Last Rite by Lisa Desrochers

Author:Lisa Desrochers [Desrochers, Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781429967136
Publisher: Tor Teen
Published: 2012-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

14

Hell Spawn

LUC

We’re out of the airport in a heartbeat, and the taxi drops us at my apartment for the Shelby. I climb in, not sure where I mean to go.

“Where would she be?” Faith asks from the passenger seat.

I shake my head. “Home. She was worried about Maggie, so I’d expect she’d head that direction.” As much as I want him dead, I’m more than a little concerned that I’ve heard nothing from Gabriel. He should be there already.

I drive like a bat out of Hell to Frannie’s and find Gabriel pacing the sidewalk in the pale light of early dawn. I pull up to the curb and Faith springs out of the car before I can even roll down my window.

“Is she here?” I ask.

Gabriel leans in, looking more than slightly shaken. “She’s not even on the Board.”

Faith skids up next to Gabriel on the sidewalk. “How is that possible?”

But before the question’s out of her mouth, I know the answer. If Frannie’s soul is no longer on the mortal coil, she won’t show up on the Board.

He must see it in my eyes. “She’s not dead, Luc.” At first I think the edge to his voice is directed at me, but then I realize it’s sheer determination, as if he can make it so just by wanting it. “He wants her alive. If she’s with Matt, they’re probably headed here.”

It should be a relief she’s with her brother, but my chest tightens as I recall my last image of Matt, his wings being ripped from his body by the avengers.

“Are you sure there’s no way they could be Shielding her?” he asks with a hint of desperation.

I think on that for a moment, just as desperate for it to be true. “It’s not a skill He gives us at the time of our creation. Not even Mages…” But then I trail off, a horrible thought hitting me like a lightning bolt. “Unless she was wearing an Udjat.”

Gabriel’s pulls a slow breath and looks me in the eye. “I took it from her and then it disappeared. She doesn’t have it.”

I press back into my seat and try to think. “If she’s wearing His mark…” Then she’s under His control, and it may be in His power to Shield her. My heart goes dead in my chest. “Is Marchosias here?” I say, glancing past him at the house.

“Aaron says he’s been lurking and has spoken to Maggie a few times, but he’s been able to run interference to keep it from going any further.”

“So Maggie’s okay?”

“As far as anyone knows.”

“Do you want me to stay with her?” Faith asks.

Gabriel nods distantly, his mind obviously still on Frannie. “I’ll tell Daniel you’re here.”

I crank the ignition. “I’m going to check around and see if anyone’s heard from Frannie.”

I can see Gabriel struggling with whether to stay here or come with me. Finally, he steps back from the car and absently loops an arm over Faith’s shoulders. She encircles him in both of hers, sinking into his side.

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