Echoes of the Past by Tim Marquitz

Author:Tim Marquitz
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: angels, humor, demons, action adventure, jim butcher, demon squad, kevin hearne
Publisher: Tim Marquitz

Chapter Fifteen

Back in Hell, I scanned the place to see if the voyeur was back. Not finding any trace of a stranger, I set the dread fiends to work guarding Lucifer’s chambers. I was getting real tired of surprise visits.

Once the book was back in its hiding place, and the guard dogs were on duty, I set up a gate to take me back to my house. With all the excitement up on Earth, I hadn’t had time to go back and collect Chatterbox or the last few vials of Lucifer’s blood. While it infuriated me to use the shit, it was an advantage no one else had. I could be as stubborn as I wanted to be, but even my dumb ass knew the blood was too useful to abandon.

The portal ramped up and I drew in a deep breath as I was transported to Earth. I thought about readying my magic or pulling out my gun, but honestly, had the DSI broken into my house, there wouldn’t be enough of them left to fill a body bag, let alone a bucket. A mop would be more useful.

The spare room of my house started to flicker into existence, and I wondered what surprises waited for me there. I didn’t have long to wait.

The instant I solidified, a shadow crashed into me and slammed me face down onto the ground. The portal hummed and carried us away immediately. I struggled but I was locked up good, my arm twisted behind my back at an ugly angle, far from my gun. In the whirl of the gate, my senses were blind and it’d be suicide to use magic. The shadow hadn’t done anything but wrap me up, so it made me think he wasn’t looking to kill me, but I still didn’t know who it was. I’d just have to wait it out.

As the portal began to wind down, I powered up and got ready to scrap. Turned out, I didn’t have to.

“Damn it, Frank, are you really that stupid?” I recognized Katon’s voice and let my energy fade. He loosened his grip on my arm and yanked me to my feet.

Katon was DRAC’s enforcer and all around vampiric badass. He and I have butted heads over the years, but we’d gotten closer through all the recent supernatural drama. He still wasn’t sure just how far he could trust me—an ancient deal I’d made with Baalth having soiled my good guy card—but he always dealt fairly with me. We’d fought side-by-side and risked our lives for one another, so he was willing to give me the benefit of the doubt as to whose side I was on, but the ugly uncertainty reared its head from time to time.

I met his dark gaze and saw the fury in his eyes. “You trying out for the Oakland Raiders?” I asked, rubbing my shoulder.

“Don’t start with me.” He huffed and pushed through me, storming off the portal. I followed. “Are you looking to get yourself killed?”

“Uh, no more than usual.

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