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Those words of praise brought a slight blush to Kody’s cheeks “Savitar and Ash are still out,sure our enemies don’t come back any sooner than necessary” She stood up, then helped hi all kinds of crazy things while you were out”
He could just ihed “You didn’t snore, but you did call me by your father’s na you have where you subliminally want to date your father”
Nick choked and shuddered “Hardly Besides, I look so much like him, that’d be narcissism to the extreme And while I occasionally like myself, I definitely don’t lovea deep breath, he surveyed the dae around him, which wasn’t as bad as it could have been Bubba and Mark were tending wounds not far away and restocking weapons Nick had to say that they’d looked better ’Course, they’d also looked a lot worse
“Where’s my mom?” he asked them
Bubba set his Neosporin aside and jerked his chin toward the fortified door “She’s in the shelter with Topher looking out for her, under severe death threats I don’t kno long Acheron and Savitar can hold Thorn and them off Thorn promised he’d be back and I’ed I don’t think anything is going to stop hi Not even your friends”
Nick bit his lip as he considered the best course of action Bubba was right Thorn would return as soon as he could They had to move fast
“Kode? If we had Caleb here, could the two of you reverse whatever it was you did to my powers?”
“Maybe But we don’t have Caleb”
“Or do we?”
She arched a brow at hiain, sweetie? I’ve warned you about the dangers of concussions”
He grinned “Kind of, but I did learn so his father wasn’t setting hi humiliation, Nick took a deep breath then called out “Cabal Cabal Cabal I sued a look that said he was as crazy as he suddenly felt when nothing happened
Great, Dad I can look stupid on my own Didn’t really need you to help out on that front
That was his thought until he heard a curse and soainst the wall Nick shoved his attacker away, then froze as he looked into a pair of faiant, badass-tough demon that Nick was used to
“Malphas?”
Tense and braced to fight, Caleb turned around slowly, surveying every aspect of his new surroundings He paused as he faced Kody and Siet here?”
Kody pointed to Nick “Apparently, Nick suht past Nick and kept searching the rooer?”
She gestured even ht there”
Caleb’s jaent slack as he faced him “Nick?”
“Caleb?”
The word had barely left his lips before Caleb grabbed hiht Which was extreross Cole himself from the demon It wasn’t like Caleb to show any emotion toward hier
Okay, a lot of ti other than food …
Co ot to be someplace nice, like Antoine’s or Brennan’s I ain’t easy or cheap”
Laughing, Caleb stepped back and narrowed his eyes on Nick as he held him by his ar?”
Nick gave him a droll smirk “Don’t taunt me now that I know your real nae to you with that Make you fetch ape as she understood “Cabal? His sued “Don’t, Nekoda Just don’t I can wreck your day, too, you know?”
She held her hands up in surrender “Yes, you can Please don’t I’ve already forgotten I ever heard it”
“Good woman”
Nick tilted his head as he took in Caleb’s bruised face “What got ahold of you?”
“A lot of things that were trying to snatch your body from my custody And we can’t leave Zavid alone with it He’s extremely likely to throw it out the door and let the others have you to save his own hide Unlike me, he’s not real attached to you, and I don’t like or trust untested loyalty”
Neither did Nick “I have been told by countless dead people today that you and Kody have to free my powers first”
“Countless dead people?” Caleb asked
“Long story” Nick inclined his head to Kody “Can you two fix us Stone to restore his powers It’s what they used to do this to him”
Caleb choked on that “Apollymi’s necklace? Are you nuts?”
“Ooo,” Simi breathed “The sparkly, shiny one I know that necklace Akra used to pacify the Simi with it when she was a very little simi It’s why the Simi loves her sparklies so”