First And Last - By Stacey Kennedy Page 0,41

himself.” She looked desolate. “This is not something we want to happen.”

“Yeah, no shit,” I managed.

“There are many unmarked runes in the Diabolus Somes. Ones that have been drawn, but unclaimed,” Tyde said. “By the look of them, they appear to be White Magic based, but their purpose is unknown. Kyden can translate the Latin if need be.”

“Keep an open mind,” Azar added. “Let the runes speak to you. I believe the right rune you need will show itself to you.”

I snorted. “You all seem so sure of that, but I just hope your trust isn’t misplaced.”

“It isn’t,” they all said in unison.

Chapter Ten

Back in the Otherworld, we’d said goodbye to the others and walked Finn and Haven home to the Witches House. After another round of congratulations and hugs, they went inside. Kyden and I made our way to Sabi’s.

Just a few doors down, I read Sabi written in calligraphy on her door. I’d always been grateful for the mark of names on doors or I’d never find anyone in this place.

At her door, I turned to Kyden. “I just hope she doesn’t mind.” Moving into our place for a little while probably wasn’t on her to do list.

“It’s her duty.” Kyden gave a hard knock on the door.

A moment later, Sabi answered and looked a little disheveled. Her long dark hair was a complete mess, her cheeks flushed, and her amber eyes, with cat-like pupils were a little wide. “What is wrong?” Her tone was urgent.

“Er…” I laughed nervously. “Are we interrupting you?”

She blushed and opened the door a little wider. Ryker appeared wearing nothing but a towel.

My eyes widened. When did they get together? I hadn’t heard they were a couple, or even held the slightest bit of interest in each other. This little revelation surprised me.

Ryker cleared this throat, tucked the towel in tight around his lower half. “What’s going on?”

“We must talk with Sabi,” Kyden answered. “Is it all right if we come in?”

“Of course,” Sabi replied, looking down her body. “Just give me some time to…ahhh…”

“Pull yourself together,” I finished for her.

She giggled and nodded. “Be right back.”

As they headed off to the bedroom, Kyden and I sat down on the sofa. Sabi’s place was a Japanese marvel. Gray slate walls, gigantic painting of dragons on the wall, with low black couches. The look wasn’t my taste, but it was still nice nonetheless.

Less than a minute later, Sabi joined us, looking much more appropriate for guests. “Sorry about that.” She sat down in the couch next to us.

Oh, this I couldn’t hold in. I leaned forward a little and whispered. “I didn’t know you two were a couple.”

She shrugged. “It’s new.”

New usually meant dating not romping in the sheets. What kind of new was this? Love new or just friends with benefits? I was going to get to the bottom of this, but right now, we had more important matters to attend to.

Ryker finally joined us, took a seat very close to Sabi. Surprise tickled a little. Since knowing him, he never seemed attached to anyone. Usually, it was a friend with benefits kinda thing. He seemed to want to stay close to her, needed to be near her.

Kyden took my hand, and smiled, obviously sensing my happiness for the two. Sabi was a downright cool chick and Ryker was, well, just Ryker. A lot like Kyden. But he had become a close buddy.

“What’s going on?” Sabi said, drawing me from my thoughts.

I gave my head a shake, back in the moment, and got down to business on filling them in about everything.

When I stopped, Sabi looked mildly frightened. “They’re summoning the Demon Lords? Like bringing them back here?”

Ryker wrapped an arm around her and drew her in close to his side. It appeared to ease her slightly.

“It appears so,” Kyden replied.

“And you want me to what—stay with you?” She chortled.

“It’s really the only way,” I told her. “We need to act quickly so that I can stop them but because your premonitions don’t give us much time this seems like the best option.”

She looked at Ryker, then back at us. “Where am I going to stay?”

Shit, I hadn’t thought of that. Not the couch. What kind of invitation would that be? Kyden burst out laughing at the horror flaying through me. I smacked his arm. “Shut up, you.”

He winked at me. “We’ll have a room set up for you.”

“How do you expect we do that when we only have one room?” There was