Seirs, Soul Guardians Book 5
beside Kara. “You
psychotic monster, you better stop this—or you’ll regret it, I
promise.”
    Lilith smiled. She stepped over a few
bodies, careful not to soil her red boots. “What? Are you going to
stop me? Janet, isn’t it? You really should consider a make-over.
You look like a boy with that dreadful purple hair.” She waved a
red manicured finger at her playfully. “Don’t forget that we have
unfinished business, you and I; I haven’t forgotten.” Jenny looked
nervously over to Kara.
    The air on Lilith’s left began to
glisten like a heat wave. A strange groan erupted and then a loud
suction noise, as though a pipe had finished draining. The air
wavered and grew in diameter until it was a giant black hole, large
enough to fit an elephant.
    Kara glared at Lilith. “So how did you
do it? How did you change them like that?”
    “ Wouldn’t you like to know?
I’m sure it’s killing you inside, little sister.” Lilith giggled
and raked her fingers through her hair. With her chin in the air,
she pressed her hands on her hips and surveyed the remaining
mortals. A self-satisfied grin materialized on her face.
“Hmm...they can’t do much damage to you if they’re laughing like
this.”
    Lilith raised her hand and voiced some
words. Thunder reverberated throughout the courtyard. The winds
lifted. The ground shook, and then silence fell.
    One by one the mortals pushed
themselves back on their feet. They kicked the dead out of their
way angrily. They slashed with their fingers at each other’s faces,
gouging at their eyes, wild for blood and death.
    Feral wails erupted in the night air.
Kara averted her eyes; she had preferred them laughing.
    Lilith smiled wickedly.
“Ah...this is much better. I will leave you now. I wish I could stay and play,
but I really must be going. So many things to do and so little
time. But I leave you in very capable killing hands. How ironic. Killed by
the very thing you protect.” She met Kara’s glare. “If they don’t
get you, then my pets will. It’s time to say goodbye to your
pathetic angel souls—ta-ta...” She turned on her heels laughing
hysterically and stepped into the rift. With a crack, the rift and
Lilith vanished.
    “ God, I hate that bleached
freak,” spat Jenny.
    David leaned closer. “Even with a tan,
I’d still hate her.”
    “ Look, we’ve got company,”
said Peter.
    A group of Seirs strolled through the
main entrance. Their white faces stood out from the gloom. The
sound of their heavy boots reverberated in the square like the
beating of drums. Their long black leather coats swished at their
heels as they made their way across the courtyard.
    “ We meet again, little
angels,” called out one of the Seirs in a raspy voice that Kara
recognized as that of their leader Ranab. “I’ve been very
displeased since our last meeting, slipping away from us like that.
I’m afraid this time your Sensitive friends are not here to save you. It’s
time to say bye-bye to your angel souls.”
    Ranab led the group. His bulky muscles
rippled beneath his black clothes. A wicked gleam glowered from his
dark eyes, and a large vein throbbed on his thick neck. He turned
his head, and Kara winced as the ever-watchful eyes tattooed at the
back of his bald head stared up at her.
    “ I was wondering when we’d
see the hellhounds.” David cracked his knuckles. “We can’t kill
them—but no one said I couldn’t bash their faces a
little.”
    Kara pulled David around to face her.
“Don’t. I think it’s best that we don’t touch any of them, even if
it’s unintentional. All mortals are off limits, you know
that.”
    David clenched his jaw and scowled. “I
just wished I could...just once.”
    “ Uh...guys...look.” Peter
pointed down towards the horde of wild mortals.
    Some of the frenzied men and women
stopped attacking one another and turned slowly towards the
newcomers. Their glazed eyes focused angrily on the Seirs. With
sudden fierceness, they lunged at

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