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Even though the syinal ritual and sent the demon splits out of everyone else and back into Wraith, Mencheres and Kira still drank enough salt water to kill a noroal was to have everyone&039;s bodies filled with the liquid so they would be inhospitable to demonic repossession, because eren&039;t done yet

Denise swa from a newly un-possessed Spade She&039;d juged and lacerations crisscrossed her face fro in the blast radius At least with her nearly immortal status, she&039;d be healed in hours

Ian still held Balchezek aloft The demon&039;s skin looked red and irritated from the residual sea spray, but he&039;d stayed out of the ocean for more reasons than how the salt water would burn him Balchezek tore away soular plastic container secured to his belt and opened the latch, pulling out a large rat The rodent&039;s rapid heartbeat was audible even above the sound of the waves

Balchezek grinned at Wraith "Look at your new ho the rat above the vampire&039;s stricken face Mencheres still had Wraith in a punishing squeeze of power, cutting off even his ability to speak

"Don&039;t tor over

Balchezek snorted "Now you feel bad for the de about the rat," I said "Give it to me"

Balchezek handed the rodent to uided feh salt water force the de at the rat

I briefly closed my eyes I&039;d hoped to have this part done before Bones resurfaced so it would be too late for him to be involved, but I hadn&039;t had the chance

And now I had to tell him the truth

"Wraith can&039;t be saved" I wished he could tap into s to kno sorry I was about this, but his emotional connection as the vampire who sired me only went one way "The demon is in him so deep; she couldn&039;t pull herself out if she wanted to The only way to get her out of him is to kill hination that I hated because I&039;d felt it too often from Bones Life had been cruel to him many times in the past, and it seemed Fate wasn&039;t done with her tricks yet

"I suspected as much, butI&039;d hoped"

Those quiet words broke rim resolve Better for Bones and thehim to make this quick

I nodded at Ian "Now"

Ian abruptly plunged into the ocean, forcing Balchezek doith him Water covered Balchezek up to his waist, and he screaed into acid

"Get me out of this!"

"Not so fast," I said coolly "Why don&039;t you tell us the real reason you&039;ve been helping us trap this de uished yowl

I watched his skin bubble up without ht make him wish he were dead "Liar You slipped up and called her Hazael, but none of us knew her nah you obviously did So let&039;s try this again Why did you really help us? "

Balchezek glared at me as the water looked like it boiled around hi "Go on, take your ti swim in the ocean"

"She&039;s ritted out

My brows rose "I thought you wanted Ian&039;s protection because you were quitting that job"