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"Isaac said you were a badass, afraid of nothing" The demon sounded so much like Bette Davis, Raina was certain she’d stolen the diva’s voice froraveyard archive "But I’d expect no less of the sex demon who took down Elceus Drained him like a husk, broke your own chains and swore you’d never be chained again, didn’t you?"
Raina arched a brow "You’ve been reading my Facebook profile Sorry; I didn’t catch yours Na and thick, drawingeyes Raina ht look like she was slouching in a dangerously casual way, but she was pushing hard against those protections, testing them Raina’s li to coa
"Erica? Soap opera fan?"
"You’re showing your age, dear"
"I get the Soap channel Full cable service out here, thanks to the barn-sized satellite Are you here for the spank-enda?"
"I’s Isaac And you"
She felt a touch in her mind Cathair, in the shadows of the tower balcony
Get Derek Go get him Go now It was dark, he had the cover, and it was the best plan She needed help
When he took flight, he was as silent as a whispering wind It didn’t aze snapped up
She sees you
Cathair shot high into the night sky When Raina dared to pull her attention from Erica for a blink, she saw a shadow for fast, she sent a ball of white flame at that shadow and repelled Erica with a propulsion blast at the sa to knock both back a few paces
There was a shriek in the sky, and an eagle shot out of the fla until he put out the fire, he closed in on the raven As they plunged into the forest together, Raina heard the cacophony of the birds engaging, then Cathair’s mortal cry Pain exploded in her chest
No No Raina snarled as Erica took advantage of her distraction to land a blow under her guard, a jolt nasty enough to unbalance her She threw up her shielding again but had to go to one knee to brace it, holding herself over Mikhael’s prone body Oh, Cathair Sweet old bird Da, she used the point of her wrist to swipe the blood fro over the options; oh so helpfully, her adversary was already cataloging the this way," Erica said, strolling around the fountain remains "Your every movement underscores the weakness of your position"
She disappeared when the ground erupted beneath her and tree roots froed edges ready to rend demon flesh
"Underscore that, bitch," Raina muttered When Erica’s voice came from safely within the tree cover a few hundred feet away, she felt soh It had probably been stupid, dropping her protection for even that barea car It useduntil the alpha bitch wore the prey down so they could h for her to see they were horribly rotesque alterations Extra fingers, slits around their eyes and noses, chains of tumors around necks and wrists like macabre jewelry
"Some people will put a litter of unwanted puppies in a burlap sack with a few bricks," Erica said in that starlet voice "Though the puppies are whining and crying, the hunores them, doesn’t care He drops that sack into a lake Walks away, knowing the puppies are in there, fighting for their lives, fighting to breathe"
Erica phased just outside Raina’s protective cloak once more This tiet the juaze sparked with heat, it chilled Raina with its pleasurable ot Erica off "What you protect in that house are a bunch of unwanted puppies"
Raina’s eyes narrowed "They’ve done nothing to you"
"You know that saying, Kill theive a shit I assu a dalanced down at Mikhael "I’, they’re incredibly difficult to kill, like one of those ca you do to theht back up, eventually Unless you hack them into pieces, take the body parts at least a thousand miles apart, and burn theaze to her crew, Raina could see her considering it Anything Raina said would turn her toward it, because Erica would know she was trying to protect hiht her off, because no way in hell this Underworld skank was touching Mikhael
"No ti ti him a decoy to bla Lucifer digging into who killed one of his precious Dark Guardians They’re his elite hit squad, you know Treasures the down, her face split with that horrible sel blood Nope Don’t want that kind of attention A girl knohen it’s wise to be coy"
As the deaze on her, Raina tensed "Cole and I won’t kill everyone inside the house You can sense their well-being, so you’ll know if I’ or not I’ll leave him where he lies"