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was a mystery to him. He could see Alastor and Gahiji

just fine, but he had the eyes of a soul reaper. She

didn’t.

“Don’t stab them.” Because he couldn’t guarantee

that they wouldn’t stab back. “They’re with me.”

She straightened, but her body language screamed

distrust, and he noticed that she gave no assurance that

she wouldn’t do other bodily damage. She stared hard

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into the darkness, but he doubted she could see more

than indistinct shapes. His companions knew the art of

camouflage. Soul reapers specialized in that. And killing.

Still, he couldn’t help but be impressed that she was

actually looking in the right direction.

“That answers the question about what was on my

porch,” Roxy murmured. “Reinforcements.”

He hadn’t been aware there was a question, but the

answer seemed accurate. “You could call them that.”

Best Dagan could figure, Alastor had sensed the

horrific pain he’d experienced when the bitch had

seared off his hand, and he had arrived in the midst of

the battle, dragging Gahiji in his wake. Dagan suspected that Gahiji hadn’t come by choice, but because

the two had been together at the time, following

Sutekh’s rule about pairing his sons with a reaper to

watch their backs.

As far as options went, Gahiji wasn’t all that bad.

He’d been a soul reaper longer than either of the

brothers had been alive. He was as predictable as the

path of the sun, unwavering in his loyalty to the old

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