“Nathaniel,” I whined and grasped at my arm. I let my knees buckle and fell to the ground. As predicted, the demon brothers began to advance towards me. My eyes pleaded with Nathaniel to help me. He had put me in this predicament. I needed to clear the room and find the ring before Lilith got here. The demons came closer. A few more feet and they would be within striking distance. I cowered into the wall, shielding my injured arm, which was healing slower than I had hoped.
Nathaniel leapt down off the platform, ignored me and went over to the humans. He gathered them and hustled them out of there. At least he would be out of my hair for a few minutes. I dropped a knife to the ground and gripped the two knives concealed under my shirt. None were as handy as my sword, but I could slow these
