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The creature stopped in front of one of the woer, and ripped open her cheek down to the bone

With a screa until they filled her face as she finally saw the creature who’d attacked her Her scream turned to one of terror as she tripped and fell back onto the floor Crying and whi, she scuttled back frohtmare

"He’ll leave her like that," Vhyper murmured, as if to himself "They feed on fear and pain He’ll make sure they all see him before he plays with them"

"How can you know this?"

"You’ve been out of it a while, BP We’ve already fed two of these fiends"

The blood No wonder

As one of the men rushed to the woman’s side, the Daemon circled hih the uttural scream rose froenerate lost li body parts His forehead burned with fury at the rank destruction Needless, vile

Paenther took deep breaths through his nose as Vhyper’s words echoed in his ears With the power you raise with the little witch, we’ll free an entire arht the blood and sex, his body used to free rowl, he struggled to free himself until his body with slick with sweat and hisHe could not let this happen

But no matter how hard he tried to free hie held the hue, but couldn’t All four hu for a way out But there was no escape

The Dae him fast As the man pummeled him with his free fist, the Daemon pulled a strip of flesh fro s, Vhyper? Capture human after human to feed them? You must know you can’t control them You’ll never contain therinned "Who wants to contain theaze elsewhere, sickened by the thought of these lassed walls, Mage watched with avid, excited expressions

Except one Huddled against the wall, not six yards aas Skye, dressed and showered Her hand covered her mouth, tears ran down pale, pale cheeks as she watched the horror unfold in front of her

Was this another false display of emotion for his benefit? Or had she honestly not knohat use Birik intended to rowl ruot his hands on the vile, traitorous witch

He’d kill her

Skye turned froe, falling to her knees and vo onto the rock After the ritual, she’d fled to the woods and only now returned She hadn’t known

Dear Mother, dear Mother, dear Mother

What had they done?

She’d overheard Vhyper tell Paenther they were to do this every night Freeto raise the power for ever since Vhyper brought hiift could be used for such evil

Skye collapsed against the wall, her head back, tears strea down her cheeks

In so many ways, Birik used her But not for this

Please, Mother Not for this

She pressed her freezing palitation

She didn’t have a choice She never had a choice

But Paenther’s voice rang in her head,her We all have choices, Skye

She cradled her head, covering her ears, but the warrior’s voice, deep inside her head, wouldn’t be silent

Whether we choose to face them or hide from them defines e are Whether we choose to let evil live, or we fight to destroy it, defines our lives

Sobs wracked her body as the huh the caverns

Choose, Skye

She couldn’t let this go on She could not be the cause of soSobeen enthralled again, but he came back to consciousness to find hi beside hi hand on his cock as she tucked his distended flesh into his pants His body still pulsed with the exquisite pleasure of sexual release

His gaze speared her She’d used hi his unspoken accusation, she nodded "I had to unenthrall you fast, and this is the only way I kno" She faced him with fear in her eyes "I know you hate me, and I know you don’t trust ency in her voice and in her face set up a dru in his blood

"I didn’t knohat Birik intended You toldnot to allow another Dae to free you instead"

He stared at her, his jaw tight, afraid to believe

"You won’t get out of here without my help If you attack le piteous scream punctuated the quiet of the caverns

Skye flinched and nodded "She’s the only one still alive Once she dies, the croill disburse, and I’ll never get you out of here The two main entrances to the caverns are in the open, but I know of another one You won’t find it without ot what he’d come for Vhyper

She unlatched his ankles then, one after the other, his wrists His muscles were stiff as he pulled his ar off the rock and onto his feet with a rush of savage satisfaction

He stared down at her froht, tempted nearly beyond reason to take out his fury on her as he once had Ancreta Mage witch But the rigid control that commanded his life held his hand He still needed her

"Where’s Vhyper?"

"I don’t know, but if you try to find hiic Birik can call you back through thehout the caverns and the forests Possibly beyond"