Lucky Son Of A Gun (The Demon Accords Book 19) by John Conroe

Author:John Conroe [Conroe, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-12-08T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 25

“Mack, can you hold up a second?” Gina called out before I make it out the door of the auditorium.

“I’ll catch up,” I said to Veronica, Jetta, and the others. “Sure thing, Gina.”

She was talking to Jenks and waved me over.

“Mack, I want you to think very carefully over everything you saw, heard, felt, or sensed during your encounter. The individual chose to confront you, as opposed to attacking from ambush like they did with Colin. Any thoughts as to why?”

I shrugged. “If someone shot Jetta or me, Declan would tear Burlington apart.”

“Father would not need to actually destroy the city,” Omega’s avatar said as it popped into existence next to us. “Any tiny bit of evidence might be enough for Earth’s Steward, should he be motivated. The attack on Colin is likely connected, but not conclusive.”

“Evidence like a snippet of video from one of your microdrones?” I asked.

“Exactly,” Omega agreed. “Which speaks to extremely sophisticated intelligence on Father, Mack, and Jetta. Also, there was the risk of approaching Mack without knowing if I had any subunits on him. And there is a subtle difference between approaching Mack, a male surrogate sibling, and approaching Jetta, a younger, female surrogate sibling.”

“You’re suggesting that any approach of Jetta would bring Declan here immediately?” Gina asked, blinking a few times fast.

“Yeah. She can take care of herself, but Dec would likely lose his shi— ah, mind if it had happened to Jet,” I said, rushing my words to cover the slip.

Gina ignored it completely, her eyes going distant for a second.

“You’re not scared of Declan, are you, Gina?” I asked.

She blinked a few times, opened her mouth, then closed it. After a second of thought, she looked me straight in the eyes. “Mack, I know Declan has always been powerful, but he is literally wielding the power of a god. Even the slightest loss of control could erase millions of people or level a city—this city.”

“You have met the kid, right?” I asked. “This is Declan O’Carroll we’re talking about. He was basically bred and raised to handle this power.”

“Was he though?” she asked. “Selective breeding yes, but remember his mother was raped. You yourself admit that if something happened to a family member, he could lose it—you just said so. Not to mention he and Stacia have murdered over a hundred people.”

“You’re not scared of him… you’re terrified,” I said.

“Because he’s a human, and a young one at that, with powers beyond comprehension,” she said, her tone urgent. “And he has killed before.”

“Don’t forget the incident with Dellwood early on,” Jenks said.

“That’s exactly what you should be thinking of,” I said. “I know for a fact that Dellwood’s beatdown while Dec’s magic was locked was the single worst moment in his life to that point. Even including the pedophile when he was a kid. You realize that he broke the handcuffs as soon as he was in our dorm room, right? While he was in a full-on rage? That he could

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