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“The demons hide it,” she said “They hide it like it’s their ust Apryl leaned forward, “Think about it, Ivy The Angel Deone on for eons, but the deer and more powerful And since it’s so rare, they think it’s a treasure Each deh to evoke a ruthless Akayleah when the time comes Your creator must have been very powerful Either that or the deel blood when you were changed”
I nodded, not knohat to say Soels hadn’t heard of any of this It was like hiding a weapon the size of a football field under a tablecloth De about it And worst of all, I had this ability as well Turning to Apryl I asked, “How do I keep fro it?”
She looked at ed “I don’t know It sounds like you already have Maybe your angel blood is holding it in check Maybe it isn’t, but either way caving in and allowing your e so anything to do that to you can force your Akayleah into action” She paused, her eyes raking over my hair, ain “If you’re already having issues with your Akayleah, why isn’t it apparent? I should be able to see so, and not just when it’s invoked It should have left a scar” Her eyes narrowed a bit as they slid over ain “The scars are revered in the Underworld They would protect you from other deaze Her green eyes suspicious “Why?”
Glancing at her out of the corner of my eye, I leaned back on h h would re, I wondered what I should say My gut clenched tightly when I thought of telling her about Lorren, so I said, “I healed it I didn’t knohat it was, so I scraped it off Scales appeared on ular skin replaced the atinto a demon”
“You were” Apryl’s green eyes were coain They could save you in the future”
CHAPTER ELEVEN
Sleep tugged at ain It felt etting so confused as to as sleep and asn’t The darkness faded into a dull grayAt first I thought it was a patch of darkness where the light refused to shine There were places like that in Hell, places where the shadows seemed alive and malicious The patch of darkness shifted and swirled like bubbles on top of boiling water
When they cleared I was standing before a lass It was more substantial than the last time I saw it Collin’s words echoed so that I couldn’t hear Stepping towards it, I felt curiosity ignite inside of lass, but instead of showing a reflection, there was nothing It made no sense I slid my foot towards it, closer, closer, closer until I was nearly touching the glass The frigid azed into its depths, I thought I could see so It was s similar, but it looked so distant that I couldn’t be certain
I pressed lass, but h the plane It was no thicker than a layer of skin, and h into its warh me Startled, I pulled ers, counting theed Each slender finger bent and the skin was still pale and smooth I examined the back of my hand and then flipped it over and looked at lass seemed to have no effect
Eyes wide, I looked up at the glass and saw so on the other side A shriek ripped frolass! She was clad in a black gown that covered her fro around her shoulders with the hood pulled up, obscuring her face
I snappedthe woht swirled at the back of er Destruction Death My palms were covered in cold sweat My foot slid away from the dark mirror
The movement seemed to startle her, because her head tilted up and she saw me Her mouth first fored the corners of herto speak She took a step towardbut eyes the color of aht
“How utterly delightful” Her voice was deep, and dripping with scorn I wanted to turn and walk away, but power flowed fro into the place I stood, holding me still I stood motionless as her ruthless eyes washed over me “This is the one to defeat Kreturus?” She chortled one short burst of laughter “You are no more than a child And a child that doesn’t knoho she is, at that Co to, lass “Are you the one akened lass? And are you the one who just slid an arh into ure stood silently watching loved hand extended a single finger to touch the side of her shadowed face “Mmmm Then, it is time” Her voice contained power “Come”
The word rang like crystal My ears resonated with her voice Before I realized as happening,was pulling on it My right arht for control of hed as I battled with myself to defy her command and rean to slide forward It was like pushing two drops of water together At some point they are drawn to one another and cannot pull back I was one drop The woman in the black hood was the other The whispers inthat rang the loudest, warningto save h, I would never be the same
But it was too late Both feet were sucked into the black glass, followed by the rest oftoat the sa as it seemed the last time I saw it Last ti there It showed things like a lass And there was a sied on the other side, the hooded figure stood with her arms folded She was tall and thin The black cloak hid her slender figure Her cowl obscured her face