A/N: Since I published two chapters at once, some of you may have gone straight to the epilogue, and skipped the final chapter. Make sure you read that first. ;-)
She was still frozen.
Dani sat in a window seat of the small San Francisco to Fresno jet, stared out the window blindly, eyes solid, steady black.
Two rows behind her was a grandmotherly-looking woman, crocheting and chatting with her seatmate. Three rows ahead of her was a pot-bellied middle-aged man wearing too-tight clothes and a baseball cap. In the back of the plane was a skinny twenty-something with long black hair and awkward elbows and knees.
They had divided into four groups, each flying separately. There had been grumbling from some members of the inner circle, but she had insisted: no flitting. They had to save their power.
The plane taxied down the runway, came to a stop. The jetway deployed. Passengers gathered their belongings, stood up, stretched, chattered, slowly exited the plane.
They gathered at the central lobby, with its huge sequoia-bark veneer pillars and soaring ceiling. They didn't talk. They had worked out all the details beforehand. They exited into the chilly, sunny January day, picked up the rental car, began driving around the small city.
Every demon knew that demons went to Fresno when they died. There had been other towns over the millennia; Fresno was just the most recent.
And somewhere in Fresno, there was a newly-pregnant woman who harbored his soul now. The pregnancy was early enough that she might not even realize she was pregnant. They were going to find that woman, take the soul back, put it where it belonged. They all hoped that the ancient, obscure spell Dani had found to knit soul and body back together would work.
A/N: All done! Please let me know what you thought! I always welcome reviews.
So now I'm almost all caught up. There are four chapters done of "Playing With Fire", the third book in the series, coming up in the next few days. After I post those, it'll be "real time", with chapters posted when they're complete. I'm still struggling with the plot of that one, so it may be slow going. I have parts worked out, and know where it is supposed to go, but it's "how to get there" that's holding me up. Just warning y'all!