Chapter 632
Katelina followed Samael's gaze to the plane. Lights throbbed in the darkness. Dust, stirred up by the landing, drifted away on a soft night breeze.
Katelina held her breath as the hatch opened, then folded down to a set of stairs. She tugged the dagger out of her pocket, not that it would be much use against Lilith. She remembered the battle at the ball; the way Lilith had thrown energy around, moved faster than sight, and held people in thrall just by looking at them. She'd warned Samael that if she faced Katelina again, she'd take her.
Not that he'd care.
Something moved and Katelina tensed. But, it wasn't Lilith that walked down the stairs. It was
"Ishkur?"
"You found the whore," Samael's voice reverberated from the buildings. "And she sent you as a sacrifice at my altar."
Ishkur's coppery armor glinted in the moonlight. He brandished a heavy war mace, shinier and more jagged than Zander's. "I defeated you once, long ago. I will do so again."