into his chest.
A slug blew Dante back several feet when it slammed into his stomach. A second later the skirm flashed on fire and turned to ash. Dante rolled with a groan and jumped to his feet. Or tried to. It was more of a slow climb while he tried not to throw up.
There was another skirm going after Izzy. He needed to help her. The skirm had reached her by the time he was on his feet. He lurched towards her and stopped when the young demonic minion flashed on fire and turned to ash.
Movement from the corner of his eye had his arm up and swinging in that direction. His entire fist was buried in the side of a smelly, slimy, green demon. Dante gripped his weapon and slashed around as he pulled his hand back.
He hit the beast’s heart because it slumped to the ground unmoving a second later. His shoulder burned and his stomach was on fire. There were a couple more demons, but the Dark Warriors had them under control.
“Help Dante. I’m going to take care of the humans.” Dante turned his head in the direction of Zander’s voice and watched as he crossed to the remaining humans while Izzy approached him.
Dante’s legs gave out when he realized the immediate danger had passed. Izzy caught him before he could land on his ass. “I’ve got you.”
Dante locked his knees and used the Princess to steady himself. “We need to clean this up before anyone else comes across this mess.”
Jett dumped a demon carcass on top of the pus demon Dante killed. “We’ve got this. You guys get back to Jessup House. We need to ask Chloe what the Daeva looked like. If this wasn‘t him then we have another one to hunt.”
Dante nodded and started walking back the way they’d come with Izzy at his side. The entire scene in that park didn’t make any sense to him. Were the demons trying to infuse more dark energy into the area?
There’s been plenty of murders in Central Park over the years, but nothing like the battle on the land in New Orleans. The battle wasn’t big enough to create the amount of energy they would need.
Zander jogged up and joined them. “What are these archdemons up to now? That was a shite show.”
“I think this one was merely getting his jollies. I can’t see it fitting into a larger plot to free Lucifer.”
Izzy shrugged her shoulders. “Everything demons do is for a reason. Doesn’t matter if it’s about Lucifer’s agenda or their own. They need to be stopped.”
Dante couldn’t argue with that. Sometimes they got caught up in uncovering the larger plots that they forgot none of their behavior could be tolerated. They were evil beings that needed to be eradicated from the realm.
Blood continued to drip from Dante’s wounds as they exited onto the street. He hoped Chloe was back. It hadn’t been long since he’d met her, but he was already addicted to her presence and hated being apart from her. Goddess, he was becoming one of those males!
Chapter 12
Hayden lifted a hand and waved to the alpha as he approached the mess hall. The fresh air and energy of his kind surrounding him rejuvenated him despite being up all night obsessing about his plans.
His mind wouldn’t shut off no matter what he did. Shortly after midnight he shifted to his bear form and went for a run then drank a liter of bourbon then jacked off, but nothing helped turn shit off so he could sleep.
It was around four in the morning when he dismissed his doubt and resolved to continue his search for the right humans to come out to. As soon as he made that decision he finally dozed off.
Jason approached him before he made it inside the building. “Sire. We need to talk.”
Lydia was standing next to the buffet table smiling coyly at him. Hayden ran a hand through his hair wishing he could hold onto the calm reassurance he woke up with. “Let me grab a coffee. I need the boost this morning.” He hadn’t gotten that much sleep.
Jason’s eyes grew somber. “You might want to pick up a breakfast sandwich while you’re at it. You’ll need it too.”
“Fuck.” Hayden hurried into the hall and straight for Lydia. The female was making her interest obvious. Hayden made a point to connect with his shifters as often as possible. He’d love to get lost in her and ignore whatever Jason