Chapter 170

When the last of the rubble blocking their escape was tossed away, the creatures that had been their salvation remaining just out of sight within the darkness beyond, Jim lowered his hands. The sounds of growls and howls and whispered words Nathan couldn’t make out dulled to a soft din as if they were all waiting for something. Sasha was still on guard but Jim glanced over his shoulder, wholly confident.

“Guard from the back,” he told the incubus and then stepped forward into the passageway.