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"How is it you’re even alive?" Raina asked "I thought the Dark Guardians had kicked your asses centuries ago"
"Lucifer felt we’d overstepped our bounds as a race It was genocide" Erica turned away fro especially nasty Her lip curled back in a sneer, her eyes fierce "I escaped the slaughter"
She shrugged "In truth, I don’t miss the rest of my kind We never cared ht? Lucifer sent the Dark Guardians to wipe us out back in…" She paused, appearing to count it out on her taloned fingers "Oh, heavens, back in 800 AD sometime Time does fly Mikhael wasn’t even a Dark Guardian then Barely a hundred Bet he was a cute, delicious little baby Like chicken fried on a stick Anyhow, I saw the writing on the wall Put myself down here in a dormant state Erased my life existence froic, of course Always is Had to be cognizant of everything, even though I was completely frozen, inert, a part of these walls Broke free about fifty years ago and I’ve been learning, staying low Accued a lot, physically at least"
Erica cocked a brow at Raina "You think if you keep e Not that I want to crush that hope right away; it’s so much more fun to destroy it in various little ways over time, but I don’t want to deal with a tiresome resistance"
The de it like a baton Raina steeled herself, refusing to cringe back, forcing herself toand not lose herself in that dull orange glow or the i burned by it
"Mikhael never saw ," the she-deone, he won’t know I’ue demon element, one I’ll throw in his ith your scent, your blood, and the pursuit will stop there I feel sorry for that scapegoat You’re a very choice piece of pussy Mikhael willsuffer
"In the ht, able to do as I wish Especially with a soulkeeper in my possession, thanks to Isaac’s help" Erica paused at the wall, reached out to touch the silver flute It looked like what the Pied Piper of Hamelin would use to call children aith him "Tally that up with an accomplished witch who also has the power of a succubus, and I scored big this week
"Oh, and in case you’re thinking the puppies will figure it out for hilanced at herto yourself and standing over his body You should be glad of that, because otherwise I would have turned your place into a slaughterhouse Perhaps in tiirl can never have too many weapons, and a sers on the bars Erica’s eyes followed their ee like a snake about to strike "Why is it the villain alants to ramble on about her plans and how clever she is?" Raina asked pleasantly "Is it to torture her victims further? Or to prop herself up with a sense that she’s more than an evil, crazy psycho that no one really wants around?"
Erica jaht breast She screae Those bars were her anchor point, her grip on thee of a cliff She wouldn’t fall, no aze she kept locked on Erica was filled with hatred and the promise of retribution, not fear No room for fear
She was prepared for cruel and evil; she’d been through that The fear she’d had then, that had consu, was eventually replaced by fury, and that had helped her break out Rage and power had joined with her succubus blood, and she’d been willing to dive as deeply into darkness as Elceus hiiven her the ability to understand what Mikhaelthat could be used for good But it didn’t stop it froainst the bars as Erica kept the iron pressed against her Her lips curled back, fangs showing, and she snarled at the she-de that was keeping that fear at bay, so she fought it harder Shoving herself against the brand, she reached through the bars and closed her hand over the iron, holding it even when Erica tried to jerk it back
"You…can’t ht as well…kill me now"
Erica finally yanked the iron away and it clattered to the floor She stared at Raina, as panting, her burned breast pressed against the cage "Elceus taught h the bars, and the deot hit with the spittle Score one for her, though she are of Isaac shaking his head, trying frantically to dissuade her froer with a stick It didn’t hts At that point, it was all about who backed down first
"I may not be able to teach you about pain, succubus" Erica picked up the iron and considered it, her eyes running down Raina’s body with malevolent promise "But I know, no er Eventually, you will drain Isaac"