CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR “Madden, get down here! Bring J.D. with you!” Eva examined the ruined body. It was seeping the same black ichor the demons had done. The eye of the creature watched her, calm, trusting. “Don’t leave me here,” croaked the voice of what had once been her friend. Eva smiled, smoothing back the curled white hair that had replaced the balding countenance of her friend and protector. “You never need worry. I would abandon you about as much as I would my own daughter.” Janus tried to smile, but the pain was too great. He arched back, coughing, more of the black blood erupting from his mouth. “What’s all this then?” Madden asked as he scrambled to the bottom of the crater. He caught sight of the body lying beneath Eva. “What IS all this?” “It’s Janus. We have to get him

