Chapter Twenty-five

Chapter Twenty-five

Lucas speeds forward, fangs out, and lunges at the demon. Black eyes gleaming, the demon sneers and holds out a hand, throwing Lucas back and through a wall. Binx goes after it next, and the demon raises its other hand, stopping my familiar in his tracks.

He slowly lowers his hand, and Binx’s shadow is forced to the ground, slipping through a crack in the floorboards.

“No!” I cry and reach for my familiar. My mouth falls open and I bring both hands up, throwing them out at the demon. He’s shoved back just enough to lose his hold on Binx. In an instant, my familiar is back by my side, circling around me.

“I don’t want to hurt him,” the demon says. He’s in the hunter’s body, and thick, dark veins web across his face. Being in a human body and not being in its true form means we have a shot at killing it. “He could be very useful.”

I throw out my hand again, hitting the demon with another wall of energy. This time he counters me, throwing up a shield of his own. Like