Free A Dangerous Fury (The Sentinel Demons Book 3) by J. S. Scott Page B

were perfect, and the women were adored by their mates. It was evident whenever Zach and Drew looked at their radiants. She’d had the opportunity to watch them interact before Zach, Drew, and Hunter had gone out to hunt Evils in the human realm. Chaos was beginning to reign on Earth, and the Sentinels were desperately trying to fight a war that seemed unwinnable.
    Athena smiled as she took a sip of her coffee. She could feel the presence of a massive amount of guardian Sentinels surrounding Drew’s residence. Kat and Talia’s mates weren’t leaving anything to chance.
    Talia polished off her two brownies in record time, wiping her fingers on a napkin as she stared down at the demon prophecies. “So you’re the firepower Kat and I thought we needed,” she muttered thoughtfully. “You can convert the Evils back to their original state so it levels the playing field. We didn’t actually need more strength; we need the absence of the power the Evils have gained by draining radiants for so long.”
    Athena sighed. “There are very few things on this Earth that I can’t demolish, but the Evils are one of those few things. They were created in a joint effort by several gods. I can’t kill what other gods created. I can only return them to their original form if they’re altered.”
    “So even if you lopped off their heads, it would pop back on again?” Kat asked curiously.
    Athena giggled, imagining that scenario in her mind. “Not exactly. I wouldn’t be able to remove their head, and I’d suffer extreme pain for even trying.”
    “It’s enough that you can take away their power,” Talia answered, sounding relieved. “But I don’t understand why Kristoff can kill Evils when he’s a demigod. The same rules don’t apply to demigods?”
    “He’s also part human,” Athena reminded the women. “When I made him the first Sentinel, much of his godly essence left his body. Only his powers remain. He is technically a Sentinel demon. A very powerful one.” She wasn’t comfortable talking about Kristoff. Some of his history and secrets was his information to share if he chose to reveal them. He’d kept her presence and existence to himself for all of these years. She wanted to do the same for him. Kristoff had been the closest thing she’d had to an actual friend for thousands of years.
    “I still can’t believe he’s my father.” Talia’s face turned broody. “I never even got to know him.”
    “You will know him in time. He’s not dead,” Athena said with authority. “We will rescue him.” She didn’t want to mention to Kat and Talia that she wasn’t sure he’d be the same Kristoff who had entered the demon realm. The Evils were masters of torture and they needed to get him out of the demon Hell he was held captive in as soon as possible.
    “Do you know that for sure?” Kat asked hesitantly, hopefully.
    Athena wasn’t one hundred percent positive, but she was fairly certain that Kristoff was alive. “He’s no good to the Evils dead,” she mused. “He’s their prize, a bargaining tool should they need it, and a very valuable source of power Goran can tap. They wouldn’t kill him.” They’d just torture him until he was nothing more than a captive shell. But she wasn’t about to share that with the hopeful women sitting at the table.
    “Every one of us is part of the prophecies. Kat can get us into the demon realm, and I can restore power to the Sentinels once they lose it from entering the Evils’ sanctuary uninvited. You can take away their excess power.” Talia hesitated before adding, “We have everything we need, except for our mates’ approval of the plan. Drew refuses to even consider letting me participate in a rescue effort.” She pushed her glasses back onto the bridge of her nose as she tipped her head up to look at Athena.
    “He must,” Athena insisted. “It’s fated, and there is no way to escape fate. If Kristoff is going to survive, everyone will be needed.”