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“What is it?”
    Beepers went off, three at once. Decker grabbed his phone first. “It’s Lance. Fuck. Demons loose in the building.”
    Instantly, Ky and Decker drew weapons and closed rank around Regan. “What the hell is going on? If wehadn’t come to discuss rousing Thanatos, Regan could be dead.”
    Regan gripped the podium so hard her nails dug into the wood. “You were thinking about rousing him? Now?”
    “Long story, but yeah. We came across new information. We need to consider waking him right away.”
    “You’re a little late for that, Aegi.” The deep, rumbling voice from the doorway drained every drop of blood from Regan’s face. She broke out in a cold, clammy sweat as she looked up to see Thanatos at the auditorium entrance, his big body radiating danger even his armor couldn’t contain.
    And she knew, without a doubt, that her nightmare was about to become reality.

Four

     
    Regan couldn’t breathe. Couldn’t swallow. All she could do was stare death—literally, Death—in the face. Thanatos was going to kill her. His yellow eyes drilled into her, but when he spoke his words were for Ky and Decker.
    “Leave us.”
    “Listen to me, Thanatos,” Kynan began. “If you have a beef with someone, it should be me—”
    “Shut up.” Than’s voice echoed through the auditorium, carrying as if he was talking through an amplifier. “Leave
now
. Last warning.”
    He moved toward them, his boots thumping like death knells on the carpeted floor, the bone plates of his armor clacking, the sword at his hip more menacing than she remembered.
    “Go to hell, asshole,” Decker drawled.
    Regan reached out to grasp Deck’s shoulder in warning, but it was too late. Shadows rose up around Thanatos, thesouls of those he’d killed. Once released from the prison of his armor, they were deadly, nightmarish weapons Regan had no desire to encounter again. She had no idea if one of them could kill Kynan, seeing how he was immune from harm by anything but fallen angels, but Decker would be easy prey.
    So would she. Her ability to rip souls out of a person … or to defend against an attacking soul, seemed to have been affected by the pregnancy. The loss would have been a relief not long ago. Now it left her vulnerable in a way she hadn’t thought possible.
    “Go,” she said softly, never taking her eyes off those swirling souls. “I’ll be okay.” She hoped. Kind of doubted, really. But she would not be responsible for Decker’s death.
    “We’re not leaving,” Kynan said.
    Thanatos smiled, and Regan shuddered. “I just killed a fallen angel.” He threw out his hand, and one of the souls, its inky form sprouting wispy wings, darted toward Kynan. It halted mere inches away, straining as if tethered by invisible chains. “He can suck the life right out of you, human.”
    “Dammit,” she hissed. “You guys go. Hang out in the hallway, but please…go!”
    Ky and Decker both glared in stubborn defiance, but finally, they stalked off. When Ky got to the door, he turned around and shot the Horseman a deadly cold look. “You’ve got five minutes.”
    Five minutes? That would be an eternity, given that Thanatos could end her in under a second. The moment Ky and Decker were gone, Thanatos struck, wrenching her away from the podium and pinning her against the wall with his upper arm across her throat. She couldn’t even reach for her handy-dandy anti-Horseman dagger.
    “You betrayed me.”
    “Please,” she whispered.
    “Please.” His voice was guttural. Low. Downright evil. “Say it again. It won’t help, but I want to hear you beg before I kill you.”
    She would never beg for her own life, but she’d do anything for the child. She licked her lips, but she had no moisture on her tongue. “Please don’t do this.”
    Closing his eyes, he inhaled, and a wicked smile curved his mouth. “The scent of your fear is intoxicating. How does it feel to be restrained and helpless, Regan?”
    Horrific. It