Valerian
Her words cut into me. “Who is coming?” I managed to push passed my clenched teeth.
“Demons, a lot of them.” Her usually composed face betrayed her distress.
I turned to Melisande. “How fast can they get to us.”
“It will take them time to break the wards on the glade, and even more to break into this room. It will not hold them back forever.” She turned to her cupboard and started gathering odds and ends. “Long enough to brew a solution.” The red flame kicked up under the cauldron as she set to work.
“I will tear every last one of them apart before they touch a hair on your head.” Ardenti growled with her wolf jumping into her eyes. If I wasn’t so tense, I would have laughed. That should have been my line.
Melisande looked over her curiously
