Chapter 22

“I’m saying you’re a walking improbability, a unique being, one of a kind. Anyone can be one-in-a-million, you know. It really isn’t that special. In fact, dying and being reanimated isn’t that unique either. It gives you perspective.”

“If I was alive, it would give me ulcers.” Dana frowned. “So can you fix Lily and tell me where I can find the demon who made a deal with Leeds’ mother all those centuries ago?”

“Ah, now that’s a terrible question. In fact, I could tell you right now where he is, but it would do you no good. By the time you arrived, he wouldn’t be there any longer.” The Oracle chuckled. “No, no, no, I need you to start seeing things from the outside-in, to step outside of your perceived notion that time is a series of discrete events, to—”

“Fucking hell, where can I find this guy two days from now?” Dana huffed and crossed her arms. Two days would be plenty of time to track their prey, but not if the Oracle kept chatting her up.

The Oracle pres