Immortal Rider_ Lords of Deliverance Series_ - Larissa Ione [150]
“It’s about to get worse,” Ares said. “Pestilence’s plagues have caused war and famine and death all over the globe. It’s why we haven’t been around much. We’ve been spending way too much time at the sites of the worst of it.”
Limos and Ares suffered the same curse as Than; Ares was drawn to scenes of large-scale battles, and Limos was tugged to famines. And yeah, Than had noticed that they hadn’t been around all that much to keep him entertained. At least Cara, Ares’s wife, had been around. She read to Thanatos a lot, and he didn’t think he could ever thank her enough for that.
So why is it about to get worse? He wanted to scream at them, could feel his left hand, which was concealed at his side, begin to curl into a fist.
“The battles and death and famine have poisoned several nations. You knew that before… well, before you were paralyzed.”
You mean, before you paralyzed me and left me here to rot?
“Last week, Pestilence claimed Australia in the name of Sheoul.”
Oh, shit. Demons who were normally bound to Sheoul—what humans called hell—could now occupy Australia. A country that size could host millions of demons and would allow for them to set the stage for a massive global attack.
What about the humans?
Limos, who had always been in sync with his thoughts, answered as though she’d heard him. “Any humans who didn’t evacuate are… lost.”
“We got a few out.” Ares’s voice was grim. “Kynan, Limos, Arik and I got a few.”
“It’s bad,” Limos said. “But the good news is that The Aegis found a way to close the hellmouths. It’s temporary… the magic they’re using is being eaten away by demon countermagic, but it’s slowed mass demon movement.” She patted his arm. “Be patient, Than. Only a couple of weeks left to go, and we’ll release you.”
A couple of weeks? Why then?
He heard the sound of shattering glass, and then Cara’s shout for Ares, and instantly, his brother and sister swept their fingers over the crescent-shaped scars on their throats, activating their armor. Limos’s Samurai armor covered her body as Ares’s boiled-leather armor snapped into place. They tore out of the room, the hellhound, Hal, at their heels.
Thirty seconds later, there was the sound of boots, the creak of the bedroom door… and then, Hades’s ugly mug was in Thanatos’s face.
“Hey, bro. You in the mood for a rescue?”
Rescue? Fuck, yeah. And as soon as the paralysis wore off, he had a certain Aegi to visit.
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