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Xero nodded “I felt it too It was probably an animal Keep a sharp eye, but don’t worry too much Human hybrids are outside the food chain”

“I’ll go up and check it out,” Kingston offered In one fluid ht the instant after he stood

“He’s getting good at that,” Jayce said appreciatively

“A little too good” Kai frowned up at the sky where Kingston was no longer visible “He likes it here too much”

I shrugged “Who wouldn’t like a power boost? He’s not going to turn evil, you know I’m convinced that’s just a myth”

“Why would they do that?” Jayce asked “Wouldn’t spreading a ot here? Seems like it would weaken our side”

“It does, doesn’t it” I gave Jayce a hed “I’inate with the Custodians?”

He puzzled on that for a minute, then his eyes widened “Oh! Gavriel’s army?”

“Got it in one” I nodded, ignoring the little butterflies that flapped in rinned athim happy always made me happy, as if even in the ht with the world “I h to keep the underworld free of trained demon hunters And it’s worked, hasn’t it?”

“Better than any ward or defense” Xero scratched his chin thoughtfully “If you’re right, it’s honestly brilliant”

Kingston returned just then, pooling back onto the ground the saone up As his hu so attention to us Not that I could see from up there anyway”

Kai’s eyes suddenly changed and he sniffed the air “We should one”

“Harpy eat—oh, neveron though”

We kept ht None of us wanted to sleep in the forest if we could possibly avoid it, though Kai and Jayce ran laps around us every few hours to ston frequently took to the sky to ht direction Xero showed us which plants were venomous, which were poisonous, and which were s and prints, and showed us how to identify various nests The Harpy nests were easy to see once I knehat to look for, since they were primarily made of hair with bits of unfortunate scalps still attached

When the forest had grown too dark forin either forive in and make camp”