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logically think about this,” Michael said.
     When we came back in the house, Chax was talking to Michael and Raphael. Soon, Ariel and the rest also joined the conversation.
    “Indeed,” Chax replied, but his eyes said that this discussion was just postponed.
    I sighed and slipped deeper into the chair.
    He is so predictable .
    “So what are we going to do?” Raphael asked, leaning against the door frame of the lounge. Chax turned around and it felt like a boulder was lifted off of me. He walked around the room, packed with all of us, his face strain, as he thought it over.
    “It might be another trap,” he said, rubbing the stubble on his chin.
     
    “Definitely a trap, but can we use it to our advantage?” Michael asked, his eyes fixed on Chax.
    “Might as well try, yesterday delivered nothing. Time is running out for us,” Chax finally said, turning around to look at us.
    “She said you should just call out to her?” he asked me.
    I nodded, not wanting to pick another fight with him.
    “Then we meet her on our grounds,” Chax said, indicating for us to prepare for a shift.
    “Caim, I want you and Zurita to stay behind with Raven. Her training needs to be quick and efficient,” Chax instructed Caim, who nodded in agreement.
    I was pretty relieved with that. She really knew how to get on my nerves. We walked outside and stood at the gate, relaxing our bodies we were ready to be shifted. Chax turned and nodded at Michael. Following suit, the other archangels shifted out.
    Damn, so they won’t be helping with this one.
     
    Chax shifted us to an open field. There were no houses or anything around, just a barren field with a small scattering of trees nearby.
    “I want the rest of you to form a circle around Kasadya and me. If this demon so much as steps close, you kill her,” Chax instructed the group.
    They spread out in a circle, leaving Chax and me in the middle. Once Chax was satisfied the circle is secured and ready, he looked at me.
    “Call her.” He instructed.
    I took a deep breath, hoping to hell this wouldn’t backfire on us.
    “Luxuria!” I yelled as loudly as I could.
    Now we had to wait. You could feel one of them getting closer. It was as if the wind died down, the birds stopped making sounds, and the world tried to hide from demon princes. Afraid of them. Suddenly, there she stood, glaring at each of us within the circle
    “Hellhound, you finally started thinking. Who knew you had such potential?” She smiled at me, her eyes traveling to Chax and she took a step back.
    “Chax,” she breathed.
    “Luxuria,” he replied, his eyebrows frowning at her.
    So, the two knew each other. Why is that bothering me so much?
    Irritated, I started without Chax's assistance.
    “You said you had an offer?” I asked her, snapping the two of them out of … whatever they had been doing.
    She looked at me, but her eyes kept traveling back to him.
    “Now you want my assistance? When I offered it you didn’t listen. Now my brother is preparing his legion to march for battle. Why should I help you now?” She all but sneered at me.
     
    “Because I’m asking it now,” I stated, not even bothering to explain.
    She looked at me and then back at Chax. She turned, her eyes taking in the circle that surrounded her.
    “You must be sure you can kill them,” she said, not looking back at me.
    “I will kill them,” I stated.
    No way would they get the best of me again. She turned and looked at me.
    “There is no failure here, hellhound. If you fail and they escape, they will know it was me and will launch an attack against me ,” she explained.
    I nodded, understanding that she was betraying them, but why I didn’t know.
    “I will lead them to a location where you can kill them,” she continued, her eyes back on Chax.
     
    “Why are you doing this?” Chax asked.
    She studied him for a moment.
    “When Ira died, his power was divided among the remaining princes. I want it all,” she stated, an