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.

eyes turn black because you’re using your demon as a power source. Ours are just

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changing back to their normal green. “I didn’t see any deals being made, but there is some kind of

I could tell.

can pick

watched what he’d found, I

confused. “No nausea?” I asked.

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

what they’re doing isn’t black magic, but whi te? What if they somehow know of Martin’s deal and 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

Trino would know,” Adrik said. “You can show him and

do think learning Spanish should be higher on my priority list,” I said. “But that somewhat explains why Misha didn’t feel

my

excited that it worked

face. “I