City of Demons (Book 4)

Chapter 12

Christina and Anthony were walking towards the club. The night was cold and Christina was lost in her thoughts when Anthony knocked her on the shoulder. He could see her hands clenching by her sides. 'What are you thinking?' He asked.

'That you were right. That this is a mistake, and we should get on a plane and go home.' She turned and smiled nervously at him.

'No backing out now.' He said. 'You don't strike me as a quitter anyway, a little bit crazy, but definitely not a quitter.'

'You're right there.' She said. 'But if i don't make it out of here you need to make sure my sisters get on a plane.'

'Of course.' He said. 'You wouldn't approve of me asking Lisa out then?'

'Sorry. Strict no demon policy, no matter how nice they are.' She said as they reached the door to the club. Christina took a deep breath.

'Here we go.' Anthony said. He reached up and knocked, the eyes appearing behind the door a moment later. They glanced at Anthony, then Christina and back again before the door opened. It was the bouncer Christina had sent crashing into the parked car the night before. He stood glaring at her in the open doorway.

'Hi.' She said. 'Sorry about the other night but, you know.' She shrugged. The demon took a step towards her but Anthony put his hand out.

'She's here to fight Jax, but not with you.' He said firmly. Jax growled and backed away, allowing them through into the room. Christina did the same walk Lauren had done the night before, through the curtains until she could see the room in it's entirety. She looked down and saw the cage. She felt Anthony's hand on her back, ushering her forwards. 'Don't linger. Just get to the ring and get this over with. You don't want to be in here any longer than you have to be.' He said as they walked down the stairs and towards the ring.

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'There she is!' Lauren pointed to the screen as the others joined her. They watched as she walked around the back of the cage with Anthony.

'I don't like the amount of demons there are in there.' Katherine said.

'Can you see the way they're looking at her.' Dani said. 'Like they want to kill her.'

'They do want to kill her Dan.' Amy reminded her.

'Do we have everything we need for the spell?' Lauren wanted to double check.

'Yeah, I have Chris' hoodie, and we just need to say the spell at the right time.' Lisa confirmed, not taking her eyes from the screen.

'Hey guys.' Dani said, moving the book closer. She was still flipping through it and something caught her eye. 'I found this spell. Do you think it could help?' Katherine took the book and she and Amy looked through it.

'It might work.' Katherine looked to her. 'Get everything ready in case we need to try it. Anthony said he wasn't going to help get her out so we may need to.'

'Got it.' Dani said, jumping from the bed.

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Christina was stopped by a man before she got to the ring. He was slight and tall and didn't say much. 'This is Leo, he's going to scan you and check you for weapons.' Anthony told her.

'Okay.' Christina nodded. Leo moved in front of her and his eyes rolled back into his head. 'What's he doing?' Christina asked quietly.

'Just let him get on with it.' Anthony said as Leo's eyes began to emit a fine lazer, scanning Christina as he looked her up and down. After a moment he stopped and stepped back, turning to the demon in charge of the cage.