Page 28 of Demons In My Head: Exposing the Exiled
Talon hopped up and retrieved a small canister from his pocket. “We’ve created this.”
“What’s that?” Kai leaned in to get a better look.
“This is a vapor. Essentially, what it does is free a person from being under the persuasion of anyone else,” Rhodes explained calmly.
“Why have you created such a thing?” Cam asked, his eyes dancing with curiosity.
I grunted, “It was necessary.” They didn’t need to know all of our secrets.
“Now listen—” Cam began, but Ashland wasn’t having any of it.
“No, you listen. We’re here to help. Yes, we have our own agenda, but I can assure you that our end goals are the same. Asrael will be defeated here today. The reason why we do things has nothing to do with you, and quite frankly, it’s none of your business.”
The challenge in Ash's words was plain. They may not like us or what we stood for, but today that didn't fucking matter. Today, we were on the same side, and it was a take-it-or-leave-it situation.
Cam's jaw jumped, clearly frustrated, but he relented. “Fine. How does it work then?”
“This little canister is enough to saturate the air in a three-acre radius,” Felix proudly boasted.
Cam frowned. “And you only have one? We have it on good authority that there are at least ten enclosures, so one can isn’t going to cut it.”
Rhodes waved off his worries. “Leave it to us. We’ll handle it. You know what you need to know, and that isallyou need to know.”
We created the gas with the dragons in mind. Asrael’s mental hold on them took them out as a threat against him. By taking his power away, the dragons would finally be free. I grinned thinking about how wild and vicious they were going to be oncethat happened. There were so many beings that wanted revenge against that piece of shit.
Cam glanced at Kai from the corner of his eye, and the two exchanged unspoken words, which, in the end, said what we all knew to be true: They needed us.
Fischer strode back over and reclaimed his seat. “So,” Kai asked eagerly, “is she okay? Where are they?”
Fish rubbed his temples as his brows pulled together in discomfort. “She’s fine. Her, Sloane, and Vaeryn’s dragon army are flying on the capital’s outskirts, in a little town about five minutes from here. They plan to break off into five teams to free the captive dragons. I told her we want it timed so they could create a distraction during the execution, and that’s when we’ll strike.”
“That works for us,” Ashland announced, wasting no time pushing himself up on his feet. “We’ll meet them at their current camp. That way, one of us could go with each team, so we can ensure the vapor is set off in the correct way.”
Balor, Cam, and Kai began giving Fischer the rundown on what he'd missed during his little telepathic phone call, and Felix stepped up next to me.
"Fucking dragons, Mishy! Can you believe this shit? When's the last time you saw a dragon?"
I honestly couldn't remember. A long fucking time. Fischer's voice broke off my thoughts.
“What are we going to do with her?” He was pointing at the lump of bones that was Laurie.
“What do you think we should do?” Kai asked.
“I say we kill her and get it over with. That bitch has been nothing but bad news as long as I’ve known her,” Ashland chimed in, ever so eloquently. It was almost comical the way the three mages’ mouths dropped open in shock.
Kai recovered first. "What did you just say?"
“What? You seriously are surprised that we know who Laurie is?” Felix sighed.
“Honestly, I think there’s not much we should be surprised about anymore,” Cam muttered, shaking his head.
“You’re probably right about that. They always say to expect the unexpected. But I say fuck the expected and fuck the unexpected, and fuck everyone in the ass because the only people who matter are you and your circle. Who gives a shit what anybody else does?” Talon giggled as he held his hands out wide.
Felix raised his hand, and the two high-fived. Cam's mouth opened and closed before he decided it was best just to let it go.
“We can’t kill her yet,” Balor said as he checked to make sure she was still breathing. “We may be able to use her to get out of a sticky situation. I’d hate to kill her now and not have her later if we need something.”
I rolled my eyes and walked over to the window. Whether that bitch lived or died, I could’ve cared less. I was ready to fucking fight. Balor joined me and pulled back a curtain slightly to peek outside. “Nobody’s out there yet.”
