Chapter 38

“You’re saying the beam of light is somehow holding it in place?”

“Yeah. I don’t like it either,” said Dana.

It wants to be watched, whispered Jenny. To be seen and appreciated.

“You can feel it?” asked Ingrid.

Can’t you?

“I hate this,” Ingrid muttered as the ship got near the platform. She tapped her earpiece a few times. “Eulalie, you hear anything?” There was nothing but static, followed by a screeching sound. “Shit,” she muttered. “I think we might be on our own.”

“That portal might still be open downstairs,” said Lily. “If you’re getting cold feet, you can bounce and let the big kids handle it.”

Ingrid didn’t dignify that with a response. She refused to let the succubus get the better of her. Ever since the disaster in the stacks, her confidence had been shaken and it was like Lily could smell it coming off of her. There was little to be done about it. Sometimes, missions went poorly. But the idea that it had done s