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Sin flashed hih he could have just as easily taken hiht now he didn&039;t want Kish or Damien to bother him He needed his space and time alone to prepare himself mentally for what he had to do

He was coated in blood, and though there had once been a time when he would have reveled in it, those days were past Noas tired of the never-ending battles Tired of fighting in a war he knew he couldn&039;t really win

There was only one person whose blood he wanted on his hands One person whose blood wouldhis flesh

Arte her head froht a smile to his face as he , hot shower

After turning the water on, he dropped his weapons to the floor, where they landed with a heavy thunk, and stripped while he waited for the water to heat As soon as it was scalding hot, he stepped inside and let the water rinse hiritty and covered with sweat and blood-his and theirs Dipping his head down, he watched as all of it slid from his flesh to the tile and then circled down the drain

The heat felt good against his sore hts

The Kerir or Reckoning, as so and he still had to find the Hayar Bedr or Forsaken Moon before the gallu demons found him and destroyed hi them back

Not that he had much of one even with the Moon, but that sliver was infinitely better than no hope whatsoever

Sin ground his teeth as he envisioned the Kerir in his ht on New Year&039;s Eve as people rushed to celebrate, the seven Die their fallen pantheon would be freed The only one who could fight theod powers, he didn&039;t have a hope in hell of succeeding in beating the Diods, ancient and new, have mercy on them all "Damn you, Artemis," he snarled The stupid bitch By one act of selfishness, she&039;d condeht her own godhood would protect her from the demons to cohting would do was prolong his own death But it wasn&039;t in hi while innocent people were killed Do nothing while the earth was overrun and destroyed No, he&039;d been fighting back the gallu demons for tooout as many of them as he could

They were hard kills, but the Dih while they did so Sighing, he turned the water off and reached for a towel He paused as he saw the latest scar on his hand Daod Apollo had cursed to live by stealing huallu could turn humans into one of them The poison in their bite could infect even Sin and make him a demon as well It hy he had to burn the poison out every time it invaded his body Why he had to make sure to behead the creatures and burn their bodies It was the only way to co

They were prolific breeders One bite, one blood exchange that was all it took They didn&039;t have to kill huallu enjoyed the killing so les Once infected, the deceased huallu, who could co they wanted The humans then became o, there had been designated warriors sanctioned by the Suallu off When the number of those warriors had fallen and they&039;d becohter and brother had trapped the gallu to keep the on humanity But over tiallu had begun working their way free of their prison They&039;d also beco to find the artifacts Sin&039;s brother had hidden to help awaken the Di that the Dimme would reward them for their loyalty And the Dimme probably would

Yeah, in three weeks&039; ti to suck if you were hu about it tonight He&039;d found the Tablet of Destiny Tomorrow, he&039;d seek the Moon Until then he needed a few hours of rest

Completely naked, he tucked hiht out of histheir forces See the the humans into creatures like the to overrun the world Mother would turn on child, brother on brother Theirs was a blood hunger that knew no satiation The ultiinally been created to combat the Sumerian pantheon&039;s eneainst the Charonte demons that Sin&039;s father had been convinced would one day destroy them all What his pantheon had never envisioned was the day when Atlantis would be destroyed and her Charontes along with her With no other deallu had turned their attention and hunger on the humans

They&039;d laid waste to entire cities before Sin, Ishtar, and Zakar had corralled the up as ht

Buton hirowled as he banished thosebut cut hione

He had a future to fight for and he&039;d need all his strength for it

Closing his eyes, he forced hi He couldn&039;t let anything as petty as revenge or hate deplete hih the streets of New York, trying to get a bearing on Sin He ht not even be in the city anyht before, it was the h her as she h the holiday crowd

Honestly, she loved visiting New York at Christmas She could well understand her father&039;s need to be in the city this time of year True, it was cold, but there was a lifeblood here as people rushed through the streets, shopping, working, and living

What she loved best was the decorated store s and the fun themes their decorators chose They were exquisite and iddy, especially when she saw other kids squealing in delight as they pointed to aand then rushed to the next one, pushing past aggravated adults

Kat had never been so carefree Even though she&039;d been sheltered, her childhood had never been innocent She&039;d seen things no child should see, and though she tried not to be jaded, it was hard not to be

But those children ere laughing and giddy the ones who had no idea how ugly the world could be-they were the ones she fought for And those children hy she had to find Sin and stop him He couldn&039;t be allowed to prey on theht to that poor woman Why would he desecrate a huet over that It hit her on a level so raw that she could do nothing but ache for the woman and her family, ould never knohat had happened to her

It was

As Kat paused to let a little girl cross in front of her, a large man shoved her fro to himself He took one look at the child and hissed like a cat Then he stared at the child speculatively like a feral beast conte its next morsel

But as he reached for the child, heraway

The ry look on the pair that made Kat&039;s blood run cold It was unnatural What&039;s more, there was a flash of red in his eyes that wasn&039;t hu like it

With one last sneer, he see the mother and child before he continued on his way

Curious about him and his intentions, Kat followed inconspicuously If it weren&039;t for the daylight shining so brightly, she&039;d think hiate his life But that wasn&039;t possible Because of Apollo&039;s curse on their race, none of the Dai If they did, they burst into flames