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If it was two dozen, then our odds were three to one. Doable, if we could use the element of surprise.
“What do you want to do?” Dom asked me.
I wanted to wait for night, so we could use the darkness to our advantage, but Dixon could leave until then, and only the moon knew where he could go next. Go back into town in the middle of humans? Or somewhere with even more demons? We couldn’t risk it.
“Surround the barn,” I said. “On my signal, we rush in and attack. Kill everyone, if necessary. But if Dixon doesn’t have the crystals, keep him alive. We’ll need him to find out what he did with them.”
The others nodded in agreement and started rounding the barn, keeping a good distance so as not to alert the demons.
I waited until everyone was in position, took off my clothes, chucked them aside, and shifted into my wolf form.
Ready?I asked Dom.
Ready, he said through our mental link.
Let’s do this.
I jumped from behind the fence and Dom followed my lead. The vampires saw us moving and dashed after us. Because they were faster than us, they slowed down so the seven of us burst into the barn at the same time.
The demons stood still for two seconds, taking in as we surrounded them in the large, practically empty barn. Dixon leaned over a long table in the center, and the other demons stood around him.
“What is this?” a demon asked. He changed, his skin darkening and thickening, hidden horns losing their glamour.
Following his lead, all the demons changed into their true forms, each one more hideous than the others.
“Kill them,” was all Dixon said.
We charged the demons before they could.
I jumped over one, who tumbled over another one. I bit down the throat of the first one, and pawed the second’s one face. He cried out and tried moving from underneath us, but when he was finally able to scoot a few inches away, I was already on top of him. I closed my mouth around his shoulder and ripped it open.
The demon cried as blood oozed out.
I turned to a third demon. This one threw his shadow magic at me, but I dodged in. A fourth demon rammed into me my side. I swiped my paw at him, momentarily distracting him. The third demon threw more of his magic at me, but I twisted, taking the fourth demon with me and using him as a shield. The fourth demon cried as the shadow hit his back. I silenced him by ripping his throat out.
Jumping over his fallen body, I went directly for the fourth’s neck.
I turned to a fifth one, but a second later, he fell right in front of me. I glanced around and saw I hadn’t been the only one to leave a trail of bodies.
The few demons left were engaged in fights against my friends, and I knew they could handle those. So, I turned to Dixon, who was in the same exact place since we entered the barn, though now, he had his back to the table and watched me.
“You’ll never have them.” He kicked a black box under the table. “I’ll kill all of you before I let you have it.”
The demon was sorely mistaken. What chance did he have against three wolf shifters and five vampires? Impatient, I lunged at him. Dixon was the ugliest demon of all with a sickly gray-brown skin, short arms, thick legs, and a long, scaly tail.
He snapped his teeth in the air, but I swiped my paw at his big head and threw him to the ground. I went for his neck, but he punched my gut and rolled from underneath me.
I turned to him, but I didn’t need to worry. Killian and Taos had him by the arms. Dixon fought them, but it became impossible when Louis and Kalon helped them. They brought Dixon to his knees in front of me.
I shifted back but I didn’t face him. Instead, I reached for the black box under the table.
“No, don’t!” he yelled.
I picked up the wooden box—it was heavier than it looked—and put it on the table. I opened the lid and a wave of relief coursed through me. The crystals. I picked one up and instantly felt its magic tickling my skin.
We had done it!
I put the crystal back inside the box and turned to Dixon. “What were you doing with them?” Dixon growled but didn’t answer. I walked to him and punched him in the gut. Dixon folded in half, groaning. “You’re dead either way. Tell me, don’t tell me, it’ll make no difference.”
