Page 36 of Malice
Remi: *growls*Tor, if you know what’s good for you, you’ll take several seats. My man is off limits.
Tor: *growls back*You wanna say that again?
Remi: *growls and snarls*
Tor: *growls and snarls back*
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Sunday:Okay, that’s enough of that, boys. You know Asher is just keeping everyone in the loop. Tor, no need to play Punt the Wolf to prove you’re the biggest berserker in the forest.
Alek:Uh, I’m right here. If I wasn’t carrying our child in my arms right now, I’d prove it.
Eden:Papa, fishies?
Alek:Later, little one. I promise.
Asher:The church is dead ahead, just over that hill. Keep going. We’re nearly there. Then we will move to phase two.
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Screen begins bouncing as Asher resumes running.
Remi:(mutters)He wishes he could punt me. I’d take him by the balls and...
Asher:We’re here. Fuck, it looks so much worse from this vantage point. Aurora Springs is practically vaporized.
Screen flips to a view of a decimated town as Asher pans across the scene. Ben and Caleb stand in front of the abandonedchurch, both staring up at the facade. Kai, in dragon form, lands, and the people on his back dismount.
Remi:Fuck, I haven’t been up here in a long time.
Asher:Are you okay? I didn’t even think about how seeing this church again might affect you. It’s the highest point in town. Shit, I’m sorry.
Remi:I’m fine. It’s Ben I’m worried about. At least he’s got a priest on standby, I guess.
Asher:I bet he needs his brother more than an ex-priest. Go check on him. Now that we’re somewhere relatively safe, I can do what I need to do for the video.
Camera flips back to Asher’s face.
Asher:This might be my last correspondence for Operation PFFN. I’m not sure where we’ll end up, but we aren’t going to stop fighting. This is a war we can win if we all come together and resist. Demons are going to flood the streets. Nowhere will be completely safe. Arm yourselves. Fight for the world. Be ready to stand with us when the time comes. I may not be ab?—
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Lilith:There you are. In all of this hullabaloo, I thought we might have lost you, pet.
Asher holds up the phone and gives it a shake.
Asher:Just sending out one last update. In case it’s, you know, thelastupdate.
Lilith: *hums musingly*Things do look rather dire. The lot of you, trapped outside the very church where all of this began.
