I'd like to thank promocat who has reviewed nearly every chapter I've posted and has been reading since Blue Moon.

This chapter is a little different. it's short, but when you read you'll know why.


"What do you mean they've been taken prisoner?" A sharp, airy voice sliced through the air. "That is impossible. They were blessed. No demon should have been able to touch them."

"But sir, according to their escorts they've not come out of the building. But they are alive, but hurt. Not even badly."

"So why aren't you charging the place and getting them?"

"They've got Reapers on guard. And that demon has been hanging around the place." A male dressed in an all-white suit replied. "We stand no chance against them."

"How the hell can we not? I have six of the most powerful witches in the world under my command. Two of which have personally killed Reapers."

A woman with long, red hair pulled back into a high pony tail stepped out of the shadows and bowed. "Might I add that the Reapers killed by our hands were weak, nothing like these ones. The ones on guards are different. I can't even get a read on them, sir."

"Then I suppose we sit back and watch. Observe. Wait for the slightest opening. When we get one, we move in. But we can't rush it. We'll have to methodical about it. Otherwise we might lose men."

"As you wish."