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Yikes. Formerly known as Australia’s Northern Territory, The New Oubliette region was one of the worst, similar to its namesake counterpart in Sheoul. An anything-goes meat grinder with little oversight.
Scotty wiped some grayish-red bits off her cheek with the back of her hand. “They basically sent us there to be slaughtered. Total trap. Dickheads were going to get paid for sending the pit fresh blood.” She looked at the gunk that came off her face. “Ooh, that’s not from a Blighter. That’s a Khepri scale.” She tucked it into her pocket. “They’re fun to put in water. They glow for hours.”
“Is that how Limos makes the ocean glow at her night parties?” Mace asked.
“Yep. Just this one could light up an Olympic-sized swimming pool.”
Logan really didn’t care about demonic illumination, and he still had a million things to do before he could catch a few hours of sleep and get back to looking for Draven. He wished Cujo could help track the guy down, but the canine’s ability to move unseen in the human realm was limited. Cujo wasn’t sitting idly by and doing nothing, though. Aunt Cara had put a dozen hellhounds, including Cujo, on Lilith’s trail. So far, they’d come up empty, but they were good trackers, and they’d hopefully find something useful soon.
“You guys clean up and get some rest,” Logan said. “I gotta grab Eva.”
Blade’s dark brows popped up. “The Aegi? Why?”
“I’m her babysitter. She’s been locked up in a cell all day. I figure she can stay in one of our guest rooms.”
“Screw that.” Mace shoved angrily out of his seat, and Logan tensed. The demon was liberal with his right hooks. “You gotta be kidding. Draven and Shan are—were—our best friends, and you want Shan’s killer sleeping in our house?”
“Sig killed them, Mace. Not Eva.”
The fury flickering in his eyes said he didn’t care who pulled the trigger. “She ran with the rest of them. Innocent people don’t run.”
“Let her rot in the cell,” Blade said, coming to his feet, as well, but with a little less vitriol. “It’s what she deserves.”
No, she didn’t, but these guys hadn’t been around her. They wouldn’t give her the benefit of the doubt, and Logan wasn’t going to waste his breath trying. He had a better argument anyway.
“She’s not safe from Draven in a cell,” he said. “Until StryTech updates our security software with his species’ DNA, he can get past the demon detectors. But our place is warded to keep everyone out, and I’ve already changed the code to our private Harrowgate so Draven can’t use it. I texted you all the new code an hour ago.”
“Fuck that shit.” Pivoting on his heel, Mace went for the door. “I’m outta here.”
Blade and Scotty took off with him, but as they were leaving, Scotty gave him one more punch in the shoulder for fun.
“See you tomorrow. I’m going to check one more place for Draven.”
“You’re covered in guts and scales.”
She waggled her brows. “Where I’m going, it won’t matter.”
“Then I’m going with you,” Blade said gruffly.
“You guys gonna be okay?” Mace asked as he spun back around. “Because I promised I’d play some retro games with Crux tonight. I’m already two hours late.”
“Go,” Blade said. “We’ll be fine.”
They all went their separate ways, and Logan headed for the block of cells that currently held only one resident.
Eva.
Eva had spent over eight hours pacing. Well, pacing and thinking. And then pacing some more.
Oh, and peeing. The DART people supplied her with as much coffee, soda, and water as she wanted, and since she’d had nothing else to do, she’d drunk a lot. Which meant asking for an escort to the bathrooma lot.
Kynan came to hang out twice. He was friendly enough, but she knew what was up. Their chats were soft interrogations. She couldn’t even be upset because she was just grateful that Rade wasn’t getting into her head again.
He’d brought her a video too. Security footage of the cafeteria incident made it clear that Sig had killed two people not in self-defense but in cold blood. Yes, he’d been freaked out, but neither Shanea nor Noah had made aggressive moves, even though others in the room had been throwing punches. Shanea had transformed into a hideous beast, and Noah had hissed, his mouth revealing shockingly huge fangs, but they hadn’t attacked.
Sig had fired the weapon needlessly. He’d either been looking for an excuse to kill a demon, or he’d been a coward who shot first and ran later. No wonder everyone at DART stared daggers at her. Only Kynan and Logan had treated her with any kind of decency.
God, she hoped Logan had found Draven. Obviously, she wanted her colleagues and her to be safe from his wrath, but she wanted him to be safe too. He didn’t deserve the destruction Sig had brought down on him.
