Page 208 of Knight’s Retribution

Diemos stood on the other side of the portal. Nothing more between him and the world he wanted so badly. But he didn’t walk through, even he knew it was too risky right then.

His gaze didn’t leave her, though.

“Come here, Kyler,” Diemos roared. “Come to me, now!”

She shook her head even as his power tried to draw her to him. She stumbled forward. Eve grabbed her, wrapping her arms around Kyler’s waist, the others joining in when his power forced her another step toward the edge.

“Come to me!” he screamed.

Her feet lifted off the ground, so she was hovering in the air as he tried to carry her to him.

“Rocco!” Eve screamed.

But more demons had appeared, not from the portal but from the city. Kyler tried to fight it, but she was being dragged closer and closer to the edge, toward the living nightmare calling her to him.

Diemos shoved his other hand through the portal, and his power surged through her, tugging her another step closer. Eve screamed, the other females hanging on to her with everything they had.

“Knock over the bowl,” Willow yelled, fighting the demons surrounding her.

Rocco roared as demons swarmed them, stopping him from getting to her.

Mia spun with a furious cry, and a ball of fire shot from her palms. It hit its mark, engulfing Diemos’s hands, and he shrieked and pulled them back.

Fury lined his face, and he took a step forward before stopping himself with another roar. The only reason he hadn’t come through was the uncertainly of him getting back to Hell.

Mia continued to send balls of fire at him, until he shoved his hand back through and aimed it toward her. Mia dropped, hitting the ground hard, then he aimed his hand back at Kyler.

“Come to me now or I will kill everyone you love!” he yelled at her.

Kyler was right at the edge, Eve clinging to her, Luna and Meredith as well—

The portal flashed and closed.

Kyler dropped to the ground.

One moment the portal was there, the next it was gone.

Leaving behind Diemos’s hand as it closed.

Willow, breathing hard, stood by the bowl, its contents spilled across the ground.

The pale, clawed hand lay on the ground, the fingers still moving for several seconds before going still. Everyone was still fighting below, including Tobias and Scarlet.

Rocco spun, looking up at Kyler, relief washing over his face, right as a demon came at him. He spun back, hacking at him as another ran at her mate.

An image of Diemos’s eyes flashed through Kyler’s mind. He’d tried to take her back. He’d tried to take her from Rocco, from her family. Right then she wasn’t afraid, no, she was furious. It burned away every other emotion. Anger, rage, it pumped through her, thicker and hotter than ever.

Rocco killed one of the demons as the other lashed out with his blade, slicing her mate’s thigh—

One moment she was standing on the edge of the building watching, the next she was jumping off the edge, the screams of the other females following her.

Kyler barely heard them, focused on one thing only.

She hit her mark, landing on the demon who had hurt her mate. She smashed her fist into the side of his face, stunning him, then grabbed his head, wrenching it back and kicked his legs out from under him.

He went down, and she flipped him, crouched on his back, gripped him under his jaw—and tore his head off with her bare hands.

Panting, she straightened, staring down in shock.