“He’ll come for me. He’ll come for me. He’ll come for me.” Cady clung to the steady litany in the cage of her mind, the better to divorce herself from the demon’s actions while he commanded her body.
“Shhh, it’ll all be over soon enough.” His voice spoke in her mind and Cady drew herself into a tighter ball, refusing to acknowledge his presence.
“He’ll come for me.”
“That’s exactly what I’m counting on.”
Something in the way he said the words made her sit up and take notice. “What are you planning?”
“All in good time. I must say, your reaper does not disappoint. He’s watching us now if I’m not mistaken.”
“Ethan is here?” Cady tried to see what he was seeing, but all she spotted was the string of boats tied to the pier.
“I imagine it’ll take him some time to work himself up to approaching, but yes, he’s out there alright.”
As much as her heart thrilled to know he’d found her, Cady had to wonder. Why was Ash sitting there, waiting for Ethan to arrive? They were on a boat after all, it would be easy as pie to get away. “You’re not going to run?”
“Why should I, when I worked so hard to get him here in the first place?”