“The one who brought you here?” The man nodded, and I moved toward the door. “Hold tight. I’ll be back.”
I chewed my lip as I studied the door to the room the ranc demon had entered. I couldn’t just barge in because, for all I knew, there might be a dozen demons in there. But I couldn’t stand here waiting for him to come out either.
Before I could change my mind, I rapped on the door. There were sounds from within before the door opened to reveal a shocked ranc demon who was also very much alone. Using the element of surprise against him, I pushed him into the room and kicked the door shut behind me. Away from the humans, I didn’t have to restrain my power and I let him have it in the chest.
“s**t!” I backed away as his skin turned dry and brittle and began to fall away in chunks. His m
