Chapter 37 Done For

A/N: This chapter is split into two POVs, and the second POV contains some very dark, bloody descriptions of violence. Read at your own risk. ZOE POV Something s off about this place, I can tell from the moment Xander triumphantly (but quietly) flings the doors at the southwest corner of the warehouse open. It s dark within, but tinged purple in a way that s definitely not natural. They got in with fae assistants, Rika said. I wonder if it s the contractually bound ones who ve been around the past couple years, or others with more combat experience? Beside me, Drake s massive gunmetal grey wolf is practically vibrating with impatience and anxiety. "Easy," I murmur, gently resting a hand on his shoulder while hoping he won t take my hand off for it. "Something s not right—" He steps across the threshold anyway, and almost immediately Anselm s assistant Ariadne flies into view. Abso-fucking-lutely not. That piece of sheet metal ought to do nicely. Prett