Demon Seer (Ember's Flames Book 1) by Sadie Waters

Author:Sadie Waters [Waters, Sadie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-05-01T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Two

Only Ruby and Jess were babysitting Zach when they got back to the apartment. The three of them were on the couch watching a movie, Zach asleep on Ruby’s shoulder. He looked so peaceful, Ember hated flipping on the lights to wake him up. Almost.

His head shot up off of the redhead. Wide eyed, he looked around, drool wetting the corner of his mouth. “What the--”

“Sorry, Sleeping Beauty,” Ember muttered, not really meaning it. “Time to wake up.”

“So that he can go to bed?” Jess asked, shaking her head at Ember like she was a monster for causing the illumination. She picked up the remote off of the coffee table and flicked off the flat screen on the wall across from them.

Ember ignored the attitude. “Did Lane come by?”

“Yeah, but he didn’t say much. Just grabbed Tins and told her to come home, that you guys should be back soon. That was over an hour ago, though.” Ruby rubbed at a damp spot on the shoulder of her red satin shirt.

“We had to drop our friend off at church before we could come home,” Carson explained, wandering into the kitchen. Ember hoped he was making coffee… for her.

“Friend?” Zach perked up. “What do you mean?”

“You caught him then?” Jess asked, scooting to the edge of the couch.

Jake sat down in the chair closest to the kitchen. “Lane didn’t tell you?”

“No. He wouldn’t say anything,” Ruby said, shaking her head. “He seemed angry, so we didn’t ask.”

“I assumed that meant you didn’t have any luck,” Jess added.

“He didn’t have any luck. Bastard ran right past him.” Carson plopped down on the other couch across from where the trio was sitting, a beer in his hand, no coffee in sight.

“How did you get him?” Ruby wanted to know.

Ember took her jacket off, eyeing the rip. It would need to be cleaned. Her arm felt better though. “Carson and I went in, scared him out. He ran past Lane. Ryan tracked him down, steered him into Jake--”

“And I fried him,” Jake finished.

“Fried him?” Zach was obviously confused, having never been on a hunt before.

“With his powers.” Ruby rested her hand on Zach’s shoulder, and he nodded. “Then you took him to St. Paul’s?”

“Yes, but we didn’t interrogate him yet. He was not cooperative.” Ryan finally joined them, sitting in the chair Zach had previously claimed which was now empty.

“Great. Sounds like you had a successful night.” Ruby looked more pleased than just about anyone else. “I guess Lane was just mad he wasn’t more involved?”

Ember knew Ruby wouldn’t say anything bad about her Ink. so she tried not to belittle the jackass in front of two of his girls, especially not since Jess already didn’t like Ember’s attitude about him. “Probably. We also missed Lil. She was there.”

“Shut up!” Jess said. “Seriously?”

“Yeah. I walked in as she was feeding off of a neighbor.” Her eyes shifted to Zach and she saw the alarm on his face. “She’s okay. I made sure of that.

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