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That’s what I was afraid of. “We have to find him.”
“We will,” Grayson said. “I’ll speak to Eldrick and borrow some Loup to track him. We’ll start back at the cabin and take it from there again.”
Impotence writhed in my belly. I wanted to be out there looking for my mate too, but with Mal and Azazel gone, I was the only one who could get into the Beyond to speak to Cassius about Uriel and the potential power source hidden in the Underealm.
“You need to focus on the Beyond’s problem,” Grayson confirmed. “Leave Hunter and the super vamp issue to me.”
Cora and Keon exited the lift together and joined us in the kitchen.
Dean poured my best friend a mug of coffee, and she took it with a smile. “You off to the Beyond?” she asked me.
“Yes.”
Keon didn’t look pleased. “You keep going to places I can’t follow.”
I knew what he was thinking. That he could be in the Underealm helping with the search for Lilith, but instead, he was stuck here with me, making sure I stayed alive.
Something scratched at the back of my mind, a thought I tried to latch on to, but it was gone too quickly.
I wanted to tell him I’d be safe there, but heck if I knew that to be true. “I’ll be fine. I’ll get the information we need and head straight back, then you can come to the Underealm with me.”
He nodded. “I’ll go to the Academy and continue training the cadets.”
“Good call.”
He made a sound of exasperation. “Dammit, I’ll need to wait till the sun sets.”
“No, you won’t.” Petra pulled a pouch of herbs from her pocket. “Not once I’ve made you some of my special tea.”
Keon’s eyes lit up, and he inclined his head. “Thank you.”
My comm beeped, and my heart shot up into my mouth because only Azazel or Mal ever contacted me on the comm.
Forwardedmessage from Azazel comm
Missing humans in sector 3 Necro City, contact me ASAP Ursula.
Crap,Azazel’s outlier role still needed to be filled while he was gone. I was supposed to contact his deputy, some guy named Dillon, but I hadn’t had the chance, and I didn’t have access to his reaper team via my comm.
“What is it?” Cora asked.
My head ached. “Missing humans flagged by Magiguard. Outlier liaison business. I need to go find Azazel’s deputy, Dillon, and let him know what’s going on.”
Cora shrugged. “I’ll deal with it. Forward me the message and go. I got this.”
“Really?” The weight in my chest eased a little.
“Yes, really. We’re all gonna have to chip in. I’ll contact Dayna and get her to help me track down this Dillon guy.”
“You’re a lifesaver.” Another thought occurred to me. Something I’d promised to do and forgotten. “Cora, there were ghosts at the underground station. Unregistered, lost. Can you please tell Dayna to organize pickup?”
Her expression was serious. “Yes, of course. Now go.”
“I’ll keep an eye on the celestial,” Petra said.
I drained my mug. It was time for a tête-à-tête with a Dominion.
Chapter Five
