The Four Horsemen: Descent by LJ Swallow

Author:LJ Swallow [Swallow, LJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-03-01T16:00:00+00:00

12

JOSS

I wince as Xander drops into one of his rants, yelling across the kitchen at Syv, Vee, and anybody who dares interrupt him.

He barely said two words in the car on the way back. Vee, sensibly, accompanied Syv to avoid talking to him if she’d travelled with us.

I don’t know what the fuck happened at the museum. We found the pair in the car park. Eventually. They drove up in Syv’s Jeep, yelling at us to follow them before anybody saw. What had been annoyance turned to relief that they weren’t stuck in the back of the museum somewhere or had been seriously injured.

But even in the streetlight’s glow, I saw blood on Syv’s neck, soaking the top of her dress. There was blood around Vee’s nose and I was terrified they’d met Seth. Apparently not—but obviously whoever the guy they met is, he worked for someone else looking for the stone. So, yeah, probably Seth.

Now, back at the house, the demanding questions begin.

"All I did was go to the bathroom," says Vee, facing off Xander, arms crossed. "We didn’t exactly have time to call for the cavalry when the guy attacked Syv."

"She’s right, Xander," I say. "Vee didn’t sneak off. She told us where she was going."

"They should never have let you go alone." Xander’s eyes narrow. "We’d promised not to because of the fucking teleporting thing."

I sigh. "Xan. Come on. Calm down."

"If there had been more than one of us with Syv, the situation might not have happened." He turns to jab a finger at Syv. "Why the fuck didn’t you wait for us?"

"Because I saw somebody else hanging around, near the store room, who I knew wasn’t human. I had to get in and take the stone before he could."

Xander glowers. "You could’ve waited. We weren’t far behind."

"And what if he’d walked off with it while I did? Let me do my job, Xander. Everything worked out okay."

"Only because Vee was there. Someone could’ve found you on the floor with your throat slashed."

Syv steps toward him. "Plenty have tried, and nobody has succeeded. I would’ve got myself out of the situation. Eventually."

Xander yanks out a kitchen chair and sits beside Ewan. "What’s your opinion?"

"What happened to the demon’s body?" he asks in a low voice.

My suspicion piques as Vee and Syv exchange a glance. "What are you hiding?"

"She obliterated the dude. That’s all," Syv replies. "Joss, are you gonna fix my neck up or should I head to Emergency? I don’t mind, there’s a cute doctor there who’s often working."

I shake my head and pull out the first aid kit from a cupboard.

"Obliterated? Full story, Vee. Now." Xander folds his hands under his arms. Vee’s mouth thins at Xander’s attitude to her. "Please," he adds.

The demon was strong, if Syv couldn’t take him. Her magic powers may be weak, but I’ve said before, her physical ability comes from more than human strength.

Vee hesitantly tells us about the magic, but I swear she downplays the scene. A dark power? Okay, she used this on a demon, but it was a triggered reflex.

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