Page 289 of The Cruelest Undead

Reaching into his shirt, he pulled out the vial of Fate’s blood, and that told the tale.

“Well, it’s official. We’re completely out. She’s free,” he said.

Oh, boy.

This was bad timing.

The hits kept coming.

Death morphed, and his eyes bled red.

“I have to get back. Fate is on a rampage. She’s going to wreck my realm!”

Yeah, and it was all going to be for payback for what he’d done to the garden.

And because he’d imprisoned her.

Waving his arm, they had to go. He, Jolie, Lilith, and Rinnon popped into his realm. They took her because…well, she was unpredictable, and they didn’t need another problem.

Once there, it didn’t take long to find Flynn’s parents.

They rushed at him, as the whole place shook all around them.

Flynn’s parents looked scared.

The first person to speak was Barb.

“I think I did something bad. She looked hungry…,” Flynn’s mother said.

Yeah, well, honestly, Death had other problems that were far bigger than Aiobeheann. Don’t get him wrong, she was a nightmare, but now…

Fate was the issue.

When two doors at the end of the hall flew open, slamming against the wall, they saw her stalking their way. The angry heel sounds gave her away, and Fate had a bunch of bees in her bonnet.

They were about to be stung.

“Oh, well, if it isn’t the biggest pains in my ass! The pains that locked me in a fucking cage! Now, I’m going to take you apart piece by piece!”

That was all she had to say.

When she raised her hands, ready to really cause some pain, mostly at Jolie, she didn’t get a chance.

A teenage child stepped from behind her father, Rinnon, and Fate felt the change in their worlds.

She couldn’t believe it.

“WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?”she asked, staring at the teenager. “That’s a Nephilim!”

Oh, they were aware.

She looked like Jolie, but she was paler, and she had her mother’s gorgeous hair.

Her eyes bled from the serene lavender to Lilith’s swirls of silver. Her fangs slipped into her mouth, and peeked out from her lips.

Here was another cat out of the bag.

“Meet my daughter, Lilith,” Rinnon said. “You know, the one you’ve been trying to kill.”

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