“Yes… death… die… blood.”
“Um, I don’t like the sound of that,” Phil said before I could comment.
I agreed with a nod.Took the words right out of my mouth, Phil.
There was movement out of the corner of my eye, and I grabbed Callie and Madi, shoving them behind me. Our eyes widened as we saw a dark, long, deformed shadow arm appear on the wall. The limb appeared elongated, with its fingers overlarge and curled into claws.
Phil yelped as it made contact with his shadow, and I gazed as blood welled on his arm. That was something I’d never seen, and I had a healthy respect for the danger it posed.
“Out! All of you!” I bellowed.
“Sunny, we need—”
“You’ve got fuckin’ answers, Callie. That thing just touched Phil’s shadow and harmed him. There’s a demon. You understand what you have to do. Call the fuckin’ exorcist, but you’re leaving right now!” I stated.
Callie’s expression set, and without another word, I swept her up for the second time in a night and began carrying her down the walkway over my shoulder. “Madi!” I growled out.
“Oh! You didnottalk to me like that, Sunny!” Madi howled and chased after me. We all froze when Madi’s scream echoed back at us and bounced off the walls.
“What the hell?” Madi murmured, paling and looking around. “That wasn’t me.”
“Move,” Phil said as he held his arm.
I jogged down the walkway as cackles and screams broke out. My two-way buzzed like a madman, but I wasn’t stopping to answer. Anxiously, I slammed through the exit with Madi right behind me and Phil guarding her. We headed for the door leading outside and, for the second instance that night, we stared at each other in shock.
I was unprepared when Callie sank her teeth into my ass, and at the same moment, Madi slapped it. Madi’s slap hit Callie full on, and Callie bit deeper than she meant to.
“Ow!” I howled and placed Callie carefully on her feet. If she hadn’t been pregnant, I’d have dumped her on her ass.
I rubbed my butt cheek, knowing that Callie had left a bruise and teeth marks on it. That little… A growl escaped me.
Callie looked worried before defiance crossed her face. “Sunny, I was investigating!”
“A damn demon. When a fuckin’ ghost tells you to get out, there’s a problem. That fuckin’ wing is escalating. You’re not returning without an exorcist!” I stated and folded my arms.
“No, we’re not. We’re going to head toward cellblock twelve… and send Jack’s team in.”
I considered that and smirked even as Madi broke into a big grin. “I can live with that.”
???
Levi was not amused when he was told he was returning to cellblock eight. His scowl was one for the records, as was his running from the prison like the hounds of hell were after him a few minutes later. Freddie was slung over his shoulder, shrieking her displeasure. Jack was on his heels and glanced periodically behind them.
“Damn, they didn’t last long,” Harry stated as we watched. My team hadn’t even gone back inside to check our new target.
“Fifteen minutes.” Solace grinned and held a hand out to Harry. “Pay up.”
“Girl, you bet on them?” I asked, knowing the scene where Callie bit me, and this one, would go into the programme.
“Yeah,” Solace replied, wriggling her fingers. Harry slapped a twenty in it and glowered as I chuckled.
“Cut out of the action again,” I said, shaking my head. “Some teammate you are, Solace.”
“Hey, dude, it’s every woman for herself out here,” Solace teased, and I laughed.
“Okay. It’s time to eat.” I sighed. “And then we’ll proceed towards our targets for the second part of the evening.”
Solace grinned. “Easier to fight someone when we can see them, isn’t it, boss?”
