Book Four: Chapter 28

Know your place, hellspawn. The shadow smashed the succubus into the ground, the floor splintering around her. It did this several times until Lily finally went still, her tail going limp against the floorboards. Pathetic. We shall speak again, Caretaker. Alone, next time.

Like a breath of fog, the shadow vanished. The heaviness dispersed, and Mike stood and rushed to Lily’s aid.

“Are you okay?” He grabbed Lily by the arm and helped her up.

“It looks worse than it is. I’m going to have a killer headache when I get out of here, though.” Lily lifted her head to reveal that several sharp splinters now stuck out of her face. “But, yeah, I’m fine.”

“Is he gone?”

Lily spat out a piece of wood. “Yeah, but he was pissed. Whatever that shadow is, it’s very powerful. I don’t want you talking to it anymore.”

“That’s not a choice I get to make.”

“And that’s what worries me.” Lily stepped back from Mike. “That thing shouldn’t have been able