“I
have a question,” Jacob said. “What if
the woman in there isn’t Lilith?”
“She’s still demonkind, isn’t she?” The words escaped Alex’s mouth before she
realized what she was saying. Her heart
sank. The brothers looked at her, their
expressions unchanged. She rubbed her forehead
and shrugged an apology. “Open mouth;
insert foot. I guess old habits die
hard.”
“You take one step back for every
two steps forward. You Segreto types are
sure hard to train.” Amazingly, Jacob
grinned and winked at her.
She grew suspicious. “I don’t suppose that’s part of the reason
you’re so gung-ho to come with me?”
Colwyn shrugged. “Let’s just say we’re committed to protecting
you from bad demons and good demons from you.”
Alex felt too used up to react to
his comment or protest when he again headed towards the house. His grin fading, Jacob patted her on the
shoulder.
“Come on. Let’s do what we came to do.”
She nodded, a little rocked by his
touch. She followed him up to the porch
where Colwyn waited for them. As soon as
they joined him, he knocked on the door.
Footsteps clumped on the other
side. Alex tensed and felt the brothers
beside her do the same. The door opened,
and the additional demon recognition thrummed so violently she shook. The last of her exhaustion fled as the
silhouette of a woman appeared at the doorway.
Alex readied to fling the holy water in Lilith’s face.
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