Free Witch Infernal (Infernal Hunt Book 3) by Holly Evans Page B

broken feather on the scene , " Zair said while looking around the group.  
    Elise took a long deep breath.  
    Kadrix had gone tense; he half-turned to me and said , "I'm sorry for your loss , Evelyn."
    Lysander squeezed me a little tight to him and nuzzled my hair.  
    "I wouldn't have wished this on him , Evelyn , " he whispered.  
    I squared my shoulders and glared at Zair. "You will pay for these deaths. I do not know how, but I swear that you will pay."
    Zair gave a curt nod and vanished , leaving nothing but a shimmer of air. Tiel blew a kiss before he did the same.  
    "How do we stop them from doing that?" I asked the group.  
    Kadrix chewed on his bottom lip; his brow furrowed. Quin looked at him and adopted a similar expression. Elise paced around the small area, her white dress turning grey and brown around the hem from the dirt she was kicking up.  
    "I will speak to my lady. We must investigate the witch. There will be ramifications , " she said absent-mindedly.  
    "I will do it , " I said firmly.  
    "We'll go with you , " Quin said and gestured to Kadrix.  
    I offered them a small smile. "I appreciate it."
    The witch had been nothing more than a one-night stand. I hadn't grown overly attached to him; it was the fact that I knew him. I’d seen the celestial and not even realised, something in the back of my mind had told me and I’d ignored it. I mentally kicked myself. We would avenge his and Marielle’s death. I didn’t understand how celestials worked, but I was going to find out enough to make them suffer. The time of humans being treated as shit on the bottom of the supernal’s collective shoe was over. We were going to show them we were worthy adversaries.  

Twenty

    The once - pristine shop looked like a warzone. The carefully arranged bottles and vials were strewn across the floor, their contents pooling in varying puddles. I carefully picked my way around the powders and gloops to reach Lucien’s remains. Much like Marielle , he had been torn apart; only his head was completely intact. His face was black and bruised, one eye swollen shut. Dried blood coated his mouth and splattered his hair. One arm was laid across the small table where we had sat and spoke; a leg was dangling from the shelf amidst books with broken spines and torn pages. Tears prickled my eyes. No one deserved to die like that.  
    Quin and Kadrix made their way through the chaos , apparently looking for anything they could use to track and harm the celestial. I stroked Lucien’s cool skin and closed his good eye while whispering a quiet prayer Elise had taught me when we were teens. The door was flung open behind us. I stood slowly and pulled my blades , readying myself for a confrontation. A slender woman with clear familial resemblance to Lucien stopped in the doorway. Her mouth hung open while her hands turned white from her tight grip on the door.  
    "My dear brother..."
    "We're sorry for your loss,” Kadrix said gently.  
    She turned to me, her face contorting with rage. "You're the whore that did this!"
    My face flushed; I gripped my blades and looked for my quickest route across the room to her.  
    "I did not harm Lucien."
    "Do not dare speak his name , " she snarled.  
    She slammed the door shut behind her, two more books tumbling to the floor while the glass in the door rattled.  
    "This was not my doing , " I said as calmly as I could muster.  
    Her nostrils flared, her hands moved in a flurry of movement. Lysander put himself in front of me , but Kadrix was quicker. His own bright green fireball collided with her rose pink ball in midair . They burnt quickly and vanished into nothing. The witch roared with rage and anguish.  
    "You will pay for what you did to my brother!"
    "We didn't harm him,” Quin said quietly as he slowly approached her, his hands palm out at his side.  
    She punched the wall closest to her. Her small pale fist left a rather sizable dent in the plaster . I spun my blades