Chapter 26 The Rescue 

Inside, Asher awaits, his eyes gleaming in the darkness. "Thank you for coming," he says, his voice low and mysterious. "We know they are in there, we have been watching them for weeks now, Only the lower-level demons come out at night."

"Is there another way in?" I asked, one way in and one way out, is a bad place to be in a fight with demons.

My eyes narrow, my vampire instincts on high alert, and then I recognize him as one of my old guards.

"So you've seen him? What all do you know, Asher? Were you involved?" Kie asked.

Asher hesitates, glancing around nervously. "Hello King Kieran," he says. "No, I wasn't involved, but he had me there the night it all happened, I didn't know why until later.. Kieran, all the guards desperately want out of the Shade's grip, but he won't let us leave, he has our families, holding them hostage! We don't know where, plus he's brought in rogue demons and witches. My wife was taken by them, and I have been told she is dead. He looked away. "They're