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There was a note of sarcasm in his voice she didn’t understand and wasn’t sure she wanted to Pretty en
"This is a key to the end of days You, inity, I will become the most powerful key of all" He put his forehead to hers and looked into her eyes with his flat, soulless ones "I look forward to ridding the hu with you"
Cairo The Triu urban rat race that caht As a hunting ground, Wraith had always found Cairo to be adequate, but for the most part, he wasn’t fond of it The mix of ave the city a mixed-up vibe, as if it couldn’t settle on any particular h, and sometimes he wondered what life would have been like back in the days of the pharaohs
Not life for hu a deods--Ma’at, Ra, Osiris, Khepri, scoresmemories--many were immortal or daain
If the shit going down in the underworld was any indication, it looked like things were looking up for those demons
As the train pulled out of Cairo station, Wraith watched through a , its reflection revealing that the sand in his hourglass glyph was down to the last grains
He wondered if he’d h Tayla was an incredible warrior, especially when she tapped into her inner deh to protect Serena On the other hand, he wasn’t at his strongest either
Gods, Serena must think he was such an ass after he took off on her like that She’d told hi Shade and Eidolon deal with their mates, he now understood that soain, soiven him, he realized he’d never understand the opposite sex
He ca to be happy to see hi to stick by her side until she was back in the States and he could get her sorowl, he tore open the door to the cargo hold Halfway to her cabin, a sense of wrongness slah to make him stumble The hairs on the back of his neck stood at attention, acknowledging the fa-car door at a run Slah the second door alrew as he ran
He skidded to a stop, nearly overshooting her door A black cloud of evil pulsed all around the doorway, and he sla it in with a crash and explosion of twisted metal
"Josh!" Serena’s screaht of her, pinned beneath Byzamoth’s hideously transformed body, sent him into kill mode All his aches, pains, and nausea disappeared as a veil of crihts
Wraith threw hi, and yanked hiel into the narrow space between the door and the seats A crack of bone acco drooped
"Se his knee, Wraith nailed the bastard in the junk Very large, exaggerated junk The knowledge that he’d planned to use thaton Serena burned to ash what little remained of Wraith’s control
"You’re so dead," he snarled, and pulled Byzamoth’s head down to meet his knee Blood splashed on the floor, but not nearly enough He threw the angel into the hall, sla him into the door of another coers who heard the co with Serena’s bellow of fury as she ca a quick double-tap to his mouth, followed by a hard jab to his throat Fierce adirl
The angel lunged for her, but she swung her elbow into his gut as Wraith put the heel of his hand into Byzamoth’s nose
"My necklace," Serena yelled "Get it!"
"Mine" Byza back from sharp, yellowed teeth "And so is she" He spun with a lotwas broken and the passage was so narrow, but in an instant, he was sprinting down the aisle
Wraith gave chase At the end of the car, Byzaer With a furious snarl, he hurled the male human at Wraith They both went down in a heap Son of a bitch Wraith untangled hi, his dark skin turned ashen, his eyes haunted by what he’d seen
Welcome to my world, buddy Wraith juh the sense of evil had dissipated He wasn’t sure what powers the angel had, but he was pretty sure the bastard couldn’t fly off with one wing, and a broken one at that
Ahead, he found a group of huathered around an open door on the side of the train, their excited chatter telling hiuy leap froh apparently Byzamoth had taken human form, because these people weren’t nearly as freaked out as they should have been But where had he gone?
Wraith sped back to Serena, taking no special care to go around passengers Their indignant curses followed hi to Serena
The h the twisted door frame, she flew into his arms "Thank God, you’re okay Oh, , and only a colossal effort kept hione"
"My necklace--"
"Gone, too"