Page 3 of House of Demons and Bones

“Barbie must’ve weakened it when she came up,” Rowan said.

“We need to move before those pests get here,” Killian said. “We’ll sort this mess out somewhere else without their drama.”

Rowan nodded, his eyes locked on me, fierce and protective. “And we must keep Sy’s secret—Barbie’s too. They saw Barbie come up, and now?—”

“Now I am here.” Barbie’s voice ripped from my throat before I could stop it.

I wasn’t ready to give her back the reins, but a flash of dark light exploded in my head, hot pressure crushing my chest—the usual shit when Barbie took over. Two blinks and I was falling as she surged forward.

My claws touched soft grass, but I had no time to settle. Heart pounding and aching for my sugar, I pressed close to Barbie’s skin, peering through her eyes as both heirs stared at us. Yeah, watching Barbie and me swap would take some getting used to.

“Little scorpion.” The chaos prince exhaled, his face softening at the sight of his true love.

He melted for her, but Barbie’s bright eyes held no forgiveness as she met his gaze.

“They’re coming,” Rowan called. His eyes darted to the elevator as he stepped in front of Barbie, shielding her just like he would for me.

“I’ll handle it,” Killian said.

The air rippled, hot and tight, before lightning sliced down from the sky and carved out a shimmering door.

“What the fuck is this?” Rowan demanded.

“A door to where we need to go.” Killian shrugged.

“And where the fuck is that?” Rowan’s voice dripped with distrust.

But Barbie gave the tear one look and dove through it swiftly before my sugar could do anything about it.

“Where Sy goes, I go.” With a sigh, he stepped through after her.

The elevator dinged.

“Where the hell did they go?” Silas’s shout reached us just as Killian slipped through and sealed the tear behind us.

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Barbie

Killian and Rowan stumbled through the shimmering door after me, their blood staining the marble rooftop. Killian sealed the portal, cutting off the stream of curses and shouts from our pursuers at X Palace.

It was a close call—the other heirs had nearly caught us.

I shot Rowan a dirty look for hurting Killian. Sure, I hadn’t forgiven the chaos prince, but in my book, I was the only one allowed to mess with him.

Sy rolled her eyes inside me.Your man carved mine up too.

The air thickened, and the link between Killian and me pulled taut, crackling with electricity. His raw need slammed into me, matching mine, curling my toes. I caught the pulse between Sy and Rowan too, fainter since she was lurking within me.

Like looking through frosted glass, Sy peered through my eyes, drinking in the sight of her lover with fierce hunger.

I ran my fingers through my tangled curls.

Shit, we’d left pure chaos in our wake. Where the hell were we supposed to go from here?

I cupped a hand over my eyes to shield them from the intense light as I took in the surrounding snowy mountains.

We’d landed at Killian’s cliff-top villa. The ice never melted here, but his dragon packed enough fire to keep him warm—I hoped. He called this place his dragon’s haven, untraceable and safe.

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