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Authors: Sara DeHaven
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repeated images of the botched exorcism on Jeremy had calmed down too. She was awfully quick to be persuaded by Dion once he had a case to offer that sounded easy enough to begin with, and she'd had her interest well and truly piqued by the question of a new type of demon or demon talent. She’d thought of little else in the last couple of days, if one didn’t count thinking about Daniel Thorvaldson, which Bree was working hard not to count. On the other hand, she didn’t want to get drawn back into full out exorcism work, at least not now, and maybe not ever if she could get away with it.
“Look,” Bree finally interrupted, even though she could see that now Kevin was enjoying the argument as well. “I think the main question is really what we should do with the information. We can continue to speculate all we want in the meantime, but don’t you think this should go to the Ecclesias, just in case it’s important?”
She saw Kevin glance quickly at Daniel, and something unspoken passed between them.
“I do think that would be a good idea,” Kevin said, with seeming reluctance.
“Well, I don’t see where I would need to be involved directly,” Daniel said, voice gone cool. Bree saw his nostrils flare slightly, and his mouth had tightened again. Her Reader sense spontaneously flared up at these signs of anger.
“Daniel, the Ecclesias out here is not like it is back home.”
“I was just the subject, Kevin, they’ll really just need to hear from Bree,” Daniel interrupted, obviously trying not to sound annoyed.
Kevin didn’t answer, and Bree looked over at him and saw his face had gone tense. “What is it?” she asked.
“Someone just touched the house wards." All three closed their eyes for a moment, the better to focus their various talents to try to read what might be going on. “There it is again,” Kevin said.
“I feel it,” Bree said nervously. "In fact, I feel a lot of people out there. Six of them. They feel, not quite hostile, but like they don't mean well."
“It felt like an exploratory hit,” Daniel said.
Suddenly, all the windows in the house rattled in their frames. “What the hell was that?” Bree exclaimed, as Steve called from the bathroom, “Kevin? Was that an earthquake?”
Kevin was on his feet, facing the window on the street side of the house, and Daniel was already beside him, arms raised to his sides, lips moving in a working. “What’s he doing?” Bree whispered, coming up behind Kevin.
“He’s backing up my wards. Someone is trying to take them down by force, and that cannot be good.” He joined Daniel in the same posture.
Again, the windows rattled. Steve hurried into the living room, Hunter in his arms, wrapped in a towel, brown hair still wet from his bath. “I think we’re having an earthquake! Aren’t we supposed to get under a table or something?”
“It’s not an earthquake,” Bree replied tensely. “This is powered business. Take Hunter to his room and lock the door.” She pushed Steve back toward the hall to the bedrooms, already regretting the frightened look on Hunter’s face. She made sure Steve had done what she said, then dashed back into the living room as another jolt hit. Kevin was kneeling on the floor, gasping like he’d just run miles. Daniel was still on his feet, body rigid. Desperately, Bree joined him, knowing her warding skills weren’t in the same league as Kevin’s or Daniel’s, but knowing she had to try. Anything attempting to break house wards was nothing she wanted to allow inside.
She let her Reader sense enter the wards, and immediately felt an intense pressure against them. She read the energy as mostly human, but her Demonsense picked up demonic power as well, in someone possessed. At that realization, Bree’s heart lurched in her chest. A demon, right outside, and a strong one. Bad enough to believe that strangers were trying to break into the house. Now they had to contend with a monster as
“Look,” Bree finally interrupted, even though she could see that now Kevin was enjoying the argument as well. “I think the main question is really what we should do with the information. We can continue to speculate all we want in the meantime, but don’t you think this should go to the Ecclesias, just in case it’s important?”
She saw Kevin glance quickly at Daniel, and something unspoken passed between them.
“I do think that would be a good idea,” Kevin said, with seeming reluctance.
“Well, I don’t see where I would need to be involved directly,” Daniel said, voice gone cool. Bree saw his nostrils flare slightly, and his mouth had tightened again. Her Reader sense spontaneously flared up at these signs of anger.
“Daniel, the Ecclesias out here is not like it is back home.”
“I was just the subject, Kevin, they’ll really just need to hear from Bree,” Daniel interrupted, obviously trying not to sound annoyed.
Kevin didn’t answer, and Bree looked over at him and saw his face had gone tense. “What is it?” she asked.
“Someone just touched the house wards." All three closed their eyes for a moment, the better to focus their various talents to try to read what might be going on. “There it is again,” Kevin said.
“I feel it,” Bree said nervously. "In fact, I feel a lot of people out there. Six of them. They feel, not quite hostile, but like they don't mean well."
“It felt like an exploratory hit,” Daniel said.
Suddenly, all the windows in the house rattled in their frames. “What the hell was that?” Bree exclaimed, as Steve called from the bathroom, “Kevin? Was that an earthquake?”
Kevin was on his feet, facing the window on the street side of the house, and Daniel was already beside him, arms raised to his sides, lips moving in a working. “What’s he doing?” Bree whispered, coming up behind Kevin.
“He’s backing up my wards. Someone is trying to take them down by force, and that cannot be good.” He joined Daniel in the same posture.
Again, the windows rattled. Steve hurried into the living room, Hunter in his arms, wrapped in a towel, brown hair still wet from his bath. “I think we’re having an earthquake! Aren’t we supposed to get under a table or something?”
“It’s not an earthquake,” Bree replied tensely. “This is powered business. Take Hunter to his room and lock the door.” She pushed Steve back toward the hall to the bedrooms, already regretting the frightened look on Hunter’s face. She made sure Steve had done what she said, then dashed back into the living room as another jolt hit. Kevin was kneeling on the floor, gasping like he’d just run miles. Daniel was still on his feet, body rigid. Desperately, Bree joined him, knowing her warding skills weren’t in the same league as Kevin’s or Daniel’s, but knowing she had to try. Anything attempting to break house wards was nothing she wanted to allow inside.
She let her Reader sense enter the wards, and immediately felt an intense pressure against them. She read the energy as mostly human, but her Demonsense picked up demonic power as well, in someone possessed. At that realization, Bree’s heart lurched in her chest. A demon, right outside, and a strong one. Bad enough to believe that strangers were trying to break into the house. Now they had to contend with a monster as
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