Quentin didn’t know which vampire said those words, but he couldn’t agree more.
“Come on out!”Jaks shouted.“We just want to talk.”
Nothing.
“Are you afraid!”
Nothing.
“I don’t think he’s coming out,” Quentin whispered.
“We aren’t going inside.It’s obviously a trap.”
He couldn’t find it in himself to disagree.It was obviously a trap.He was willing to wait there forever until he heard his mother scream.
A high-pitched, heart-wrenching sound poured from the house.
Jaks’s grip on his shoulder tightened.“Don’t do it.”
“He’s torturing her.”
“He will be torturing you next.”
Quentin couldn’t argue with his logic, but he also wasn’t going to abandon his mother.
Another scream.
Quentin clenched his teeth so hard he was sure he’d need to visit the dentist soon.
“Quentin, stay outside!”Trina Heart’s voice pierced the air like a warning siren.
“I’ll go first,” Glenn offered.“He’s less likely to kill one of his own.”
“Is that true?”he asked Jaks.
Jaks nodded.“Probably.”
Glenn’s jaw tightened, and he stood straighter.“I’m going.”
“Good luck.”What else could he say?
“Report back soon,” Jaks ordered.
He received a nod before Glenn raced to the building.His speed rendered him invisible to human sight.He paused at the door, nudged it farther open while standing to one side.That was what saved him.A large claw swiped the empty spot where he’d stood.
“What the fuck is that?”Quentin’s jaw dropped open.There was no animal with a paw that large.
Glenn rushed back to them.
“Did you see what it was?’Jaks asked, his voice calm as if discussing the local fauna.
“Demon.What do you want me to do?”He twitched impatiently as he waited for his leader to give him an order.
“Grevin.Do you think that’s the one that escaped from your circle?”
“Probably.”Grevin looked almost as gray as the mist.“I can’t imagine there are that many living outside their realm.We would’ve noticed the weather patterns.”
“True.”A multitude of demons always brought the coldness of their realm and the scent of brimstone.If there were more than one or two in the area, outside forces would’ve contacted them.“What should we do?”
