Elina VII

"Liv, drop down now." He gave the child instructions, knowing the monsters could also hear. At one time they had been like him, born into the species just as he was, yet choosing to give up their souls. That didn't mean they weren't able to hear along the common path.

Liv's dragon followed him toward the ground. Damonq took one small eighth of a second to glance down. He'd been in the air three minutes acquiring both little girls, but thanks to the lesser monsters blocking Elina's escape, Darkness had caught her again. Below him, he glimpsed the teenagers trying to pull Jane from the play yard bench. The boy turned toward the threat of the monster coming at them, shouting to his sister to run.