just Jane or the pack or the panther who had seen it. It was Daria, and the two demons she'd brought on board: Jackson and Mace. Though Jackson had already seen this show the first time Tam had done it back at Luc and Anna's house.
Rather than look weak again, he said, "This is why we don't associate with magic users. Is the threat real enough for you all now?"
There was a mumble of assent from his people and a lot of eye contact avoidance.
Cain gave Tam a look that promised death, but she smiled sweetly in reply. He moved the rescue party away from the rest of the pack. Those who weren't going didn't need to hear all of this. Cole stood to the side, looking like he was itching to lead. Tough. The demon had to regain control of things now that Tam had started throwing magic at him.
"Go do your ritual with Luc. I'll brief everyone else, and then Jane can fill you guys in on the way."
He expected her to resist him, but the witch nodded and took Luc away from the group to do her magic. Cain shook his head, unable to believe his brother would trust another witch, or that he was mated to one. Cain was just glad it wasn't him.
The demon turned back to the assembled warriors. Daria had gotten plenty of guns with wooden bullets and was busy passing them out.
"Okay, here's the plan. All the demons are going in invisible. Nobody goes visible until I say. That includes you, Jane. We have no reason to think Anthony knows you're alive. Only the witches and the therians will be visible. The witches are going to protect us from magic so we can ride through on brute force. We will not be telling Anthony the location of the hive. We will fight until we win."
Chapter Thirteen
Cole led his group of wolves, and the witches through the portal, glad it was still a day until the full moon, making it possible for everyone to control the change. The wolves and panther were in human form and would stay in human form until Cole gave the signal. After all, there might be a talking part before the fighting part.
The demons followed, all invisible, including Jane. She hadn't loved the plan of being off the grid like this. She wanted to confront and tell Anthony off, but this plan was better.
The address on the slip of paper Z had given them was a big warehouse close to the border of Cary Town. Cole reached for the door, but an invisible hand grabbed his.
"Jane?"
"Yeah. Cain said I should stay with you in case you need me for something. I just wanted you to know I'm right here so I don't freak you out."
He chuckled. "Good plan."
Inside the warehouse, there was a platform up on a second level on one end, with doors that looked like they led to offices. On the main level stood large several large crates.
"Send the demons to check the inside perimeter. Make sure nobody is hiding and waiting to ambush us. If anybody is there, see if they can quietly take them out," Cole whispered.
"Okay," Jane whispered back.
A spotlight came on over the platform, a door opened, and out filed ten vampires, heavily armed, followed by Anthony, who was also armed. Then a couple of sorcerers.
"Cole! Nice to see you. How are things?"
"Shut up, Anthony."
"Hmmm, should I consider that a treasonous offense?"
"Let's get one thing straight," Cole said. His voice was a low growl, but he knew with the acoustics that it was carrying just fine to the vampire king. "You do not own my wolves."
"I own Cary Town. Are you not in Cary Town?"
"Not often."
"Ah yes. And that's the problem. You see, therians aren't allowed to leave Cary Town without permission from the border patrol, and yet, your wolves move in and out of the city. That's a problem for me."
Cole was startled by that bit of intel. He'd thought he'd been clear with the pack about not going into town. With Blake left in charge, things must have gotten lax. He wiped any evidence of surprise at the revelation off his face.
"Boo-hoo," he said. He needed to stall for Jane and the others to get a chance to see what was what on the ground floor, though riling Anthony was always fun. "Maybe we'll just move out of Cary Town altogether."
"I'm afraid I can't authorize that action. Besides, there's only