Page 85 of A Shade Too Far
“Really?” I clapped my hands. “Yes. But…” I lost my smile. “What about Laurent?”
Naveen stroked his chin. “Like I said, he’s your solution but he’s also really angry. He’d do it for you but pushing him to work with BatKian might be the final straw for him.”
“I meant him flying.”
“He’s tough. He’ll be okay.”
“And if not tough, stubborn as hell, right?”
“Right,” he said.
There was a scrambling in the bushes on one side of my garden and I jumped, but it was a raccoon darting across the lawn.
I drew my knees into my chest, my heels resting on the edge of my chair. “So, unless I miraculously produce another willing Banim Shovavim, I risk my friendship with Laurent, and demons invade my place for the next twenty-four hours?”
Naveen gave me an odd look, which softened into pity. “BatKian’s blood is only good to complete the ward for that long. The beacon, however, will remain. Indefinitely. Your home will be a permanent ground zero for the supernatural.”
In my head, my house of cards collapsed.
