you have to figure Acheron can tell the difference between a demon and a human too Not like he&039;d mistake one for another"

That was a very valid point But it still concerned her "Any idea who killed theot any ideas? Ash said they&039;d been completely drained of blood Other than that, they looked normal Simone thinks it&039;s soroupWhy else would they drain it out of them? Not the usual modus operandi for demon deaths"

Saht through the slug demon&039;s eyes

The demon on the floor as the Daimons fed on him Oh my God In that one moment she knew exactly what&039;d happened

"Dainored his question as a wicked preh her There was no doubt in her e was et me a photo of the demons they found?"

Dev scowled "Why?"

"I have a bad feeling I saw the Dai if it was one of the two the police found on the street"

He frowned "What are the odds of that? I think it&039;s a long shot"

"What if it&039;s not?" What if they really did want her to knoas going on? It could be so else entirely

Either way, she had to know

Dev pulled out his phone and started texting Less than a minute later, he received a text back He checked it, then held the phone up for her to see "Look familiar?"

The pictures expanded until she could clearly see the two vics on the ground Their pale features were contorted by the last few horrific moments of their lives Their faces were a permanent nized one of theood for theht I saw the Dai him"

The color drained from Dev&039;s face as he looked at the picture "You sure?"

She nodded "The slug de on hi Well, not his actual death, but that I felt as the slug de on him are what killed hi demon powers the way they take a Were-Hunter&039;s"

"That has to be what allows the else makes sense"

Still there was doubt in his eyes "But they don&039;t get that ability when they take down one of us, and alk in daylight"

"Why else do it then? The Daimons basically have the same powers as ht There&039;s no other reason for theet the demon population Not when humans are such easy prey for them You know a demon doesn&039;t just lie down and let the on the bodies"

Dev considered that She ht Why else would the Daimons feed on a deet to you? See if they could pull some powers out of you?"

"No Dark-Hunter blood&039;s poisonous to theotten that "Then why come after you?"

"I have no idea Maybe because I saw theed

Dev tucked his phone in his pocket as he tried to think of what the Dai a wall "Did they say anything to you when they showed up in your house? Did you pick up on anything froin&039; pansy Daimons More worried about their love life thanme to Stryker"