CHASING MONSTERS
Gideon made for the door fast, mumbling a prayer under his breath.
Lucian followed, expression carved from ice. “You play with forces you don’t understand,” he said quietly.
Mama Delphine smiled without looking at him. “And you think you do. Dat’s why it’s funny.”
Jax lingered. He’d seen monsters, but this? This was worse. It was old. Older than the blood in his veins.
He turned to leave and froze.
He turned.
Marie had moved. Her head turned toward him, eyes glowing faintly in the firelight, and for the first time, something that almost looked like a smile touched her lips.
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