“I know.” Khent quickly summarized what they’d been dealing with.
“Bloody hell. Nergal sounds like a right prat.”
Aisha, where is the pack? Are they safe?
The witch replied,They are underground at the bazaar. We used the teleportation spell Talon had prepared. But there is danger here. A large being calling himself Ti-gí, the shining one.
“Oh, shit.”
The vampires stopped talking. Khent asked, “Valentine?”
“I need to go. Grizz will take me. Nergal’s champion is at the bazaar attacking the pack and everyone else.”
“Yet the necromancer is in the city attacking humans.” Duncan rubbed his chin. “An obvious diversion, but which one is the real battle?”
“Yeah, this feels off.” Val didn’t like it.
“It does.” Khent frowned. “I will come with you,” he told Val.
“Actually, since I’m going to the bazaar, would you check on Vladimir for me? If he’s still working with the corruption we felt before, he’s more a threat than Nergal’s guy.”I think.
“Hmm. True. Duncan and I will check him out then meet you at the bazaar.”
“Okay.” She turned to Grizz, but Khent stopped her.
To her shock, he kissed her soundly. And while he did, he poured something into her. A lot of death magic, oddly enough,and what felt like his…soul? Yet Khent had once mentioned that vampires didn’t have souls.
“Wh-what was that?”
“Affection, I believe.” He smiled, the vampire so beautiful it took her a moment to realize he was shifting in front of her.
In seconds, a huge eagle-owl had taken his place while next to him, a large raven waited.
“That was so sexy,” she gushed. “Just saying.”
Khent winked and flapped his wings, a powerful takeoff into the night sky with the raven on his tail.
She couldn’t help staring, having never seen Khent in any form but human. Well, and with those glorious black wings.
Val sighed. “Okay, Grizz. Let’s go help the others.” She hoped they were safe, worried more for Talon than the others. She had a bad feeling he wouldn’t be as careful as he should be.
Grizz lifted Val into his arms, and they shot into the sky.
Time to figure out what the enemy had planned and not turn into Nergal’s bitch in the process.
CHAPTER
FORTY-THREE
Arriving at the bazaar,Val found several dead shifters while others fought demons more at home in Irkalla than Seattle.
A dark mist covered the ground, weaving in between shops and making the entire area feel more like the underworld.
“Talon?”Aisha, where is Talon?
Back near the bar.
Val and Grizz hurried to find him battling several galla demons, as if possessed himself.
