"Am I?"
A cold chill went down Sin's spine. "Zakar..."
Zakar laughed. "You were a fool to come for me, Nana." He leapt across the bed at him.
Releasing Kat to fall back on the mattress, Sin caught him, and they slammed into the wall. Zakar looked normal, except for the single set of fangs in his mouth. A tremor of anger went through Sin. "Who the hell are you?"
"I'm your brother."
"No, you're not." He slugged his fist into Zakar's jaw, knocking him to the floor. This wasn't Zakar, this was something else entirely.
"Kytara!" Sin shouted. "If you can hear me, get your ass here now."
As Zakar stood up slowly and wiped the blood from his lips he tsked at Sin. "How pathetically weak you've grown that you now have to call for backup from a woman."
Sin raked his brother with a sneer. "She's not my backup. She's your babysitter." He blasted Zakar with a god-bolt.
And he didn't let up.
Zakar tried to run, but he couldn't. Every time he tried to stand, the blast would knock him back to the floor. With Zakar squirming in a corner, Sin kept him pinned until Kytara showed herself in the room.
She actually looked excited as she saw him frying his brother. "Good man. Kill the bastard."
But Sin didn't kill him. He couldn't do that to his own brother-he could only beat the shit out of him, and that only when Zakar deserved it.
As soon as Zakar was unconscious, Sin stopped pounding him with the bolts. He knelt by Zakar, who was slumped on the floor, and double-checked his pulse. It was strong and frantic against Sin's fingertips.
Satisfied that his brother would live, Sin laid him down more comfortably on the floor and covered him with a blanket. Sin looked up at Kytara, who was standing next to his bed. "What do you know about gallu conversions?"
She shrugged. "Not much really. I'm the other pantheon, remember? Why?"
"Because I think Kat was bitten by them." He went back to her on the bed. She was shaking now so badly that her teeth were chattering. And she still didn't wake or respond to him. "I need you to stay here while I get her help."
Kytara's face paled as she realized what was wrong with Kat. "There's no help for this. You know that."
He shook his head. There was no way in hell he was going to let Kat die. Not like this.
Or worse, kill her for it. There had to be something they could do. Anything, and he was willing to move the heavens and earth to save her. "I refuse to believe that." He picked Kat up from the bed and faced Kytara. "Watch Zakar for me. Don't let him out of your sight, and whatever you do, don't kill him."
She made an indignant squawk. "Are you kidding me? I'm not a babysitter."
He gave her the most hostile glare he could muster. "No, I'm not kidding. I don't want my brother dead. You said he's fractured. If that's the case, then we can fix him. But first I have to save Kat."
"It's impossible, Sin, and you know it. You're insane and you're wasting your time."
"We'll see." He paused before he left. "And Kytara, if my brother isn't still breathing when I return, the Oneroi are going to be the least of your concerns."
She gave him an indignant huff.
Ignoring her, Sin closed his eyes and flashed him and Kat to the last place he needed to visit...
Kalosis.
And he naturally manifested right in front of a Charonte who eyeballed him as if he were a prime steak on a plate. But Sin wasn't in the mood to deal with it. He ignored the beast.
"Apollymi!" Sin shouted as he walked down the long, narrow hallway with no idea where to go to find her. "I need you."
She appeared in front of him with her hands on her hips and her face flaming angry.