om and slammed the door. The nur

nd its target in Eth

t you?" he hissed, grabbing my a

re feet hitting the cold floor. "Yo

lare of the Texas sun. The heat was a phys

nce line that nee

until sweat and tears blurred my vision. When I finally collapsed, my body giving out from the str

risingly gentle. He laid me on the bed and clean

perate emotion. "He leaves you to rot. I'm the one who picks

drowning, of being pulled under by two sets of hands,

in. Caleb was gone, called away

said, his voice urgent. "I neve

for me," I sai

ssfire while I took down our enemies. But I'm ending it now." He l

art s

s in a small town in the Pacific Northwest, new n

ding light in the darkness. The possibility of see

ong dried up streamed

oked like genuine sympathy. "Come with me. I'll take

nd. It was the hand of the devi

I to

"Take me to her

smile. "I knew you'd see reason. P