Rhyn blinked and stepped back. Tamer was still for a long moment, until Kiki shoved a foot beneath his belly and rolled him over. The large man gasped for air, his eye swollen already.
"Can we count you in?" Kiki asked.
Tamer nodded. Kiki extended a hand and pulled him up. Rhyn paced, eyeing Erik, whose bloodied nose had finally stopped bleeding. His tactics would never earn anything but scorn from Kris, but they worked.
"I'll send my men," Tamer grunted. "Tell Kris-- next time he wants something-- to call instead of sending this animal."
"Enough from both of you," Kiki said. "I think we need to get a few things straight before we go."
Rhyn ceased pacing, and Erik frowned. "One, what do we want to do about Sasha?"
"Kill him," Tamer said without hesitation. "Yep," Erik agreed.
"Let Darkyn have him," Rhyn growled.
"The consensus is that Sasha dug his own grave," Kiki said. "Two, what are we going to do when Kris chooses the Code and his oath over our unanimous vote to kill Sasha?"
Three pairs of eyes went to Rhyn, who stood ready to take on any of them that mentioned leaving the Council.
"We fucking live with it," Tamer said with a scowl. "Even though Sasha is going to kill us all." "Very well," Kiki said. "Next, how soon can you all have your men to the castle to kill some demons? Mine are on the way."
"As are mine," Erik said.
"I'll send them now," Tamer said.
"Best Council meeting ever," Kiki declared. "Rhyn, to the castle?"
Rhyn gave a nod, hands clenching at the thought of facing off against some demons. Kiki tucked his iPad under his arm and opened a portal through which all three went before Rhyn followed. They emerged into the castle, and he sensed the demons before he'd even set foot into the hallway outside of Kris's conference room. A blow sent him smashing into a wall, and he morphed instantly, diving at the demons chasing his brothers as they retreated through the burnt doorway of Kris's chambers to search for weapons. He tore through the demons and panted as he waited for his brothers.
"I see Kris on the park," Kiki called from the window. "Never seen so many demons!"
Tamer emerged from Kris's chamber into the hallway first, armed with a scythe and a bo, while Erik followed with a long sword. Kiki trailed with nothing more than his iPad and a long knife. Rhyn snorted at him as Kiki strapped the iPad around his body.