“Demons don’t even know all the things otherdemons are completely capable of. Some probably don’t know whattheythemselvesare capable of,” Magnus replied. “We tend totry and keep our abilities toned down around others, unless it isabsolutely necessary.”
“I see,” I murmured, and Kobal rested hishand over mine.
“Will I ever learn everything I may becapable of now?” Hawk asked and folded his arms over his chest ashe stared at the back wall.
“You will find your powers growing everyday, especially once you are able to feed regularly,” Corsonsaid.
Hawk shuddered. “I’d really prefer asteak.”
“Not going to happen, not anymore,” Magnussaid, and Hawk glowered at him.
Candlelight danced over the faces of thosegathered around the table, making them appear almost mystical. Ikept my hand within Kobal’s in an attempt to keep myself groundedwhen none of this seemed real.
“We will go in with low numbers,” Kobalsaid, drawing everyone’s curious gazes to him. “We’ll have theothers attack, drawing Lucifer’s attention to them, while we go forthe seals.”
“You intend to go for the seals beforeLucifer?” Magnus inquired.
“They need to be stopped from falling.Lucifer’s army will only continue to grow if whatever is happeningto the seals isn’t stopped,” Kobal replied.
“What were those things yesterday?” I asked.“Those flying, hideous women? I assume they came from a seal.”
“You would know them as furies, and theywere the seventy-eighth seal,” he said.
“Seventy-eighth!” I blurted, my handtightening in his.
“Yes.”
My head spun at the implication of his wordsand all the horrors that were now running free in Hell and onEarth. “Will they get over the wall?”
“They might,” Kobal confirmed. “Moraxreported that some of them did escape the skelleins and demonsabove, but there are still plenty of troops guarding the wall thatthey will have to get by.”
My heart clenched as my thoughts turned tomy brothers. They had no idea what was happening on this side ofthe wall. They were never supposed to have known, but now it may beinevitable. I had to stay here and see this through, but all Iwanted was to run all the way back to the surface and return to mybrothers.
“They are now loose on Earth with thelanavours,” I murmured.
“Many of the lanavours were destroyedyesterday,” Kobal said.
Memories of holding Bailey’s broken body inmy arms assailed me. For a minute, it was all I could see and feelonce more.
“River.” Kobal tugged on my hand. “What isit?” he demanded.
I took a deep breath to steady myself as Ipushed aside the nightmare. “When that one lanavour touched me…” Ibroke off and looked to the back wall again, unable to continue asthe memory of that touch played on repeat in my mind’s eye.
Amber flashed in his eyes. “One of themtouched you?”
“It didn’t last long,” I replied, far moreflippantly than I felt.
“They will all be destroyed,” Balevowed.
I could hear Kobal’s teeth grinding togetheras he sought to retain control over himself. “The ones who followedyou in here are all dead. When we return to Earth, I will make sureevery last one of them is struck down,” he grated.
“We will go to the seals with just thesenumbers?” Magnus inquired, drawing Kobal’s gaze away from me.
“We will take some more with us, but thesmaller the better for going undetected,” Kobal replied.
“I agree.”
The look Kobal shot Magnus clearly said hedidn’t care what he agreed with. Magnus smiled innocently back athim over the top of his goblet of mjéod. “Do you know what isbringing down the seals?” Kobal demanded of him.
