Chapter 25
It’s a Demon Thing
CalliyaBack to the Present
The cell was damp and cramped. Everything ached, and I was stunned. It wasn’t the fact that the white coats captured us that shocked me. Guardian’s snout, I wasn’t even all that surprised the mages had taken my rakma away. But of all the goons in all the world, it had been the mage who looked like he’d licked a lightning pole and dipped his head in blueberry vomit that had caught me. There was nothing natural about that.
And now I was stuck in this grimy cell for Guardian knew how long.
I blew out a breath and tapped on the cold stone floor. I needed to find something to do soon, or I would claw my eyes out. I laughed wryly to myself. The Black Mage had been a fool to think that I could ever help replace him. And I’d been naive
