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“She’s one of us, so cut her some slack, will ya’? She’s not hurting anyone, unlike me. Just leave her alone and let’s get back to the subject of why I’m killing humans.”
    “Yes, let’s do that,” a female voice said from the door, and everyone in the room jumped to their feet in alarm. Baddon steadied Thoros as he began to sway. “Sorry I’m late to the party. I had more important things to tend to first,” Josselyn said, and gave them a smirk.

Chapter 5
Josselyn
    It was all I could do to stand in the same room with Thoros and keep my cool. I wanted to scream at him and hit him for betraying me, but I didn’t. He’s a demon and that’s what demons do; they fool people and—and they hurt people. Well, I had been fooled once and it wasn’t going to happen again, because I wasn’t about to let him get under my skin or anywhere near my heart this time.
    Trusting him wasn’t a necessity to the assignment, and I promised myself I wasn’t going to do
anything
that wasn’t necessary. I was going to figure out what Lucifer was doing with Thoros, do my damnedest to stop him, and then go find Malcolm.
    That was the plan.
    Following a plan was not difficult.
    I held my head up and focused on the big guy with fire-engine red hair and shocking blue eyes. He was big, but Troy still had him beat by an inch or so.
    I started to speak to him, but Thoros beat me to it by turning on the guy as he pointed at me.
    “What is
she
doing here?” Thoros shouted, stunning me even further into silence.
    The big guy placed his hand gently on Thoros’ shoulder and tried to move the irate demon to a chair, but Thoros roughly knocked his hand away.
    “Sit down—”
    My eyes widened in shock as I watched Thoros pull back his arm and put all his strength into the punch that connected square on with the big guy’s jaw.
    Two other male demons rushed to grab Thoros and shoved him into a chair, and then held him forcefully down by his shoulders and arms. There was no need for it. Even I could tell all the fight was out of him and could see the shame he felt by the look in his eyes.
    What had Lucifer done to him?
I wondered to myself.
    I took a few steps closer to Thoros with the six angels of Troop C at my back mimicking my every move; they didn’t trust the demons, either. Well, apart from Troy, but I still thought he was harboring untold secrets I should have known about before coming here. Thoros’ breathing escalated into overdrive the moment he realized I was advancing toward him.
    Is he scared of me?
    The guy that had taken the punch adjusted his jaw and glared at Thoros. “Now, you know better than that.”
    I gasped when the giant demon leaned back on one of his legs, his other foot coming off the floor slightly as his arm drew back like a pitcher at a major league game. I staggered back into Troy’s chest and watched in horror as that huge fist came crashing down on Thoros’ cheek bone.
    I reacted before I even thought about it. Power shot from my palms and knocked the big demon across the room and up against the far wall. He groaned as he fell to his knees, but didn’t try to fight back. I didn’t pay him any more attention as I rushed to Thoros’ side. I knew the six angels that had arrived with me would have my back.
    The two demons restraining Thoros quickly moved out of my way. I knelt in front of him, but he recoiled from me, and then turned his head to the side and spit out a mouthful of blood and a tooth onto the Persian rug.
    “I’m not staying for this ridiculous show!” Lameria’s voice rang out as she stood from her chair and headed for the door. As she was about to pass me I looked up and she stopped to say, “You should have just stayed up there and played with your pretty dolls, little girl. There is no saving him. Can’t you see that you have already ruined him?”
    I was being blamed for this? What? How could I have ruined him?
    My mouth fell open in shock, but I shut it in anger as I rose