LOGINKaimaThe moment Kyle snapped his fingers a violent rush of wind blew around us. The portal sucked us in before anyone knew what was happening.And when I opened my eyes again I saw blinding sunlight.The heat slammed into me immediately. The sand stretched endlessly and it felt like we were in the middle of nowhere, but when I turned around there was a massive mansion standing right in front of me. One by one everyone turned, but Tara and I were the only ones who looked surprised. Nicholai and Nathan had a look of indifference on their faces.Kyle spread his hands dramatically. “Welcome to my humble abode,” he announced, smirking.Humble my ass, but the mansion was extremely beautiful. There was no denying that fact.He turned to us with an exaggerated sigh. “Now, before you all start asking so many questions, the entrance to the underworld opens only after sunset. Sunlight burns it shut. Am I understood? Good.”Kyle shrugged. “So until then, make yourselves at home.”“In your house?
NathanGoddess, I'd had enough of this dude for one day. Before he got the chance to finish speaking, I moved fast and precise, pinning him against the pillar. I pressed the silver knife to his throat, the metal hissed against his skin, making faint lines.“Come on, Nathan,” Kyle choked out a laugh. “You think a silver knife can kill me? Do you know how old I am? But it's really nice to see the honourable Alpha losing control.”I didn’t. Looking into his eyes, I pushed the blade harder into his throat. Goddess, I wanted to end him so badly, and even in the situation, he was smiling.“Nathan, stop being stupid. You know silver can't kill me, so let me go before I make all your internal organs come out of your mouth.”“Oh Kyle, you know, you are right in a way. Silver can't kill you.”Kyle smirked, glad I got it sorted. “Take that useless thing away from my neck.”I smiled widely at him. The smile was slow and dangerous.“Kyle… this isn't just any silver blade. When Nicholai stole the c
Kaima“No, you can’t be serious.”For a second I went into full denial mode. I refused to believe what he was saying and there was a possibility that he was lying. That is why Nicholai and Nathan never trusted him.“How are we supposed to know this isn’t a trap?”“That’s the thing, sweetheart. You don’t. You just go with the flow.”I glared at him. “Okay, let’s say we believe you. How are we supposed to get to the underworld?”He looked at me for a moment, then bursted laughing. Not a small laugh but a big dramatic laugh. He looked like someone who’d been insane before.“Oh sweetheart,” he said, wiping a fake tear from his eyes, “you’re so cute when you’re confused and pretend to be tough. Has anyone ever told you that? Thank you, I really needed that laugh.”I glared at him so hard my eyes almost caught on fire.He only smiled wider.“Even if you manage to travel to the underworld—which is quite impossible without help, by the way,” Kyle said, hands in his pocket, “the possibility of
NicholaiKyle stared at my back like he'd just seen the gates of hell crack open. His expression shifted from horrified to impressed in half a second.“Well damn,” he exhaled, “you killed a hellhound. I'm impressed.”I frowned at him.He was trying to mask his fear, but I still saw it. “How many did you kill?” he asked.“Two,” I replied simply.Tara and Nathan just stared without a word. Kaima, who was standing next to me, quickly reached for my hand.Kyle ran a hand through his hair, looking at me like he was only just seeing me for the first time.“Nicholai… I have to give it to you, that’s impressive. Killing two hellhounds—was that recklessly stupid? Yes. Was it impressive? Yes. Are you going to die? Also yes.”I felt my stomach knot. “Kyle… so you know about the curse that came with killing a hellhound. Do you know how to get rid of it?”He sighed dramatically like I was asking something he already knew. “Okay, let me break it down like this, if you kill a hellhound, you get curs
KaimaThe second that thing stepped out of the painting my heart almost stopped. It felt like the temperature in the room actually dropped. I held onto Nicholai's hand. “Nicholai... what is happening? I whispered. It felt like my voice was actually afraid of leaving my throat.Nicholai's jaw was locked, eyes dark like he was about to rip someone apart limb from limb. “That's Kyle. Whenever he shape shifts, he takes his demon form.”“He’s a shape shifter?”“Yes, a shape shifter demon. He can merge into anything, wall, shadow, objects, and he becomes one with it like a chameleon.”I'd never heard of a shape shifter demon before, but that wasn't the worst part. He was here all along. How... how did he even get in? And great, just great, he overheard our conversation.Nicholai looked furious, like he was a few seconds away from losing it completely. I could feel the rage rolling off him.But immediately the demon fully stepped out of the painting and in human form. I felt my jaw drop. It
KaimaWhat I said made Nathan and Nicholai exchange glances. I knew what I said didn't make any sense, but I wasn't backing down. It wasn't like any of them had any good ideas anyways.I just felt totally frustrated.“Okay, Kaima, so what you are trying to say is that we kidnap a very old, very powerful demon?” Nathan asked, both him and Nicholai looking at me like I'd just lost my mind.“Yes, Nathan, because there's no way in hell I'm returning back to New York without Nicholai getting that mark of death off his back. And what do you do when the only person who knows anything about ancient hellhound curses refuses to help? You kidnap the son of a bitch and make them.”“Nathan, Kaima has a point.” Nathan looked at Nicholai like he’s now the crazy one. “We can use a pentagram to catch a demon, so who is to say it isn’t going to work on Kyle.”Nathan thought for a while, and just like that, my idea wasn’t sounding that stupid…“But a pentagram isn’t going to hold a demon as powerful as







