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“But it could be how she suffers,” Viper says, and I feel the blade dig in a little deeper.
“Fucking let her go,” Max shouts.
“Tell your friend to give me what I want,” Viper says.
What the hell? I have no idea what they’re talking about.
“I can’t,” Grim says as he stares at me. “I can’t.”
Viper presses the blade a little harder against my neck, and blood wells with the sting until it drips on the floor.
Grim looks away.
Max is still shouting, only now with more vigor.
And the next thing I know… I’m gone.
There is no longer a knife at my neck, and I’m not on the floor looking up at the only two men in my life that have ever meant everything to me.
I’m surrounded by blackness.Is this death? Did he manage to kill me? I just don’t know.
I move my arms, and a small sigh leaves me at the realization that I am once again in control of my body.
Managing to stand, I check around the all-black room. I can’t see where it starts or where it ends. It’s as if the room is a circle.
“Talia.” I recognize the voice straight away. Turning around, Lucifer is standing there. He steps closer and runs a finger over my neck. It’s then I realize the wound is healed.
“You let another bleed you?” he says, shaking his head.
“I didn’t let him.”
“Another is not permitted to have our blood, let alone bleed us.”
“I couldn’t move,” I argue.
“But you could, could you not?” he asks, his head dropping to the side as he watches me. “You are still alive, after all.”
“I’m alive?” I ask, looking around.
“Yes, my dear, this is not Hell. I’m not sure you are ready for that yet.”
“He drugged me,” I tell him.
“With something made here. Now, tell me, daughter, whose child are you?” He lays his hand on my shoulder. “Stop letting it hold you back, and start using that knowledge to fight.” My hand goes to my neck, and Lucifer nods. “Because if you don’t, I will. And you will not like the outcome if I have to come.” His red eyes shine brightly before he disappears.
When I blink again, I’m standing on the other side of the barrier that burned the wolf.
I look up to see a confused Viper—yeah, that makes two of us. He takes something from Alan. It looks like a gun, which he shoots through the barrier at the door and hits Max with. Max pulls out a needle and lets it drop to the floor. I watch in shock as he becomes weaker and stumbles to the side. Viper removes the barrier that was holding him inside, and Max falls through the doorway. Grim takes the opportunity to step out and disappear. The barrier that is holding me back is still in place, and Viper starts swearing and cursing at me because Grim has gotten away.
“Call him back.” He lifts Max’s head from the floor and places the same blade that is coated with my blood against his neck. “Call him back, or I’ll slice his throat.”
“Why?” I ask. My eyes locked on Max, if he hurts him…
Max’s eyes close, and I see him fighting to stay awake.
“I want my family back. It’s what I’ve always wanted. The Angel of Death can do that,” he screams. “Now… call. Him. Back.”
“No.” I touch the barrier and expect it to burn me, but it doesn’t. My hand goes straight through it. I smile as I realize I can step through, and it won’t hurt me.
