Chapter 10
Acheron twirled his staff between his fingers as he made his was down the street. He could see Claire's house not to far away, and he could sense the Daimons even now. He tried to stay focused on them, but kept getting the nagging sense of knowing exactly what was going on back at Erik's. He already knew he would have to piss off Artemis… again… to get Erik's soul back. But he wondered how much longer before her secret came out. He knew of course, he knew so much that it became downright unbearable at times. Knowing was a burden he didn't long to have.
He came upon the first three Daimons who were squatting behind a prickly bush.Ash rolled his eyes. He was walking down a brightly light street, with blue hair for crying out loud. Nobody even saw him. It was really hard to stumble across a fight actually worth having in this day and age.
The three Daimons were all male, and all wearing black. Ash tapped the one on the left on the shoulder with his staff. "Excuse me, did you know loitering is a federal offence in Georgia?"
The Daimon's eyes grew wide as he saw who had dared to trespass upon his person. The other two whirled around in surprise.
Four more male Daimons appeared on the other side of the lawn. Acheron sighed. Oh wow, a whole seven measly Daimons. How ever would he defeat them all. He missed New Orleans.
Yawning, Ash twirled the staff; readying it for combat.
Stryker watched from down the street as Acheron took out the young Daimons one by one. So Ash was going to step in and try to keep the girl away from him? He rolled his eyes. When the fuck was that goody -do-gooder going to learn that he can't be in control of everything?
He would need to find a distraction for Acheron, and quick. That girl was of rare blood, and he needed her.
With her blood he could set Apollymi free once again, and with her free Stryker wouldn't have to live in Kalosis. He would be free of that temple and then he could track down Urian, that little traitor. He still didn't know if he just wanted his son back, or if he wanted to kill him for real this time.