Page 6 (1/2)
But really Deht?
I took a deep breath, put my doubts aside, and said, "So isn’t there sorams? Holy water?"
"The only e’ve ever found to stop a Derown Demon, is a Djinn," Lewis said slowly "The Djinn and De back, right? Problem solved Lewis must have seen it in my face, because he shook his head "Not that easy," he said "Any Djinn that engages with a De to die, and die horribly The only thing we can do to contain the fight is seal the Djinn, and the Demon, into a bottle It traps the Dee"
My insides felt like they pulled together in a knotted ball "But what about the Djinn?"
"Like I said, they die horribly And it takes some of theht "I didn’t say I liked it"
"That’s-horrible"
Lewis looked away "Yeah," he said "Which is e have a problem Even if I wanted to, I couldn’t let David-"
"Let David what?" said a voice fro me David, of course, had arrived just in ti taken in vain He stepped out of the shadows and stood there, watching us both, and whatever that was in his eyes, I couldn’t read it "Let David ht the Wardens never let Djinn think for themselves"
He was angry, and he was-I thought-scared I didn’t kno h to disturb hiood reen down jacket, complete with hood, on the floor next to Lewis "Here," he said "So on us"
Lewis let out a slow breath and sat back, bracing hiainst the wall "Thanks," he said "Nice to know you still care"
"To a point," David said, and turned to , but the last thing I wanted fro of offering David slowly crouched, putting our eyes on a level Not too close He understood body language, at least, even if he wasn’t hu in him, the frustration, the anxiety I wondered if he could tell what I was thinking, and decided that he couldn’t He didn’t look worried enough
"Is there anything you can do for him?" I asked, and jerked my chin toward Lewis "Heal hied just a bit closer "That is the stubbornest Warden I know, and considering I know you, that’s saying so Here Put these on" He reached behind him and retrieved my damp clothes from the floor-when I took theht fro hardened in his eyes "Did you take these off yourself?"
Lewis laughed, a bitter sort of sound "David, if you think I’ , she was soaked, and I didn’t even look Can we ht worse than your jealousy?"
"You think there’s a Demon," David said "I heard"
"Worse than that," Lewis replied "I think there’s a De to control Wardens and walk theot any idea how bad that is?"
David looked profoundly troubled "That ’s very wrong"
I snorted "Wrong? I’ll tell you what’s wrong I sais put three bullets into one of theo down That’s wrong She’s little!"
"Cherise?" David echoed, and looked to Lewis for confir her? Why would it bother? There’s nothing in her to feed off of"
"I don’t know, but she was definitely in on it," I said I was tired now, though considerably war on the clean, dry clothes had definitely helped I leaned back to zip up the blue jeans and wrapped the tinfoil blanket around ain "So she’s not a Warden?"
"Not remotely," he said "The boy is, Kevin, but not her She was just-"
"My friend," I said slowly "She was my friend That’s what she said GodWhy is this happening to her? To all of us?"
Lewis didn’t even try to answer If David could have, he held back; I couldn’t tell what he was thinking at all
"There’s got to be people we can turn to," I said "Hell, if not the Wardens, what about the police? The ar bothered by their shared silence "Daht? Rescue?"
"If the Demon can puppet humans, it wouldn’t be wise," he said "It only adds more potential victims The fee have to worry about, the better"
"But we have to get out of here!"
"And ill," Lewis said, and leaned his head against the ith his eyes shut His skin was the color of old, wet paper "But David’s right Bringing people into this is a bad idea, both for them and for us We need to find our oay out, and to do that, we need rest"
"But-" Lewis needed rest, that much was clear I turned to David "Seriously, can’t you see he’s hurt? Can’t you do anything for him?"
"If he’d let rowled
"See?"
"Lewis," I pleaded "Don’t be a dick Okay, if you’re going to be a dick, at least be set ht?"