King of the Underworld

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Sephle

The guys were all laughing as we walked into the kitchen. They all looked to me, like they knew I was about to make their morning even better. I was taken aback by their knowing glances.

“We can feel your f**kery, gazelle. I, for one, am very excited about this development in my life,” Misha said.

Adrik caught my eye, his mischievous grin slowly creeping atross his face. “Apparently, I’m not the only one,” he said, kissing my temple.

“Not the only one for what?” Ivan asked.

“He can feel all of you the same way I can now. He knew you guys were here before I did this morning. He can tell you the order you came up, even,” I said.

They all looked at Adrik skeptically, like they didn’t believe him.

“Ivan, Stephen, Andrei, Viktor, Misha,” he said.

“Okay, so new level unlocked,” Ivan said, laughing.

“We were

talking this morning. It feels like the connection is getting stronger each time we do something new,” Andrei said. “It used to only get stronger for Sephie, but now I think it’s getting stronger for all of us.”

Bubba. I think you guys pick up more each time. Not just with me anymore, either. You’re

quieter last night at the fundraiser than they were at the meeting with Battista. We can’t figure out why. There were more demons last night than at the meeting with Battista. It doesn’t make sense they’d

was going to bring it up this morning.

to do with that girl that could see my mother and Kostya. Maybe they knew and were hiding from her?” Adrik said.

looked at Andrei. “Bubba, did you by chance do any snooping with her? Do you know if she could see everything? Or is she more like you, in

in on Ivan. It worried me, so

to see what she saw,” Andrei said. He looked at Ivan. “You’re going to be shocked, man. I didn’t know how much you wanted Battista know, so I didn’t bring it

of us. My dad had told me that Ivan’s wings were black, whi te, and red. Jessica could only see the whi te in his wings, but they looked

Andrei and Misha worked

than everyone else’s.” It helped snap him back to reality as well. Adrik quietly slid his arm around my waist. I felt the pull in

and Kostya the same way, but they look different than you guys,” Andrei said. He pushed us the images of both Lena and Kostya that she had seen. “She called them ghosts because

since you can see through them,” Stephen said after seeing what Andrei was

quiet, though. Just to bring it back around to that,” Ivan said. “I would like to know why that is.”

“The more I used my gift at first, the more subtle it got. But it was also clearer. Maybe that’s what’s happening. They were louder the first few

be subtle.”

glazed over look, but I didn’t feel like he was uncomfortable with this conversation. I was hyper-aware of his comfort

moment, surprising everyone by saying, “Kostya said he thinks Misha is right. He’s not completely sure,

Viktor, you might need to repeat it a few more times. Just to be sure we all heard it,” Misha said, his wide, handsome

but laugh. Misha’s cheeks got red, but he was laughing with the

looked up at everyone. “I think we should have another conversation with Dario. I want to make sure we

popped into your head now, Yoden? Have you been thinking about Dario or He

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