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knew he'd caught the scent of demons nearby. The smell of sulfur was faint in the air, the breeze blowing against them, but when she looked past Mitchell's shoulder she saw three demons rushing toward them.
    "Behind you," she said, amazed at her calm as she lifted the pistol and fired. She hit one in the middle of his forehead and he dropped. Mitchell's companion was already rushing forward and he pushed her into the car.
    "Go!"
    Part of her really wanted to stay to help, but she knew she'd be pretty useless until she went through the merging ceremony. That was just a lucky shot she'd got off. She nodded, got in her car and pulled out of the parking spot. She saw them easily dispatch the two remaining demons as she pulled into the street. It took the entire drive to calm the tremors in her body, but she had control of the adrenaline before she entered the house.

Chapter Four
    I had to kill one of my men tonight, a brother in arms. I hope I have the strength to take my own life if I ever come that close to going rogue. No brother should have to kill another.
    --From the journal of Benjamin Alexander
    Ben's arm plunged into the chest of the soldier demon reporting to him. The force and strength of the blow were enough that he ripped bare handed through skin and bone to the creature's heart before it even knew what was happening. He felt the organ pump in his hand, reveled in his power a moment before gripping it and ripping it out. He dropped the heart to the uneven rock floor of his throne room and looked at the others now cowering around him.
    "Bring me that girl. Alive!"
    They scattered and he threw his head back, bellowing his rage. It was such a simple task to take Dupree's woman. He'd thought taking Gia would bring Winter and Dupree to him. He'd left them a clear enough trail to follow. So they were willing to abandon her? But no fucking way Dupree would abandon his woman. Once Ben had her, he'd have Dupree, and left without his protection he'd have Winter, too.
    And it needed to be quick. The simpletons around him didn't understand why he hadn't already killed Gia, but he wasn't about to explain things to them. They were full demons, but mostly young and far from attaining their full adult strength. Therefore Ben needed an advantage to rule them, and he'd found it. The Order's most closely guarded secret. If a hybrid consumed the heart and brain of an enemy, he would assume their powers. Already he'd taken the ability to blend in so well he could be all but invisible and the ability to cage another's mind. With Gia's, Dupree's and Winter's powers he would be unstoppable.
    But the energy needed to cage Gia was beginning to take its toll. His demon horde hadn't noticed. He'd been able to hide it, but it wouldn't be long. It would be easy to kill her now, but he wanted Winter to suffer. She'd stolen his kill when she'd killed the demon warlord, and she'd pay for it by watching him destroy the two people that put her in power: Gia and Dupree.
    He left the throne room and walked softly down the corridor toward the exit, pausing outside the heavy door that concealed Gia. She had no idea how close she was to freedom. If she did, her despair would make her blood a spicy balm on his tongue. It was a temptation beating through his ears in a loud tattoo. Take the woman. Take her telekinetic powers. Become a god.
    He stopped himself with his hand on the lock. No. Not yet. Not until he had all three of them. If he killed her now, her friends would know. Their connection was so deep even caging her mind couldn't sever it. He studied the door. Maybe that was the problem. He'd underestimated the power of the new ability. He was positive they would know if she died. He could feel their connection beating at him as he controlled the shield, and he'd assumed they would use it to track him, to come to him. But it was possible his blocks were preventing that.
    He could let it weaken a little, but he was pretty sure if he didn't keep the