King of the Underworld by RJ Kane

King of the Underworld

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Adrik

Once we were all convened in Vitaliy’s new office, we started to go over the evening’s events. Battista and Vitaly weren’t aware of what had happened when Stephen got rid of the things hanging around the hospital administrator and the mayor.

“Is that what made them cough uncontrollably?” Vitaliy asked.

“We think so. When it happened, the demons were almost desperate to find a way in. It really agitates them when they hear Stephen speak, Ivan said.

“I think the coughing is the body trying to reject it,” Sephie said.

“Does this mean the mayor is good to go now? We don’t need to worry about him further?” Battista asked.

“Not exactly. He still has weaknesses that a different demon can exploit. Viktor is what fixes that, but we haven’t figured out a way to do that subtly yet. It’s visually very obvious when he fixes someone,” I said.

“It’s visually obvious to you. Has anyone who is not you seen him do it yet?” Battista asked. “You all can see things no one else can anyway. Maybe the average person couldn’t see it.”

He did bring up a valid point. Viktor hadn’t used Kostya around anyone else outside our group yet. I glanced at Ilya, asking, “did you see it?

“Yeah, but maybe it was just because I’m his brother?” Ilya said.

you ask him if there’s a way that he

silent for a few moments. None of us had any idea that he could communicate so quickly with Kostya, but clearly he could. He said, “he

test it?” Sephie asked,

his sweet smile that was reserved specifically for her. “Who did you have in

father’s men, Eduard and Sergel. “I’m really sorry, Sergei, but you need help. You’ve needed help since

Sergei for most of my life. He was a

was surprised. He looked at Sephie then looked at Sergei, asking, “this is true?” Sergei was silent, but everyone could tell

front of everyone, Sergei,

have to

said something. “Sergei, you know that wasn’t

attack killed the

was overprotective of me from that point until I hit adulthood. We all thought he had handled it, but clearly

for

to happen, Sergel. He needed to go

Sergei. He saved her so she could save me. That night had to happen. You kept him alive though. There’s no way he could’ve survived that crash without you shielding him. You did exactly what you were meant

just jumped into freezing water and his lungs were revolting. Stephen didn’t let go Sephie recognized that Stephen was having to

looked at Viktor, who basically traded places with Stephen. Sephie looked at Battista, as well as Eduard, saying, “you two have to watch and let us know if you can see anything.” They both nodded. Battista looked completely fascinated by what was

ho les in it. Viktor removed his hand, waited for a moment, then put his hand back on

Battista, asking, “can you