ball lighting rip that was a portal to the demon realm. It looked no bigger than a grapefruit, but Kane knew better as most demons were about ten to sixteen feet with massive muscles. He chanted the closing spell, and Rane came up beside him and put his blade through it to make sure they got all of it.
“My bad feeling is getting worse,” Kane said. “It’s too quiet, and where are the minions?”
Just as he said that, six minions flew from the roof to attack them. The gray pig-like creatures with sharp claws and even sharper teeth, which they used to eat flesh, were only about four and a half feet tall. They were easy to dispose of by ripping or cutting their wings off, chopping their heads off, then pulling out their hearts.
Kane and Rane disposed of the minions easily, too easily, without even half-changing, something didn’t feel right. They rushed inside to see a huge fifteen foot demon and a smaller one, about eleven feet tall. They both had gigantic black horns and huge thorns sticking out of their solid muscle with big, black eyes and bright red skin. The smaller demon had Griffen with both hands while Devlin dealt with his thick, long tail with the arrow-pointed end.
Rane and Kane half-changed which made them grow an extra three feet and bulk up. They became covered in protective fur over their extra-large human bodies.
The larger demon laughed as Rane and Kane showed up, the sound like nails scratching a chalkboard.
“Look who’s come to join us, the great and powerful alpha here to save the day. I have to say I’m surprised you left your pretty little mate unprotected. Ah, Lucifer will be so happy. He has wanted to get his hands on one of the most powerful soothsayers in this century.”
Kane tried not to react or show his surprise at the demon knowing so much, but he must have failed because the demon laughed again and then kicked Griffen out of the other demon’s hands. Griffen flew across the room and hit the wall.
“We have our own soothsayer. She’s not even a tenth of what your little mate is, but it doesn’t matter, after tonight we will have her.”
The demons attacked. As Griffen came up beside Rane, the demons used their horns to ram into them. Kane dodged but still got one in the shoulder. He used his extended claws to rip out the horn and grabbed his knife. It was a lot smaller than what he usually used, but in his rush to find Faith he only had the knife that he’d strapped in his boot. No werewolf went anywhere without an ice knife.
All four werewolves circled the demons. They needed to cut the tail first, as it did the most damage with its easy movement. They attacked together, Devlin and Griffen attacking the tails while Rane climbed on the big one’s back. Kane distracted the demons from the front, focusing on the biggest one so Rane could get the head off. Griffen chopped the tail off and came to help Kane as he was caught in the demon’s muscular, thorn-covered arms. Kane yelled to Griffen to help Devlin, who was struggling by himself with the smaller demon. His howl of pain as the demon cracked all his ribs was cut off as Rane chopped one of the demon’s arms off. Kane fell to the floor. He got up, wincing, going straight for the heart of the demon who was bucking, trying to get Rane off, his remaining hand clawing at him.
Kane growled as he stuck his knife into the demon’s black heart. He pulled it out then used the iced tip of his blade to shatter the heart as it tuned to ice. Kane moved out of the way quickly as the demon’s body fell to the ground. The head rolled past him. Demons could live without a heart for a couple of hours but not their heads.
Kane turned to check on Devlin and Griffen’s progress. He nodded to Rane to help, knowing he needed to get to Faith and Jamie. As he ran in the direction of his princess, he yelled, “I need to get to Faith and Jamie. Rane, you stay and find the girls Faith was talking about, and call for a cleanup crew. Tell