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A soft smile smooths out his hard features at my words. “I just—I’m impatient to be with you on a mortal level.”
I slide into his arms and hug him. “Well, if you get your ass downstairs and help Kase handle the hunters Elias invited over, I think I’d be happy to reward you.”
The front door bangs, and Kase’s ferocious roar cuts through the mansion, vibrating the walls and windows. I tense, wondering what the fuck is going on. Grabbing a curved dagger from his jacket, Micah hands me the strange knife and gets in front of me. A loud explosion shakes through the room, and the door clatters on the wall. Rushing forward, Micah tries to close it, but gunfire makes him hesitate.
Shit.
“Raven!” Dante yells from somewhere I can’t see. “Raven, get to Kase’s room. I’ll meet you on the balcony. We have to go.”
“What’s happening?” Micah shouts, stiffening and exposing a part of his monstrous true form.
Dante hisses. “The fucking hunters crashed a damn truck through the front. They have a death wish. Just get Raven out back. I’ll meet you there with Elias.”
Thank unholy Hell. I’m glad he has him.
Instead of running through the house and to Kase’s room with the nearest balcony, Micah slams the door and heads to the window. With a swing of his now hooved hand, he shatters it, sending glass raining everywhere. He doesn’t flinch as he sweeps it away with his arm.
“I’m going to jump first, so I can catch you,” Micah says, kicking away the glass from the floor the best he can. “Will you be able to do that for me?”
I nod my head. “I’ll do anything. You know I’m ready to go to Hell to rule with you. If that doesn’t scare me, jumping from the second story won’t.”
Except figures move down below as hunters swarm the backyard. A huge winged shadow cuts across the back lawn, but it’s no angel.
“Fuck. Why are they surrounding us?” I ask, pressing my lips together.
Micah leans out of the window, unfazed by the spray of bullets thunking into the exterior. “Good question.” A crash sounds outside the bedroom door. “Looks like we get to find out. Just stay behind me.”
“Micah, we should just wait it out.” I grip the back of his shirt.
Pounding bangs on the door. “Raven! Raven, I know you’re in there!”
Micah growls deep in his throat. “Doesn’t sound like they’ll be giving up. I think I know why they’re here.”
I groan. “For me, right?”
He transforms completely, getting onto all fours like the wild beast he is. His tusks scratch over the floor, leaving behind burning trails. I clutch the curved blade in my hand, preparing for an army of hunters to come shooting up the place. I expect to have to murder all of them by Micah’s side.
“Raven! This is your last chance. Come out here alone and by your own freewill. If you don’t, we’ll make you.” I recognize the voice. It’s Preston.
Micah roars and smashes the door wide open with his big head. He freezes in his tracks and backs up, whipping his attention to me.
I don’t have time to react, scream, or even brace myself as Micah charges toward me. With all of his strength, he smashes the wall around the window and catapults us into the air. The concrete cracks under his weight, and fire explodes in a circle around us.
“Fuck! What are you doing?” I shout, trying to orient myself to what’s happening.
“I’m taking you to the one place I know you’ll be safe,” he says, his voice rumbling.
The putrid smell of rotting eggs permeates the air.
“Micah, please. Don’t do this,” I beg, clutching onto his tusks.
“We can’t stay here,” he argues, stomping the ground again, sending more hellfire soaring toward the sky from the summoning circle. “Now, don’t let go. I promise this is only temporary.”
At least for now.
I squeeze my eyes shut and brace for the wave of evil to engulf me. For the tormented souls to scream my name.
Because shit.
