“Whatever he’s planning has to be done by the time your bond returns,” Gabe said.
Rhyn frowned. Toby, Darkyn, and Death knew about the seven days. He felt a flutter of hope where he’d felt desperation before. In seven days, his bond to Katie would return. She’d no longer be vulnerable in the Immortal underworld. She could move between worlds as he could, and he’d no longer be at risk of destroying everything he came into contact with.
Death wanted him to wait until the bond returned. Darkyn wanted him to act before then. Rhyn didn’t understand the battle the two were locked in, but one thing was clear: Katie would need him before the seven days was up.
“Ully, you said there were two shapeshifters?” he asked. “Who is the second?”
“Hannah,” Ully said and motioned to a cell farther down. “He replaced her before Gabriel.”
“Really?” Toby asked, pressing his face against the cell door. “I didn’t even notice.”
“That’s because I used the Immunity blood to enhance their talents,” Ully said. “No one can tell the physical difference until the injections wear off.”
“Darkyn replaces Gabe to get to Katie. Why replace Hannah?” Gabe asked.
“To influence Kris,” Rhyn said. “Gabe, we can talk on the way.”
“Rhyn, don’t leave me here,” Toby said again.
“You’ll be fine. Jared, move Hannah in with Toby. If you touch one hair on any of them, I’ll -”
“I understand, half-breed,” Jared said. “I don’t want to be here when Darkyn gets back.”
“We’ll come back before then.”
Rhyn left the cell block to Toby’s protests and walked with Gabe through the antechamber and into the hallway on the other side. Gabe’s gaze was dark, his air brooding. Rhyn opened a portal, and they crossed through to Gabe’s cabin in the underworld.
“I left her near a stream,” Gabe said, looking around. “But I don’t know where the demons would’ve taken her.”
“We’re not going after Katie,” Rhyn said again.
“Death will crush us and hopefully, any demons in her domain.”
“If we find her, we can stop her before she takes Katie. We don’t know what the demons are doing, but we know Death is looking for Katie.”