With the Dawn (Faith of the Fallen) by West Cassandra Sky

Author:West, Cassandra Sky [West, Cassandra Sky]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2016-09-20T04:00:00+00:00

FIFTEEN

Savanna fidgeted in the back of the SUV. Deirdre sat between her and Alexi, looking as though she would rather be anywhere else. Savanna couldn’t blame her. Witches and vampires were two of the most dangerous groups in the supernatural world—and traditionally the least concerned with the loss of human life. At the same time, Savanna wasn’t exactly comfortable with Deirdre’s presence, either. Something about her unnerved Savanna, and she couldn’t quite put her finger on what it was.

It was almost time. The divining had gone well, and the vision had come to her easily with minimal blood. The vision itself was cloudy and indistinct like she was accustomed to, with more emotion conveyed than actual images or sensations—and nothing like her bizarre, vivid vision of the future. She still couldn’t make heads or tails of that, and she hadn’t wanted to broach the subject with Alexi until she knew more.

“So, bullets?” Sing was asking her. “You don’t think those will work against the demon? Not even a little?”

Savanna shook her head. How long had he been talking to her? “No, demons have incredibly thick skin. And, like most otherworldly beings, they’re not completely in our reality, if that makes sense.”

“So they exist partially on our plane and partially on another,” Deirdre said. “That’s kind of . . . cool, really.”

“Not so much,” Savanna said. “It means you can’t kill them—”

“Because they’re not really here,” Sing finished with a nod.

“Not entirely. Enough to kill others but not enough to die themselves,” Savanna said.

Deirdre frowned. “That doesn’t seem particularly fair.”

“I don’t think fair really enters into any of this,” said Alexi. “At least, not from where I’m standing.”

“You can banish it, though?” Connor said to Savanna.

“Yes,” she whispered, suddenly realizing that everyone was looking at her.

“We’ll do what we can to give you an opening,” Sing said.

Alexi caught her eye and mouthed the words, It’ll be okay.

Savanna wished she had even a fraction of Alexi’s confidence. She knew that she was technically capable of banishing the demon. But what if she was too slow and someone was hurt or killed? What if she . . . forgot a word or a symbol? What if, what if, what if? Savanna buried her face in her hands and took a few deep breaths.

“Almost time,” Sing said. “Dee, remember—stay in the car. You’re just here to observe.”

“Aye, don’t worry about me. I’m gonna get this bloody thing on video.” Deirdre held up her phone. “Once we see this thing in action, we’ll have good material to help train new agents.”

“Be careful,” Savanna said. “These things are . . .” Powerful didn’t seem a strong enough word. There wasn’t any way to adequately describe it to someone who hadn’t seen one in action. Her mind flickered back to a memory she had tried to banish for two years—the demon she summoned tearing through her mother’s coven, killing everyone. So many dead in a matter of seconds. “Just . . . be careful,” she finished lamely.

“One minute to go,” Connor said.

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