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rolled his eyes. “It’s not exactly easy to come by Plythen steel, Klein. Plus, that doesn’t stop an angel.”
“I wasn’t looking to kill anything. Just give me time to get the hell out of here,” Klein said. He squinted at me over Riley’s shoulder. “Next time, I’m driving. You have the keys, so I couldn’t leave.”
I pulled them out of my pocket and dangled them at him. “Well, in that case, I’m glad I did. We might need your help.”
Klein threw up his hands. “Klein, go find out what you can about tracking down dark angels. Klein, bring the weapons. Klein, kill a demon and cut off its head.”
“Did you happen to do that one last one?” Riley asked. He grabbed Klein by the front of his shirt and pulled the sputtering man out of the van.
Klein glared at him. “If you must know, Viho hightailed it out of there before I could do anything. Then all hell broke loose in the church. Alice grabbed me and took me through the tunnels with the rest of the nuns.”
“Klein and the women, out safely. Thank God,” Riley said with a slight shake of his head.
Klein puffed up his chest. “I’ll have you know that it was a good thing I was with those nuns. When we popped out of the tunnel, there was a demon there, and I killed it so that the nuns could get away.”
Riley crossed his arms over his chest. I suppressed a chuckle. It seemed that Riley and Klein had fallen back into their normal roles with little effort. “Where’s the dead demon now, Klein?”
“Oh, it’s over on Kemp Street,” Klein said, cocking a thumb back over his shoulder. “It was too heavy to carry. But you don’t want the body.” He turned and dug in the van. Then he pulled a burlap sack out. I could see that the bottom was stained a dark red. “You said you just needed the head.” He gave Riley a triumphant smile.
“You are infuriating,” Riley said.
“But I’m good,” Klein said with an awkward dance shuffle. “Right, Paige? I’m awesome.”
“You’re awesome, Klein,” I said giving him the two thumbs up signal.
Riley took the bag from Klein, and I moved to his side. “So you really think you can pull this off? Convincing Bruno that you are still…dark?”
“We’ll see,” Riley said. “I need you to stay here with Klein. I know where to find Proctor. “
“No way,” I said shaking my head. “We’re in this together. If you’re going after him, you’re taking me with you.”
“Paige, the only magical abilities you appear to still possess are healing. Which is quite handy when we’re injured, but it won’t help you in the slightest against a demon.”
I raised my chin stubbornly. “I still know how to fight, Riley. I’m good with a gun, a knife, and a crossbow. I’m better back-up than just about anyone else.”
“If I fail, I’m not going to need back-up,” Riley said. He pulled me off to the side. “There is no plausible reason for you to be with me.”
“Unless…” Klein said thoughtfully.
“Unless what?” Klein was the creative genius on the crew. I hoped that he was going to have an idea that would help me, though, and not hinder my argument.
“What if you were bringing Paige to Proctor so he could kill her?” Klein said. “You know, all this business of him losing everything ultimately had to do with him getting tangled up with Paige. He thought that he was going to take over Hell, and instead he got shut down because of you. So you’re offering him a way to take out some revenge.”
“Bruno won’t buy that,” I said.
“He might,” Riley said. He looked at me. “You being there as my prisoner might be exactly what it takes to convince him that I haven’t turned back to the light. But the thing is, you look far too intact for the man that I was with him.”
“So bloody me up a bit,” I said. “I can take one for the team if I have to.”
“She looks pretty messed up,” Klein said looking me up and down. “I don’t think you need to do too much.
“I wasn’t looking to kill anything. Just give me time to get the hell out of here,” Klein said. He squinted at me over Riley’s shoulder. “Next time, I’m driving. You have the keys, so I couldn’t leave.”
I pulled them out of my pocket and dangled them at him. “Well, in that case, I’m glad I did. We might need your help.”
Klein threw up his hands. “Klein, go find out what you can about tracking down dark angels. Klein, bring the weapons. Klein, kill a demon and cut off its head.”
“Did you happen to do that one last one?” Riley asked. He grabbed Klein by the front of his shirt and pulled the sputtering man out of the van.
Klein glared at him. “If you must know, Viho hightailed it out of there before I could do anything. Then all hell broke loose in the church. Alice grabbed me and took me through the tunnels with the rest of the nuns.”
“Klein and the women, out safely. Thank God,” Riley said with a slight shake of his head.
Klein puffed up his chest. “I’ll have you know that it was a good thing I was with those nuns. When we popped out of the tunnel, there was a demon there, and I killed it so that the nuns could get away.”
Riley crossed his arms over his chest. I suppressed a chuckle. It seemed that Riley and Klein had fallen back into their normal roles with little effort. “Where’s the dead demon now, Klein?”
“Oh, it’s over on Kemp Street,” Klein said, cocking a thumb back over his shoulder. “It was too heavy to carry. But you don’t want the body.” He turned and dug in the van. Then he pulled a burlap sack out. I could see that the bottom was stained a dark red. “You said you just needed the head.” He gave Riley a triumphant smile.
“You are infuriating,” Riley said.
“But I’m good,” Klein said with an awkward dance shuffle. “Right, Paige? I’m awesome.”
“You’re awesome, Klein,” I said giving him the two thumbs up signal.
Riley took the bag from Klein, and I moved to his side. “So you really think you can pull this off? Convincing Bruno that you are still…dark?”
“We’ll see,” Riley said. “I need you to stay here with Klein. I know where to find Proctor. “
“No way,” I said shaking my head. “We’re in this together. If you’re going after him, you’re taking me with you.”
“Paige, the only magical abilities you appear to still possess are healing. Which is quite handy when we’re injured, but it won’t help you in the slightest against a demon.”
I raised my chin stubbornly. “I still know how to fight, Riley. I’m good with a gun, a knife, and a crossbow. I’m better back-up than just about anyone else.”
“If I fail, I’m not going to need back-up,” Riley said. He pulled me off to the side. “There is no plausible reason for you to be with me.”
“Unless…” Klein said thoughtfully.
“Unless what?” Klein was the creative genius on the crew. I hoped that he was going to have an idea that would help me, though, and not hinder my argument.
“What if you were bringing Paige to Proctor so he could kill her?” Klein said. “You know, all this business of him losing everything ultimately had to do with him getting tangled up with Paige. He thought that he was going to take over Hell, and instead he got shut down because of you. So you’re offering him a way to take out some revenge.”
“Bruno won’t buy that,” I said.
“He might,” Riley said. He looked at me. “You being there as my prisoner might be exactly what it takes to convince him that I haven’t turned back to the light. But the thing is, you look far too intact for the man that I was with him.”
“So bloody me up a bit,” I said. “I can take one for the team if I have to.”
“She looks pretty messed up,” Klein said looking me up and down. “I don’t think you need to do too much.
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