Eleanor’s POV
Gritting my teeth, I climbed the last two stairs after Alexander let me down. My leg was burning, but I needed to shove the pain down and deal with whatever situation awaited us with Izzy. I limped into the main entryway and saw several demons surrounding Izzy. The room was almost completely full of smoke. I used the smoke’s haziness to hide my warning to Lawrence and Hailey to stay back on the stairs and out of view. The last thing I needed was those demons reporting back to Nichols that I hadn’t killed them.
“What are you doing?” I barked at them.
“We found another who doesn’t belong,” Duzrus, one of the demons, replied snidely. “We were going to eliminate the threat for our master.”
Taking a step forward, I did my best to look menacing. “I’m happy to do that myself. Ge
