Chapter Nine
When Jas and Ozment returned to Erielle’s place, all hell had broken loose. Durfy had persuaded the other underworlders to launch another attack. This time, Jas got to see him at work from another perspective. He was standing on the stairs, watching as the drugged-up men and women tried to force their way into the medical center.
They’d arrived not a moment too soon, for the resistance inside the room had clearly collapsed, and the underworlders were streaming in. Ozment shouted at them as he had before, but he had less of an effect, maybe because his delivery was unloaded and safely in their possession. A shriek came from inside the room.
There was only one way to stop them, Jas realized. Instead of targeting the underworlders, she ran straight to Durfy. His gloating expre
