administering his treatment?" Lily leaned forward as if by looking into my eyes she could detect any fried brain cells.
"Of course I didn't forget." After a micro-moment of hesitation I continued. "We found Greer. I have to go for her first."
"Really? That super-cold bitch?" For a second, Lily reverted to the Lily I'd known when Anjelo had been around.
I put my hand on her arm, but she held herself stiff. "I know, Lily. And you know how I feel about Greer. I wasn't going to go for her first. I'd honestly decided to go back to Wrythiin first. I even have the seal."
"Then what happened to change your mind?" Her eyes spat fire.
"I decided to be smart about it, so Logan arranged a tracker to scry for Greer, and we found her. Logan made me promise to wait to make my final decision. I guess he wanted to be certain I wouldn't regret my decision. And maybe he was right. The tracker found Greer."
Lily's eyes lit up. "You were scrying for her? Did you have a witch and everything? How did they do it? A map and a crystal necklace I bet. How cool." I gave a wry smile. Lily and I apparently had the same taste in old movies.
"Lily, pay attention. I said we found Greer."
"I heard you the first time," she grumbled. "So where exactly is the ice princess?"
"She's in the Greylands." I dropped it on her and waited for her reaction.
"What?" Color drained from her face. "Oh, man. That's bad. How the hell did she end up there?"
Not so heartless after all, hey, Lily?
I hid a smile. "No idea. Must be something to do with the fact she jumped into the portal so suddenly. I think Widd'en may have moved the seal, so maybe he changed the destination. I have no clue how it works."
"Typical." Lily sniffed. "She causes herself to end up in the land of the dead and now you have to go save her ice-maiden ass?"
I sighed and sat back, licking my spoon. "Something like that, I guess. It's bad enough she's there but the Death-talker said she had to be saved and quickly. She's going insane."
"Not that she wasn't already." When I looked at Lily, she met my gaze all innocence as she stuck more ice cream into her mouth. "You know, insane I mean."
I shook my head, the pit of my stomach still unhappy with my new plans. "Yeah, well, I have to go get her."
"You won't be going alone."
"Unfortunately, I will," I replied, keeping my features neutral.
"No way. I'm coming with you," she insisted, moving to the edge of the sofa as if she were ready to battle it out with me.
"Lily, I told you already, this life-debt thing you keep going on about, it's silly. You don't owe me anything."
"It's not about that. You and I have been through a lot together, and sure I owe you my life, but I'm your friend too. I won't let you go to the land of the dead alone. Ailuros knows what you will find there." Lily's face lost all its humor as she contemplated the impending disaster that was my mission.
"Lily, I'll find demons and ghosts and Greer. Stop being so dramatic."
"Whatever. I'm still coming." Her chin jutted out and her eyes were sparking.
"No you're not."
"Why are you being so damned difficult?"
"Because you can't come. The portals won't allow you through."
"What do you mean?" Lily frowned. The look she gave me said she wasn't going to fall for it.
"The portals are magically protected. If you're not a demon or Dark Ethereal, you can't travel to any of the Dark Ethereal planes if you're alive."
"What? So you're going to kill yourself to save Greer?"
"Lily? Why would you…? Oh… Gosh, you are silly." I shook her hand, curbing the urge to grab her by the shoulders and give her a more thorough shake. On the other hand I just wanted to have a good giggle. "I can cross through the portal while I'm still alive."
"How could you possibly do that?" Her eyes narrowed.
"Because I'm a Hunter."
"Because you're a Wraith Hunter you mean?"
"No. Because I am a Hunter. A Demon Hunter. Like my mother."
"Your mother is a Demon Hunter? But, Kai, Walkers aren't Mages."
"Of
"Of course I didn't forget." After a micro-moment of hesitation I continued. "We found Greer. I have to go for her first."
"Really? That super-cold bitch?" For a second, Lily reverted to the Lily I'd known when Anjelo had been around.
I put my hand on her arm, but she held herself stiff. "I know, Lily. And you know how I feel about Greer. I wasn't going to go for her first. I'd honestly decided to go back to Wrythiin first. I even have the seal."
"Then what happened to change your mind?" Her eyes spat fire.
"I decided to be smart about it, so Logan arranged a tracker to scry for Greer, and we found her. Logan made me promise to wait to make my final decision. I guess he wanted to be certain I wouldn't regret my decision. And maybe he was right. The tracker found Greer."
Lily's eyes lit up. "You were scrying for her? Did you have a witch and everything? How did they do it? A map and a crystal necklace I bet. How cool." I gave a wry smile. Lily and I apparently had the same taste in old movies.
"Lily, pay attention. I said we found Greer."
"I heard you the first time," she grumbled. "So where exactly is the ice princess?"
"She's in the Greylands." I dropped it on her and waited for her reaction.
"What?" Color drained from her face. "Oh, man. That's bad. How the hell did she end up there?"
Not so heartless after all, hey, Lily?
I hid a smile. "No idea. Must be something to do with the fact she jumped into the portal so suddenly. I think Widd'en may have moved the seal, so maybe he changed the destination. I have no clue how it works."
"Typical." Lily sniffed. "She causes herself to end up in the land of the dead and now you have to go save her ice-maiden ass?"
I sighed and sat back, licking my spoon. "Something like that, I guess. It's bad enough she's there but the Death-talker said she had to be saved and quickly. She's going insane."
"Not that she wasn't already." When I looked at Lily, she met my gaze all innocence as she stuck more ice cream into her mouth. "You know, insane I mean."
I shook my head, the pit of my stomach still unhappy with my new plans. "Yeah, well, I have to go get her."
"You won't be going alone."
"Unfortunately, I will," I replied, keeping my features neutral.
"No way. I'm coming with you," she insisted, moving to the edge of the sofa as if she were ready to battle it out with me.
"Lily, I told you already, this life-debt thing you keep going on about, it's silly. You don't owe me anything."
"It's not about that. You and I have been through a lot together, and sure I owe you my life, but I'm your friend too. I won't let you go to the land of the dead alone. Ailuros knows what you will find there." Lily's face lost all its humor as she contemplated the impending disaster that was my mission.
"Lily, I'll find demons and ghosts and Greer. Stop being so dramatic."
"Whatever. I'm still coming." Her chin jutted out and her eyes were sparking.
"No you're not."
"Why are you being so damned difficult?"
"Because you can't come. The portals won't allow you through."
"What do you mean?" Lily frowned. The look she gave me said she wasn't going to fall for it.
"The portals are magically protected. If you're not a demon or Dark Ethereal, you can't travel to any of the Dark Ethereal planes if you're alive."
"What? So you're going to kill yourself to save Greer?"
"Lily? Why would you…? Oh… Gosh, you are silly." I shook her hand, curbing the urge to grab her by the shoulders and give her a more thorough shake. On the other hand I just wanted to have a good giggle. "I can cross through the portal while I'm still alive."
"How could you possibly do that?" Her eyes narrowed.
"Because I'm a Hunter."
"Because you're a Wraith Hunter you mean?"
"No. Because I am a Hunter. A Demon Hunter. Like my mother."
"Your mother is a Demon Hunter? But, Kai, Walkers aren't Mages."
"Of
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