Merlin and I stood in a different room, side by side, surrounded by the royalty of Hell and their guards. Drawn swords of a dozen kinds of spelled steel circled us. Each of the blades whispered at generations of murder. Diego and Maria stood before us, with Lila standing beside the Queen. The Mar...
“Lila, Merlin, and Arthur,” I said. “I must caution you again about the Gray. It is—” “Whatever,” Lila said. “I'll eat it, no biggie.” Adam, his arm slung around her waist, cast her a confused look. He had not been there when she'd eaten her father. Perhaps he thought she spoke metaphorically. Yo...