Free A Demon's Work Is Never Done: Latter Day Demons, Book 2 by Connie Suttle

High Demons only had the talent to skip themselves; my ability to skip others, too, was very rare and secured a higher rank for me in the military. At times, I wondered if that ability alone made me a viable candidate as Lexsi's mate.
    Lexsi had it, too, but I wasn't surprised, considering her lineage and her connections to royalty. Between her skipping and misting abilities, she could get anyone in or out of almost any situation.
    Anita, Farin, Tibby and Diego owed their lives to her, merely for those talents.
    As did I. I still hadn't considered what she'd done at the end of the battle; we'd have lost that round if not for her.
    "I'm coming, too," Jorden announced as he opened a car door for Lexsi in front of the hotel.
    "Good to have you with us," Kell nodded. Those two were becoming friends; that was obvious.
    The helicopter waited for us at a small airfield outside Silver Spring, and, as instructed, we climbed aboard, buckled in and placed headsets on to muffle the noise and to enable us to talk to one another.
    I'd ridden in an airchopper; this was an airchopper's great-great-great-grandfather, perhaps. Noisy as hell, too.
    "Better than a ride at the amusement park," Jorden spoke into his mic. "Louder, too."
    "Louder isn't better," I said. "You're a werewolf. You have sensitive ears, man. What the hell are you talking about?"
    "Just making conversation," Jorden turned and grinned from his seat in front of mine.
    Yeah, I was beginning to like him, too.
    I suppose it was a good thing that our pilots were also werewolves; I wouldn't have said what I had if they weren't. I could see them grinning at one another as they lifted the craft off the tarmac and headed south.
    "The prison population will be locked down while we're there, to avoid a repeat of Colorado," Opal interrupted. She sat beside Kell behind the pilots, and turned to look at all of us.
    "I sure hope there's no repeat of Colorado," Lexsi replied. "We don't need more of that. Do you have updated information on the death toll?"
    "Nearly two hundred," Opal said and turned back in her seat. Kell watched her closely, although he didn't say anything.
    I think most of the guards died , Lexsi sent. Mindspeech was the only way we could hold a private conversation on the helicopter. She was telling me in a roundabout way how much the riot upset her . I tried to get numbers of guards employed there, she went on . But that's not easy to find.
    Probably for good reason , I responded. Put it out of your mind, love. It's over. We can't do anything about it now.
    I wish I'd done something about it when it was going on , she replied, surprising me.
    What? I asked, shocked by her words.
    I can mist, remember? All I needed to know was where those guards were and I could have gone to get them. I feel terrible , she admitted. Gran wouldn't have waited. She'd have gone straight in there and done what needed to be done .
    You're not your grandmother , I pointed out.
    Yeah. Thanks for the reminder .
    Baby, my father is Lord Nedevik Weth. Have you heard of him?
    She turned to look at me, before blinking twice. The High Demon who's stood up for so many, even when it meant he was arguing with the King—not just this one but the two before him? Or even disagreeing at times with Kifirin? That Lord Weth? I could tell she was impressed.
    That's the one. I'm not my father, either, although I wish I were, at times.
    Is he mad? At both of us? She sounded lost. I knew then that she idolized my father.
    He was very disappointed when I burned down a bar in Veshtul. He said as much, too. That's why I was sent to Earth to serve five years punishment .
    You burned down a bar? Why?
    You really don't know? My eyes bored into hers.
    Oh. That . She turned away and hunched her shoulders.
    A few seconds later, I barely caught her mental whisper.
    I'm so sorry .

Chapter 5
    Lexsi
    Things were strained between Kory and me the rest of the day. I never expected him to react that way; I'd hoped he'd think the