Demon’s King (High Demon #3)(63)
Author: Connie Suttle

"Reah, get down!" Teeg shouted. I didn’t. I couldn’t. Teeg had his back turned and didn’t see what I saw, since I was facing it and he wasn’t. A ranos launcher. Aimed directly at him. Muting my ability to burn, I plucked Teeg off the floor and tossed him to the side while the launcher fired directly toward my chest.

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"Wylend!" Erland shouted, preparing the spell and sending it on its way.

"No! In the name of the skies, no!" Wylend cried out, watching the launcher fire directly at Reah. Wyatt and Rylend grabbed him as Reah took the full blast of the launcher to her chest. The top of the ballroom was blasted away when Lissa, Gavin and three High Demons in full Thifilathi appeared, killing, burning and crushing their way through the rest of the mercenary army. Only moments later, when the entire army was either captured, subdued or dead, the ensuing silence was eerie. All of them turned to look as Kifirin, nearly twenty feet tall, his scales iridescent black, lifted Reah’s lifeless Thifilatha from the ground and wept.

The End.