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.”

each time. Not just with me anymore, either. You’re picking up

morning too. It felt like our demons were quieter last night at the fundraiser than they were at the meeting with Battista. We can’t figure out why. There were

was going to bring it up this

could see my mother and Kostya. Maybe they knew and were hiding from her?” Adrik

she could see everything? Or is she more like you, in that she can

I saw her zero in on Ivan. It worried me,

she saw,” Andrei said. He looked at Ivan. “You’re going to be shocked, man. I didn’t know how much

she could very clearly see the outline of a pair of wings behind each of us. My dad had told me that Ivan’s wings were black, whi te, and red. Jessica could only

all stood in stunned silence for a few moments. Andrei and Misha worked together

reality as well. Adrik quietly slid

He pushed us the images of both Lena and Kostya that she had seen. “She called them ghosts because she didn’t think anyone would believe her and she wasn’t even sure if angels were

them,” Stephen said after seeing what Andrei was sharing with

Just to bring it back around

time,” Misha said. “The more I used my gift at first, the more subtle it got. But it was also clearer. Maybe that’s

be subtle.”

this conversation. I was hyper-aware of his comfort level when it came to any discussion of our demons. He was getting better, but I know

the present moment, surprising everyone by saying, “Kostya said he thinks Misha is right. He’s not completely sure, but from what he can tell, Misha’s on the money.”

few more times. Just to be sure we all heard

got red, but he was laughing with the rest of us. I walked to where he was sitting, hugging his neck while standing behind him. He held onto my arms as we tried to

“I think we should have another conversation with Dario. I want to make sure we didn’t miss anything the last time. It’s been a while since we’ve been in the same room as him and

popped into your head now, Yoden? Have you been thinking

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