Chapter 294

The driver's face contorted in horror. I was going to be dead, but she was going to have to live with the consequences.

Gritting my teeth, I dug deep.

I flashed out with a millisecond to spare. The truck whipped past, its rush of wind propelling me through my portal. Better for that driver to think she was seeing things than live with a death.

Trust me.

I tumbled onto the side lawn of Millicent's place. It was another hazy, smoggy morning, already very hot and very dry, but I was shivering, bathed in cold sweat. There was no way I'd miscalculated that badly.

I checked Lilith's prison.

The box pulsed, that oily black light spilling out from all the seams. Lilith actively trying to get me killed was bad. Was it the end of the world? Not if the familiar thin woman stepping out of a taxi had anything to say about it.

Esther had refused my offer to pick her up at the airport, saying she liked to have alone time to decompress after the stress of flying.