I frowned. "Why would someone want to do that?" How would someone do that?
"I can no more answer that than I can the question of why either of us was sent a Dušan. Now, if that is all—"
He hesitated as my phone rang, a brief expression of displeasure crossing his features.
Though I wondered why, I didn't bother asking. He wasn't likely to answer given he wasn't telling me all he knew about this whole situation.
An intuition as odd as the man himself.
I drew my phone out of my pocket, saw it was Tao, and walked across to the window to answer it. "What's up?"
"You need to get over to Stane's right away."
I frowned at the edge in his voice. "Why? What's wrong?"
"Ilianna set up the wards this afternoon. I just got a call from him. Something's trying to get past them. Something that resembles a gray shroud."
Chapter Ten
MY STOMACH CLENCHED.
God, it was the soul stealer. It had to be.
But why in hell would it be attacking Stane?
"Risa?" Tao said. "You need to get over there. Now. Both you and that reaper of yours. You need to stop this thing before it gets Stane."
"We'll try. You stay away—"