Sariel watched with sadness as I clutched my chest, but I wasn’t recovering. I was not healing.
A tear slid down his cheek as Darkness consumed me.
I fought.
I lost.
And light flashed.
Stephanie jolted back from me, her eyes filled with horror. “What just happened?”
My heart splintered in two. Rage consumed me. “You will betray me.”
“What? NO! I was trying to show you—”
“You were trying to impose your will…” I stood on shaky legs. “Instead, you showed me my future.”
Stephanie covered her mouth with her hands.
“I think we’re done for the evening.” Numb, I walked over to the light switch and flicked it off. “After all, Ethan will be expecting us.”
“Cassius, I had no I idea. Futures can change, can’t they?”
“I’m tired.” I ignored her question. “And so are you.”
Cassius
Greece 79 AD
WHAT DO WE DO with them?” I stared at the children completely dumbfounded, I possibly hadn’t thought that through. They needed parents. They needed something.
“Well, we can’t eat them,” Mason grumbled crossing his arms. He’d been hungry for two days, but tough shit because we’d been at the docks for the past forty-eight hours to make sure nobody escaped. We couldn’t take the chance that any of the infected humans made their way over land or sea—to the general population.
The screams of the dead caused my head to ache. It couldn’t be avoided. Their souls were upset.
They had a reason to be upset.
It wasn’t their time.
But it couldn’t be avoided. I always dealt with a heavy hand. Not that I took it lightly. Humans needed to know there was a reason to fear the immortals.
To double cross us was to invite death.
“The princess.” Eva sighed. “The Demon came for her when you started burning the city.”
“And what did Timber have to say for himself?” I kept my eyes focused on the horizon as smoke filled the air.
“He screamed at me, though he was able to take her as far as the door, Mason took care of the rest.”
“You killed him?” My eyebrows shot up. He was a powerful Demon, just as old as us, he’d been alive since the fall of man.
“He ran.” Mason sighed. “I got two bites in before he disappeared.”
“Damn.” The horizon wasn’t changing. There were no boats. Only blackness.
“So…” Eva’s scent was altogether too intoxicating. I moved away from her so I could think. “What are we going to do with the children?”
“Sariel can never know.” I breathed out an irritated sigh and glanced at Eva out of the corner of my eye. “Understood?”