The Devil You Know by Claire Marta

Author:Claire Marta [Marta, Claire]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-04-11T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

Slinking out the door, I find myself in a long-polished marble corridor. Passing the closed doorways, I don’t linger to peek inside. I’m focused on my objective. Nothing is going to stop me. I’m the predator and he’s my prey. A coldness I experience when I’m ready to kill envelopes me.

An opulent grand staircase leads down onto the main floor.

The place is eerily silent. Not a soul can be seen.

Scanning below, I keep my pistol ready.

“Master has ordered you to stay inside.” The high whiny voice speaks the second my foot hits the last step.

Swinging around, red eyes regard me coldly. Lips curled back over sharp fangs, I’m not sure if he’s leering or grinning.

Barrel of the gun trained on the demon’s forehead, I crowd his space with intent. “Your Master can go fuck himself.”

Cringing hands covering his head for protection he attempts to scurry away.

Taking an arm prisoner, I drag him back.

“No, no, it burns! Don’t touch me.” He squeals, clawing to get loose.

His words jar inside my head. They’re so fucking familiar I can’t get the image of Caesar’s similar reaction out of my mind. Before I have time to analyze it an explosion rocks the walls.

“What’s that?”

“The battle.” Thin, long tongue flicking out, he hisses the words. Still scrambling at my hold, he’s desperate to get free.

Throwing him aside, I jog towards the front doors that have been left cracked ajar. The dark skyline I had witnessed from the bedroom window has softened to a darker hue of blue with the approach of dawn.

Hurrying into the courtyard I look over my shoulder. I take in the black looking fortress I’ve just escaped. The same marble that makes up the floors inside glitters like starlight. It’s surface is pitted and scarred from numerous bombardments it’s endured over time. Perched on top of the hill, it looms like a shadow. This place had been designed with defence in mind.

Not slowing my pace, I see the mass of slaughter raging at the bottom of the hill.

The clang of swords and deafening roars reach me even at this distance.

It’s a perfect chaos.

Pausing, my gaze fixes on the bodies littering the scene, heads drawn back in the throes of death. Slack faces twisted in their last drawn out breathes. There’s every type of demon in every shape and form.

Searching the battlefield, I look for Max.

Lethal and powerful, I see him standing among a bloodbath. The shadows which encase his body whip around his form as he fights. Wielding a katana, he cuts a path through his foes with the sword, his eyes burning red with an unholy light.

It doesn’t look like I’m going to get lucky and have someone do my dirty work.

Plotting a course with my eyes, I gauge the best route to reach him.

He’s near the edge of the mayhem. Most of the soldiers are clever enough to avoid him.

I could wait, but this battle keeps him distracted. Face to face, he’s far stronger. If I’m careful I can avoid getting crushed in the sea of violence.

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