Chapter 79: No Match

The air crackled beside me, my sister stepping through. She was laughing.

"Heard that one before," she said.

I almost laughed with her as Xeoniteridone, clearly furious with my sister's appearance and jab at his plans, threw up a

large, vibrating shield between himself and her.

"You really need to learn to mind your own business," he said. "You're not as important as you seem to think you are."

His glittering eyes settled on Max who had slipped through the veil with Syd. "How's your little fight in the veil going,

drach?" Nasty, bitter laughter escaped the white-haired demon. "I hope you're finding it entertaining."

My hands ached from being fisted at my sides. "You knew this would happen." The damage to the veil didn't seem to bother

him in the least.

"Of course I did." His staff's crystal sparked, his smirk stirring my anger further. "When I discovered the damage