What about the second floor? Coop said. Any other security up there? My gaze flicked to the screen. I kept seeing the other photos, the ones I couldn’t show them, fresh in my mind’s eye. Yeah. But tha...
A fresh bottle of Jack waited on the end table, but for the first time in weeks I didn’t feel the need to pour a nightcap. The music was better.
A witch, a sorcerer, and a fucking demon from hell say I’m not trustworthy. You’re a psychopath, I said. She shrugged. I’ve been told that means that I know the difference between right and wrong, I j...
We’ll put in at a private airport—the owner goes deaf and blind if you kick him twenty bucks—and head for this place in the French Quarter. Restaurant with a sideline in moving contraband. They know m...
All the danger, none of the reward.
And for the record, yes, a Taurus Judge probably WILL blow a demon’s face off at close range.
Bye, Stanwyck, I thought. I promised Coop I’d send you straight to hell. Looks like you’re taking the long, scenic route instead. I’d be lying if I said I gave a damn.
Cameron furrowed his brow at me, like he didn’t know what I was talking about. We put Mr. Faust through the usual test, Fleiss said pointedly, as if she was feeding a bad actor his lines. Oh, the test...
Carl Holt, I mused, fighting to keep the surprise from my voice. Oh, I remember him from the news. Wasn’t he that corrupt cop who was killed with his buddy, the Satan-worshipping porno director?
You could forge your pain into a sword, Nyx said, and persecute your enemies. Triumph. Survive. But fear imprisons you. Fear of breaking rules. Fear of what people will think of you. Petty little fear...
He shook his head. It’s ridiculous. And embarrassing. People have no respect for professionalism, I said. Exactly. He waggled the tip of the knife at me, wincing as his fractured arm shifted an inch....
He was already an accomplished sorcerer, insofar as we can gather, and he began having visions of the Garden. He felt it calling to him, promising him the power of a god. Is that before or after he st...
Hey, you don’t have any financial background, do you? I robbed a bank once, I said, and Caitlin kicked my shin under the table. To their credit, Emma and Ben favored me with polite chuckles. Melanie s...
With that fence it’s a total blind approach to the back door, I thought. Anyone could be hiding around that corner. Guards don’t care. They’ve run this route a thousand times for a thousand days; they...
I didn’t murder Carl Holt, but to be fair, I had been planning on it. My girlfriend got to him first. She snapped his neck and left him dead on his partner’s kitchen floor. I just burned the house dow...
You were going to betray me! Sullivan roared, slamming his fist on the table. Lauren bared her teeth. You were going to betray me! I jumped up onto my chair and climbed onto the dinner table, standing...
I promised Coop two things before he died, I said. One, I’d get his cut of the score to his wife. Two, I’d send Stanwyck to hell where he belongs. I’m keeping those promises. The latter, Caitlin said...
I will try to contact Caine, he said, but I can’t guarantee— That’s it, hanging up. See ya in hell, Alton. Wait! Wait, wait, wait! I’ll do it. I’ll call Caine right now and give the order. He fell sil...
It looked like a cutoff valve. Assuming I had any idea what I was looking at. Assuming it would work. Assuming the whole rig wasn’t an elaborate fail-safe, a trap that would start the killing rain as...
It’s not all sex work, of course. Any business of that size needs support and grounds staff— Gee, Mom. Melanie’s voice dripped with sarcasm. Can I get a summer job there? I’ll be the best jizz-mopper...
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