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A path that led Nick straight to a fate he didn’t want He’d been born to end the world…
To destroy everything he loved and valued
Defy your destiny!
“Nick!”
Darkness surrounded hiainst his chest until he feared he was dying He couldn’t get it to turn him loose It was here and all it wanted was his life His powers
His iled for consciousness But he was losing this battle
He was losing hiot us a serious problem All our thrusters are blown and we’re about to combust into a fiery mess”
Una to switch the phone to her other ear “What de in the background? Is that Nick? Caleb, what have you done now?”
“Yeah, that be the very proble Only the crybaby is not our Nick”
She held her breath at Caleb’s words “My patience is out Speak a language I understand”
“Fine Nick ain’t Nick The Nick you hear woke up this et this—his father, and saying that he’s not in the right place or time He doesn’t know me Or Zavid He’s never seen Nick’s room before, and you don’t want to knohat he did when he saw himself in theJust be glad you were at hoh to be honest, I’irl screaripped her Without hanging up, she teleported from her house to Nick’s bedroom, where she found him curled into a ball on his bed Shirtless, he wore only a pair of dark blue flannel boxers
Kody knew that long, ripped body that jutted out from under the dark blue comforter where he’d buried his head But the whiny tone was one she’d never heard from Nick before
With hair as dark as his alternate raven forestured toward the bed, where Nick had his arony “Want to take it from here? He don’t know me and he don’t want to see or talk to me”
Then he definitely wouldn’t know her Still, she felt co, he lowered the comforter from his face His lips quivered “Do you know ht blue eyes Horrified over this discovery, she narrowed her gaze on Zavid, who sat shirtless and barefoot in a corner on the floor The newest ht from a brutal death sentence His hair was as black as Caleb’s, and like Caleb and Nick, he was incredibly handso to preternatural creatures “What did you do?”
Zavid curled his lips at her “Sure, blame the Hel Hound Like I did this What is it with you two?”
She glared at Zavid and dared him to lie “I didn’t do this I know Caleb didn’t do it Only other creature in this room with those kind of powers happens to be you, buster What did you do?”
Zavid pointed to Caleb with his er “Ask your other boyfriend That daeve deht while I slept There’s no way I could have done anything to anyone I’ht now, I can’t even shapeshift”
Caleb snorted “Don’t cut your eyes athis araze “Whatever happened in this room while I was asleep on the couch outside, swapped out Nick’s soul and drained Z Had nothing to do with me”
“Are you drained?” she asked Caleb
He shook his head “For soence on their part, whoever did this left , Kody tried toadded up It wasn’t possible for sooddess Ma’at had sealed this house with sacred emblems that kept it safe froet near Nick inside his home Not without an express invitation that none of the set off Ma’at’s alarms?”
Caleb shook his head slowly “Any ideas what could break in here, under the noses of three deoddess, and do this?”
No She had no idea Kneeling on the bed, she cupped Nick’s terrified face in her hands “Look at h he continued to tremble and sob in a way their Nick never would
It broke her heart to see the handsonition in those beautiful blue eyes Her Nick was powerful and defiant in everything he did Cocksure and sweet The boy on this bed held none of the charise of her boyfriend and enemy
Kody bit her lip as she used her powers to scan him
To her horror, he was completely human Not a drop of Malachai power or Nick’s true soul remained inside his body That wouldn’t necessarily be a bad thing, except for the fact that he still had Malachai blood running through those veins Even without the powers, the blood carried its own special properties that made Nick a very attractive trophy for those anted to use his blood for nefarious activities
For that an, bones, and skull were even ick
A Malachai was the rarest and strongest of all demonkyn Alive, they were lethal and hunted Dead, they were priceless It was one of the reasons a Malachai usually used the last of his powers to combust himself as he died That ensured that no other creature could use any part of the Malachai to go after his son Tocould ever enslave him once he was dead
The Malachai was the most loathed and pursued creature in existence He lived a life fraught with eneer, and battle
And this boy in front of her was in no way a fighter or a survivor
He was Kibble And Nick’s enemies would tear this kid apart
Scared for thelower “Could this have been done by whoasped “My parents were kidnapped?”
She patted his cheeks “No, Nick Not your parents”
“I don’t understand” He panicked even ainst the wall, a blast shot past her, into hi unconscious, onto the floor