“Is the angel here?” Rhyn asked.
“Yes. And the man in black who used to visit you. Smells like a human, acts like an Immortal.”
“Gabe?”
“Sure.”
Rhyn moved to the door leading to the block, unable to help the small tremble of his hand. Not only had he spent too long in this very place, he’d seen Katie hurt here and barely escaped alive with her.
“And the girl.”
“What girl?” Rhyn asked, freezing.
“I don’t know it’s name. It was with Lunchmeat at the Immortal stronghold,” Jared said, using his nickname for Katie. “Can you get us out of here?”
“Why would I do anything for you?”
“As a reward, for not eating any of your friends.”
Rhyn considered how he might use the demon, as he had once before. He didn’t answer, pushing the door open to the cell block. Nearly all the cells were empty.
“Where is everyone?” he asked.
“Darkyn incorporated them into his army. He sent most to the Immortal stronghold,” Jared said. “Miss your old friends?”
“Not in the slightest. You put Gabe in my old cell,” he said, stopping in front of it. He sensed the death-dealer’s presence without being able to see into the dark room.
“Rhyn!” Toby’s gleeful shout jarred him. “I knew you’d come! I knew Jared would help.”
Jared bared his teeth in response. Rhyn stopped in front of Toby’s cell and saw the young angel bouncing around.
“Oh, thank gods,” Ully said from the cell across from Toby. “Rhyn, Darkyn created two shapeshifter demons. You must find them before they - “
“Rhyn,” Gabriel’s ragged voice drew his attention.
Rhyn stepped closer to his old cell, hating it and the fact his friend was trapped in it.
“I’m sorry, Rhyn,” the death-dealer said. “I failed you and Katie both.”
“What’re you talking about?”
“The fucking demons got me. I don’t know what they want with Katie, but it’s been almost two days. I was leading her through the underworld.”
“She’s not dead,” Rhyn said and drew an even breath, trying to calm the side of him that was screaming for him to find her as fast as he could. Two days with demons … he’d seen what happened to her here, in Hell, over a similar period of time. Sasha was twisted, but Darkyn was merciless.