Chapter 14
One Month Later
Lucien stalked into the compound. He'd been gone almost two months, ferreting out a massive cell of Succubi and drones in Atlantic City. The battle had been one of the most horrific he'd ever seen. Even with the combined efforts of the seven Nephilim, four young clerics, and The Assassin, it had taken everything they had to be rid of those damned snake-women. If one of the drones hadn't turned on his Succubus, all might have been lost.
Miraculously, the entire group had survived the battle, but they were far from unscathed. Peter, the youngest of the clerics, had been hit hard over the head. The medics feared a concussion. They'd be keeping him overnight. Jim, a stout cleric on his last mission, had broken his arm. It was already set and bandaged, and the wir
