Page 18 of Beauty At Stake
“We are careful here in Thailand. We don't approach any meeting without an initial inspection.”
“Ah. I see. Well, this is King Astaroth of Hell.”
“Your Majesty.” Malai nodded, her long braid swinging forward. She, like the rest of her team, was dressed in loose pants and a tunic made of dark lightweight material, with a sword strapped to her waist.
“Thank you for coming, Lady Malai.” Star nodded at her. “My team is inside, investigating the scene.”
“We will wait out here.”
“You don't want to have a look?”
“We were told a Demon took the prisoners. Nothing more to investigate.”
I chuckled.
Star lifted a brow at me.
“Well, I mean, she's not wrong. What else do we expect to find?” I asked.
“How about where the vampire hunters sleep?” Killian asked as he came outside. “Would that interest you?”
“Did you get a vision?” I asked.
“Yup.” He nodded at Malai. “Lady of the Wild Hunt, welcome.”
“Thank you, Ambassador.” She nodded back. “Are we hunting?”
“Oh, yeah,” Kill said. “You have perfect timing.”
Chapter Nine
Killian led the way because he knew our destination. Unfortunately, with it being a vision, he couldn't share the location with the rest of us. So, we couldn't lalek straight there. Even Demon and Angel Magic have their limitations. So we were in a military convoy of sorts. I was up in the passenger seat beside Kill, and Star had thankfully taken another van with his team. I couldn't deal with him in black leather.
As we passed through a corridor of jungle and came out into the city of Pattaya, Killian said, “They're not going to be happy that you waited to scry them.”
I didn't have to ask him who he meant. My thoughts were already on my other husbands. They had been since I'd spoken to Anu. I suppose it was a side effect of my guilt. “We're busy.”
He snorted.
“I don't want to give them the bad news about Star. There's the brutal truth. You happy?”
“No, I'm not happy. Frankly, I could use the backup.”
I rolled my eyes. Then I remembered we had extinguishers riding with us in the back of the SUV. I glanced back, but they were all looking out the windows. Perhaps with a little too much determination.
“You can't put it off too long,” Kill said. “The longer you wait, the angrier they're going to be.”
“This doesn't involve fairies, so there's no reason to call them. And we have Star's team to deal with the Demon.”
“Uh-huh. Sure. That'll fly.”
“I just can't, Kill. Not right now.”
“At least you're not breastfeeding anymore.”
I glanced back at the extinguishers again, this time pointedly.
Killian just shrugged. “What? It's natural.”
