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.”

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

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

too. I was going to bring it up this morning. Any theories?” Ivan

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

she could see

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

He looked at Ivan. “You’re going to be shocked, man. I didn’t

what he saw when Jessica looked at Ivan, then me, then Adrik. She couldn’t see our demons, but 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 see the whi te in his wings, but they looked different to her than what Kostya and Lena looked like. She saw the same difference when she looked

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

snap him back to reality as well. Adrik quietly slid his arm around my waist. I felt the pull in my chest

Kostya that she had seen. “She called them

Stephen said after seeing what

Just to bring it back around to that,” Ivan said.

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 he still didn’t like

“Kostya said he thinks Misha is right. He’s not completely

just want to make 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 smile across his

eyebrow at Misha. The rest of us could do nothing but laugh. Misha’s cheeks 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

to make sure we didn’t miss anything the last

now, Yoden? Have you been thinking about Dario or

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