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Sin flashed himself out of the shower and into clothes before he snatched open the door to find Kish standing in the hallway

"What?"

"Downstairs, boss, now Gallu eating people"

It wasn&039;t in Sin to follow anyone&039;s orders, but for once he didn&039;t question it He did just what Kish said-he went straight downstairs

As soon as he was in the casino, it was easy to find the gallu Even though the gallu looked human, his true demon form was reflected in the mirrors around the and running for the doors Stools were overturned and the hu the patrons while the Dai to cover those who fled

And that hy he used them in his casino Unlike human help, they could be relied on to stay cal "unnatural" happened Credit had to be given to the Apollites and Daimons They seldom panicked

Sin turned away frouards had the gallu trapped by one of the roulette wheels-although "trapped" ht be rabbed one of the guards and bit into him Luckily he was a Daiht until the Daiallu

Holy shit Their e Whereas a human took about a day to complete their conversion Daimons were virtually instantaneous

Oh, the things you learned when you ran a casino

Now they had two gallu to fight

Damien took his suit jacket off "Cover their heads so they can&039;t bite you, and beat the shit out of theuards shouted before he ran toward the door

So

Da coward "Yeah, run hoirl, and don&039;t come back" He paused as he saw Sin

Sin didn&039;t speak He kept walking toward his targets He held his arms out to his sides as he allu Daimon was the first to come at him Sin flipped him over, onto his back, and held him in place with his knee He jerked the knife froed it between the Daimon&039;s eyes and then buried a second knife in his heart, just to be sure

The Daimon didn&039;t burst apart, which let Sin know that when a Daiallu, they were serious shit

But Sin would deal with this one later The knives would keep hiallu to finish

"Co slowly to his feet

The deallu Daimon He didn&039;t run at Sin, he approached hi distance, he punched Sin clocked the strike and delivered a fist of his own straight to the demon&039;s solar plexus It didn&039;t even faze hiht, out of range

"Who taught you to fight? Your sister?" Sin struck the deht him with a solid punch so hard that it knocked hiround flat on his back

Sin flipped himself back to his feet, ready to battle But before he could move, a steel spike appeared between the demon&039;s eyes

It was jerked free as the demon slid to the floor to show him Deimos

"Nasty little bastards your faht we started earlier"

"Looking forward to it"

Dei at him Sin blocked and the next attack came so fast he barely had time to counter it He jerked his head back just before Deimos would have hit him His fist ca on his cheek He swung at Deimos&039;s chin, but the Dolophonos jerked his head to the side Sin missed him by only scant milli time since he faced someone he considered an equal

Kat popped in just as Sin landed a staggering blow to Deimos&039;s chest The Dolophonos reeled back

She paused beside Damien "What did I miss?"

"Not allu Sin killed the gallu Daimon on the floor over there Then nulanced askance at her "Want to wager on the winner?"

She was appalled by his suggestion "Damien!"

"What?" he asked, his face aisodds and bets right now Trust me, Sin would not only appreciate it, he&039;d approve"

The sad thing was, Daht about that

"You are so amoral"

"No I&039;ned sound of disgust at him before she turned her attention back toward the ive Sin credit, unwounded, he was ainst Deimos She truthfully couldn&039;t say ould win

At least not until Sin kicked Dei into one of the ed in sympathetic pain as Deimos slammed to the floor

Deimos paused as he saw Kat A sinister smile curved his lips as he started for her

Kat braced herself for his attack

But he never reached her

His face filled with the wrath of hell, Sin went for Deimos and pulled a barbed cord from around his wrist Just as Kat moved to strike him, Sin wrapped the cord around Deimos&039;s throat and snatched him back from her

"That was you fatal htened his grip

Deied as he tried desperately to pull the cord froave him no quarter

"Don&039;t kill him," she said

Sin scowled at her "Are you insane? He won&039;t stop otherwise"

Maybe, but Deih he was, and she didn&039;t want to see him killed "Deimos, swear you&039;ll leave us alone"

"Never"

Sin&039;s biceps bulged as he tightened the cord even more Deimos was dead She knew it and it broke her heart

Suddenly a woallu just dragged off a young wo for help"

Sin&039;s face hite as he heard those words Kat saw the indecision in his eyes He looked down at Deio of the cord and ran for the door

Deiing as he unwound the cord froed as she saw the blood from where the cord had cut into skin No doubt Dei her head in pity, she ran after Sin, as on the street now, chasing after the gallu

The de woman behind it

All of a sudden, the de invisible Sin pulled the woman from the demon&039;s arms and kicked it back He handed the woht the deainst her

Just as the deasped

Deimos stepped out from the shadows "They are filthy bastards, aren&039;t they?"

Sin tensed, waiting for Dei a little sick of it But to his utter consternation, the Dolophonos looked past hiainst Kat

"Is she all right?" Deimos asked

"Shaken, but she doesn&039;t appear to have been hurt I think Sin got to her in time"

Deimos stepped around Sin and placed his hand on the woainst hiently laid her down on the sidewalk as herover them

"Crystal?"

"She&039;s fine," Deimos said quietly He looked over at Sin "He saved her"

Tears of gratitude were flowing down the mother&039;s face as she looked at Sin "Thank you Thank you both I don&039;t knohat he would have done to her had you not helped us"

Deimos nodded, then he placed his hand on her head to erase her hter, she collapsed, and Deiround

He looked at them over his shoulder "We have exactly one ger who left the to finish our fight?"

Deimos shook his head "Contrary to public opinion, neither the Erinyes nor the Dolophoni are the lapdogs of the Greek pantheon I don&039;t follow orders unless I see a reason to I illing to kill you only because you desecrated human re to spare you because you chose the welfare of an innocent huain "And over that of so"

Sin was still stunned by his turnaround It didn&039;t see out of this?"