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Trav’s body crumples onto the earth. Inferno towers over him. “I shall tell Lucifer of your great sacrifice,” she says in a low voice. “And that of your friends as well.”
Lincoln and I exchange a shocked look. Your friends?
While we were focused on Inferno and Trav, more lava angels have snuck up behind us. Heat burns into my back. An electric kind of awareness skitters over my skin.
They’ll soon attack.
My inner wrath demon instantly awakens. Energy and power spin through my mind. My battle sense kicks in and how. Time appears to slow as I soak in my surroundings. Lava angels now loom behind me, Lincoln, Happy, Obsidian, and all the remaining Enmity brothers.
“Everyone down!” cries Lincoln.
Happy, Obsidian, and I all heed Lincoln’s warning. Fast as a heartbeat, we crouch low to
