King of the Underworld by RJ Kane

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“I think I might be, yes. It’s hard to tell, because you’re all still normal to me, but I’m thinking that’s why I brought Dario up. I think I knew about Sal’s deal, without knowing about Sal’s deal,” he said.

“Is that why something feels off to you about the Mexicans as well?” I asked.

He thought for a moment. “Maybe. It’s a different feeling with them.”

“Misha, do you think you can find any clarity for that?” Adrik asked.

“I can try.” Misha said. He looked to me expecting me to help, but Adrik vetoed the idea, surprising everyone.

“Misha, now that you’re connected to your demon, you can use it as your battery source. If you still need an extra boost now and then, you can use Sephie and Andrei, but you can do this on your own now,” Adrik said. His tone was soft enough that Misha knew he was encouraging him, but firm enough that Misha knew better than to not at least try it on his own before asking for more help.

Because he was much more discreet about using his gift now, he no longer got the faraway look in his eye. However, since he was relying on his demon as an extra battery source, his eyes turned black while he was trying to find the answer. When he came back to the present, he was surprised to see all of our black eyes staring back at him.

because you’re using your demon as a power source. Ours are

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“I didn’t see any deals being made,

could tell. I’ve really gotta learn Spanish if we’re going to

for me to know what he was thinking. “Show me, Misha. Maybe I can pick up a few words,” I said,

I watched what he’d found, I didn’t feel his nausea once. When

“No nausea?” I asked.

surprised. He hadn’t thought about it. “No, now that you

they’re trying to protect themselves? 1 caught a few words but not enough to know for sure. What you saw, though, was them praying to Santa Muerte, or the Saint of Death. She’s a well- known saint for drug cartels, especially in Mexico. They pray to her to avoid authorities. Maybe they’re praying to her to avoid Martin?”

“You can show

I said. “But that somewhat explains why Misha didn’t

didn’t even notice that and it’s my

understandably excited that it worked to use your demon as a battery source. You

his face. “I was excited. Not