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instant longer on Katon—before she faced me. Her eyes met mine and there was no doubt whose side of the argument she was on, not that I had expected anything different.
    “I was sent—”
    “Yeah, yeah, Blondie,” I told her, cutting her off with a wave of my hand. It wasn’t much of a surprise that she’d figure out where I was if DRAC could. “It’s bad enough I have to listen to these two prattle on, but I’m not in the mood for an angelic sermon on top of their bullshit salad. Go wax your tits while your boyfriend and I chat.”
    Scarlett’s eyes went wide, but Katon didn’t give her a chance to react. He ducked under Rahim’s arm and came at me. His sword was a blur of motion, but to my surprise, I could follow it with ease, as if I knew exactly what he intended. He’d never seemed so slow before. I sidestepped the downward slash with a laugh, his blade scraping sparks off the sidewalk. Scarlett wrapped her arms around Katon and pulled him away as I stood there, grinning at him.
    Rahim moved into the middle, his hands clenched into fists. “Enough! Both of you.” There was fire in his voice for the first time since they’d shown up. It felt like a challenge.
    “What have you done, Frank?” Scarlett asked over Katon’s shoulder. She clung tight to the enforcer, not letting him wiggle free. He snarled, wanting to come after me but not willing to hurt Scarlett to do it. Her senses probed my magic, and I didn’t bother to stop her. The sour look on her face told me she didn’t like what she’d found.
    “Only what I had to.” The words were an eerie echo of the ones I’d said to Katon right before Longinus spirited Mihheer and me away from DRAC headquarters. Only what I had to.
    And that was exactly it. DRAC hadn’t stepped up for me when I needed it; Scarlett had been too busy in Heaven; and Veronica and Baalth straight up stabbed me in the back. If it hadn’t been for Longinus doing what needed to be done I might never have rescued Karra.
    That thought struck an ominous chord. I might never see her again because of what I was forced to do. A cold chill settled over me, skin prickling the stubby hair at the base of my neck. Had Rahim and Katon been there for me, had Scarlett, maybe things would have been different. I wouldn’t have killed Longinus. Karra— and my child—would be with me. A bitter emptiness roiled in my gut. They weren’t there when I needed them, and I definitely didn’t need them now.
    “Just…go away. All of you. I don’t have time for this.”
    “But you have time to go on a killing spree, is that it?” Katon asked. Even restrained by Scarlett, he was still looking for a scrap.
    I took a step toward the enforcer, coming shoulder to chest with Rahim, who stepped in front of me and held his ground, staring down at me. His power welled up, stinging my senses. I shifted my eyes to his, and for the first time ever, I thought I saw fear there.
    “Be careful, Frank,” Scarlett told me, pulling my attention away from the wizard. “Heaven is worried about you.”
    “Wow! That’s a first. Heaven is worried about little old me.” I laughed at that. “Well, you can tell them fuck you very much.”
    Scarlett’s eyes narrowed, her grip on Katon loosening. “There’s something wrong with you.”
    “Is there?” I let my magic build, pushing its essence out against their senses. It wouldn’t hurt them, but it was the mystical equivalent of Godzilla whipping his dick out. “I’m not sure what you’re seeing, but I feel fabulous. Never better.”
    Scarlett flinched at the wave, taking a step back. She yanked Katon along with her protectively. Even Rahim backed off a few paces. Though I suspected that was for different reasons entirely. He wanted room to maneuver if things got worse.
    “You…you’re—”
    I nodded to Scarlett. “Looks like Heaven left a tiny little detail out of the mission prep, huh, cousin?” A bitter smile broke across my face. “Of course,