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Jane went quiet Unless she expected Leo to be here Rick said it was scuttlebutt, andLeo here, where she would be at the center of her power and he was cut off frohts for daytio I turned, walked to door and paitch off Wolf den with cages went dark I walked into roo door open No lever handle to pull it shut Felt pull of spell on floor Jane put hand on -in-the-circle stared at us I could sense its

Bewilder drawn inside with it

Ispell weakened Was gone e reached top of stairs I pushed Jane away Beast is alpha Closed door behind us Went toEvangelina was still in circle, body covered in blood She was lying on side Sleeping I opened door and slipped through Raced off of porch and leaped across brush, to land, silent, on rock and pebble path Looked over shoulder to see Evangelina, bloody, asleep Another leap took us deep into shadows under low tree We turned again to look at witch, sleeping, covered in blood Hacked softly Stupid kit et back to the hotel I have a lot of research to do On demons

CHAPTER NINETEEN

Want to Play?

Back at the hotel, I picked up my cell and made a few calls, the first to Evan--and he actually answered even though he had to see my number on the readout I described the scene at Evil Evie’s and he said, "I need to think about this You will not interfere, do you understand? Break the spell at the wrong point and you could kill Molly"

"Sure Whatever" I hung up, ticked off, though I knew he could handle the dee for the sheriff that the wolves were currently caged and no danger to the public I deliberately didn’t leave any details, and figured that would irritate hirin, turned on the gas logs and the laptop, curled on the bed, and went Internet hopping

There were a gazillion sites about deazillion that could offer sos, moon-called, olves, and started a list on a pad There were dean, Jewish, tribal, ancient, fictional, mythical, modern, European, Aan a list, trying to ignore the weird feeling that a predator was standing across the room with its eyes on my neck Just nerves, but still Dee full of demon names, I closed the laptop and leaned back on the bed, pillows piled behindThere were too as fireplace cast both heat and flickering shadoar only boy-shorts and a thin tank top I should be desperate for sleep, but I was too wired to close es of the blackout blinds assured me I should be up and around, not exhausted and depleted All I could see was the demon in the circle as I/alked away fro, but charging in to Evil Evie’s base in the circle would likely cause ood, and maybe release a demon to wreak havoc on Earth I could call the cops, but that would just endanger huelina, any hope of future parley between vaeneration because the witches would hold all vaeneration before younger witches would be willing to try again In all honesty, that didn’t bother ht hurt Mol Or, I could go to the café and tell the sisters but that was going to be a probleirls Your crazy-as-a-bat sister--the one screwing a vaes in the basement, drained their blood, and su outside buck naked, covered in spelled blood, and has a dead onna work Not

Worse--Evangelina had stolen Shaddock’s blood as well What did the mixture of were and vamp blood do to a spell cast by a water witch who had a de by the seat of my pants I dialed Molly and was shunted directly to voice e

I was between a demon and the deep blue sea I was screwed no matter what I did I’d have to depend on Evan to handle it I curled up and closed my eyes Despite my worry, I fell asleep

The door opened and Rick walked in, shutting the door behind hi, that kind where you know it’s a dream but you’re paralyzed, unable to ht for a , before he dropped his jacket to the floor and toed off his boots Pulled his T-shirt off His pants slid to the floor