Thorn nodded. "The simple love of that one act was more than the demon could handle and out he came. Since he had no body to return to, he was destroyed. Simple."
"Yeah." Savitar held his hand out to Fang to help him to his feet.
For once, he let Savitar pull him to his feet. He wanted to kill them both, but right now he was too grateful to be alive. "You're both sick, but I appreciate what you did. The bastard was getting a little hard to handle."
Thorn twisted the sword on his shoulder, making the blade flash wickedly in the daylight. "Sorry for the trauma. There really was no other way. Had you had even an inkling, it wouldn't have worked. But if it makes you feel better, we know you're not the one killing those people. That would be Misery and Crew, who you now have to find and kill."
Savitar grinned. "If it makes you feel better, you took it like a man."
"No," Fang corrected him. "I took it like a wolf."
Savitar saluted him with respect. "Touche."
Fang looked out at the beach, grateful that it hadn't been his last sight after all. "Can I go home now?"
Savitar shook his head. "Not quite yet. There's something I want you to see."
The next thing Fang knew, he was back in his cell and this time his powers weren't working at all.
Thorn sheathed his sword. "Thanks for the assist."
"No problem."
Sick about what had happened, Thorn looked around at the scattered ashes of the demon. "Damn shame Fang couldn't control him. I'd had great plans for them."
Savitar arched one brow. "What kind of plans?"
"You're omniscient. Don't you know?"
Savitar gave him a droll glare. "You know better. I can only see the future after I've impacted it." Which was why he tried to stay on his island, away from the world. Here there was nothing and no one to change.
Life went on without him and he preferred it that way.
Most days.
Thorn shrugged. "I guess we all have a limit to what we can do."
That was supposed to be the law of the universe and yet he'd seen and felt things from Thorn that defied that. "That's not what I've heard about you."
"You going to believe everything you hear?"
Savitar watched as Thorn vanished. He knew that man was playing a game with all of them. He just wished he knew which one.
And who Thorn's real teammates were.
Fang pounded at the clear door, furious over being locked in after what they'd done to him. He'd been put through the wringer and right now he was ready to tear both Savitar and Thorn apart.
"Hold your fur, wolf," Savitar snapped as he appeared in the hallway.
"Why can't I go?"
"Because I think you need to see this."
"See what?"
He jerked his chin toward the wall behind Fang. "Your brother's time is up to bring you in."
What did that have to so with anything? "I brought myself in."