Chapter 11 The phoenix was still watching her with dark eyes while the others had huddled in their little group. Something told Shadow that she was safer in here than she would have been out there where he could get a hold of her. Glancing at Deth’s child she blinked realizing the other woman was now looking at her with a curious expression. It wasn’t really fearful as Shadow had expected but definitely cautious. Apparently she had stared too long as the phoenix stepped into her line of sight blocking her view of Tiara and her scrutiny. Deciding that she was on to something she lifted her chin defiantly and tossed her long hair over her shoulder. As long as they considered her a threat, then maybe they would keep her locked up here… safe from the phoenix and Deth. Tiara didn’t pay much attention to what Storm and the other men were talking about… her main concern was still Nighthawk. She felt someone staring at her and she looked up to see who it was. The small hairs on the ba

Chapter 13 Deth felt rage consume him when the link to the ring was abruptly severed. He pulled it off of his finger feeling its worthlessness now… which meant that Shadow had also been taken from his grasp. Tilting his head back, he recalled the day in vivid clarity. The power coming from the woman and her ring had been enough to call him from a far distance. He’d taken her away from the pyramid, slaughtering the warriors that had surrounded her. He’d trespassed onto a ceremony that would bind her to the pharaoh indefinitely. She was the Night Walker to the pharaoh’s necromancy… a brother and sister union that would have been too powerful for him to allow. He had taken the ring, killed the pharaoh and enslaved the Night Walker killing her numerous times over the centuries and delighting in her rebirth each time. Yes, Shadow was powerful and he thought he’d finally beaten her into submission but it appeared that he was wrong. At the first opportunity, she had betrayed him and