Frankly, I was more than surprised when I made it back to my apartment, all in one piece. Perhaps I should have let myself fall to pieces then, but I...kept my mind focused on Rose and managed to pull myself together enough to start thinking about the threat her husband still very much was. I restarted my go-get processes and to see if I could find him, but I wasn’t very hopeful, he seemed to have disappeared completely. I decided I had to try to eat something, to keep my strength up, but as I. Vicki slowly rose up from the sofa, turned and kissed him lightly. Before she drew her face away from his she whispered, "Let's go into my bedroom." Then she stood up, not bothering to hoist up her straps, just holding the bodice to keep it from falling.She led the way, stopping to pick up the burning half-spent candle on the dinner table. James followed until she stopped at the side of the bed. She set the candle on the dresser, and then slowly turned to face him. She released the fabric from. Once, we had all been chained to the Demon, roasting in his fires. But he had been defeated. And now I would claim his dominion. I was the God-King. I would rule hell. All shall bow before my majesty.My new queen strode at my side, her hand resting on my arm. Emi was petite, her breasts budding mounds, her face full of innocence that belied her depraved passions. She burned with the same need to destroy Mark and his whore that I did.I sensed almost a kindred spirit in her. Emi was not. Squeaks and squeals emanated from deep inside as the smoke became thicker until the first bat emerged. Eldritch struck savagely with his axe, almost severing the creatures' wing. It screeched and spiraled down to smash on the rocks below. The next one out Sage seized in his jaws, crushing it and then dropping it to join it's comrade.They dealt with a dozen or more of the creatures in this fashion, sending their broken bodies sprawling on the rocks until no more appeared despite the clouds of.