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As we headed over in their direction, another car pulled in, siren silent but blue and red lights flashing across the top Chase had arrived He screeched into a parking lot and leaped out of the driver’s seat

The only ones talking were Morio and Caether as they whispered I could feel the dark sparkle of deathout their spells, no doubt Ever since Morio had healed up, he’d taken on a decidedly wilder air; he seemed a little more feral than usual And he’d also taken on a more possessive stance when he was around Camille

As we approached the door, I looked at Chase "Do you kno many?"

Chase frowned "On the radio, Sha up the joint, and he and Thayus are holding their own but they can’t take all of thees"

"Thayus is new, isn’t he?" Calance his way

"Yes He’s Svartan I don’t know if Trillian knows hirin "And yes, I know they don’t all know each other--no more than all Seattleites know each other"

"Okay, then So we go in, and we take the into the front position "Let ht It’s been too long"

My pulse quickened as the others looked atup, and while I’d helped out as , that hadn’t been enough I needed to feel like I wasmy family and friends down

The doors to the Davinaka had been ripped off their hinges and tossed aside, thedemons who iving themselves over to the deroup of Hell’s Angels--not a bad thing--but in comparison, the bikers were a troop of Boy Scouts Most FBHs would sense soression

We approached from the side and I cautiously peeked around the corner I could hear a lot of screaht side There didn’t seeroup

"Psst Over here" Sha near the end of an aisle, and we quietly joined hi unit, then turned back to us "It’s bad They caught sight of Thayus and started chasing hi I could do to help hie The owners and ed to reach the back of the store Jade’s a smart cookie She had a solid steel doorand had it installed on the break rooh to make her so paranoid, but whatever it was, that paranoia is saving the life of her and her custo to break through"

There was blood spattered on the floor near Shamas Camille reached out and touched his arm "Is that yours? Are you hurt?"

He shook his head "No, they ed to catch a few of the customers and…let’s just say there are casualties I hid here They either forgot aboutthat door open"

The i to pry the lid off a can of sardines flashed throughelse we should know before we take the more about how they were armed or whether he’d picked out who the leader was, but when he spoke, Shauard All of us, really

He cocked his head to the side and let out a long sigh "Yeah, there is I’d hoped to avoid this, but you have to know I recognize one of them"

"Hohere did you see hiht have been a squeak, and she took a step back "No…oh Sharuff as heto say, don’t you? You guessed sometime back but you never confronted"I’ve been waiting for you to come clean Don’t make me be the one to say it"

I looked fro on? Sha about?"

After an aard pause, Shaure it out at some point Especially since you’re married to that one" He nodded toward Morio

Morio let out a little growl "As long as you didn’t bother the girls, I illing to let it pass But they need to know, especially now"

"Will you just fucking tell us what’s going on?" Everybody stared at ht" Shaht his breath, then let it out slowly "One of the Tregarts is from Otherworld He’s one of the sorcerers I trained with That’s how I learned the ic that I used to escape Lethesanar He was a demon back then and he’s even erously as he pulled out a silver blade and readied the deadly-looking weapon "And let uts"

Chapter 7

"What the fuck are you talking about?" I was confused Smoky and Shade both looked confused, too Ca on, but whatever it was, it was eluding aze toward the floor, his face pale and pinched "That’s how I escaped Lethesanar I studied with Feris, a Tregart sorcerer who had ate into the Southern Wastes He’d worked his way up to Ceredream when I met him He took me on as an apprentice No one else in the fa down there I learned fast But Feris got pissed when I wouldn’t turn ht have let that one go, but then…"<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>